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@gollum said in US Politics:
He directly says he changed his mind after being briefed what the department does.
Thats some very poor paraphrasing.
He said his opinion is different than five years ago. After the briefing, he claims to now have regret for his old policy
Nothing unusual here. He has to explain why he now supports the incoming administration policy and he has to try and sound sincere.
I think he is lying. Politics as usual etc etcUnder his old plan Nuclear etc was going to go under the dept of defence and the crony capitalist elements were going to be eliminated. But now Trump, most republicans and all democrats want to keep the crony capitalist elements (regret = $)
But thats getting into the weeds. The important point is you fell for a fake news story after complaining about everyone else not being as discerning as you
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Its not fake news. Its news that the GOP are shouting is fake news. Thats not the same -
IE NYT reported it. And are standing by it. And have a direct sourced quote. Conservatives are going "thats not what he meant!"
This is prettty much standard bnow from Trump & his supporters, after peddling nothing by fake news & reporting it as gospel, they are now shouting fake news at anything they disagree with & hoping it sticks. Everything CNN rteport is fake news apparently.
In this case you have a top news site, with multiple sources and a direct quote standing by their story & its "fake" because there are several tweets from GOP people saying so...
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here is the live stream...
http://rsbn.tv/watch-the-inauguration-of-donald-j-trump-as-45th-potus-live-stream/ -
@Crucial said in US Politics:
The big question is 'what will the presidency do to Trump's hair?' given that most POTUS incumbent either lose theirs or it goes very grey.
Can he maintain that elaborate comb-over for the duration?Or will it be replaced with a gold filament hairpiece?
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The rioters and looters can get fucked.
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@gollum said in US Politics:
Also Trump has had to ask 50 Obama folks to stay on because he hasn't replaced them, so that "I'm a businessman, I get stuff done!" thing has not gone as well as you'd expect.
Oh wow.... the fake news and Trump Derangement Syndrome is just building up steam.
50 staff? So what? How many staff have previous presidents kept on from previous administrations? Obama kept on staff from the Bush administration as well. -
That youngest Trump kid ain't quite right is he?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel I feel very sorry for him. He always looks damned miserable. Also, like he's never been dirty or kicked a ball with his mates, ever.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Yep. The kiddies should always be off limits. I'm always saddened when I see pics of the family and everyone is rigidly at attention. Like no one seems to hug the kid or try to make him smile or anything. FFS. He's just a kid. Ease up.
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