General Trump hilarity free-for-all thread

[Doktor Howl]

And then THESE two particular suckers thought Trump would stick his neck out for them. 

https://www.apnews.com/4326d1ba6a8f4b70abf560cbe30eaa04

[Doktor Howl]

Also for FB use:

https://www.apnews.com/9cd7dfdfbff34a21a478629ba9fdc9bf

[The Johnny]

Posting the obvious here, to bookmark it for FB when I get home.

https://www.apnews.com/1a53b13c1d8d4a4d9ef0ffe8d5ffff38

I want him to win the Nobel Peace prize, that would make not only my day, but my decade. 

[Cain]

It's not like SCIFs are priority targets for foreign intelligence services because they detail sources and methods to Congress, or that cellphones can be remotely turned into microphones or that the US intelligence agencies know this and HAVE A BIG FUCKING DUDE POSTED OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO TAKE YOUR PHONES FROM YOU or anything.

Endangering US intelligence operations to own the libs.

Surprise, surprise.  This was organized by Jim Jordan and Mark Walker.

They must've thought a baby's life was in danger in that SCIF. As moral, godfearing men I'm certain they would never do something so dangerous and reckless for mere political advantage.

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It's not like SCIFs are priority targets for foreign intelligence services because they detail sources and methods to Congress, or that cellphones can be remotely turned into microphones or that the US intelligence agencies know this and HAVE A BIG FUCKING DUDE POSTED OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO TAKE YOUR PHONES FROM YOU or anything.

Endangering US intelligence operations to own the libs.

Surprise, surprise.  This was organized by Jim Jordan and Mark Walker.

They must've thought a baby's life was in danger in that SCIF. As moral, godfearing men I'm certain they would never do something so dangerous and reckless for mere political advantage.

Did you keep a straight face while you typed that? How in the fuck did you manage it, if so?

[Cain]

After the last 4 years I've had?  I had a masterclass in keeping my face as still as possible

[Doktor Howl]

And the military version of the hokey pokey continues:

https://www.apnews.com/334caccc941b40c99f0a6b9c40cd66cc

Good thing nobody let ISIS out of their cage or anything.

[Cain]

Trump is also "suggesting" that the Kurds follow them there.

Of course, Trump has never suggested a thing in his life. He gives orders, and expects them to be followed.

He himself is of course not using violence to engineer this move, but his actions did allow for someone else to use violence. Sounds rather like ethnic cleansing by proxy, doesn't it?

[Doktor Howl]

Trump is also "suggesting" that the Kurds follow them there.

Of course, Trump has never suggested a thing in his life. He gives orders, and expects them to be followed.

He himself is of course not using violence to engineer this move, but his actions did allow for someone else to use violence. Sounds rather like ethnic cleansing by proxy, doesn't it?

Sounds like that.  It is that.

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Trump is also "suggesting" that the Kurds follow them there.

Of course, Trump has never suggested a thing in his life. He gives orders, and expects them to be followed.

He himself is of course not using violence to engineer this move, but his actions did allow for someone else to use violence. Sounds rather like ethnic cleansing by proxy, doesn't it?

Sounds like that.  It is that.

Is there recognition of genocide by proxy in international law? Genocide by negligence perhaps? "We could just Not Do Anything and watch the problem solve itself" is enough for criminal convictions the world over, after all.

I'm sorry, maybe I'm being a hopeless optimist again. It happens when there's enough bad days in a row.

[LMNO]

I'm sorry, maybe I'm being a hopeless optimist again. It happens when there's enough bad days in a row.

This might explain why I've been an Optimist since about age 8.

[Cain]

Trump is also "suggesting" that the Kurds follow them there.

Of course, Trump has never suggested a thing in his life. He gives orders, and expects them to be followed.

He himself is of course not using violence to engineer this move, but his actions did allow for someone else to use violence. Sounds rather like ethnic cleansing by proxy, doesn't it?

Sounds like that.  It is that.

Is there recognition of genocide by proxy in international law? Genocide by negligence perhaps? "We could just Not Do Anything and watch the problem solve itself" is enough for criminal convictions the world over, after all.

I'm sorry, maybe I'm being a hopeless optimist again. It happens when there's enough bad days in a row.

Nope. That's the best part. Not that the US recognises the authority of the International Criminal Court, unless it's prosecuting enemies of America anyway.

[Doktor Howl]

Trump is also "suggesting" that the Kurds follow them there.

Of course, Trump has never suggested a thing in his life. He gives orders, and expects them to be followed.

He himself is of course not using violence to engineer this move, but his actions did allow for someone else to use violence. Sounds rather like ethnic cleansing by proxy, doesn't it?

Sounds like that.  It is that.

Is there recognition of genocide by proxy in international law? Genocide by negligence perhaps? "We could just Not Do Anything and watch the problem solve itself" is enough for criminal convictions the world over, after all.

I'm sorry, maybe I'm being a hopeless optimist again. It happens when there's enough bad days in a row.

Genocide is by definition a crime of conspiracy, so yes, genocide by proxy can be prosecuted.

[Trivial]

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-approves-special-ops-raid-targeting-isis-leader-baghdadi-1467982

Baghdadi is dead, posting the following, for when Trump starts bragging:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/260549166776852480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[Cain]

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS is dead.

For those of you keeping count, that's the ninth time he's been declared dead since 2015