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I guess that depends on your perspective but criticism of it looks bad and unpatriotic. This was part of what I think will be his 2020 campaign. It'll be Trump, apple pie, capitalism and the economy against the New Green Deal, Medicare for all and socialism. The Left will need to spend their time denying that they are socialists while simultaneously promoting socialist programs. It'll be Orville Redenbacher time.

It looked odd to me initially but thinking about it for a minute brought one thing to mind. He was proclaiming his love of this country for all to see. Brilliant move.

Naw, he'd have to name it the AARP Post and publish once a month in order to not interfere with his bocce schedule.

Trump is doing his best to fulfill his responsibility to keep America safe while Congress is fighting him tooth and nail to deny him from doing that. I wonder what Congress did to Obama when he sent 1.8 billion dollars in cash, on pallets to the world's biggest terrorist country?

Yes, Bezos will have a hard time scraping up enough money to keep his little hobby afloat.

I think he was being facetious. Other than HA HA Gator is there a person that takes that pieceofshit seriously?

I posted a link above of a list of declared emergencies. Looks like a lot of blocking of bank accounts for bad guys. Anyway, the law should be changed but there still needs to be a mechanism for the President to be able to act quickly and decisively when needed. Possibly just a sunset provision needs to be added to the law. Maybe we need a law that also says Congress cannot deny the President funds to do his duty to protect our country.

No, Wade is all yours.

HA HA Gator, let me direct you to the place that will give you all the answers you are requesting:

HAHA Gator, leave my minions alone and don't try to create fractures amongst the lock step nature of us that aren't Lefty sacks of pus (like you).

https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/NEA Declarations.pdf List of previous emergency declarations.

HA HA Gator is a human (maybe) laughter soundtrack.

The Gleeful One is going to be rolling around in laughter over this.

What, do you need a midday laugh?

That's a lot of balloons to comb his hair with.

Guilty AND insane.

That looks like a ton of food! I hope I don't get fact checked.

The Mueller Report will show that there was no collusion, conspiracy or cooperation between Trump's campaign and Russia. Gleeful Gator (the putz that laughed at dead U.S. servicemen and an ambassador) is getting butthurt because things aren't working out as he had hoped. I guess when you base your hope on a failed premise one should expect to be a failure, right Gleeful Gator?

They started out by calling her a troll. You don't need to be "CNN fair".

A more convenient and complete read of your wonderful post: 271 views Permanent Skeptic @Perma_Skeptic Subscribe a day ago, 40 tweets, 6 min read Read on Twitter Tweet Share Email Embed Bookmark Save as PDF Thread: An Asian View of the Hanoi Summit 1. As an expat living in Asia, these are my thoughts on how Asians view Trump in the aftermath of the Hanoi summit. 2. Much of this will probably be of a surprise to those in the United States, as is has been to me over the last couple years. CNN and the BBC completely pollute all Western news broadcasts over here, and people assume that those opinions are held by the locals here. 3. Educated Asians aren’t watching that claptrap. There are other outlets in their home language, and they are much more positive on Trump and the US than back at home where the pollutant legacy news channels project their anti-Trump biases daily. 4. What is also interesting is that most of the expats that I run into are Aussies, and I would say that about 80% of those I have spoken to love @POTUS 5. European expats? Not so much. They usually claim they “are losing a friend” when referring to “Trump’s America.” The best response you can give to them is to reduce everything to the American taxpayer. 6. Why is the American taxpayer on the hook for NATO? Or the UN? Why do you put tariffs on US products and services? It is then that the conversation usually takes a little more of a cordial tone. No one likes taxes. Imagine that! 7. Let’s focus on Asians. I have traveled for business all over South-East Asia and have had the honor to speak with, and befriend, many from a lot of different countries as I am rather social. Trump is ALWAYS a curiosity to just about anyone with whom I interact! 8. First let me rank where I see Asian countries fall on a list of positivity towards the US, with the most positive being listed first: · Philippines · Korea (dramatic change in a year) · Vietnam · Cambodia · China · Singapore · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia 9. I put Indonesia and Malaysia at the bottom because the US press falsely tried to claim a Muslim ban on those two countries. Having been to both recently, I have asked many Indonesians, and a few Malaysians, the following question: 9A. “Okay, if there is a Muslim immigration ban in effect in the US, then why aren’t YOU banned?” That generally results in a blank cow stare with no answers forthcoming. 10. But this also shows how the media pollutants put a horrible spin on the United States – and a false one at that! 11. Note: I don’t have an opinion on the Japanese, as I don’t interact with them much, so they didn’t make my list. 12. Regarding Kim (KJU), it’s universal that they think he’s a lunatic. I haven’t heard a single Asian who believes he is stable. Now, maybe that is THEIR press creating a narrative, but the Koreans will tell you it’s the correct one, as they have felt threatened for >60 yrs. 13. One thing that is also universally held is this: how can ANYONE not want Trump to succeed in helping deliver the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula? Today, I showed a video to a Vietnamese friend of Jim Acosta basically looking gleeful that a deal had not been reached. 14. Within about a nanosecond, my friend understood that Trump has a point. If you can’t universally agree on THAT, CNN obviously has an ominous agenda whereby dislike of the POTUS is WAY more important than other people’s lives. 15. My friend was appalled that someone who was on CNN would conduct himself in that manner. In fact, he said he didn’t want to turn on CNN ever again. I told him he wouldn’t be missing much. Keep in mind this is THEIR lives that are in the balance. 16. What do I believe that the average educated Asian citizen thinks? Here is a list of key points: 17. His bluntness is a positive trait but is a two-edged sword. One part is sheer entertainment. As “observers,” they believe his directness creates chaotic fun. One example is “Little Rocket Man.” Most think that is very funny, and very few thought it would provoke KJU. 18. On the positive side, that also put KJU in his place. They believe Trump is honest (stick that in your ear, CNN and MSNBC!!). They believe his image as a very decisive deal maker as an appealing trait. 19. They believe he is truly trying to do the best for America. 20. One Asian friend from Vietnam told me yesterday that his treatment of Vietnam and choosing to put them on the world stage was very welcome. He believes that a huge majority of Vietnam views him positively. 21. He said he and his friends believe that having the United States actively engaging Vietnam and Asia in general on the world stage gives them a feeling of more stability. 22. They truly believe he is a “winner,” sets lofty goals, and goes after them. They are surprised at the energy of a 70+ year old man. 23. They believe his family is “beautiful” and shocked that no mags put them on covers. This is extremely prevalent among Chinese to whom I have spoken. 24. Remember, in the bigger cities of China (e.g., Shanghai and Beijing), there’s a LOT of Western influence. And yet the Trumps are nowhere to be seen. 25. Moving on, no one believes that Obama was a stronger leader than Trump. Absolutely no one. They also believe, that the United States has “clearly” taken a hit in image on the world stage, but almost all blame a lot of it on the obviously biased media. 26. One friend from Thailand who does business with the United States said he watched SOTU, and it solidified his opinion that the press is trying to create a caricature of a buffoon, which is completely contrary to the image portrayed in this man’s opinion. 27. Many believed that because of trade issues, the US was creating animosity unnecessarily. But because the “trade war” didn’t end up making anyone feel that they were truly affected, they no longer believe that. It is now the “cost of doing business”. It WAS dicey for a while 28. One frequent topic is the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, which is essentially China vs everyone else’s opinion. I will leave that one alone although most appreciate the routine US naval presence there. 29. One major issue here is China in general. I have yet to meet a single non-Chinese citizen who the likes Chinese presence in their country. NOT.ONE.SINGLE.PERSON. 30. And the “Chinese infiltration” is everywhere. In 20 years, Cambodia will have more Chinese than Khmer. I truly believe that. 31. So that being said, there is a lot of blame directed at China for not having a trade deal with the US. Everyone to whom I have spoken and everything I have read and seen in the local news conveys that China meddled in unfair trade practices. They hardly blame Trump AT ALL. 32. In fact, it seems to be a mixture of China and KJU to blame. They do not believe that China cares about anyone but Chinese, and they still think KJU is a lunatic. And that is basically unanimous. 33. Vietnamese seem to be comfortable with Chinese power, as their own economy is doing very well, and I don’t get the impression they think that is because of a dependency on China for trade purposes. 34. Koreans love Trump. But let’s be honest; that should be obvious! 35. Out of all these people, however, only my Filipino friends believe that the United States has more influence on them than China does. 36. Since this summit was a sequel, and though neither has resulted in a deal, there was definitely a feeling expressed by many people of a paradigm shift in what was seen as a pretty contentious relationship with insults flying. 37. However, they also believe that if there was a formal declaration to the world of the end to the Korean War, almost unanimously people believe it means nothing without denuclearization 38. As a result, they believe Trump is correct to hold out for a complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, as well as to retain the sanctions leverage on North Korea until that happens. 39. And they ALL still think KJU is crazy! That’s the perspective over here; you’ll not get these truths from the US media. //The end.

Gleeful Gator doesn't think a post of mine above makes sense to him. Makes me feel like I nailed it.

The last one is actually a hit piece on Candace and Turning Point.

I'm on board with the (more than) theory that it is all about retaining their overt and covert power and they are afraid of the big sump pump that Trump has brought to D.C. Lost in all of the flotsam is the heroic attempts in 2016 and early 2017 by patriots like Mike Flynn and the deep state's evil attempts to discredit any of those that could expose them.

Congress has the right and duty of oversight of the Executive branch. The dems approach is not to selectively look into supposed misdeeds but to cast out a very large gill net intended to destroy anything that touches it. It's the throw enoughshit against the wall and see what happens approach. They haven't accepted Trump and are willing to sow discord and do anything to harm our country in order to defang Trump. They actually held the Michael Cohen hearing on the very day Trump was negotiating with North Korea. This would never, ever even been considered in past years. We always bickered and fought but kept it within our borders. Without a doubt the dems allegiance to party and power exceeds their love of country and fair play.

Never crossed my mind.