Happy Face 29 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Moving on from the Election thread "turkey legs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr Gloom 21912 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 believe me, i understand steaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Wonder if he'll crack down on politics in music and insist we all listen to Richard Wagner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 This is going to be a superb 4 years for this level of piss taking. We'll probably need it tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 How about this - butterflies and hurricanes esque. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/trump-grandfather-friedrich-banished-germany-historian-royal-decree I love stuff like this, where a seemingly tiny detail from the past plays large in the present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Fair play Green Day, fair play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30545 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Literally no one wants that. Perhaps a more striking announcment from Trump today is his plan to withdraw from TPP in the first 100 days and promises to bring coal and steel jobs back to America - rhetoric becoming a reality. But how far will he go? no mention of the wall or the Muslim shut down, I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Oh God, I really hope Farage has nothing to do with our relationship with the US... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 This is the Guardian analysis of that Tweet as a foreign policy issue. Over the top? 1 - Trump has at a stroke undermined the authority of Britain’s current ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch. Effectively he has issued a public statement of no confidence in him. This would be relatively unusual if he were dealing with the ambassador from a hostile country, but it is an extraordinary thing to do to the ambassador of an ally. 2 - Trump has orchestrated his first public disagreement with Theresa May. It is hard to imagine he expected her to take his advice, but he has put her in the position where she has had to reject his proposal. Hardly the special relationship. 3 - He has given a huge boost in status to a leading figure in a UK opposition party - again, an unfriendly move to May. 4 - He has confirmed that any hopes of him operating as a “normal” president seem misguided. Perhaps it was just a joke. But, if so, that probably makes it all worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30545 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I doubt he thought it through much. I'd say it was probably done for a bit of a giggle and to see what reaction we'd get. Exactly what we want to see from the 'leader of the free world'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Aye that sounds right. I think he needs to quit Twitter to be honest. Would be funny if we turned it into an international incident That said, it appears that we're going to have to treat him like an overgrown toddler... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 It does point at what's to come. We've got a maverick US president - a straight shooting loose cannon etc etc who tells it like it is, usually via Twitter. Expect the unexpected basically. He is throwing out the diplomatic rule book - that much is clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15518 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I'm sure Farage and UKIP will be condemning this attempt by a foreigner to dictate our politics, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 It does point at what's to come. We've got a maverick US president - a straight shooting loose cannon etc etc who tells it like it is, usually via Twitter. Expect the unexpected basically. He is throwing out the diplomatic rule book - that much is clear. As a silver lining, I hope this is all very unpleasant for May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I reckon he'll be stopped from this twitter shit once he's in post. Either that or the CIA will have to do away with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Its hilarious isn't it - reality TV from the president elect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30545 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I'm sure Farage and UKIP will be condemning this attempt by a foreigner to dictate our politics, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I doubt he thought it through much. I'd say it was probably done for a bit of a giggle and to see what reaction we'd get. Exactly what we want to see from the 'leader of the free world'. I reckon it's more like this: Farage doesn't want the role but he does want a lucrative role in negotiating a new trade deal with the US. Farage says the ambassador's job isn't for him but that it demonstrates the close relationship he has with the president elect. Our politicians need to stop living in a bubble and work in the way in which big business works in the real world. That would be to use a man who already has the ear of the new president in order to get a cracking new deal for the UK, etc., et-fucking-cetera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Wish this was all just a reality show. I actually enjoy all this stuff from Trump, find it entertaining. Would be telling all my friends about this great new show. And he's an interesting character to listen to. I wonder how many people voted just because they think he's funny? Still hasn't really clicked that this is all for realsies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I reckon it's more like this: Farage doesn't want the role but he does want a lucrative role in negotiating a new trade deal with the US. Farage says the ambassador's job isn't for him but that it demonstrates the close relationship he has with the president elect. Our politicians need to stop living in a bubble and work in the way in which big business works in the real world. That would be to use a man who already has the ear of the new president in order to get a cracking new deal for the UK, etc., et-fucking-cetera Oh god... That sounds plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Farage the most impactful British politician on world and local events the last decade? He'll be a part of history lessons in 50 years. Mad. He was just some clown on Have I Got News For You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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