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Trump cancels meeting with Bob Corker while he's waiting in the White House... (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2018 OP
Jesus Fucking Christ... nolabear Dec 2018 #1
He is the current chairman of the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations. trump won't talk to him. spanone Dec 2018 #2
No sympathy from me malaise Dec 2018 #4
no sympathy from me either, just shows how fucking insane this circus is....dictator don spanone Dec 2018 #5
Insane is kind malaise Dec 2018 #8
Amen... spanone Dec 2018 #13
The real monster is the repugs and their funders. Trump is just a pustule. erronis Dec 2018 #39
They are all monsters malaise Dec 2018 #53
Sad they put us in such an untenable position. The gop needs to be dissolved, not 'fixed'. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #14
"Earth: our lifetime estate" Control-Z Dec 2018 #16
You absolutely can use it. I consider it a compliment. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #17
Thank you, Crutchez_CuiBono! Control-Z Dec 2018 #19
But they hold the power to do something about it. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2018 #44
It goes beyond enabling and into collusion because they wanted things like packing the courts cstanleytech Dec 2018 #46
I agree malaise Dec 2018 #50
Said it before. Only a few steps away from Howard Hughes territory underpants Dec 2018 #3
Except Howard Hughes actually had legitimate money maxrandb Dec 2018 #10
And was never President of the United States. Rainbow Droid Dec 2018 #23
Well,Trump fancy's himself as a Howard Hughes. Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #26
I'd give anything if Gump became a Hughes-like recluse. John Fante Dec 2018 #29
Coward is afraid of confrontation with Corker. Pathetic. nt SunSeeker Dec 2018 #6
It was past Putin's bedtime ... nm Jarqui Dec 2018 #7
Bobby...Bobby, don't you get it by now??? Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #9
No honor among thieves....... TheCowsCameHome Dec 2018 #11
What next?? bluestarone Dec 2018 #12
It's obvious. Trump is losing it. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #15
Trump has to cancel a meeting like that because he can't talk details and facts about Syria. TeamPooka Dec 2018 #18
Exactly right, trump could not support his decision with facts EleanorR Dec 2018 #35
"putin told me to do it." isn't proper water cooler talk TeamPooka Dec 2018 #49
Hey Bob edhopper Dec 2018 #20
Good one!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #42
Too bad this didn't happen months ago. LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #21
wishful thinking Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #51
This is frightening. Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #22
The Little King had already declared victory and the removal of troops. Nothing to talk about. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #24
Trump did it on purpose, Corgigal Dec 2018 #25
You are probably correct! at140 Dec 2018 #32
Of course that's what it's about Bob Loblaw Dec 2018 #37
No, it's because trump didn't want to be humiliated EleanorR Dec 2018 #38
Seriously, how would that be any different from any Trump meeting Maru Kitteh Dec 2018 #47
Well, Bob, sucks to be you, doesn't it? Sucks to be a Republican too. hatrack Dec 2018 #27
I'm hoping 10-15% of repugs understand how they suck and destroyed the country. erronis Dec 2018 #40
Oh no, Corker might be extra concerned today! Bleacher Creature Dec 2018 #28
Grandpa Don needs the car keys taken away. JohnnyLib2 Dec 2018 #30
Isn't he gone come January (Corker, I mean)? mr_lebowski Dec 2018 #31
yes, gone, another minion enriched while playing congressman peacebuzzard Dec 2018 #33
Cry me a river. Corker was a slimball in Tennessee. rockfordfile Dec 2018 #34
Well, I don't feel sorry for Corker Perseus Dec 2018 #36
Corker's gift to gain admission must have been insufficient. Shame on you, cheap Bob. nt NCjack Dec 2018 #41
This single stunt (leaving Syria) would end any other (Dem) presidency. displacedtexan Dec 2018 #43
It was probably intentional, to insult Corker, because Corker has made statements against him. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #45
Well, it was probably Corker's fault DFW Dec 2018 #48
Delighted !!! Karma is a bee-atch. OnDoutside Dec 2018 #52
Makes fun of 'Liddle Bob Corker' from a safe Twitter distance, skeered to meet with him in person. tanyev Dec 2018 #54

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
14. Sad they put us in such an untenable position. The gop needs to be dissolved, not 'fixed'.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 08:48 PM
Dec 2018

Mean, nasty folks who's bad ju ju flows to all of us by association. Even if we aren't like that at all. Politics used to be gentlemanly/gracious, and the goal was the better common good. This is what you get when wealthy people aren't wealthy enough, and dabble in a game for themselves. Sick sick situation on the right these days. Guns, bigotry, profiteering and damnation. And after decades of this shit, (leading w Jesus, The prince of Peace), here's where we are. Dammit.
Ruined govt and ruined institutions of faith that many people rely on. Ruined Earth that was our lifetime estate. Just a bunch of top dollar destruction. W red don at the head of it.
Enjoying that vacation Don?

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
44. But they hold the power to do something about it.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:13 PM
Dec 2018

The time has come for choosing.
Hang on to your hat!

cstanleytech

(26,328 posts)
46. It goes beyond enabling and into collusion because they wanted things like packing the courts
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:27 PM
Dec 2018

so they were willing and in fact did betray the nation to do it.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
29. I'd give anything if Gump became a Hughes-like recluse.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:57 PM
Dec 2018

Unfortunately for us, he's an attention whore of unfathomable proportions.

TeamPooka

(24,262 posts)
18. Trump has to cancel a meeting like that because he can't talk details and facts about Syria.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 08:56 PM
Dec 2018

Corker would just wind up hearing about his huge electoral victory story again.
Also No Collusion!
meeting over.

EleanorR

(2,395 posts)
35. Exactly right, trump could not support his decision with facts
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:24 PM
Dec 2018

He has no idea why he's withdrawing troops, only that he's been told to do it by his owners.

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
42. Good one!!!!!!
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:56 PM
Dec 2018

Love the idea that they are sitting in their own dirty diapers and wondering where they went wrong. They did not have the moral courage and were driven by their own greed to get themselves where they are now.

I'd say "good for them - serves them right" but we all are suffering because of their own negligent, selfish, short-sighted actions.

LiberalFighter

(51,137 posts)
21. Too bad this didn't happen months ago.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:32 PM
Dec 2018

Then maybe enough Republicans would have a spine and impeach and try him.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,467 posts)
51. wishful thinking
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 06:45 AM
Dec 2018

I admire your optimism, but believe Mueller may be the last living Republican with a spine. It may be too late to save the species.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
22. This is frightening.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:33 PM
Dec 2018

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asks to meet with the president regarding the surprise orders that will affect the Middle East if not the world -- a president who is under criminal investigation for collusion with dictatorial rulers who also have military interests in that region. And the president suddenly cancels that meeting.

This is just about hair-on-fire frightening.

Was this a signal that the president has gone rogue and will issue any military order he wishes, against all advice of his generals?

What is this we are seeing???

Bob Loblaw

(1,900 posts)
37. Of course that's what it's about
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:27 PM
Dec 2018

The president of the United States ditched someone he doesn't like. I'd wager a dollar it was Stephen Miller's idea, it likely happened to him all the time while growing up.

EleanorR

(2,395 posts)
38. No, it's because trump didn't want to be humiliated
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:27 PM
Dec 2018

Trump would be left sputtering nonsense, unable to coherently argue a single point.

JohnnyLib2

(11,212 posts)
30. Grandpa Don needs the car keys taken away.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:57 PM
Dec 2018

Mean and vindictive as a snake, really putting others in danger--all 200 million of us. Family won't step up, someone else has to intervene. On to 2019.
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
31. Isn't he gone come January (Corker, I mean)?
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:58 PM
Dec 2018

Also he's been hostile to Cheetolini at times ... I'd guess he's pretty much just blowing him off to be a petty piece of shit, knowing Corker can't do shit about it.

peacebuzzard

(5,183 posts)
33. yes, gone, another minion enriched while playing congressman
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:15 PM
Dec 2018

I hope the door slams his rear on his way out.
he knew, he played, now he can go count his money and live sweetly in Tennessee.
jerk.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
36. Well, I don't feel sorry for Corker
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:25 PM
Dec 2018

Hopefully he will learn from this, although too late...he carried water for the guy, all talk no action.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
43. This single stunt (leaving Syria) would end any other (Dem) presidency.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:56 PM
Dec 2018

And it'sjustone of a thousand dumbass deplorable stunts/crimes this idiot has orchestrated.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
45. It was probably intentional, to insult Corker, because Corker has made statements against him.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:19 PM
Dec 2018

Trump is petty like that and enjoys insulting people. Warped guy.

DFW

(54,447 posts)
48. Well, it was probably Corker's fault
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 12:19 AM
Dec 2018

He probably didn't give Trump enough time to look up Syria on a map to find out where the hell it is. By the time Trump found out where Syria is, he was already late for his next appointment. Sorry, Corkscrew, some other time, perhaps.

tanyev

(42,632 posts)
54. Makes fun of 'Liddle Bob Corker' from a safe Twitter distance, skeered to meet with him in person.
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 08:51 AM
Dec 2018

Sad!

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