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RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
1. His entire presidency is a complete horror story! It's bizarre, like we are all living some
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 09:15 AM
Sep 2019

nightmare!

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
2. So, WHY announce? Because it is a total BS story to begin with to distract the press
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 09:19 AM
Sep 2019

and make it seem as though he's doing something--anything--other than squandering the Presidency on tweets, settling grievances, and watching Fox.

sinkingfeeling

(51,452 posts)
4. Inviting the Taliban to the US over the 9/11 anniversary would
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 09:26 AM
Sep 2019

go over well with all his flaming patriots. He made it up.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
6. Fat Nixon wanted to do a deal like Carter did with Sadat and Begin
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 09:32 AM
Sep 2019

and take credit for ending the conflict in Afghanistan. But the WaPo wonders: "What remains unclear is why Trump waited until late Saturday — the day before the meeting at Camp David was to begin — to cancel talks over an attack the Taliban was clearly responsible for that was then three days old." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-cancelled-secret-meeting-with-afghan-president-taliban-at-camp-david/2019/09/07/650fb3b2-d1c7-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html

It's all very stinky.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
10. I remember when he blubbered and whined about how Obama was telling the enemy what
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 10:26 AM
Sep 2019

he was planning and going to do, and it was stupid to do that. And saying he was going to keep his strategies secret, unlike Obama.

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