Donald Trump: Ive Done Nothing to Divide the Country

[Miles Archer]

Source: New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html?_r=0

In an interview with Time for its person of the year issue, and a follow-up with NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. Trump talked tough.

■ He insisted he has nothing to do with the “divided states of America” that Time says he will lead. “When you say divided states of America, I didn’t divide them,” he told NBC. “I’m not president yet, so I didn’t do anything to divide.”

■ He declined to criticize Rodrigo R. Duterte, president of the Philippines, who is leading a slaughter in the streets of Manila, or even to push back on comparisons between Mr. Duterte and the president-elect’s promised crackdown on criminal illegal immigrants.

■ He rejected United States intelligence conclusions that Russia was behind hacks at the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign that boosted his campaign. “I don’t believe it. I don’t believe they interfered,” Mr. Trump said of the Russians.

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[lagomorph777]

1. Yes, we have been divided by a zero.

And the result is infinite chaos.

[JudyM]

2. Sad math.

[Fast Walker 52]

4. I see what you did there.

Is hatred part of chaos?

[lagomorph777]

13. Absolutely hatred is part of chaos

Hate loves Trump.
Trump loves hate.
Love trumps hate.
Love hates Trump.

[Fast Walker 52]

28. nice-- also there's

Trump hates love
Hate Trump's love (or "Hate Trump Loves&quot

[lagomorph777]

35. Oh good one! nt

[Fast Walker 52]

3. fucking dimwitted clueless asswipe

[C Moon]

9. No. He's just spewing nonsense that makes him look good, and that the media will share as truth.

[secondwind]

16. He is a world-class LIAR .. that is what he is

[inanna]

5. Fuck Off Trump!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. It's time to revolt or at least cocoon

by that i mean withdraw from society, totally stop spending to
the extent one can

When they stop exploiting us, that is to say, when the money stops flowing
to them, they will begin to understand that something is changing

Obama had it right with green energy, and long term goals for the common good

We are in for a rough time.

[adigal]

18. I don't know why we don't all do this...just stop spending our $$ the day he goes into office

Want to talk about a recession?? We can cause one with not spending.

And yes, I know good people will be hurt by this, but you think he won't do worse to people in the longer run?? Some short term pain - we Americans can't handle a bit of delayed gratification or discomfort. We are a weak people Ugh

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Weak and not very bright

I know people who are all pro-Democratic, and rather poor, but
they go to the casinos, to shows, to every corporate chain restaurant
you can name. You say to them, I won't eat there, I only go to small
family restaurants, where the money stays in local families, and in the
community ... they're like, "What?" They don't understand.

I got fleeced at a national auto chain. Hosed might be a better term.
This year I went local. Found an old guy who's only keeping his business
open, I suspect, to help his best employee, who is sole support
for his family with disabilities. I dug deep, slipped him a few bucks. These
folks need my money more than the shareholders of corporate America.
And they did good work. We all must examine how we spend. Where we
put our paychecks, who gets the cash flow. If we support and help one
another, we are not supporting inequality, Big Business, the leisure class
as much as we did.

[adigal]

23. Absolutely true! And thanks for reminding me that this can be done with eating and maintenance too

I am not going to bring my Nissan to the dealer for a tune-up. My friend goes to a local guy, and I'm going to get his ## and take my car to him.

[Indydem]

21. So now you are John Galt?

This Ayn Randian "I matter more than the common good" kind of thinking?

You going to go build "utopia" in some valley someplace too?

I remember when repukes claimed they were going to do this, and considering the growth of the economy over the past 8 years, I wouldn't doubt that a number of them did.

I guess you are in good company.

[adigal]

24. What are you talking about?? I have every right to spend or not spend

so sit down.

[Indydem]

25. Just like John Galt.

I get it.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. You've got it exactly backwards

Self-denial, frugality, efficiency are not about me, and they
are surely no "utopia"

They are about trying to nudge the world toward less inequality
precisely because the common good matters more than any of us

[Solly Mack]

7. Snort

[Baitball Blogger]

8. He is such a dishonest man.

We are so screwed.

[Generator]

17. He's not a man

He's a hollow shell with nothing inside. I rag on the white man but it's insulting to decent men to call him a man.

[Liberalagogo]

10. All projection

Just take the exact opposite of everything the Rump has said to be gospel.

[DFW]

11. Right. And the sun rises in the west in Trumpland. n/t

[world wide wally]

12. Nothing short of insane.

and half of America will believe it

[Invidious15]

14. Could you just STFU.

Why not just disappear for a while? Rest up for all the uniting you're going to do after the coronation. Not that you're going to be putting out any more effort to do anything other than tweeting and accepting adoration from assorted sycophants.

[MFM008]

15. breathing

its the worst thing you could keep doing.
Stopping this one thing will help this country immensely.

[TwilightZone]

19. People could save a lot of time by just assuming the opposite of everything Trump says.

This, for example.

[Generator]

22. The media has to stop being passive

I have zero hope for that but, here's an easy reply:

What have you done to unite the country? How is a "victory tour" not rubbing it in people's faces?

AND THE FUCKING million dollar question. "When was America great?" What decade, what year and why? And then respond with Blacks/Women/Gays didn't have rights then. Goddamn it. This is not difficult. Why do the same old crap journalistic stenography shit when were are living in CRAZYVILLE? WHY??????

[world wide wally]

26. This is the kind of insane lie that should not even be repeated in the press

As a friend of mine from Germany once explained to me, "There is bullshit, and there is ABSOULUTE bullshit".
This would fall in the latter category and should not even be passed along.

[ananda]

27. Yes, in your own cloud cuckooland, Trump.

nt

[Little Tich]

29. Trump is not even President yet, but I'm already tired of seeing him in the news.

Every time he opens his mouth he says the damnedest things.

[Miles Archer]

30. I predict he'll go to a whole new level once he's "in."

It ain't gonna be pretty, folks.

[Initech]

31. Yeah he divided by zero there.

[hamsterjill]

32. Oh, the sonofabitch just makes shut up.

Spews it. Then believes that if HE said it, it must be true because he is, after all, Donald Trump.

That's his thinking pattern.

It's gonna be a long four years...

[milestogo]

33. He doesn't have a clue who he is.