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Three weeks tomorrow. I'm trying to think of ANYTHING the Trump admin has done right. (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2017 OP
no MFM008 Feb 2017 #1
The entire administration is like the Keystone Cops' understudies. randome Feb 2017 #2
OK, let's see...um... Foo Fighter Feb 2017 #3
Nothing gademocrat7 Feb 2017 #4
No they are doing wrong not right bdamomma Feb 2017 #5
Pulled out of the TPP? subterranean Feb 2017 #6
SNL has lots of material OhioBlue Feb 2017 #7
Everything thy have done is cilla4progress Feb 2017 #8
Mattis as Secretary of Defense Henry Krinkle Feb 2017 #9
Three depressing weeks. Well, a bit of levity here -- Aimee in OKC Feb 2017 #10
The one and only thing I'll give him meadowlander Feb 2017 #11

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
6. Pulled out of the TPP?
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:30 PM
Feb 2017

Opinions differ on that, but some people here think it was the right thing to do. That was probably the least controversial thing he's done so far.

 

Henry Krinkle

(208 posts)
9. Mattis as Secretary of Defense
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:01 AM
Feb 2017

Think of him as you will, but he's a no nonsense, no bullshit type of guy that will more than likely speak his mind,
tell trump when he's wrong and full of shit. Which means, I'll give 'Mad Dog' 6 to 12 months before
he hands in his resignation... maybe even sooner.



Aimee in OKC

(158 posts)
10. Three depressing weeks. Well, a bit of levity here --
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:25 AM
Feb 2017

An excerpt from

"The Ballad of Alternative Facts"

South of the Border, down Mexico way
Is the land where the narcos and rapists all play
Sent here to kill us all, one at a time
Or force us to drink warm Corona, no lime
Or steal all our taxes and take all our jobs
So say all of Don’s nattering nabobs
They also sneak terrorists over the border
In dynamite zoot-suits, hand-made to order
To believe this is true in part, or at all
Means support Donnie and his yuge new wall

With cantaloupe calves and hulking wet backs
The Mexican threat is alternative facts

Donnie’s a smart guy, smarter than most
Smarter than all is his usual boast
Short thumbs a-flying and teeth all a-gnashing
His eyes all a-rolling and sometimes a-flashing
His brain all a-boil with smart thoughts a-gush
He poops out the tweets before his first flush
You may think he’s nuts, or that he’s a moron
‘Cause he schools the generals how to get war on
He ignores intelligence on peace or on war
He’s never had need to use it before

Surrounded by sycophants, flunkies and hacks
“I’m a really smart guy” is alternative facts

(end of snip)

http://juanitajean.com/the-ballad-of-alternative-facts/

meadowlander

(4,399 posts)
11. The one and only thing I'll give him
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:34 AM
Feb 2017

is extending the lobbying ban for former government officials to five years.

Don't know why he did it, seems completely out of character given how massively corrupt every other decision he makes is, but someone slipped this one by him bigly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/10/17/trump-proposes-five-year-ban-on-executive-branch-officials-and-lawmakers-who-want-to-become-lobbyists/

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