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banderl Offline
#651 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 3:46 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“It is about time that Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY,”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

Trump insists the NFL Commissioner demands that players stand for the anthem, but following his tweet the NFL released a statement noting that Trump's commentary "about the Commissioner’s position on the Anthem is not accurate.” NFL players are encouraged but not required to stand.
banderl Offline
#652 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 3:47 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Fake @NBCNews made up a story that I wanted a "tenfold" increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

Trump fired off this tweet after NBC reported he called for a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a July meeting. NBC stands by its reporting.
banderl Offline
#653 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 3:48 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“So they borrowed more than $10 trillion. Right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. Possibly picked up the whole thing in terms of the first nine months. In terms of value. So, you could say in one sense, we are really increasing values and may be in the sense, we are reducing debt.”
Repeated 91 times
Jan 9, 2018Jan 8Jan 7Jan 5Jan 5Jan 3Dec 30, 2017Dec 27Dec 23Dec 20Dec 18Dec 18Dec 14Dec 14Dec 13Dec 12Dec 10Dec 8Dec 8Dec 6Dec 5Nov 30Nov 30Nov 30Nov 29Nov 29Nov 29Nov 29Nov 28Nov 28Nov 23Nov 23Nov 23Nov 15Nov 13Nov 10Nov 7Nov 7Nov 6Nov 5Nov 4Nov 2Oct 31Oct 24Oct 17Oct 16Oct 16Oct 13Oct 11Oct 11Oct 11Oct 11Oct 11Oct 10Oct 7Oct 6Oct 6Oct 5Sep 29Sep 27Sep 26Sep 22Sep 19Sep 6Sep 1Aug 22Aug 15Aug 14Aug 11Aug 4Aug 3Aug 3Aug 2Aug 1Jul 31Jul 31Jul 29Jul 25Jul 24Jul 24Jul 19Jul 15Jul 12Jul 12Jul 6Jul 2Mar 2Feb 28Feb 18Feb 16Feb 16

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Full story

This is a flip-flop for Trump. Before he was elected, he dismissed the stock-market performance under Obama as “artificial” and “a bubble." At the same time, Trump makes a nonsensical connection between the rise in the stock market and the national debt.
banderl Offline
#654 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 3:49 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“We have missiles that can knock out a missile in the air 97 percent of the time, and if you send two of them, it’s going to get knocked down.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Full story

The president speaks with confidence but descends into hyperbole. No single interceptor for ICBMs has demonstrated a 97-percent success rate, and there is no guarantee using two interceptors has a 100-percent success rate. Moreover, the military’s suggestion that it could achieve a 97-percent success rate with four interceptors appears based on faulty assumptions and overenthusiastic math. The odds of success under the most ideal conditions are no better than 50-50, and likely worse, as documented in detailed government assessments.
banderl Offline
#655 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 5:30 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“I would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done,”
tailgater Offline
#656 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:35 PM EST
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
Banderl has gone fooking looney tunes on us.

It's fun to watch. But in a creepy way.
victor809 Offline
#657 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:36 PM EST
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
Just from this morning:

"Unemployment for Black Americans is the lowest ever recorded. Trump approval ratings with Black Americans has doubled. Thank you, and it will get even (much) better! @FoxNews"

Trump's claim that his approval rate with blacks doubled is a blatant lie. 3% approval. Down from a 15% at inauguration and 6% in most recent gallup.

Maybe he just thought 3% was twice of 6%?
banderl Offline
#658 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:51 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
tailgater wrote:
Banderl has gone fooking looney tunes on us.

It's fun to watch. But in a creepy way.





Just posting your orange messiah's words.
banderl Offline
#659 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:54 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“In the last six years of Obama's presidency, 18,000 shootings. I don't think he mentioned it about three or four times.”

Topic: Crime

Source: Interview

Obama spoke constantly about gun violence as president and repeatedly tried to pass new laws to confront it.
banderl Offline
#660 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:54 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Don't forget, the Democrats have ruled the inner cities for 100 years.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Interview

The "inner city" is not a geographic location, but rather a code word for areas within cities with a large population of low-income black and Latino people. That being said, several major cities have had Republican mayors in recent years. Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, was Mayor of New York City from 1994-2001. As Mayor he "ruled" both the "inner city" as well as the rest of New York.
banderl Offline
#661 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:55 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“They cut off banking to North Korea. That is something they've never done before. They cut away down on the full fuel.”
Repeated 1 time
Sep 22, 2017

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Trump goes too far to say such action has never been done. In 2005, after the U.S. Treasury Department accused Macau-based Banco Delta Asia as being a willing pawn for North Korean money-laundering, the People's Bank of China ordered the closure of North Korean accounts in major Chinese banks. The effort was undone after the George W. Bush administration, seeking to reopen talks with Pyongyang, in 2007 facilitated the return of frozen North Korean funds held in BDA.
banderl Offline
#662 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:56 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Just in the stock market alone, we have increased our economic worth by $5.2 trillion dollars. That's right since Election Day -- $5.2 trillion. Think about that. That's a quarter of the $20 trillion that we owe. So we've already -- but listen to this because we've doubled -- in the last eight years of the previous administration, the debt doubled, so that in eight years our debt -- literally hundreds of years of debt -- doubled in eight years to $20 trillion.”

Topic: Economy

Source: Remarks

Trump makes a nonsensical connection between the growth in stock-market asset values held by private investors and the size of the U.S. national debt, which is held in U.S. Treasury securities.
banderl Offline
#663 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:58 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“$150 billion given, we got nothing. They got past the nuclear weapons very quickly. Think of this,
$1.7 billion in cash. This is cash out of your pocket. You know how many airplane loads that must be? This is $1.7 billion.”
Repeated 10 times
Jan 9, 2018Jan 2Oct 13, 2017Oct 11Aug 10Jul 25Feb 6Feb 2

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Trump often suggests the United States gave a $100-150 billion to Iran, but these were Iranian assets that had been frozen. The Treasury Department has estimated that once Iran fulfills other obligations, it would have about $55 billion left. (Much of the funds were tied up in illiquid projects in China.) For its part, the Central Bank of Iran said the number was actually $32 billion, not $55 billion. Iran has also complained that it cannot actually move the money back to Iran because foreign banks won’t touch it for fear of U.S. sanctions and their U.S. exposure. As for the $1.7 billion, this This was related to the settlement of a decades-old claim between the two countries. The United States owed Iran $400 million, dating to 1979, plus a negotiated amount of interest.
tailgater Offline
#664 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:59 PM EST
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
Umm, OK...


Meanwhile, go on and continue your temper tantrum.

It's funny.
I talk about this forum with friends who aren't on it.

I mentioned your "commitment" to this thread.
Comments:

"be nice to have that much time. Though I wouldn't waste it on something as stupid as that"
and
"How old is he?"
and even
"That's why I don't bother with internet forums"


And why is this funny?
Because each of those three actually dislike President Trump, vote Democrat and are somewhat liberal. (I do live in Massachusetts after all).
banderl Offline
#665 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 6:59 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“The 1986 tax bill substantially reduced our corporate tax rates to make America globally competitive. The plan worked, and jobs and industry boomed.”
Repeated 6 times
Oct 22, 2017Oct 11Sep 29Sep 27Sep 3Aug 30

Topic: Taxes

Source: Remarks

Trump heaped praise on Reagan’s Tax Reform Act of 1986, which simplified tax brackets and eliminated tax shelters; it also lowered the top individual tax rate to 28 percent but raised the capital gains rate to the same level, giving them parity. But this is a rather strange flip-flop because Trump always has been a fierce critic of the bill, blaming it repeatedly for the savings and loan crisis, a decline in real estate investing and the 1990-1991 recession. “This tax act was just an absolute catastrophe for the country, for the real estate industry, and I really hope that something can be done,” Trump told Congress in 1991. In a television interview with Joan Rivers, he said: “What caused the savings and loan crisis was the 1986 tax law change. It was a disaster. It took all of the incentives away from investors.”
banderl Offline
#666 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Remember the expression, 'Made in the USA,' 'Made in America'? You don't hear that so much, but you're now starting to hear it again.”
Repeated 23 times
Nov 2, 2017Oct 11Sep 29Sep 22Sep 6Aug 22Aug 3Jul 26Jul 25Jul 21Jul 20Jul 17Jul 7Apr 29Apr 19Apr 18Apr 18Mar 28Mar 20Mar 18Mar 15Mar 15Mar 6

Topic: Jobs

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump himself has a long history of outsourcing a variety of his products and has acknowledged doing so. Even during Trump’s “Made in America” week, when he urged manufacturers and consumers to “buy American, hire American,” his family’s company continued to rely on foreign workers. Another of Trump’s golf courses recently filed a request to hire 10 foreign workers to be waiters. Further, the fashion line of Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser to the president, is out of step with the principles championed by her father.
banderl Offline
#667 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:02 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“One thing that I am very proud of, the state of West Virginia. Last month, it was one of the highest percentage increases in GDP, the state of Texas beat it. And people are saying, wait a minute, West Virginia just came in second. Do you know what that is about? That is about cutting regulations and letting the people go and mine.”
Repeated 4 times
Dec 28, 2017Dec 8Oct 17Oct 11

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Full story

West Virginia's GDP increased 3 percent in the first quarter of 2017. The recent bump is due in part to the increased price of metallurgic coal, which is used to make steel, and a price increase in natural gas exports. West Virginia produces roughly 5 percent of the natural gas in the U.S. and as the price of natural gas rises, the demand for coal increases, spurring growth in the state. Trump can't take credit for the change in prices, which fluctuate with market forces.
banderl Offline
#668 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:03 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“I was with Bibi Netanyahu of Israel. And he was saying Donald, the wall works. They had an open border that was like a sieve. People just poured in. 99.9 per cent of the people now, it stopped. Nobody gets in.”

Topic: Immigration

Source: Interview

These numbers are a fantasy. The New York Times in 2016 reported on a vast smuggling industry that easily evades the Israeli security fence and wall that divides Israeli and Palestinian areas.
banderl Offline
#669 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:03 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Why is the NFL getting massive tax breaks while at the same time disrespecting our Anthem, Flag and Country? Change tax law!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

This statement needs context. In 2015, the NFL voluntarily gave up tax-exempt status. However, the league can still receive the tax breaks to build stadiums.
banderl Offline
#670 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:06 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Henry Kissinger does not want to pay 116 percent increase in his premiums, but that's what's happening.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Remarks

The 94-year-old former Secretary of State has been on Medicare for nearly three decades.
banderl Offline
#671 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:06 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Look obviously people know I've been very successful but I built a truly great company with truly great assets and very little debt, and I don't think that's been recognized to the extent it should.”

Topic: Biographical record

Source: Interview

Trump's rise was greatly aided by his father, a wealthy developer in his own right. Trump's companies four times when through the bankruptcy process after he overextended on debt.
banderl Offline
#672 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:08 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with North Korea for 25 years, giving billions of dollars & getting nothing. Policy didn't work!”
Repeated 1 time
Oct 8, 2017

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Twitter

Under the Bill Clinton accord with North Korea, between 1995 and 2003 the United States spent about $400 million supplying the fuel oil to North Korea that was required under the deal. An international consortium spent about $2.5 billion to replace the North’s plutonium reactor with two light-water reactors; the project was not completed before the deal collapsed by the money mostly went to South Korean and Japanese companies, not North Korea. The United States stopped paying food assistance to North Korea after 2011, with the exception of $1 million in humanitarian aid in January 2017 that was negotiated by outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry just before Trump was inaugurated. Total food assistance since 1995 was about $700 million. George W. Bush in 2007-2008 provided about $150 million in fuel oil when engaged in negotiations.
banderl Offline
#673 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:08 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Senator Bob Corker 'begged' me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said 'NO' and he dropped out (said he could not win without my endorsement.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

Todd Womack, Corker's chief of staff, disputed each of the claims the president made in his tweets. Trump called Corker early last week and asked him to reconsider his decision not to seek reelection, according to Womack. He said the president also reaffirmed that he would have endorsed Corker had he decided to run again — which, Womack added, was not the first time that Trump had extended such an offer of support.
banderl Offline
#674 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:09 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“They had 200 mile per hours winds. It just ripped the place apart.”
Repeated 1 time
Sep 26, 2017

Topic: Environment

Source: Interview

Hurricane Maria reached maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour.
banderl Offline
#675 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:09 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We did a great job. But we weren’t fairly treated by the media because we did a great job.”

Topic: Environment

Source: Interview

To some extent this is Trump's personal opinion of his administration's response to the hurricane damage in Puerto Rico. But the media was only reporting the criticism of local officials about the sluggishness of how the administration reacted.
banderl Offline
#676 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:10 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“If you look at President Clinton. He paid billions of dollars, gave them billions more. And the day after the agreement….they started doing what they are doing.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Trump exaggerates. Under the Clinton accord with North Korea, between 1995 and 2003 the United States spent about $400 million supplying the fuel oil to North Korea that was required under the deal. An international consortium spent about $2.5 billion to replace the North’s plutonium reactor with two light-water reactors; the project was not completed before the deal collapsed by the money mostly went to South Korean and Japanese companies, not North Korea.
banderl Offline
#677 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:11 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“If it were up to me I would not have gone into Iraq. That was a big mistake. That was truly one of the big mistakes in the history of our country.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Full story

Trump was a lukewarm supporter of the invasion of Iraq, as has been well documented, despite his many times claiming that he opposed it.
banderl Offline
#678 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:11 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Obama should have never gotten out [of Iraq] like he did. That’s how ISIS was formed.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Trump actually criticized Obama for not getting out of Iraq sooner. "I think he could have gotten out a long time ago," Trump said in August 2011. "These wars are a disaster. Iraq is going to be taken over by Iran the minute we leave." ISIS arose in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, though the civil war in Syria breathed new life into the terror organization.
banderl Offline
#679 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:13 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“The problem we have [on health care] is we have 52 [Republican] senators. And they have to get rid of the absolutely crazy voting when you need 60 votes. It's called the filibuster rule.”
Repeated 10 times
Oct 7, 2017Sep 27Sep 27Sep 22Sep 15Jul 30Jul 29Jul 29Jul 28Jul 18

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

The Senate was already working through the reconciliation process, which requires a 51-vote majority, to pass the Obamacare repeal and replace bill.
banderl Offline
#680 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:14 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“More and more people are suggesting that Republicans (and me) should be given Equal Time on T.V. when you look at the one-sided coverage.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

The Fairness Doctrine, which required broadcasters to air contrasting views regarding controversial matters of public interest, was repealed in 1987 during the Reagan administration. The repeal helped foster the rise of right-leaning television and radio programs, presumably a development the president supports.
banderl Offline
#681 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:15 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal, & that's about it.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Twitter

Sen. Corker (R-Tenn.) opposed the Iran deal negotiated by President Obama.
victor809 Offline
#682 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:15 PM EST
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
tailgater wrote:
Umm, OK...


Meanwhile, go on and continue your temper tantrum.

It's funny.
I talk about this forum with friends who aren't on it.

I mentioned your "commitment" to this thread.
Comments:

"be nice to have that much time. Though I wouldn't waste it on something as stupid as that"
and
"How old is he?"
and even
"That's why I don't bother with internet forums"


And why is this funny?
Because each of those three actually dislike President Trump, vote Democrat and are somewhat liberal. (I do live in Massachusetts after all).




Not to point out the obvious but....
"I related a story from my perspective to my friends and they all agreed with me!" is not really a surprise. Whether they're trump fans or not.
banderl Offline
#683 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:16 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“That's locker room. That's locker room talk.”

Topic: Biographical record

Source: Remarks

Full story

Much like disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Trump has been accused of sex harassment and unwanted sexual advances by many women, many of whom told others about the encounters at the time. In referring to "locker room" talk, Trump appears to be referencing the Hollywood Access tape in which he was overheard saying: “When you’re a star, they let you do it. Grab ’em by the ****. You can do anything.” But the allegations against Trump amount to more than bragging in private.
banderl Offline
#684 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:17 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!”
Repeated 16 times
Jan 5, 2018Jan 2Nov 30, 2017Oct 5Sep 27Aug 22Aug 7Jul 2Jul 1Jun 27Mar 29Feb 27Feb 16Feb 6Feb 4Jan 28

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

Trump appears to associate negative news reports as fake news. but that's not how the First Amendment works.
banderl Offline
#685 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:18 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Ralph Northam,who is running for Governor of Virginia,is fighting for the violent MS-13 killer gangs & sanctuary cities. Vote Ed Gillespie!”

Topic: Immigration

Source: Twitter

There are no sanctuary cities in Virginia. Northam does not support MS-13 gangs.
banderl Offline
#686 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:18 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“It is a 'miracle' how fast the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were able to find the demented shooter and stop him from even more killing!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

The shooter had committed suicide by the time the police arrived at his room.
banderl Offline
#687 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:19 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“And how do they do in fights with the F-35? ... That's an expensive plane that you can't see. And as you probably heard, we cut the price very substantially -- something that other administrations would never have done, that I can tell you.”
Repeated 21 times
Oct 3, 2017Sep 29May 17May 8May 2May 1Apr 29Apr 21Apr 6Mar 21Mar 20Mar 15Feb 28Feb 28Feb 27Feb 23Feb 22Feb 18Feb 7Feb 6Jan 30

Topic: Jobs

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump takes credit for the lowered cost in the F-35 program, but the Pentagon had announced cost reductions of roughly $600 million before Trump began meeting with Lockheed Martin’s chief executive.
banderl Offline
#688 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:20 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“We're going to have to wipe that [Puerto Rico's debt] out. ... I don't know if it's Goldman Sachs, but whoever it is, you can wave goodbye to that.”

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Trump has no authority to make Puerto Rico's debt to private investors disappear and administration officials quickly backed away from Trump's claim.
banderl Offline
#689 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:20 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Who needs a flashlight? ... Flashlights, you don't need 'em anymore. You don't need 'em anymore.”

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

At time Trump make this comment during a visit to Puerto Rico, more than 90 percent of the island's electricity customers remained without power -- nearly two weeks after the hurricane.
banderl Offline
#690 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:22 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“All buildings now inspected........for safety. Thank you to the Governor of P.R. and to all of those who are working so closely with our First Responders. Fantastic job!”

Topic: Environment

Source: Twitter

“I’m not aware of such inspection. Of course, there are areas of Puerto Rico which we haven’t really gotten in contact. Perhaps he was referring to a particular set of buildings. I’m not sure," {said} Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello.
banderl Offline
#691 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:22 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Being nice to Rocket Man hasn't worked in 25 years, why would it work now? Clinton failed, Bush failed, and Obama failed. I won't fail.”
Repeated 2 times
Sep 22, 2017Apr 17

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Twitter

This is an odd statement. Trump uses the "Rocket Man" nickname for Kim Jong-Un. It's unclear whether Trump knows that there have been three North Korean leaders since Bill Clinton's presidency, all with the last name Kim. It's a misleading claim that the past three presidents have "all been outplayed by this gentleman." It's actually three men in the same Kim family: Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un. Clinton, Bush and Obama would dispute that they were "nice" to North Korean leaders.
banderl Offline
#692 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:23 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“And a very big question is: What are we going to do with the power plant? Because the power plant has been wiped out. It’s not like, let’s go back and fix it. That's what I do; I’m a good construction guy. You don't go back and fix it; there is nothing.”

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

Full story

"Hurricane Maria left the island's power plants largely intact, but the power lines have been wiped out. In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's 3.4 million American citizens remain almost entirely without electrical power — but it's not because their power plants are blown," reports {The Verge.}
banderl Offline
#693 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:24 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We are all here today for the same reason -- because we believe in that beautiful, beautiful phrase that hasn’t been used so much over the last three decades: Made in the USA.”
Repeated 23 times
Nov 2, 2017Oct 11Sep 29Sep 22Sep 6Aug 22Aug 3Jul 26Jul 25Jul 21Jul 20Jul 17Jul 7Apr 29Apr 19Apr 18Apr 18Mar 28Mar 20Mar 18Mar 15Mar 15Mar 6

Topic: Jobs

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump now calls for Americans to “buy American, hire American.” But this is misleading. Trump has a long history of outsourcing a variety of his own products. The Fact Checker has counted a total of 12 countries where Trump products were manufactured (China, the Netherlands, Mexico, India, Turkey, Slovenia, Honduras, Germany, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea).
banderl Offline
#694 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:26 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“I have a great Cabinet. And we save hundreds of millions of dollars through negotiation. I’ll give you an example. With the F-35 fighter plane – me, myself – I've saved hundreds of millions of dollars in negotiating.”
Repeated 21 times
Oct 3, 2017Sep 29May 17May 8May 2May 1Apr 29Apr 21Apr 6Mar 21Mar 20Mar 15Feb 28Feb 28Feb 27Feb 23Feb 22Feb 18Feb 7Feb 6Jan 30

Topic: Jobs

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump takes credit for the lowered cost in the F-35 program, but the Pentagon had announced cost reductions of roughly $600 million before Trump began meeting with Lockheed Martin’s chief executive.
banderl Offline
#695 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:28 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
Why aren’t they honoring this country by enforcing a rule [on standing for the anthem] that’s been in existence for a long time?”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Interview

Full story

Yet the policy allows teams to use their discretion, and currently, according to NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, players are “encouraged but not required to stand for the national anthem.”
banderl Offline
#696 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:28 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“They [the NFL] have rules for everything. You can’t dance in the end zone.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Interview

In May 2017, the National Football League started loosening its restrictions on end-zone celebrations, including on dancing, unsportsmanlike conduct and excessive celebration. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell changed the rule so that celebrations would be allowed, though prolonged celebrations or ones directed at opponents would still be counted as offensive demonstrations, {NPR reported}.
banderl Offline
#697 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:29 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Facebook was always anti-Trump.The Networks were always anti-Trump hence,Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?”
Repeated 16 times
Jan 5, 2018Jan 2Nov 30, 2017Oct 5Sep 27Aug 22Aug 7Jul 2Jul 1Jun 27Mar 29Feb 27Feb 16Feb 6Feb 4Jan 28

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

The New York Times did not apologize to its subscribers for its coverage of Trump.
banderl Offline
#698 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:31 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“We are not going to allow the death tax to steal away the American Dream from these great, great families, many of which are in this room today.”
Repeated 6 times
Jan 8, 2018Dec 22, 2017Dec 20Nov 29Sep 27Sep 27

Topic: Taxes

Source: Remarks

Full story

According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, only about 5,500 estates in 2017 — out of nearly 3 million estates — would have to pay any taxes. About half of estates subject to the tax would pay an average tax of about 9 percent. That’s because for a married couple, about $11 million is exempt from taxation. Only 80 — that’s right, 80 — taxable estates would be farms and small businesses.
banderl Offline
#699 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:32 PM EST
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#700 Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2018, 7:33 PM EST
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“Many people have died. Many, many people. Many people are so horribly injured. I was at Walter Reed Hospital recently and I saw so many great young people and their missing legs and their missing arms and they've been so badly injured. And they were fighting for our country. They were fighting for our flag. They were fighting for our national anthem. And for people to disrespect that by kneeling during the playing of our national anthem I think is disgraceful.”
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NFL players who decided to kneel during the anthem prior to the game said it was an act of protest against police brutality of black Americans.
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