Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

[Political Junky]

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Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago
  

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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[Sunni Man]

Thank you Pres. Trump!! ...

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

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Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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Yes, he's coming to the realization that Democrats will do ANYTHING to subvert the opposition and acquire power.

I hope he pounds every last Democrat crook into the ground.

 

[JGalt]

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Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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Losing the House only means that a dysfunctional Congress gets even less done.

Meanwhile to paraphrase Obama, President Trump still has a pen, a phone, and his executive orders.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Watch him squirm.

Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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Yes, he's coming to the realization that Democrats will do ANYTHING to subvert the opposition and acquire power.

I hope he pounds every last Democrat crook into the ground.

The Republicans stopped Obama getting a Supreme Court justice. From that moment on, it's a fight to the death. You reap what you sow.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

The Republicans stopped Obama getting a Supreme Court justice. From that moment on, it's a fight to the death. You reap what you sow

Yeah, remember that

10 Times Democrats Vowed To Block Republican Nominees

 

[frigidweirdo]

The Republicans stopped Obama getting a Supreme Court justice. From that moment on, it's a fight to the death. You reap what you sow

Yeah, remember that

10 Times Democrats Vowed To Block Republican Nominees

So someone vowed to do it, but didn't.

But hey, I'm not saying the Democrats are a nice bunch of girl guides here. The whole fucking partisan system needs to be got rid of, in my opinion.

I'm merely point out the lame hypocrisy of people saying "boohoo" even though they were cheering the same shit a few years back.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I think shut the bitch down and blame the republicans for it as we go into the midterm. Fuck em.

 

[Dale Smith]

Yeah, I think that the alleged demise of the MAGA is being greatly exaggerated. I am not worried that the fabian socialist left and their deep state puppetmasters are going to pose a threat to us.

 

[DOTR]

Yeah, I think that the alleged demise of the MAGA is being greatly exaggerated. I am not worried that the fabian socialist left and their deep state puppetmasters are going to pose a threat to us.

It will take a long long time to root out the deep state. But give Trump credit...he knows what he is dealing with. I think going after their funding is wise.

 

[otto105]

Thank you Pres. Trump!! ...

What winning?

 

[Dale Smith]

Yeah, I think that the alleged demise of the MAGA is being greatly exaggerated. I am not worried that the fabian socialist left and their deep state puppetmasters are going to pose a threat to us.

It will take a long long time to root out the deep state. But give Trump credit...he knows what he is dealing with. I think going after their funding is wise.

Good for you.......you know about the E.O that was signed just before Christmas...you are "awake".

 

[Preacher]

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Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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LMAO! You mean the President realizes if the anti american party wins the house he won't get his agenda through! WHEW! Glad you informed me I didn't realize that! I bet he didn't know it either! Some more ground breaking news!

 

[IsaacNewton]

Republicans know 2018 is going to be a very bad year for them. They'll lose one or both houses of Congress and that will end outright all of Trump's agenda and will allow Democrats to conduct proper investigations into Trump, Sessions, and the rest of the criminals.

'The Wall', even if funding is approved in the next 6 months, will either not even be started or just the first grading of soil will be taking place and then it will come to a crashing end forever. Like Palin's bridge to nowhere.

The stock market is also due for a large drop. wait for it cons, here it comes.

 

[Dale Smith]

Republicans know 2018 is going to be a very bad year for them. They'll lose one or both houses of Congress and that will end outright all of Trump's agenda and will allow Democrats to conduct proper investigations into Trump, Sessions, and the rest of the criminals.

'The Wall', even if funding is approved in the next 6 months, will either not even be started or just the first grading of soil will be taking place and then it will come to a crashing end forever. Like Palin's bridge to nowhere.

The stock market is also due for a large drop. wait for it cons, here it comes.

What is really happening is that the deep state ops that had to come up with a "Plan B" if Trump won are being exposed........Comey, McCabe, Strzok in the FBI, CIA shills like Brennan.........it's gonna be ugly. The Clintons, the Bush family, Obama, Podestas and many others are breaking out in assholes and shitting themselves. This is a good thing for all of us........

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Watch him squirm.

Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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A source? CNN must have provided the quote.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Thank you Pres. Trump!! ...

What winning?

You keep losing. Every time you lose, America wins!

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Jobs and the economy

• Passage of the tax reform bill providing $5.5 billion in cuts and repealing the Obamacare mandate.
• Increase of the GDP above 3 percent.
• Creation of 1.7 million new jobs, cutting unemployment to 4.1 percent.
• Saw the Dow Jones reach record highs.
• A rebound in economic confidence to a 17-year high.
• A new executive order to boost apprenticeships.
• A move to boost computer sciences in Education Department programs.
• Prioritizing women-owned businesses for some $500 million in SBA loans.

Killing job-stifling regulations

• Signed an Executive Order demanding that two regulations be killed for every new one creates. He beat that big and cut 16 rules and regulations for every one created, saving $8.1 billion.
• Signed 15 congressional regulatory cuts.
• Withdrew from the Obama-era Paris Climate Agreement, ending the threat of environmental regulations.
• Signed an Executive Order cutting the time for infrastructure permit approvals.
• Eliminated an Obama rule on streams that Trump felt unfairly targeted the coal industry.

Fair trade

• Made good on his campaign promise to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
• Opened up the North American Free Trade Agreement for talks to better the deal for the U.S.
• Worked to bring companies back to the U.S., and companies like Toyota, Mazda, Broadcom Limited, and Foxconn announced plans to open U.S. plants.
• Worked to promote the sale of U.S products abroad.
• Made enforcement of U.S. trade laws, especially those that involve national security, a priority.
• Ended Obama’s deal with Cuba.

Boosting U.S. energy dominance

• The Department of Interior, which has led the way in cutting regulations, opened plans to lease 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling.
• Trump traveled the world to promote the sale and use of U.S. energy.
• Expanded energy infrastructure projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline snubbed by Obama.
• Ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to kill Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
• EPA is reconsidering Obama rules on methane ememissions

Protecting the U.S. homeland

• Laid out new principles for reforming immigration and announced plan to end "chain migration," which lets one legal immigrant to bring in dozens of family members.
• Made progress to build the border wall with Mexico.
• Ended the Obama-era “catch and release” of illegal immigrants.
• Boosted the arrests of illegals inside the U.S.
• Doubled the number of counties participating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement charged with deporting illegals.
• Removed 36 percent more criminal gang members than in fiscal 2016.
• Started the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program.
• Ditto for other amnesty programs like Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.
• Cracking down on some 300 sanctuary cities that defy ICE but still get federal dollars.
• Added some 100 new immigration judges.

Protecting communities

• Justice announced grants of $98 million to fund 802 new cops.
• Justice worked with Central American nations to arrest and charge 4,000 MS-13 members.
• Homeland rounded up nearly 800 MS-13 members, an 83 percent one-year increase.
• Signed three executive orders aimed at cracking down on international criminal organizations.
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions created new National Public Safety Partnership, a cooperative initiative with cities to reduce violent crimes.

Accountability

• Trump has nominated 73 federal judges and won his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
• Ordered ethical standards including a lobbying ban.
• Called for a comprehensive plan to reorganize the executive branch.
• Ordered an overhaul to modernize the digital government.
• Called for a full audit of the Pentagon and its spspending

Combatting opioids

• First, the president declared a Nationwide Public Health Emergency on opioids.
• His Council of Economic Advisors played a role in determining that overdoses are underreported by as much as 24 percent.
• The Department of Health and Human Services laid out a new five-point strategy to fight the crisis.
• Justice announced it was scheduling fentanyl substances as a drug class under the Controlled Substances Act.
• Justice started a fraud crackdown, arresting more than 400.
• The administration added $500 million to fight the crisis.
• On National Drug Take Back Day, the Drug Enforcement Agency collected 456 tons.

Protecting life

• In his first week, Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy that blocks some $9 billion in foreign aid being used for abortions.
• Worked with Congress on a bill overturning an Obama regulation that blocked states from defunding abortion providers.
• Published guidance to block Obamacare money from supporting abortion.

Helping veterans

• Signed the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act to allow senior officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire failing employees and establish safeguards to protect whistleblowers.
• Signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
• Signed the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, to provide support.
• Signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 to authorize $2.1 billion in additional funds for the Veterans Choice Program.
• Created a VA hotline.
• Had the VA launch an online “Access and Quality Tool,” providing veterans with a way to access wait time and quality of care data.
• With VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin, announced three initiatives to expand access to healthcare for veterans using telehealth technology.

Promoting peace through strength

• Directed the rebuilding of the military and ordered a new national strategy and nuclear posture review.
• Worked to increase defense spending.
• Empowered military leaders to “seize the initiative and win,” reducing the need for a White House sign off on every mission.
• Directed the revival of the National Space Council to develop space war strategies.
• Elevated U.S. Cyber Command into a major warfighting command.
• Withdrew from the U.N. Global Compact on Migration, which Trump saw as a threat to borders.
• Imposed a travel ban on nations that lack border and anti-terrorism security.
• Saw ISIS lose virtually all of its territory.
• Pushed for strong action against global outlaw North Korea and its development of nuclear weapons.
• Announced a new Afghanistan strategy that strengthens support for U.S. forces at war with terrorism.
• NATO increased support for the war in Afghanistan.
• Approved a new Iran strategy plan focused on neutralizing the country’s influence in the region.
• Ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airbase used in a chemical weapons attack.
• Prevented subsequent chemical attacks by announcing a plan to detect them better and warned of future strikes if they were used.
• Ordered new sanctions on the dictatorship in Venezuela.

Restoring confidence in and respect for America

• Trump won the release of Americans held abroad, often using his personal relationships with world leaders.
• Made good on a campaign promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
• Conducted a historic 12-day trip through Asia, winning new cooperative deals. On the trip, he attended three regional summits to promote American interests.
• He traveled to the Middle East and Europe to build new relationships with leaders.
• Traveled to Poland and on to Germany for the G-20 meeting where he pushed again for funding of women entrepreneurs.

 

[2aguy]

Watch him squirm.

Trump confronts 2018's harsh political reality

• 
  Jonathan Swan
  
• 1 hr ago

Over the past few weeks — especially since Roy Moore's defeat — sources close to Trump say he's finally recognizing a harsh reality: If Republicans lose the House in 2018, it will pose an existential threat to his presidency, with endless investigations, legislative obstruction and a likely move toward impeachment.

"Oh, he gets it," a source who's recently spoke to Trump told me.
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Yes, I believe you guys said that Trump faced the political rally that he was never going to win the primary....and that he was never going to stay in the race...and that hilary was going to beat him by double digits.....keep telling us what "reality" is.....we need something to laugh about in all this global warming, below freezing weather....

 

[westwall]

The second that obummer violated the COTUS by granting waivers to his donors and pals, and EO'd DACA in violation of the COTUS, the gloves were going to come off you imbecile.