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[Rhinox]

The insanity of the election is over.  The  lead up to today is done.  Donald Trump is officially our 45th President.  
It's time for a new, clean thread as we all take this trip together.  
 
Let's begin.  
Trump's POTUS website removes pages for LGBT and Climate Change.
http://nymag.com/dai...lgbt-pages.html
 
Protesters destroy property
http://wjla.com/news...can-set-on-fire
 
and
 
Trump quotes Bane during his Innaugural Address
http://ew.com/movies...uration-speech/
 

Edited by Rhinox, 10 January 2021 - 11:18 AM.

[wonko the sane?]

Ugh... you are an idiot wonko. Never read the hugging comments...

[Rhinox]

If we could rewrite the rules of the internet the new Rule 1 would definitely be "NEVER READ THE COMMENTS"

[Fnu Aw]

Trump quotes Bane during his Innaugural Address
http://ew.com/movies...uration-speech/

 
OH MY GOD.
 
Trump used to be called the comments section come to life. No. He is /pol/ come to life. Trump quoting Bane has been a /pol/ meme since 2015.
 

[Rust]

One thing I noticed from what I got to watch of the inauguration is Donald and his wife came out of the White House looking extremely pensive, but Mike Pence was grinning like a lunatic.

 

Struck me as odd and many of my coworkers watching with me noticed and commented on it as well.

 

Also got a real laugh out of Pelosi shaking Trump's hand at chest height. Looks like somebody's worried enough about Donald's grabbing tendencies to want to put plenty of distance between his hand and her nether regions. Out of all the protests of the day, I think that one was the most solid.

Edited by Rust, 20 January 2017 - 04:32 PM.

[Rhinox]

I do wonder if Trump, up to this very day, thought there'd be some way to stop this.  Keep him from the office.  It's been clear he doesn't really want it.  That running was a joke to him.  

Now he's well and truly stuck, as are we all.  

[Rust]

I'm curious when he was informed that he'll no longer have access to his Twitter account? I mean, I remember Obama's Blackberry and the bruhaha surrounding it back in '08. I mean, he'll still tweet - it'll just be handled by his staff and not himself and likely toned down from dictation to posting.

[Ironbite]

Bruhaha over Obama's blackberry?  Didn't see any of it.

 

Pence is likely thinking "this is great.  I'm gonna be able to do anything I want and this Orange Piss Pot is gonna take all the blame!" or some variation.  Donald is probably thinking "Uh...this isn't as glamorous as I was led to believe."  But he won't quit.  He can't quit.  Cause the GOP won't let him until he becomes politically inconvenient.

 

Ironbite-such as when the blowback comes from the leaked FBI investigation into his Russian ties.

[Kalidor]

Starting a new topic. Today is officially the first day of the Trump presidency. I see a lot of shit on facebook and a lot of "Hey, no political talk on here." in the vein of "controversial topics" which now include the words "the President".

 

This is bizzaro world for a lot of people now. We have a lot to lose if this goes south. I closed the other topic so we could start this topic as a new point of reference. 

 

Someone on Facebook posted these stats - I'll post them here.

 

Inauguration Day
Approx Gas $2.35
Approx Dow 19,819
NASDAQ 5550.85
Unemployment 4.7%

 

This is our benchmark - our starting point. 

 

Welcome to the Trump Presidency - Day 1. 

[M Virion]

Invest in beer & alcohol companies now. 

Edited by Ms Virion, 20 January 2017 - 05:46 PM.

[Rust]

Rhinox started a thread as well.

[Kalidor]

Didn't see it - I'll go ahead and merge them. 

[Teufel]

Other thread got locked as I was responding to Paladin's post about criminalizing peaceful protest so I'll put it here -

 

It's actually criminalizing blocking highways and the like, let's not get too over-dramatic here. A couple of those are stupid and one in particular seems rather dangerous and misguided, but in general they increase penalties for activities that aren't protected by the First Amendment. You don't have a Constitutional right to block traffic (unless it's a situation where you can get a permit, of course) even if you do so peacefully. And even then if you're physically restricting the movement of someone, or many someones, and interfering with their lives and jobs I'm not sure I would call it all that peaceful.

[Ironbite]

*cries into his beer*

 

MY THREAD GOT LOCKED!  NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!  WHATEVER SHALL I DO NOW!?

 

Well post in this.

 

So yeah.  Gonna keep on saying this until I'm either proven wrong so badly this nation is a hellhole the likes of which Satan would be impressed by or proven right.  Trump is in this for himself and that's it.  Not the GOP, not the American people, himself.  The GOP is sitting on a treasure trove of impeachable offenses that will get used the second he becomes a political determent.  Which should be around mid-terms.  The GOP leadership didn't want him, the fringe did.  The GOP hates the will of the people and will work to undermine that as best they can.  Meanwhile, Trump's gonna try and do all that he can to make sure his personal fortunes are secure from now until eternity.  They'll come together on a few things but for the most part, they'll be at odds.

 

Ironbite-and the constant criticism that comes with this job is going to wear on him so badly.

[Paladin]

You know, it was raining today & He didn't seem to have a coat. 

 

 

hoping he starts to emulate William Henry Harrison...

[Wheelimus]

You know, it was raining today & He didn't seem to have a coat. 

 

 

hoping he starts to emulate William Henry Harrison...

 

I don't know, I kind of think Pres*dent Trump might be unusually acclimated to surviving constant fluid bombardment. Though it is probably colder than he's used to...

[wonko the sane?]

See, I was just about to post about hoping he breaks William henry harrisons record for time in office.

[G.B.Blackrock]

I'm not going to actively wish death (or even illness) upon Trump. That said, it's impossible not to notice that he is now the oldest person ever to enter the role of President.

[wonko the sane?]

I'm not going to actively wish death (or even illness) upon Trump. That said, it's impossible not to notice that he is now the oldest person ever to enter the role of President.

You wound me, sir. I am not so vicious as to want others to suffer... 'cept for maybe the occasional stubbed toe. However, celebrating  his pain and wishing it upon him are two (marginally.) different things.

[Wheelimus]

Point of order: thread should be called Donald Trump: The last year, always presuming that this is either the final year of his administration or the last one we'll survive.