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Ocnus.Net Dysfunctions As you may have heard, Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and is, as we type, attempting to do the same in 2018’s midterms. This fact is now widely accepted by the C.I.A., the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the F.B.I., the N.S.A., the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the House Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and anyone with a moderate grasp on reality. To dispute it is like disputing the fact that water is wet or that Don Jr. definitely spends long hours flexing in the mirror and asking his reflection, “You like that?” And yet, there is still one person who does, and his name is Donald Trump. The president’s refusal to accept the obvious was underscored in July when, at a press conference in Helsinki, he told reporters that he took the word of one Vladimir Putin that Mother Russia is being strung up on false charges over the findings of his own U.S. intelligence agencies. But in a total 180 at the U.N. on Wednesday, the president was suddenly extremelyworried about election meddling—just not by Russia, which in his mind remains unimpeachable:
Later, during a press call that was arranged at the last minute on the topic of “Chinese interference,” a senior administration official backed up the president’s claims with . . . zero examples, other than the fact that China has “hurt farmers and workers in states and districts that voted for the president because he stood up to the ways China has taken advantage of our country economically.” That’s actually true! China has hit soybean farmers with tariffs that are cutting into their profits, a direct result of Trump‘s decision to hit Beijing in an increasingly escalating trade war that seems to have no end in sight. It clearly did so to put pressure on Trump to back off from his trade policies that are hurting both nations, knowing that squeezing his base would put him in a tough position politically. (The European Union, Canada, and Mexico have taken similar tacks, retaliating with levies affecting products from Wisconsin and Kentucky.) You know what that doesn’t constitute? Election meddling. “China has all along followed the principle of non-interference in other countries’ domestic affairs,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the U.N. following Trump’s declaration. “We did not and will not interfere in any country’s domestic affairs. We refuse to accept any unwarranted accusations against China.” While most of the insane things that come out of Trump’s mouth seem to tumble randomly and without pre-meditation, the claim that China is actively interfering in midterm elections may actually be part of a strategy the administration has been cooking up for some time. Sources told Axios late last week that the West Wing had plans to “launch a major, ‘administration-wide’ broadside against China,” and that it’s “not just going to let Russia be the bogeyman.” In which case, you might think that the White House would’ve come up with some talking points for Trump to use at his press conference later that day, other than, basically, “I hear things” and “I have evidence but I can’t tell you,” which is exactly what he said, in addition to telling reporters that Beijing is allegedly in awe of his formidable intellect.
Just to close the loop on that press conference . . . In addition to China, President Big Brain covered a wide range of topics, including but not limited to his bromance with Kim Jong Un, the true victims of the #MeToo movement (men like him), the various ways he likes to model his pressers after Elton John concerts, and how Democrats would pull the same s--t they’re pulling with Brett Kavanaugh if the Founding Father was also accused of sexual assault, which Trump is pretty sure was in fact the case:
Ford: Trump tariffs would cost us $1 billion, with a ‘b’ Nothing to see here, just Trump’s trade war continuing to do great things for U.S. companies:
What Jim clearly doesn’t understand is that trade wars are “good, and easy to win,” even if it means shaving a billion dollars in profit here and there, but hopefully he’ll come around. Trump: world leaders would never laugh at their god, O.K.? Remember, yesterday, when Donald Trump claimed that his administration “has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country” and the U.N. literally laughed in his face? According to Trump, it wasn’t the utterly humiliating experience it appeared to be be. “The fake news said people laughed at President Trump. They didn’t laugh at me,” he said Wednesday. “They weren’t laughing at me, they were laughing with me,” Trump added. “We had fun. That was not laughing at me. People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time. They respect what I’ve done.” President finds time to slam Federal Reserve during busy day of smearing sexual assault victims How does he do it? Per Bloomberg:
Source: Ocnus.net 2018 |
