# The Trump Presidency Discussion Thread (Non-Meme version) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 12, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441 "2016-12-12T13:42:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 105
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2081 "2018-03-08T13:55:57Z")
man every day i love Texas more and more ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2082 "2018-03-08T16:52:38Z")
> Elon Musk sides with Trump on trade with China > The auto executive said China puts a 25 percent import duty on American cars, while the U.S. only does 2.5 percent for Chinese cars. He added that no American car company is “allowed to own even 50% of their own factory” in the Asian country, but China’s auto firms can own their companies in the U.S. > “We are going to be doing a reciprocal tax program at some point, so that if China is going to charge us 25% or if India is going to charge us 75% and we charge them nothing … We’re going to be at those same numbers. **It’s called reciprocal, a mirror tax** ,” Trump said after reading Musk’s earlier tweets out loud. > **[Elon Musk sides with Trump on trade with China, citing 25% import duty on...](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/08/elon-musk-sides-with-trump-on-trade-with-china-citing-25-percent-import-duty-on-american-cars.html)** > > Elon Musk believes China isn't playing fair in the car trade with the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2083 "2018-03-08T17:10:53Z")
Elon is a Trump fan and now NK has agreed to denuke and meet with Trump… MAGA!!! ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2084 "2018-03-09T07:02:48Z")
> **[Long sought by North Korea, summit holds risks for Trump...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-summit-trump-anal/long-sought-by-north-korea-summit-holds-risks-for-trump-administration-idUSKCN1GL0W1)** > > For at least two decades, leaders in North Korea have been seeking a personal meeting with an American president. this BS makes me wish Reuters wasn’t otherwise a pretty good outlet for news. their main story is 100% presumption based on ‘analysts’ fears about subjective blah blah blah. i guess it just makes the winning that much sweeter when it is taken so bitterly. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2085 "2018-03-13T06:46:21Z")
So that Tillerson axing… i guess not really surprised but it’s still pretty big news. at this point Mr. Trump is kicking so much ass he could fire half the government and i still wouldnt be worried. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2086 "2018-03-13T06:53:15Z")
> Tillerson is unaware of the reason the president is replacing him, Under Secretary Steve Goldstein told Fox News. Tillerson had every intention of staying and will miss his State Department colleagues, Goldstein said. Two things. 1st. Damn that’s savage. So long Tillerson, no heads up, no reason, just you’re off the team and I’m bring in this other guy. 2nd. “Under Secretary Steve Goldstein told Fox News”… That’s real journalism. Notice the lack of wording like, “unnamed sources suggest it’s possible that…” you always see from CNN, followed by some total speculative bullshit they try to pass off as news. Also, everyone is pretty quiet about the fact that Trump just nominated the first woman to ever head the CIA, Gina Haspel. I guess since he’s “waging a war on women” it would make sense to have a woman leading the war effort? LOL ---
**Author:** ![juicedz4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedz4/32/5051_2.png) [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2087 "2018-03-13T09:57:28Z")
And now apparently Goldstein is out: BREAKING: Under Secretary of State Steve Goldstein is being fired for contradicting the account of Rex Tillerson’s dismissal, White House official tells NBC ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2088 "2018-03-13T10:17:30Z")
![http://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp7155j2rL1qek28no1_250.gif](http://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp7155j2rL1qek28no1_250.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2089 "2018-03-13T10:50:16Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > … So long Tillerson, no heads up, no reason, just you’re off the team and I’m bring in this other guy… As @juicedz4 said, this was fake news. Tillerson knew, bux Fox’s source was totally wrong… and paid the price for it. … at least that’s what we’re told as of now, lol. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2090 "2018-03-13T10:54:52Z")
It’s still a great example of why sources need to be named, so if they’re making up bullshit they can be held accountable. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2091 "2018-03-13T10:57:40Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > It’s still a great example of why sources need to be named, so if they’re making up bullshit they can be held accountable. Oh I agree. It seems like no one goes on the record these days, and journalists don’t insist on it. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2092 "2018-03-13T11:02:58Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Oh I agree. It seems like no one goes on the record these days, and journalists don’t insist on it. It’s a lot easier to make stuff up when all your sources are unnamed. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2093 "2018-03-13T16:35:45Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Also, everyone is pretty quiet about the fact that Trump just nominated the first woman to ever head the CIA, Gina Haspel. I guess since he’s “waging a war on women” it would make sense to have a woman leading the war effort? LOL InB4 they say he only hired her so that he could pay her 75% of what a man would make on that position. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2094 "2018-03-13T16:49:54Z")
First woman to head the CIA, who was also instrumentally involved in torturing terror suspects. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2095 "2018-03-13T16:50:25Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > First woman to head the CIA, who was also instrumentally involved in torturing terror suspects. Doesn’t Trump hate women? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2096 "2018-03-13T17:19:49Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Doesn’t Trump hate women? Would he really grab them by the pussy if he hated them? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2097 "2018-03-13T17:30:11Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Would he really grab them by the pussy if he hated them? My favorite thing about this election is one of my friends is gay right after the election he claimed Trump was going to ban gay marriage and all this other shit. He ran out and got married before it was banned and gays were outlawed. It’s always fun to mention that now “say trump ban all gay marriage yet…hmmm weird.” ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2098 "2018-03-14T04:18:12Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > My favorite thing about this election is one of my friends is gay right after the election he claimed Trump was going to ban gay marriage and all this other shit. He ran out and got married before it was banned and gays were outlawed. It’s always fun to mention that now “say trump ban all gay marriage yet…hmmm weird.” The kid who works behind me at work(giggity) is also gay and he was saying that Pence was going to have conversion therapy camps and they were going to round up all the gays and put them in there. I don’t say anything to him, but I’m still waiting for that to happen… Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2099 "2018-03-14T05:05:42Z")
Do they not realize Trump is probably the most pro-gay rights Republican we’ve ever elected? The guy went to Elton John’s wedding back in 2005 even. > **[Donald Trump’s More Accepting Views on Gay Issues Set Him Apart in G.O.P.](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html)** > > His ease with gay people does not seem to be the result of deep soul searching, but, rather, the product of the Manhattan social and political world he has inhabited the past five decades. ---
**Author:** ![stuiephoto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stuiephoto/32/6070_2.png) [@stuiephoto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuiephoto)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441/2100 "2018-03-14T05:59:06Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Do they not realize Trump is probably the most pro-gay rights Republican we’ve ever elected? The guy went to Elton John’s wedding back in 2005 even. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html) History only matters if it fits the narrative. Duh. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441.md?page=104) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-trump-presidency-discussion-thread-non-meme-version/274441.md?page=106)