The Official TRUMP Administration Thread.

it's a great move if you need a fall guy when something important gets mired in the muck. He's also sort of stated his distrust for our intelligence agency so there's that

 

I'll just say I'm glad the commander of the 7th fleet didn't feel this way when I brought his intel to him every morning. To follow your logic about Donald would also mean assuming he's going to do something more important with that time...they can brief Pence and Pence briefs Trump or the can brief them both one time.....I don't see it saving time and I think it's an important part of the job he was elected to do

 

That nothing has changed is important information. At some point that may require altering a response, because nothing is changing. That said, being President is hard work. Saying that you don't want to listen to the briefings makes it seems like you don't want to do the hard job that is being President. Or *gasp* having low energy. Now, nothing bad might become of this system where Trump barely listens to intelligence briefings, but why even have the appearance of not taking the job seriously or not being willing to do the hard work that being President requires?

 

Edit: Your thoughts have some value. I'm just saying that it gives the impression that he doesn't really want to do the job, whether that perception or impression is accurate. Presidents before him have been up to this task. It's just silly to me to criticize others for being *low energy* when he doesn't want to do certain parts of the job because he thinks they are too technical, too boring, too nuanced, or perceives them as a waste of his time. Instead, he wants to do his "Thank You tour" because that's so important... Dude, election's over. Talk about a waste of time.

 

I don't think that's fair...book by cover...Trump made this bed of doubt verbally for a lot of folks...I don't have to guess when he tweets and says some of the things he does publicly...big difference between creating a false image of the guy....he has to EARN my respect and if he does...great...I'm still waiting

 

haha....the Lakers wear purple and gold or gold and purple?

 

Bush was a bitch. In fact, the entire bush family can kick rocks

 

You're helping make my point. The briefings aren't important if they don't change from day to day, what he does about them is.

The so called "hard job" of being President isn't sitting there, it is actually doing things or even deciding not to do things.

 

I was? If you mean the part in the Boring thread it wasn't directed at you.

I could rant away but my new MO is to say something mean to someone and then ignore their reply, being passive aggressive on purpose. Is that aggressive passive aggressiveness? Whatever.

Oh wait, the septic tank thing? Whatever it is you're speaking of I'm just getting too old to keep track.

 

I've got a pretty scary medical test to go through on the 5th of January so hopefully I'll make it that far.

Thanks for making me more nervous about it.