MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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After tirade against allies, Trump backs NATO agenda on Russia
By artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 11:42am |
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-says-germanyis-captive-to-russia-in-fiery-opening-salvo-against-nato/2018/07/11/56aa7174-7f0a-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html?utm_term=.a8f9b00b083c&wpisrc=al_news__alert-world--alert-national&wpmk=1
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Trump accusing Germany of being captive to Russia would seem to meet the description of what you have referred to over the years as irony impairment, aa.
by AmericanDreamer on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 11:46am
you know, he doesn't just have irony impairment, his whole sense of humor is nearly missing.
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 11:49am
Seems like time and again this is what we get: he goes on and on and on with his favorite narratives and rants that are red meat for his base and ASLO get him "ratings" via outrage from everyone else, especially because many of them are quite alarming. But then if something is really really earth-shakingly important, and he has to make an actual decision, he eventually backs down according to advice from his advisors.
A lottta times it's all just sound and fury signifying: nothing real. Not that it doesn't do a lot of harm. But it's harm like this: America elected an impossibly irritating troll and idiot fool as president.
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 11:51am
And for those opposed to him, it's therefore often like fighting a shadow boxer? People who don't follow the news he creates like we do day after might not have the anger, might say: what's the big deal? I didn't get out and vote for him but the economy's good and he hasn't gotten us involved in a new war. They don't know from Puerto Rico and haven't seen a Katrina-like debacle. Hence the approval ratings? The only thing that has seemed to hit him hard so far is separation of immigrant families, and he reversed himself on that and is clearly on a path to successfully plant lies/memes that that wasn't his fault.
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 11:59am
Fox News got the tip 3 hrs. ago that a lot of the previous Trump show on this was kabuki:
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 12:47pm
He hasn’t met with Putin. He hasn’t been told what to think.or do yet.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 11:58am
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 3:35pm
Is there an eclipse?
by CVille Dem on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:37pm
another good question, hah!
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:40pm
Pay no attention to what the Bozo says:
House passes resolution in support of NATO by unanimous voice vote
By Brett Samuels @ TheHill.com - 07/11/18 03:03 PM EDT
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 4:07pm
Another way of saying it:
Trump shocks, then schmoozes, at NATO summit
The president hits Germany before taking a softer tone when talking with Angela Merkel.
@ Politico.com on their current home page
Once clicking through they've got the headline changed to this, perhaps just as good:
Trump at NATO: From ‘sad’ to ‘tremendous’
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/11/2018 - 4:14pm
Good question:
‘Why Germany?’ Trump’s strange fixation vexes experts
Trump’s tirade at the NATO summit spotlights his growing anger toward one of America’s closest longtime allies.
@ Politico.com, 07/11/2018
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:12pm
Cue the psychologists:
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:36pm
Looks pretty much like Russia's chaos thing is working out:
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 2:39pm
a faithful Murdoch Newscorp fan, no matter where he is:
more at Axios.com, Trump gives interview attacking May ahead of meeting, 1 hr. ago
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 8:00pm
only the Murdochian masses were sposed to be reading that?
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 8:23pm
Surreal all around, ending with denial by the horse's mouth, as usual:
Trump: I didn't criticise Theresa May to The Sun @ BBCNews.com, with the video, July 13
but this time it didn't end with dueling tweets but in person:
He just doesn't care that he babbles all kinds of stuff to reporters because his whole shtick is making up stories in his head and just sharing them and then if he doesn't like how it turns out he just denies it was said... never even gets to the stage of "you misunderstood me" because his just denies all the parts of his constant verbal diarrhea that don't end up playing well. Comes to mind that the pain of dealing with this little character flaw is seen in John Kelly's behavior soooo often.
by artappraiser on Fri, 07/13/2018 - 9:47pm
BTW: that "check with the White House we've got the true tape" thing? So far a lie too.
Edit to add: comes to mind that being a White House reporter these days seems very similar to dealing with an airline after they've lost your luggage or a cell provider after they've moved the tower and don't want to admit it or a health insurer over whether something is covered. The general idea: just give up on your complaint, move on with your life, can't you see how unimportant it is (to us, that is,) you'll bankrupt yourself trying to fight us, silly....
by artappraiser on Fri, 07/13/2018 - 11:22pm
It's the horrid world of working with "support" lines ... whether it's a computer glitch, a robo-vacuum gone wild (cat not necessarily included), a work-out machine that nearly killed you or a president that might. It all comes down to protecting the client against the consumer.
by barefooted on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 12:21am
Yes, you got what I was trying to say. But now I've changed my mind, it must be like straight-up Kafka, no ice
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 8:55pm
Why is Trump undermining NATO and the EU? He just told us.
Trump’s UK press conference was the best guide he’s offered to his doubts about Europe.
By Ezra Klein @ Vox.com, July 13
by artappraiser on Fri, 07/13/2018 - 11:35pm
Oh bollocks -Ezra acts as if Trump has a reason besides money and winning somehow.
Like NCD's link from Masha: http://dagblog.com/comment/254871#comment-254871
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 4:01am