Duke of Bullshit: "The" Donald

[Recusant]

. . . Not that the US has ever been particularly concerned about international law except when it offers a convenient way of pursuing "national interest." Party to many treaties but not above some covert operations including outright assassinations. In my opinion the current administration has moved past being an unreliable ally, headed more into rogue territory. So it goes.

[xSilverPhinx]

Erm, there seems to be a rabid orangutan on the loose...when is the US going to send it back to the zoo? It's been throwing its own faeces at the rest of the world for some time now.    

[Dark Lightning]

I keep hoping he chokes on a Big Mac. Shooting him would make him a martyr. He's a plague on the entire planet.

[xSilverPhinx]

I keep hoping he chokes on a Big Mac. Shooting him would make him a martyr. He's a plague on the entire planet.

Same. The world would certainly be a better place with Trump 6 feet under.

Whelp, there probably goes my chances of renewing my US visa. For someone who likes to shout "freedom" at the sun and moon Trump certainly does not like to be on the receiving end of criticism. 

[Dark Lightning]

People coming into the country are subject to having their social media on their phones checked. People have been turned away from entry into the US if TSA didn't like what they saw. If I ever leave the country, I'll have to leave my cell phone at home.

[xSilverPhinx]

People coming into the country are subject to having their social media on their phones checked. People have been turned away from entry into the US if TSA didn't like what they saw. If I ever leave the country, I'll have to leave my cell phone at home.

That would probably be a good idea. 

Man, this is looking more and more like a third rate reality show where the clowns have taken over the circus and we can't change the channel. 

[billy rubin]

yes.

my country is becoming unrecognizeable

[xSilverPhinx]

Does anybody know of a petition to rename April Fool's Day as Trump's Day? If there aren't any, we should totally start one. 

[Dark Lightning]

When that sorry sack of feces dies, people all over the world will be overjoyed to see him gone. I like your idea.

[Recusant]

The champion of malevolent ignorance. So much winning.

"Trump Fires Every Member of US National Science Board" | Common Dreams

US President Donald Trump on Friday quietly fired every member of the independent board that governs the National Science Foundation, a move seen as an escalation of the administration's destructive war on science.

Members of the National Science Board (NSB) were notified in a brief email "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump" that their "position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately." One fired board member, chemist Willie May, told The New York Times that he was "disappointed" but not "entirely surprised," adding, "I have watched the systematic dismantling of the scientific advisory infrastructure of this government with growing alarm, and the National Science Board is simply the latest casualty."

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Alondra Nelson, an academic who resigned from the NSB last May over concerns of political interference, wrote on social media that "history will not look kindly on this administration for many reasons, but the systematic silencing of independent expertise is particularly troubling."

Since the start of his second term, Trump and his deputies have assailed science across the federal government, including by eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency's scientific research arm and firing experts en masse.

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