The market indicates what's good for business. Now that they have their tax cuts, what happens to Trump is no concern to them.
You couldn't be more wrong. Any news resulting w/ the POTUS (either TRUMP OBAMA BUSH etc) good or bad has a direct result on the market.
You would think that health care stocks would've tanked when Trump revealed that he doesn't know what health insurance is.
Pharma did collapse when he said we need to get costs under control.
Pharma has risen since he took office. Merck is up 21%, Pfizer is up 7%, and the overall market is up 18%.
Unlike you, these companies are aware that Trump is a pathological liar, and has done nothing to lower drug prices (he's actually allowed Congress to do the opposite).
The last time pharma as a collective dropped was a 7% dip when Hillary Clinton won the nomination and claimed that pharma was on her "hit list". It began to jump when Trump was elected and it became obvious that Congress was going to open the doors for them to rip people off further.
There, once again, is that Liberal trait of lacking a sense of humor.
Others will get the humor in my use of collusion in that post.
You will only see hate and your foolish need to lash out.
Chin chin, do carry on with making your mud pies.
This is embarrassing, even for you.
I don't think others will get the humor, as you weren't trying to make a joke, you were using a word without understanding what it means, and you've long been prone to do. After being embarrassed, you're now trying to pass it off as a joke.
Which doesn't make sense on any level. Again, I used to write jokes for a living. Jokes have a premise, a punchline, and often a point. None of which are present here. It's well-known that you struggle with the English language - that horse has been out of the barn for a long time. Rather than take your lumps and move on, you're trying to make a flimsy excuse for your ignorance.
What's even more embarrassing is that this isn't the first time you've used the word "collude" without understanding its meaning. And this is a day after you used the term "States Rights" without understanding its definition.
The Market is an excellent indicator of truth out of Washington because the Market does not like uncertainty. The Trading Computers search for problems and direct investing according to the seriousness of the situation.
When I compare that to people like you, PDF and others, running around with your hair on fire at every breaking story, I find basing my thoughts on those with both feet on the ground works well.
I collude with the Markets.
Trump's record of accomplishments in his first year speak for themselves.
You do realize, just about every market is up since Trump took office, right?
weed market is down.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
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Steyer bought Wolff book for every member of Congress
BY JOSH DELK - 01/05/18 05:14 PM EST
Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer says he purchased a copy of author Michael Wolff's controversial new book on the Trump presidency for each member of Congress to read.
Steyer plans to hand-deliver 535 copies of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" to each member of the House and Senate, he told California's KQED radio station.
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Scott Shafer @scottshafer .@TomSteyer tells @KQEDNewsroom he’s bought 535 copies of the Trump expose #FireAndFury and will have them hand-delivered to every member of Congress. Hear our entire interview tonite at 7 pm w/ @thuy Vu, who also talks w/ @DarrellIssa & @RepZoeLofgren.
Wolff's book claims Trump did not expect to win the presidency and depicts Trump as incompetent and unwilling to listen to his advisers. The White House blasted the book as full of lies on Friday and tried to prevent its publication with a cease-and-desist letter. A billionaire Democratic donor and environmental activist, Steyer spent at least $20 million of his own money on the "Need to Impeach" campaign against Trump calling on members of Congress to support impeachment.
Steyer said this week that he will make a "major announcement" about his future political endeavors on Monday, which could include a possible candidacy for California's governor or for the Senate.
Steyer did not immediately return a request for comment.
Allies of President Trump are aghast at the damage caused by a new book that paints a picture of a chaotic, dysfunctional and incompetent early months of the Trump administration.
Current and former Trump aides believe many of the juiciest stories in “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” are exaggerated or wholly fictional and don’t think the book is resonating outside the Beltway among the president’s core supporters.
But they are shocked that the author, Michael Wolff, was given access to the White House for months to work on the project and stunned at the seemingly low regard some staffers have for the president as described in the book.
“The biggest political mistake in American history was to allow a reporter, whose integrity has been impugned across the spectrum, into the White House and give him free rein,” said one source close to the White House.
The source blamed former chief White House strategist Stephen Bannon for Wolff’s frequent presence in the West Wing. Bannon is quoted extensively in the book and offered blistering criticism of the president and his family.
The Breitbart News chief said this week he remains a strong supporter of Trump, calling him a “great man.” Allies of Bannon said he considered releasing a statement disputing some of his quotes, but pulled back after Trump attacked him in ferocious fashion earlier this week.
Former Trump campaign adviser Barry Bennett was taken aback by the contempt some staff reportedly have for the president. “Fire and Fury” portrayed aides going to great lengths to hold back ridicule or scorn when Trump has his “wackadoo moments.”
“I’ve been a staffer for 30 years and I just don’t understand the behavior — that you would talk about your boss and someone you dedicated a chunk of your life to in that way,” said Bennett. “I can’t fathom letting your ego get the best of you like that.”
The former campaign hand lamented that the White House was forced to spend the first days of 2018 in damage-control mode.
“The presidency is a clock. It runs for four years and every second lost is not gained back,” Bennett said. “They’re doing great, but they could be doing much better … To have to recover from some of these staff-inflicted wounds is just an incredible waste of some of these precious moments.”
The controversy squelched any chance for Trump to seize momentum heading into the New Year, when he hoped the sweeping GOP tax law successfully passed in December would give a boost to his other legislative priorities.
Instead, the book turned the White House into a three-ring circus.
Trump launched an all-out assault on his onetime political ally Bannon over the book, a feud that has the potential to cause a rift among the president’s base.
One day earlier, the president unleashed a series of tweets capped off with a barb at the leader of North Korea over the size of his “nuclear button,” a remark that caused some critics to publicly question Trump’s mental fitness.
The New York Times and other news outlets also published new details about Trump’s efforts to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself in the Russia probe, providing more fodder to special counsel Robert Mueller as he determines whether the president obstructed justice.
Despite the seemingly endless stream of bad headlines, Trump and his allies are confident they can get back on track.
Trump early Friday disputed the notion Wolff had wide-ranging access to the White House in an effort to undercut the veracity of the book. He also came up with a new, derisive moniker for Bannon.
“I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book!” the president tweeted. “I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist. Look at this guy’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!”
Wolff told NBC News he spent three hours with the president during the 2016 campaign and in the White House. He also said he has records and notes of more than 200 conversations he had with White House and campaign aides.
But a White House official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, said Wolff’s access was “far more limited than he’s conveyed” and called his claim he sat down with Trump “a f--king lie.”
The White House has previously acknowledged Wolff had a brief phone call with Trump shortly after the inauguration, but not an in-person discussion.
The official acknowledged Wolff had caused “a bad news cycle” for Trump, but expressed confidence the White House had “punctured the credibility of the book.”
Other journalists, the official noted, have questioned Wolff’s storytelling methods about private exchanges among Trump and his staff and expressed doubt about certain details, like Trump not knowing who former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is.
The official said the mantra many at the White House are taking is “move on and move forward.”
Trump is spending the weekend at Camp David with top congressional Republicans, Cabinet officials and senior staff to plot a legislative agenda and chart a course for the 2018 midterms.
Before leaving the White House, Trump briefly spoke to reporters to tout the stock market’s performance, the tax law and a new jobs report. He did not answer questions about the book or the Russia reports.
The president on Monday will travel to Tennessee to deliver a speech on his plan for rural America.
But there is still a sense among Trump’s aides and allies that drama is a feature, and not a bug, of the White House. If the agenda doesn’t shift the conversation, something else will.
“If there’s one thing they’re better than anyone else at, it’s changing the subject,” Bennett said.
Regardless, Trump loyalists said the strong economy and job market are top of mind for the president’s base and argue it couldn't care less about White House palace intrigue.
“This is what’s consuming us in D.C. and the Potomac bubble,” said Bryan Lanza, a former campaign and transition adviser. “It’s not what people are talking about outside. I don’t think this moves the needle. If you're a voter in Middle America, you have your partisan leanings and this doesn’t change anything.”
Lanza conceded, however, that any time the administration is not talking about its achievements, “it’s missing an opportunity.”
White House chief of staff John Kelly faces a heavy lift this year in overhauling Trump’s staff, in part to stem a tide of expected departures. Redoubling efforts to boost staff morale and instill greater discipline should be added to the list, Bennett said.
“Gen. Kelly has already turned the ship around, but I hope he continues to fix some of these problems,” he said.
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
I said that Wolff is known as a sloppy sensationalist, and I won't waver from that, but given that Trump is filling his diaper this morning like a terrified child, I have to wonder what nerve got touched.
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
This is the weakest possible argument one could make.
There are plenty of viable arguments one could make against Wolff, but "Trump is intelligent" is straight up laughable.
Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.....
....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.....
....to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!
He tried to run in 2011-12. This isn’t his first try.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Trump has gave positions to 2 certified racist: Sessions and Bannon.
Even Bannon bragged about Breitbart being the platform for the alt-right under him.
And now we got a bunch of nastiness in the administration. If DC wasn’t a snake pit already, it most certainly is now.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
After a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump privately rationalized why someone would join the KKK, suggesting the racist group doesn’t believe what it used to, a book published this week with insider details on the Trump White House claims.
In Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, author Michael Wolff wrote that when Trump finally addressed the August 2017 rally—saying “racism is evil” and that the KKK and other groups that cause violence around it “are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans”—it was “a reluctant mini-grovel,” and the president “was clearly reading forced lines.”
After his KKK remarks, Trump got on Marine One and spewed his actual beliefs while traveling.
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"Privately, he kept trying to rationalize why someone would be a member of the KKK—that is, they might not actually believe what the KKK believed, and the KKK probably does not believe what it used to believe," Wolff wrote. "And, anyway, who really knows what the KKK believes now? In fact, he said, his own father was accused of being involved with the KKK—not true. (In fact, yes, true.)."
As Wolff notes, Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was arrested after a KKK riot in Queens, New York, in 1927.
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The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Wolff’s claim seeks to shed light on Trump’s true stance on the white supremacist rally and perhaps why it took him so long to address the incident many Americans considered racist.
Trump was widely condemned for his delay in condemning the people responsible for a rally in which one counter-protester was killed when a car allegedly driven by one of the marchers ran her over. James Alex Fields Jr. was charged with first-degree murder last month.
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Donald Trump Charlottesville Donald Trump Charlottesville More President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a statement on infrastructure in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City on August 15, 2017. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
The president initially said both sides were to blame for the Charlottesville clash in which neo-Nazis shouted, “Jews will not replace us.” He later issued a statement condemning neo-Nazis and the KKK. But in a wild press conference, he once again sought to equate the white nationalists and the counter-protesters. Not only did he say that "I think there is blame on both sides," but he also added that there were “very fine people” on both sides.
Since the days of his campaign, Trump has been celebrated by many renowned white supremacists, including David Duke and Richard Spencer.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Trump's father was a Klansman. While I think "sins of the father" is an unfair thing to tar someone with, Trump is a racist himself, and it wouldn't be at all surprising to hear he has sympathies for the KKK.
What's the context though? There could be a very good reason why Fred Trump was at a KKK riot or a good reason why Trump didn't want to rent out his apartments to black people. We need more context!!!
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
Rivera dealt a deadly blow then invited everyone to follow him to Al Capone’s vault. Anymore the guy is a sad punchline himself. Of course he’ll shill for trump. Who’s the next guy that we should take seriously, Jerry Springer? At least trump supporters will believe him. They’re on his show and fill his audience. It’s not as though trump supporters are going to read Wolff’s book. Too many words. No pictures.
It the book came with a free bottle of oxy’s and an “I hate illegals”t shirt, I’m sure they would buy it.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.....
....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.....
....to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
This book, written by a hating Liberal, will be used by the rest of the Liberals to justify their irrational hate. That's all.
The rest of us will focus on how this President has gotten the American Machine up and running again.
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
This book, written by a hating Liberal, will be used by the rest of the Liberals to justify their irrational hate. That's all.
The rest of us will focus on how this President has gotten the American Machine up and running again.
You could have saved sever space and just written 'blah blah blah'.
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
This book, written by a hating Liberal, will be used by the rest of the Liberals to justify their irrational hate. That's all.
The rest of us will focus on how this President has gotten the American Machine up and running again.
You could have saved sever space and just written 'blah blah blah'.
This is pretty much the entire Palus Politicus section. Don't we all pretty much know what each other is going to say at this point? Forget at this point.. years ago.
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
This book, written by a hating Liberal, will be used by the rest of the Liberals to justify their irrational hate. That's all.
The rest of us will focus on how this President has gotten the American Machine up and running again.
You could have saved sever space and just written 'blah blah blah'.
This is pretty much the entire Palus Politicus section. Don't we all pretty much know what each other is going to say at this point? Forget at this point.. years ago.
Yes but at least some of us drop actual pearls of wisdom from time to time. While 40's posts are mostly spammy trolling server bloat.
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
Sam Nunberg (they advisor who was tasked to try to explain the constitution) did not dispute what was in the book.
Nunberg declined to dispute the direct quotes Wolff has attributed to him — and also called the author a “good friend.”
“When I sat with Michael, who I like a lot, these were very casual-type conversations and dinners and lunches,” he told ABC News. “I’m not disputing what he writes in the totality, I’m just trying to give it a little more color.”
Geraldo Rivera delivers a deadly blow to Michael Wolff's 'Fire & Fury'.
"This is a patent lie. This is absolutely not true...It is unfair, it is so screamingly inequitable to accuse @POTUS of being someone who lacks intelligence..."
This book, written by a hating Liberal, will be used by the rest of the Liberals to justify their irrational hate. That's all.
The rest of us will focus on how this President has gotten the American Machine up and running again.
So, all your crying about the hating liberal blah blah blah who wrote book...who gave him access to the White House for almost a year? Pretty stupid, ya think.
And also, Wolff says that he has "hundreds and hundreds" of hours of audio of those conversations that he had with WH staffers.
Enjoy yourself on this book thang because just like I told you through all the emotional outbursts over Collusion, which has died on the vine, I am telling you this book is a turd.
Those tapes and writings were made when people around Trump were fighting for his ear and fighting for position. It is Tabloid hogwash.
The only thing with any weight to it is what Bannon said. He made the accusations of treason, being unfit and so forth. This will be investigated and Bannon will probably be called in to speak with Mueller.
Today, Bannon is already back tracking on what he said.
The Director of the CIA came out today and assured America that President Trump is just fine...
The director dismissed claims in Michael Wolff's book, "Fire and Fury", that Trump is incompetent by referring to them as "pure fantasy" and a "complete fabrication."
“I'm with him almost every day,” Pompeo told “Fox News Sunday.” “We talk about some of the most serious matters facing America and the rest of the world, complex issues.
"The president is engaged. He understands the complexity, asks really difficult questions from our team at CIA. I've watched him do that.”
He added: "The statements are just pure fantasy, absurd.”
Below is Bannon’s statement in full:
Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man. He has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around.
My support is also unwavering for the president and his agenda — as I have shown daily in my national radio broadcasts, on the pages of Breitbart News and in speeches and appearances from Tokyo and Hong Kong to Arizona and Alabama. President Trump was the only candidate that could have taken on and defeated the Clinton apparatus. I have always been — and remain — ready and willing to stand in the breech for this presidency and the administration’s effort to make America great again.
My comments about the meeting with Russian nationals came from my life experiences as a Naval officer stationed aboard a destroyer whose main mission was to hunt Soviet submarines to my time at the Pentagon during the Reagan years when our focus was the defeat of ‘the evil empire’ and to making films about Reagan’s war against the Soviets and Hillary Clinton’s involvement in selling uranium to them.
My comments were aimed at Paul Manafort, a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the Russians operate. He should have known they are duplicitous, cunning and not our friends. To reiterate, those comments were not aimed at Don Jr.
Everything I have to say about the ridiculous nature of the Russian ‘collusion’ investigation I said on my 60 Minutes interview. There was no collusion and the investigation is a witch hunt.
Bannon hasn’t denied saying it, but now walked back the comments only because he started getting blasted by the alt right, who are his main viewership at Breitbart.
We already know Bannon true feelings on the situation.
This administration is a complete embarrassment.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
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