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Air crash in Washington

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
30 Jan 2025, 19:34
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30 Jan 2025, 19:34#1

An air force helicopter and a commercial jet collided with complete loss of life in Washington last night. Apparently the helicopter was on a training flight.

This should never have happened …Trump was right about that. But the news conference was another unnecessary  controversy. The time for speculation about cause should have waited for the facts.This was the time for condolences.

This unfortunately was a repeat of the disastrous Covid briefings, with the President venturing way out of his zone of expertise and ad libbing when sticking to the script would have been better.

Frustrating and an unnecessary additional stress for the families of those lost.

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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
30 Jan 2025, 19:51
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30 Jan 2025, 19:51#2

Stop talking nonsense mozzie. Everyone thinks something very odd happened.

It actually didn't even need Trump to draw attention to how bizarre this crash was. But thankfully Trump did comment on Truth Social and there doubtless be a full Investigation.

The Disgraced FBI came out very early and said there was no reason to suggest this was a, terrorist act. President Trump's comments assured people that there would be an investigation and thst the Commander in Chief understood the astonishing facts surrounding the crash.

 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
30 Jan 2025, 20:55
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30 Jan 2025, 20:55#3

I think in a way Trump smells hat really happened - same as why the fires in Los Angeles got out of control,- the incompetence of people - b0th amongst the politicians - but also in the bureaucracy appointed and used  without having the necessary ability to ensure that tragedies like this aircrash does not happen.   

That is why a full investigation is needed to ensure that maladministration is stopped before further maladministration and imcompetence cause further problems.   .     

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
30 Jan 2025, 21:38
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30 Jan 2025, 21:38#4

Trump's a disgusting gobshite ..................... a classless obscenity.

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Stavanger1Pro4,532 posts
30 Jan 2025, 21:47
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30 Jan 2025, 21:47#5

I remember when Trump was questioned about his apparent slowness to condemn the Neo-Nazi's in the aftermath of the Charlottesville violence, he repeatedly stated that he he wanted to wait for all the facts before commenting and now here is pushing baseless conspiracy theories and politicizing the tragedy.

Says its all really. 

 

 

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sharkbokCaptain20,097 posts
30 Jan 2025, 21:58
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30 Jan 2025, 21:58#6

This is the Trump that we all know and love....  . 
How is this person in charge of running America....

 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
31 Jan 2025, 00:05
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31 Jan 2025, 00:05#7

I like he wyou are using the word "RUNNING"which is exactly the right word to use,   A massive difference with Biden - who was "RUINING"  the country TURNING ANYTHING  HE TOUCHED INTO SHIT.

Trump is desperately trying to remove the shit Biden caused for the por people of the USA by cancelling out all the illegal rules introduced by the worst President in the history of the USA.       

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
31 Jan 2025, 01:30
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31 Jan 2025, 01:30#8

In many ways he is the right person among those available to be running the country. Certainly better than Harris who was totally unqualified and unsuited.

Nonetheless for a President to introduce politics into remarks about an air accident was shameful. His only mission in this initial announcement should have been to focus on the victims and provide whatever comfort he could to the families.

 

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sharkbokCaptain20,097 posts
31 Jan 2025, 01:48
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31 Jan 2025, 01:48#9

The Air Crash was just the latest proof that this man is not fit to be a president. How can you endorse him?

Trump is good for the shareholders, he is bound to allow lots of acquisitions to boost shareholder value and suppress natural wage growth. 

Trump has no moral fibre, remember the 2 innocent election workers (Ruby Freeman?) These people had to be relocated as they were getting death threats. Their whole lives were turned upside down.

I have never seen a US president stoop to such lows. People may not have liked Bill Clinton or George Bush - but they still had moral fibre and presidential characteristics.

It will be interesting to see how Trump goes over the next 4 years. I don't see it going well, and think most of his most rabid supporters will become his biggest haters.

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
31 Jan 2025, 03:30
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31 Jan 2025, 03:30#10
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Stavanger1Pro4,532 posts
31 Jan 2025, 03:33
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31 Jan 2025, 03:33#11

In many ways he is the right person among those available to be running the country. Certainly better than Harris who was totally unqualified and unsuited.

More qualified than Trump when he first ran.

Frankly the only people I think who would be less suitable in the role are Beeno and Clevermike.

Take the situation with Greenland.

Its been known for sometime that the US has genuine security concerns and interests around Greenland, so its not something that just randomly popped into Trumps head, its a genuine issue for the US.

The Greenlanders themselves nor Denmark are realistically capable of providing security over the whole of Greenland either.

But this is were it gets stupid. Denmark and the US have excellent relations. The US has had a military base there since World War 2. Denmark is one of the few countries that has a trade deficit to the US, so its not one of these countries that Trump believes are screwing over America in trade. The Danes supported the US in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

There is no reason to think that the issue could not be resolved to everyone satisfaction by simply good friendly diplomacy between the US and Denmark who would allow the US to open another military base there or expand the size of the current base. The Danes and Greenlanders have expressed an openness with working with the US on the issue.

When it comes to mineral and rare metals rights. Companies are free to go to Greenland and try to mine the resources of Greenland, but its never been economically viable. With global warming and the continuing decrease of ice covering Greenland, resource mining will likely become more viable. Again US companies could go there and try to set up shop and make it work. 

But what does Trump do, he has a very aggressive phone call with the Prime Minister of Denmark, threatens economic pressure and won't rule out military action against Greenland on security grounds.

Even if its all just bluster from Trump it absolutely sends the wrong message around the world, that security can be used to justify aggressive military action. China could simply use the same excuse to invade Taiwan. The Norwegians are panicking because they have island in the Arctic that are disputed with Russia. Russia could try to take those islands using the same rhetoric.

Trump has claimed that American control would bring huge financial benefits to Greenland, but again this demonstrates why he's so unsuitable a world leader, he doesn't seem to understand peoples national identity can't just be bought off with money and its frankly pretty insulting to them. It's also the reason why his deal of century between the Palestinian's and Israel never got off the ground. 

And then there is the claims that Greenlanders want to be part of America. Which according to a newly released poll is complete bullshit with just 6% of Greenlanders who supported the idea while 80% rejected it.

And if Trump tries economic pressure against Denmark in the form of tariff's or puts other business restrictions on them, he would be best be advised that Denmark is both an EU state and any economic pressure be it sanctions or tariffs would see the entire EU respond in kind but it is also one of the main providers of Insulin to the USA, along with other EU states.  I'm not sure the US would be will served putting that supply in jeopardy.

The whole situation, just like Panama is an unnecessary and counter productive farce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
31 Jan 2025, 03:59
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31 Jan 2025, 03:59#12

 

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
31 Jan 2025, 04:43
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31 Jan 2025, 04:43#13

There's a report out there in which Trump is blaming the Democrats, he goes as far back as blaming Obama.

What a poor apology of a human being.

'Despicable': Pete Buttigieg thrashes Trump for plane crash press conference rant

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back on Thursday after President Donald Trump blamed him and assorted "diversity" initiatives for Wednesday night's deadly plane crash over Washington D.C.

During a press conference about the crash, Trump directly blamed Buttigieg for the crash despite having no evidence whatsoever to back up such a claim.

 

"Maybe this is the reason the FAA, which is overseen by secretary Pete Buttigieg, a real winner," Trump said. "That's the guy's a real winner. Do you know how badly everything's run since he's run? The Department of Transportation? He's a disaster. He was a disaster as a mayor, he ran his city into the ground, and he's a disaster now. He's just got a good line of b------. The Department of Transportation, his government agency charged with regulating civil aviation while he runs it, 45,000 people, and he's run it right into the ground with his diversity, so I had to say that it's terrible."

Buttigieg came out swinging at Trump immediately after the president's rant and pointed out that Trump in his first week in office pushed out several aviation safety officials.

 

"Despicable," he wrote in response on X. "As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again."

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
31 Jan 2025, 05:03
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31 Jan 2025, 05:03#14
'Using tragedy to compliment himself': Critics pounce on Trump's latest press conference

President Donald Trump was eviscerated online after blaming diversity for the plane crash at the Washington, D.C. airport on Wednesday night.

"Trump's press conference today, blaming the FAA's hiring of women and black people for the crash - was disgusting," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) in a response video. "Especially after he just threw the FAA into chaos, ousting the Administrator and the whole FAA safety board. He's in charge. This happened on his watch."

"Trump, looking like an Oompa Loompa with severe scalp mange uses the American Airlines / Blackhawk helicopter tragedy to trash Obama and Biden and complement himself. This deranged, malignant narcissist is as pathetic a human being as it gets," bashed singer-songwriter Bill Madden.

Software engineer and pilot Alex Cole responded to Trump blaming diversity by pointing to local Atlanta reports about the white American Airlines pilot with Georgia ties.

"Trump is out here trying to blame Black people and women for a plane crash that happened *after* he announced a DEI purge of the FAA," postedjournalist Aaron Rupar.

Long-time journalist Jim Acosta recalled the quote from President Harry Truman that with the presidency, "the buck stops here."

"Trump is trying to pass the buck and blame everybody but his administration for the DC plane crash. This is a time for consoling the families and investigating the cause of this tragedy, not shameful finger-pointing," Acosta posted on X.

Right-wing watchdog group PatriotTakes pointed to a tweet from Trump in 2018 in which he took credit for "zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record." After the crash, however, Trump is pointing fingers.

"When good things happen, Trump takes credit. When bad stuff happens, Trump takes no responsibility," the group said.

 

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
31 Jan 2025, 05:06
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31 Jan 2025, 05:06#15
'Not normal': FAA confirm air traffic controller was doing the job of two people

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed the air traffic controller working was doing the job of two people.

The air traffic controller was on duty when the mid-air collision between a black hawk helicopter and a passenger plane killed 67 people.

According to The New York Times, an FAA preliminary report made an interesting discovery of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’s staffing.

The FAA preliminary report found that air traffic control tower staffing was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic”.

The report found the air traffic controller working was pulling double duty, watching arriving and departing planes while also overseeing helicopters.

The responsibilities of watching arriving/ departing planes and overseeing helicopters are usually split between two people, the report added.

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
31 Jan 2025, 06:07
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31 Jan 2025, 06:07#16

Thanks  Denny

That says a lot.   Why was there only one officer on duty when the crash occurred?  Who ran he control of the tower - normally it is he function of he Department of Transport - but Buttigieg was a gross incompetent and could not manage a cool drink stand at a charity bazaar.   So there were supposed to be 2 officers on duty - where was there was no second one or was his salary stolen by the airport management?   So somebody is going to be in hot water - wrong of me tio use that term "water",  There were no water in the fire hydrants in the Pacific Pallisades area of Los Angeles - so "water" is for the  Democrats a curse word.             

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
31 Jan 2025, 07:00
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31 Jan 2025, 07:00#17

Oh yes, why am I not surprised.....of course it's Obama, Biden, Buttigieg and every other Democrats fault.......I know, we know......everyone knows. Goeigenade I'm surprised you didn't blame Clinton or did you forget.

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PakieCaptain17,321 posts
31 Jan 2025, 07:30
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31 Jan 2025, 07:30#18

This focus on criticizing and belittling his enemies has long been Trump's problem, which is why I've suggested they get someone else to speak in public because he just can't seem to help himself. 

In other news, apparently a new poll shows the democrats at only 37% approval. Imagine having only Trump to beat and you can't even muster 50% approval.

Complain about Trump all you want - that shows the dire state of the alternative, and the dems only have themselves to blame for being too far up their own asses to read the room - the room of course being the American people. 

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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
31 Jan 2025, 09:42
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31 Jan 2025, 09:42#19

Exactly Pakie.

 

Imagine if something is in bad taste but still better than the alternative.

 

Well, you don't have to imagine it. Both of Trump's presidential wins prove it.

 

If they're 50% competent, you only need to be 51%. 

 

 

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PakieCaptain17,321 posts
31 Jan 2025, 10:01
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31 Jan 2025, 10:01#20

My leftie chums are still blaming the win on the "dumb bigoted American rednecks" voting for Trump. 

All I say to that is "cool, keep punching that theory and watch how you lose the next election too because, just like the Dems, you've learned nothing."

Badmouthing the opponent only gets you so far - and already you can see the focus is the same as in 2016-2020: ripping Trump at every possible opportunity. But some time or another you have to put a value proposition on the table, tone back the radical and the stupid that have just lost you an election and get some balance going. I see nothing in that direction from the left so far.

You keeping up with what's happening in the gaming industry, Plum? Studios closing, big guys like Ubisoft and EA in trouble over their stupid DEI and political pandering in games and the absolute dive in quality? People just aren't buying into it anymore.

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 10:07
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31 Jan 2025, 10:07#21

"Nonetheless for a President to introduce politics into remarks about an air accident was shameful."

Agreed

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 10:10
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31 Jan 2025, 10:10#22

"It will be interesting to see how Trump goes over the next 4 years. I don't see it going well, and think most of his most rabid supporters will become his biggest haters"

I seriously doubt it

Trump is going to make mistakes, probably a lot .... but I can only see the USA and the world as a whole being a better place after the next 4 years, than having Biden or Harris for the next 4 years ..... and if anyone thinks that Harris would do a better job than Trump is just delusional.

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 10:15
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31 Jan 2025, 10:15#23

"Complain about Trump all you want - that shows the dire state of the alternative, and the dems only have themselves to blame for being too far up their own asses to read the room - the room of course being the American people"

Well said Pakie, 100% true

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 10:18
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31 Jan 2025, 10:18#24

"All I say to that is "cool, keep punching that theory and watch how you lose the next election too because, just like the Dems, you've learned nothing."

Badmouthing the opponent only gets you so far - and already you can see the focus is the same as in 2016-2020: ripping Trump at every possible opportunity. But some time or another you have to put a value proposition on the table, tone back the radical and the stupid that have just lost you an election and get some balance going. I see nothing in that direction from the left so far.

You keeping up with what's happening in the gaming industry, Plum? Studios closing, big guys like Ubisoft and EA in trouble over their stupid DEI and political pandering in games and the absolute dive in quality? People just aren't buying into it anymore"

Brilliantly said Pakie ..... and so pertinent to what we have all witnessed over the last couple of years....

Stupid is, as stupid does, and the general american population have had enough of the false bullshit being pedalled by politicians and organisations.

 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
31 Jan 2025, 11:29
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31 Jan 2025, 11:29#25

Nobody realize what Denny wrote out above so let me repeat what happened claim what happened:-

"An internal preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reportedly showed that the number of staff members working at the air control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, was "not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic."

On Wednesday night, an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C., and all 67 people onboard both aircraft are presumed to be dead.

The Associated Press obtained a report which showed one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash. "

Whenever there was a major problem in the USA there was an administrative disaster causing the catastrophe.    In the past three months It happened -

  • when the cyclone Helene struck Georgia and North Carolina and the claim that FEMA ran out of money because the Biden Administration illegally used it to cover other expenditure of the Federal Government and then issued insrructions that no people showing  any signs of supporting  Trump may not be assisted in any way;
  • when a train derailed in New Palestine - Ohio - causing a major environmentl disaster that impacted on affected people as well - the Secretary of  Transport  - Buttigieg - waited a month before he visiting  the site and then did nothing about the problems and in the end the effort was to get rid f the poblem throug silence  - no comment from Biden either; and 
  • when the fires raged in Los Angeles  there were no water in the fire hydrants to fight the fires - there were no water in a reervoir serving the area either - all leftist ideology but sure to bugger up everything the Democrats touched, 

Giung through the disasterous Biden Administration everthing Biden and his Administration touched tuned into instant shit.    So I am not surprised by the absence of two staff members when there was only 1 in the ower,   

 So when in most Government Departmets there was a case that over the last 3 years  90% of the Federal Departmental bureaucrats not for even  a day went to their offices.   In the case of  the army they could not reach recruitment targets  becaue of a quota systm intrduced by the Deparments,   In the case of  virtually evey Department there were billionss of dollars here no proof as  what the money was spent on found by the auditors.   The money just vanished into thin air.   

In Homeland Security it happened to run into $382 billion and thus far in the Defense Department the ultimate "lost" amount is approaching $250 billion out of a Budget of $825 billion.    Was it ACCIDENTAL OR WHERE DID THE MONEY ACUALLY WENT.    That is why Hegseth was appointed as S ecreary of Dfense and there are also Secretries of the Navy and the Army nominated to try and root out the problem.    Neither candidates nominated by Trump had much  of a military background - because it is the Administration  that collapsed - the function to head the DOD had nothing to do with fighting the Wars and everything to do with business mismanagement,   

The fac is that in WW2 there were only 8 Generals and Admirals in the DOD there are at present 32 people in that rank.   Most who have desk jobs in the Pentagon - who are deskbound in the Pentagon and their actual command were disastrous in the case of the Afghans and fled from Afghanistan and left tens of thousands of American, green card holders and co-oprators behind.   They then had to return to Kabul  Airport to try and save the people invovled and handed the Taliban a list of people and families the US wants to withdraw.   To this date nobody knows what hapened to the people on that list.   Despite the total fuck-up some people with the help of American volunteers funded by US business enterprises got out of Afghanistan.   The US Government got them held in camps in the Gulf States and neighbouring countries  and for some reason or another never allowed them to enter the USA,   Two weeks before Biden left office the DOD suddenly closed those camps and left the people staying there in destitute.  Hegseth would have none of it and  one of his first jobs is to get the poor people promised protection by the US Government into the USA, 

What made is worse the US Government paid the UN $68 billion to give food aid to the Taliban in exchange for releasing the people on te US lists - so the Taliban sent 125 000 people picked by them to the USA - who was never screened properly and even Wray feared that there may be tens-of-thousands of people with links to terrorism amongst the 125  000 on that list.  The people ended up in the USA and nobody knows where these people are at present,   Biden bragged about how successful he evacuation worked out - but in real fact it was a disaster and the price to be paid for it is going to be equally bad  if not worse,

There are literally of hundreds of similar disasters the Biden Administration caused,  I il take many years  salvage the disaster caused by that lot of simpletons in charge of the US Government.   The amin disaster was Biden's Oen Border policy and now the repatriation of illegal migrants have started with the first people to go were criminals and their families who are being deported,

If there was anything sound in the Biden Administration  it still will have to be discovered and no amount of "pardoning" will sae the crimials involved will be saved from going to jail.    Fact is the pardoning by Biden is in reality  an admission of guilt of crimes being committed by the abstards involved.   That is why the Demcorats  fought desperately to prevent Hegseth's appointment and is at roeent fighting all out to prevent teh appointment of Bondi as AG and Patel as FBI head - and firther ighting will take place in the case of the Amy and Navy Secretaries,   It has everything to do with cover-up of bribery and corruption and nothing to do with management ability of the people involved. 

I think the epeople on thiss ite getting their info from the fake media trying to undermine Trump is basically sdishonest as well and on the side of bribery and corruption developed by the Democrats over the past 20 years,    The only way to clean up the emss is to implement contrl measures to stop the rot in the USA.

The first step is  to stop the rot in Administration - the next step would be to clen up the election system in the USA,   The irst thing is to tr and upgrade the sstem to prevent fraud in elections at present rife in the USA - esecially in states run by the Democratic Party - were election laws are absically ignred and implmented to provide for fraud in elections.   Where the election results are delayed for weeks after the election fraud was the system used to get Democrats elected,   In he case of the Senator election in Pennsylvania the court ruled against an attempt by the DP to get fraudulent votes counted  and  Schumer tried to stop the  Republican winner from being seated and the corrupt bastard  in the end was foced to change that decision. 

There were similar problems in Senate and House seats in a number of States and the  use of fraudent methods to steal elecions will be stopped before the end of this year,    Watch out for the howling of the DP about undermining the right of people to vote is bound to be highlighted by the media and carried from there to this site.  It has nothing to do with  freedom to vote and eveything  to do with voter fraud protected and helped along by States governed by the Democrats,   .

                                                                  ,   

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PakieCaptain17,321 posts
31 Jan 2025, 11:56
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31 Jan 2025, 11:56#26

This CNN article says that despite 16 years without a fatal crash for US airlines, there has been signs of stress on the system for quite some time. We'll see what comes out.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/30/business/us-airlines-warnings-ahead-of-crash/index.html

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
31 Jan 2025, 13:00
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31 Jan 2025, 13:00#27

How rhe hell did that person got nominated by Biden at all.   He has no idea of management and of the FAA function at all  and I would think that either Harris had to cast a deciding vote or some Republicans voted for the guy like in so many other  cases also.   Was there no candidate that knows what functions the FAA is invovled in nominated and why was this disastrous pick - a toal ignoramus - picked for the job.?  

Let me put it bluntly - it is the normal unholy mess started by Obama and Trump could not fix when he was President because of too many Republicans siding wit h the  Democrats,   It got worse under Biden and now Trump is trying to solve t he multitde of problems made worse under Obama.    You know what I call it - unholy sht all ovr the show and Trump speaking the truth is now being atacked by the Democrats and the site idiots follow them vigorously as to be expected,

Name me on thing where the country is not in ever-deeening  shit virtualy on a daily basis and I will change my idea accrdingly.   The fact is leftist idealogues are always Government failures becse they believe in abnormal BS which cannot be implemented.

Normal is not normal in the DP in the USA,    So the situation is normal BS in management of everything.        

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
31 Jan 2025, 13:01
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31 Jan 2025, 13:01#28

Trump politicized a tragedy........insensitive and unnecessary.

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PakieCaptain17,321 posts
31 Jan 2025, 13:12
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31 Jan 2025, 13:12#29

Trump politicized a tragedy........insensitive and unnecessary.

Yep, no getting around that. And not long before Trump was the one who shut down a reporter asking about spending during the signing of the Laken Riley Act as inappropriate. He should apply that standard to himself.

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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
31 Jan 2025, 15:01
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31 Jan 2025, 15:01#30

He's not a politician...he tells it how he sees it without filters or tact and he's probably better informed than anyone else... but the timing and platform was wrong.

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 15:58
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31 Jan 2025, 15:58#31

"He's not a politician...he tells it how he sees it without filters or tact and he's probably better informed than anyone else... but the timing and platform was wrong"

Agreed

He could be a bit more tactful or diplomatic, but I guess he's tired of wading through all the constant bullshit questions and accusations that he gets, just like recently when he was asked if he knows the names of all the 67 people who were killed on the plane, to which he replied that it was not a very smart question.

What is interesting though, is that I read a report a while ago that said that the one of the main reasons why Trump received so much support this time around, especially from the younger generation, was because people could see that his answers to certain questions, and comments that he makes in interviews, podcasts... or in some of his speeches are not rehearsed.... they are spontaneous.......and that the public see it as a breath of fresh air that someone in such a high political position is not putting up a front or false persona or speaking with a well practiced and rehearsed answer or speech to a certain issue or situation.... and I also see that...but with sponteanity comes the risk of putting your foot in your mouth....which we know Trump has already done many times...

The problem with doing this spontaneous taking so often though, is that he will stumble into doing something stupid like he just did here, because it was unnecessary and insensitive and he should and could have handled it better.

Trump doesn't have much tact at all... and that's not going to change anytime soon......just watching that old video of how him and Obama handled the big news of a terrorist getting killed ...Trump "He died like a dog" ...... it was so funny though.

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PakieCaptain17,321 posts
31 Jan 2025, 16:36
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31 Jan 2025, 16:36#32

Yes it's easy to forget that not too long ago the American president could barely speak without a teleprompter. I thought Trump's signing session with all the reporters present and just answering questions off the cuff was great, so different from the protected and sterile nature of any of the Biden/Harris press interactions (if you could even call them interactions). Notice how much more fiery the press conferences are now? The liberal press have suddenly woken up from their stupor. Very predictably, of course.

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 16:55
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31 Jan 2025, 16:55#33

Yes it's easy to forget that not too long ago the American president could barely speak without a teleprompter...

Well... at one point Biden couldn't even speak with a teleprompter

"I thought Trump's signing session with all the reporters present and just answering questions off the cuff was great, so different from the protected and sterile nature of any of the Biden/Harris press interactions (if you could even call them interactions)."

I thought the exact same thing Pakie, which I think is exactly the kind of thing that this report alluded to.... because Trump was going into detail, sometimes into great detail, when he was asked spontaneous questions about any specific policy that he was signing in, and his broad knowledge and explanations were really very good, whether it be from discussing the economy to the WHO pull out.

Imagine Kamala even remotely trying to do that.

"Notice how much more fiery the press conferences are now?

"The liberal press have suddenly woken up from their stupor. Very predictably, of course."

It was expected by most I assume, which is why I mentioned earlier, one can only imagine the amount of complete and utter bullshit that Trump must put up with every day from certain news outlets or journalists.

Trump generates his own shit sometimes, so some of his backlash is 100% justified, but at the same time, a lot of it isn't.

 

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Devil's AdvocatePro7,008 posts
31 Jan 2025, 17:07
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31 Jan 2025, 17:07#34

It also seems that news will come out soon that a transgender person was not one of the three US Army personnel that were flying the helicopter, which should put some ugly perceptions or assumptions to bed.

Why that was even brought up is stupid

BO
bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
01 Feb 2025, 00:15
#35
01 Feb 2025, 00:15#35

Bottom line, Trump's batshit. Undeniable. Sadly, a vast majority of Goppies are shit scared of their fuhrer.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
01 Feb 2025, 08:15
#36
01 Feb 2025, 08:15#36

Bob, you're lost at sea ATM...

BO
bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
01 Feb 2025, 09:57
#37
01 Feb 2025, 09:57#37
BO
bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
01 Feb 2025, 10:25
#38
01 Feb 2025, 10:25#38
PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
01 Feb 2025, 10:37
#39
01 Feb 2025, 10:37#39

Imagine being so fascinated by Trump that talking about him has basically become 90% of your personality.

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
01 Feb 2025, 10:47
#40
01 Feb 2025, 10:47#40

"You keeping up with what's happening in the gaming industry, Plum? Studios closing, big guys like Ubisoft and EA in trouble over their stupid DEI and political pandering in games and the absolute dive in quality? People just aren't buying into it anymore."

 

I have indeed, Pakie.

 

Ubisoft's inserting a black samurai into Assassin's Creed haha...and basically just changing the race of a Japanese historical figure. They're paying for that one. 

And then of course BioWare with their latest Dragon Age insertion of trans philosophy into  Middle Ages fantasy game.

 

It's hilarious watching these companies pay the price for giving in to the insatiable need their twenty-something employees have to virtue signal.

 

Meanwhile, studios like Rockstar have their finger on the pulse and are about to earn more money with GTA 6 than any game or movie before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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