Bolton still refuses to vote because he does not want the Democrats to increase share in the government with more representatives in the Senate and House.
Trump said Bolton is an idiot when he was in charge
Much ado about nothing....a fired man wants to damage the person who saw his inadequacies.
“ Trump is not a philosophical conservative“
Of course he would say so. Bolton is a warmongering fool who wants to shoot and bomb anything and everything. Trump wants to put an end to all this war bullshit. He wanted Trump to level Iran with the Earth a Trump was not prepared to kill innocent civilians. If you want to side with Bolton you are an evil minded bastard just like Bolton.
“ Posted by: sharkbok (11933 posts)
Jul 06, 2020, 01:55However, has their ever been so many firing and disputes with other presidents. That is the question...“
Whose side are you on? Trump or B olton?
"Trump is a combative personality and he has targeted many of the sacred cows the establishment has created.....the role of the press, eternal war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the infallibility of the intelligence agencies, the benign nature of China, unfettered immigration, an easy ride for the allies in NATO and the fatted calf called lobbying."
This.
It's so obvious. And they knew from the start that he was an outsider that didn't want in to their world. Rather, he wanted to clean things up and put the USA first.
They've been used to pretending to put the people first while in reality only increasing their own power and wealth.
Shark is still under the deluded belief that the most orchestrated attack ever on a US president was carried out simple because he's unlikable.
Really. How easy is it to fool some people?
Bolton was and is an incompetent warmonger that was fired for that by both George Bush and Trump.
He is now claiming Trump is not a conservative and that everyone following his actions while President. He is relatively moderate in his internal policies and is very strict on protecting the interests of the country,
He has a problem with the extreme lunatics in the Socialist Democrats whose leadership has corruptly sold the USA interests of the USA to the highest bidders.
Just out of interest, how do the Trumpanzees reconcile the fact that Bozo is always boasting about how he hires only the best people yet so many of these "best people" get fired so often?
It's not just John Bolton, it's also people like Don McGahn, Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, HR McMaster, Jeff Sessions, John Kelly, Rod Rosenstein and many others.
Just so that the dull-witted Trumpanzees understand, I'm not asking for one of your long and whiny lists of all the naughty things any of those people have done, I'm simply asking you if you still agree with Bozo's boast that he only hires the best people . . . because it sure doesn't look that way!
"Just out of interest, how do the Trumpanzees reconcile the fact that Bozo is always boasting about how he hires only the best people yet so many of these "best people" get fired so often?"
If you've ever had to hire people you'll know the endless pitfalls in hiring people.
You may be the best at your job but a poor fit for the team.
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US President Donald Trump was warned by epidemiologists that rushing to reopen the economy would lead to a surge in virus cases. Credit:The New York Times/Bloomberg
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"Hmmm . . . that's a lot of the "best people" who are poor fits if you ask me. Maybe the problem is the moron running the team?"
Exactly what a poor team player always says first.
Blob, I think it's glaringly obvious to anyone but the dull-witted and brainwashed Trumpanzees that Bozo doesn't give a toss how many people die, he's only interested in opening up the economy to boost his election chances.
All this talk of "new" jobs, cases that have "stabilised", best testing in the world and the virus "sort of just disappearing" is all bullshit that only fundamentally stupid people like the Trumpanzees could possibly believe. Just about everything Bozo says about the virus these days is some kind of spin to deflect attention away from his bungling incompetence in handling this crisis from the beginning up until now.
Tens of thousands of Americans have lost their lives because their president is a self-serving fool who is not equipped psychologically, intellectually or emotionally to deal with anything of this magnitude.
“ Posted by: sharkbok (11934 posts)
Jul 06, 2020, 11:25If Bolton is so useless and such a warmonger, why did it take Trump so long to take action against him? “
Once again. What do you prefer? A warmongering maniac or someone who is trying to end the senseless wars and regime changes?
& he's a golf cheat........
“ Posted by: sharkbok (11935 posts)
Jul 06, 2020, 11:25If Bolton is so useless and such a warmonger, why did it take Trump so long to take action against him? “
Probably because he was doing fine until he got pissed off because Trump was not prepared to kill thousands of innocent Iranians and he wanted to wipe them all off the face of the earth.
There you go. I’ve answered your question while you are still dodging mine. Now, for the third time, tell us who would you prefer? The man who wants to stop endless wars or the warmongering maniac?
Hilarious to see the gutless question-dodging little jellyfish Cowardunce getting all red-faced and tearful because someone isn't answering his stupid question.
LMAO!
Let’s see in one short paragraph you produced a ‘gutless’, a red-faced’, a ‘tearful’ and a ‘LMAO‘. That’s only 4 of your usual, tired insults. Get with it Peeper.
“ Posted by: Rooinek (10640 posts)
Jul 06, 2020, 15:29Hilarious to see the gutless question-dodging little jellyfish Cowardunce getting all red-faced and tearful because someone isn't answering his stupid question.
LMAO! “
Yeah. That’s so wrong of me. I should follow your example of never insisting on an answer to a question, I suppose. Oh wait. Wasn’t that what led to the “coward label”.
By the way, have you found the exact words that Trump used when he advised people to inject themselves with Lysol yet? It is going into two months now, you know. And you grave the audacity to call my a coward. The hypocrisy stinks to high heaven.
Mozart be patient with Rooinek - he does not understand what is happening in the USA and relies totally on what he gets from CNN and a few other fake news agencies. For instance -
* about the Russian Hoax he together with SB repeatedly claimed that the "walls is closing in on Trump and the Mueller would expose the links between Putin and Trump - all based on lies spouted by the media - all of them sued the same terminology so Rooinek fell for the loess they spouted; and
* about the Impeachment saga he did not realize that there was no evidence and believve the tripe that Schiff spouted and praised him on site,
Schiff sure.....but mostly Peeper still believes everything they believed in Merthyr Tydfil. A totally frozen thought process all based on perceived English bias against the bandy Welsh....handed down through generations of victims. Anger has the same syndrome.
"...Trump used when he advised people to inject themselves with Lysol yet? It is going into two months now, you know. And you grave the audacity to call my a coward. The hypocrisy stinks to high heaven."
You are wasting your time with a "klipkop" who has no interest in the truth and who's prepared to sacrifice any semblance of integrity for his "ideals"...which are basically that his way is the only way and people not agreeing with him should be forced by any means necessary...coward to boot.
“ Posted by: sharkbok (11933 posts)
Jul 06, 2020, 01:55
However, has their ever been so many firing and disputes with other presidents. That is the question...“
Whose side are you on? Trump or Bolton
"Usually, I am on the side against Trump - unless it is Black Lifes Matter (where I support Trump)"
Ah! Progress!!!!
“ According to your master, Bolton is a warmonger. Your same master who invested more in the military than any other president. Trillions or something. “
First. The warmonger story is nothing new or something that Trump just came up with. It is a well known fact.
Then the investment in the military... I was wondering how it has never been debated on here. He did not rebuild the military to start new wars left right and centre. His objective was to rebuild the military which his predecessors let to rot. The US military was the strongest and it deteriorated to almost nothing. It had to be rebuilt. The reason why the IMC was so pissed was because they are more interested in selling ammunition and Missiles end replenishing destroyed equipment. That is where their main source of income lies. Bolton and a hell of lot of other politicians have their hands in the IMC tills, which is why they liked Bolton.