Trump needs to find another approach

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A bumpy beginning is one thing but we're past the beginning. We are a full four months in. Things just can't constantly be this rocky for Trump to succeed. I don't know what the solution is but you can't get specific things done like tax cuts or health care when the focus is always on the latest scandal or misstep. He simply has to improve his relationship with the media. The media is hard on him but he is hard on the media and also he started the war. The constant full scale war of Trump and his hard core supporters versus everyone else just isn't working anymore.
 

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A bumpy beginning is one thing but we're past the beginning. We are a full four months in. Things just can't constantly be this rocky for Trump to succeed. I don't know what the solution is but you can't get specific things done like tax cuts or health care when the focus is always on the latest scandal or misstep. He simply has to improve his relationship with the media. The media is hard on him but he is hard on the media and also he started the war. The constant full scale war of Trump and his hard core supporters versus everyone else just isn't working anymore.

He can't improve his relationship with a group of people who have never, and will never, accept him as President.

His best course of action. Keep his mouth shut, his head down, and ignore them and "dance monkey".
 
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I think people have said "he doesn't have the temperament for the position."

I said months ago, you don't start fights with the media, you won't win. He started off confrontational with the FBI, the CIA and the NSA, hell, all of the the intel community.

He needs to be less about the Donald and more about the USA. Everything offends him, everyone is out to get him, he gets treated so unfairly, (the media, SNL, Cosmopolitan or Vogue or whatever the hell that magazine was, some actress) he still talks about the election....

Everyone knew what he was before the election, that's what they wanted, that's what they got. He can't work with others and he won't change.
 

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Yeah, picking fights with the media, FBI and CIA at the same time wasn't the smartest move.
 

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Yeah, picking fights with the media, FBI and CIA at the same time wasn't the smartest move.
I'd keep it up because he is quietly moving his agenda forward and the focus is on the superfluous and not obstructing what he is out to do. We all knew some of the EOs were going to be challenged, hell, all of them. SCOTUS will line it out if it's not stricken down prior. Glad he got SCOTUS taken care of.
 

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He can't improve his relationship with a group of people who have never, and will never, accept him as President.

His best course of action. Keep his mouth shut, his head down, and ignore them and "dance monkey".
Why hasn't he done this then? GOP Congress doesn't need pressure to get his agenda done. Plenty of time till reelection mode sets in. Why doesn't he just STFU and get his agenda going?
 

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Why hasn't he done this then? GOP Congress doesn't need pressure to get his agenda done. Plenty of time till reelection mode sets in. Why doesn't he just STFU and get his agenda going?

We're four months in and there is no health care reform, tax reform or big infrastructure projects in sight. And this is with an all GOP Congress. So what is the problem?

I think part of the problem is that not only does he alienate the media and the Dems, he also alienates people in his own party. He's a divider, not a uniter.
 

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We're four months in and there is no health care reform, tax reform or big infrastructure projects in sight. And this is with an all GOP Congress. So what is the problem?

I think part of the problem is that not only does he alienate the media and the Dems, he also alienates people in his own party. He's a divider, not a uniter.
Agreed. The reactionary House are waiting to see which way the wind blows.....Presidential coattail or potential coffin. The Senate is even concerned about the Russia thing, and potential fallout. I think the GOP is being smart by not laying everything down on Trump just yet.
 

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He can't improve his relationship with a group of people who have never, and will never, accept him as President.

His best course of action. Keep his mouth shut, his head down, and ignore them and "dance monkey".

What has he himself done to make even the vaguest attempt to try to improve his own relationship with that "group of people" ??

The media can defend (or try and justify) their own actions; they're big boys and girls. Meanwhile, Trump does absolutely nothing but purposely jam his middle finger in the face of the entire Estate.....sometime justifiably, in my estimation.....and brand them as fake (which you and the other 40% of the population who support him apparently buy hook, line, and sinker).

Meanwhile, what I myself fail to understand is why the networks and the NYT spend so much time trying to bury that big mouth, when he's already proven how perfectly capable he is at doing it himself. Rather than (for example) ABC trotting out the uber-hyperbolic John Karl every morning on GMA with the latest Trumpmania which has gotten under his skin, things would be just so much easier if they'd just post his tweets.....replay his time in front of the camera from the day before.....and allow the public to uncontrollably laugh their asses off about witch hunts and him being the most targeted politician (I guess that what he is these days) of all time.

Of course, like some around here, he obviously wasn't alive when Bill and Hillary were singlehandedly putting Rush Limbaugh and Right-wing electronic media in business back during their days in the WH. Still, I gotta admit he's giving a Bubba a pretty serious run for the title, considering he still hasn't had the job for 6 months.
 

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Meanwhile, Trump does absolutely nothing but purposely jam his middle finger in the face of the entire Estate.....sometime justifiably, in my estimation.....and brand them as fake (which you and the other 40% of the population who support him apparently buy hook, line, and sinker).

I don't "support" him, but I do want him, like all Presidents, to succeed in some areas, and I don't "buy" anything. I can see with my own eyes, the ridiculousness that exists with media coverage of him. Now we all know there is media bias, we've known about it for decades now, but the level of insanity that is on display now never before seen.

And Trump's not gonna change, even though he should, and the media's not gonna change, even though they should.
 

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I don't "support" him, but I do want him, like all Presidents, to succeed in some areas, and I don't "buy" anything. I can see with my own eyes, the ridiculousness that exists with media coverage of him. Now we all know there is media bias, we've known about it for decades now, but the level of insanity that is on display now never before seen.

And Trump's not gonna change, even though he should, and the media's not gonna change, even though they should.

I believe you have a far greater level of support for Trump than you're willing to admit. Of course, whether that's because of the man himself......or your opposition to his, well, opposition.....may indeed be a different discussion.

As for media bias, I don't dispute it exists; of course it does. But as is the case with all media reporting these days, it works both ways in a manner which (as we all know) neither side is willing/prepared to own. In an era where I believe bias is defined in a real-world sense as the opposite of what is part of one's individual belief system.....I think I learned that when FNN first tried to convince me in their early days they were "fair and balanced".....I don't know how anyone solves the concern. Of course, most of those seemingly most concerned about media bias really have little, if any, private desire for down-the-middle, factual reporting (and I'm not referring to you, Mnt)

Meanwhile, I think your last comment covers the current dialogue pretty accurately.
 

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He cannot change....as they say....he is what he is. I support Trump because is was elected POTUS, just like I supported President Obama for the same reason even though I didn't vote for him. I voted for Trump instead of the bit*h. She should NEVER have been the Dem candidate......hell a mouth breathing socialist almost beat her.
 

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I don't "support" him, but I do want him, like all Presidents, to succeed in some areas, and I don't "buy" anything. I can see with my own eyes, the ridiculousness that exists with media coverage of him. Now we all know there is media bias, we've known about it for decades now, but the level of insanity that is on display now never before seen.

And Trump's not gonna change, even though he should, and the media's not gonna change, even though they should.

If Trump would stop giving the media their ammunition, then they wouldn't have anything to be "bias" about..........
 

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If Trump would stop giving the media their ammunition, then they wouldn't have anything to be "bias" about..........

that's bs...

look at the fake media today...

The New York Times billionaire owner is a Mexican...

The Washington Post is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos... owns Amazon
 

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Time Warner... owns CNN

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that's bs...

look at the fake media today...

The New York Times billionaire owner is a Mexican...

The Washington Post is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos... owns Amazon

Where do you get this stuff? The one I checked in the list below is wrong. And The New York Times is not owned by a Mexican. And so what if Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post? Someone is feeding you nonsense.
 

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Donald Trump Blames Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim For NYT Sexual Harassment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/doliaestevez/2016/10/14/donald-trump-to-blame-mexican-tycoon-carlos-slim-for-nyt-sexual-harassment-stories-wsj-says/#220cceb31ba3



According to The Wall Street Journal, which based its story on statements by an unidentified advisor to Trump, Trump will claim that Slim, a donor to the Clinton Foundation and a New York Times shareholder, is a Hillary Clinton supporter interested in hurting Trump's chances of winning the presidency.

Last year, Slim became The New York Times’ largest single investor after exercising warrants that more than doubled his stake in the media company to nearly 17%.

Slim, a business tycoon with a telecom empire that has business in 18 Latin American countries, paid $101.1 million to exercise warrants to acquire nearly 16 million shares of the company’s Class A stock at a price of about $6.36 a share,increasing his stake from 7 % to 16.8 %. Slim now owns nearly 28 million shares of The New York Times, worth about $320 million. FORBES estimates that Slim is worth $48.7 billion, making him the 6th richest person in the world.

In 2015, popular conservative columnist Ann Coulter, a Trump supporter, claimed in a book that Slim “bailed out” The New York Times from “imminent collapse” so that he could “buy pro-illegal immigration coverage” in America’s most influential newspaper.
 

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Amazon v Donald Trump? Jeff Bezos may soon face his biggest challenge yet

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/18/amazon-jeff-bezos-donald-trump-challenge

Amazon will almost certainly enjoy its biggest ever day on Black Friday next week.

The discount shopping event will help the American online retailer to continue its run of 22 years of unbroken and dramatic sales growth since it was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. It is now valued at more than $375bn (£304bn), making it one of the biggest companies in the world.

However, despite the predicted spending spree on Black Friday, the rise of Amazon and Bezos now face arguably their biggest challenge yet - Donald Trump.

Throughout the US presidential election campaign, Trump made disparaging comments about Amazon and Bezos, prompting a war of words that looks altogether more serious in the wake of the billionaire tycoon’s victory over Hillary Clinton.


The battle started last December with a series of seemingly unprompted tweets from Trump. “The Washington Post, which loses a fortune, is owned by Jeff Bezosfor purposes of keeping taxes down at his no-profit company, Amazon,” Trump wrote. “If Amazon ever had to pay fair taxes, its stock would crash and it would crumble like a paper bag. The Washington Post scam is saving it!”


The Washington Post is owned through Bezos’s personal investment firm, rather than Amazon, and Trump did not provide any explanation for his allegation. Amazon’s tax policy is controversial and is already well-known around the world, including in Europe, where it agreed favourable tax arrangements with Luxembourg. Its profit margins are also notoriously thin. In 2015, Amazon recorded sales of $107bn but net profits of just $596m, a margin of barely 0.5%
 

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Where do you get this stuff? The one I checked in the list below is wrong. And The New York Times is not owned by a Mexican. And so what if Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post? Someone is feeding you nonsense.

you need to get out more...

and stop watching cnn, it's turning your brain to mush...
 

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I believe you have a far greater level of support for Trump than you're willing to admit. Of course, whether that's because of the man himself......or your opposition to his, well, opposition.....may indeed be a different discussion.

As for media bias, I don't dispute it exists; of course it does. But as is the case with all media reporting these days, it works both ways in a manner which (as we all know) neither side is willing/prepared to own. In an era where I believe bias is defined in a real-world sense as the opposite of what is part of one's individual belief system.....I think I learned that when FNN first tried to convince me in their early days they were "fair and balanced".....I don't know how anyone solves the concern. Of course, most of those seemingly most concerned about media bias really have little, if any, private desire for down-the-middle, factual reporting (and I'm not referring to you, Mnt)

Meanwhile, I think your last comment covers the current dialogue pretty accurately.

The only thing he's done so far that I support is his Supreme Court nomination. I haven't supported his health care plan, his tax plan (though I do think a reduction in the corporate rate is needed), his Buy America plan, ect.

I don't want to see any President create programs that will make things worse in this country. So in terms of "support", I want every President to be "successful" in that they help make the country better. My opposition to his opposition is simple; I think many on the far left are crazy and lack critical thinking skills, that they're driven by emotion and only seek to win at all costs, and I think it's dangerous for the future of this country.

Trump's a carnival barker, and he's not going to change. I just wish he'd shut his trap and get to work.
 

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You all can keep the "fake news" up all you want, but the facts are facts. Trump is his own worst enemy......
I disagree. The individuals pushing a collusion narrative is his worst enemy as there is nothing to date pointing to that fact. That is the fact.
 
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I disagree. The individuals pushing a collusion narrative is his worst enemy as there is nothing to date pointing to that fact. That is the fact.

Yeah, that mean old MSM inventing that Bowling Green massacre, microwaves spying on us, calling the intelligence agencies the enemy, Frederick Douglas, "look at my African American", "African Americans are so uneducated", biggest inaugural crowd, biggest election win in 30 years...

Mean old MSM making up stuff on trump.
 

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Yeah, that mean old MSM inventing that Bowling Green massacre, microwaves spying on us, calling the intelligence agencies the enemy, Frederick Douglas, "look at my African American", "African Americans are so uneducated", biggest inaugural crowd, biggest election win in 30 years...

Mean old MSM making up stuff on trump.
None of that is criminal in nature and is him being a buffoon. However, collusion would be grounds for impeachment and despite a 10 month long investigation, numerous high level IC individuals stating there has been no collusion, Feinstein and Grassly stating Comey briefed no collusion, the narrative continues.

I've asked you numerous times if there has been collusion and you disappear from the threads. Has there been to date, collusion, or anything pointing criminal wrongdoing by Trump?
 

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Yeah, that mean old MSM inventing that Bowling Green massacre, microwaves spying on us, calling the intelligence agencies the enemy, Frederick Douglas, "look at my African American", "African Americans are so uneducated", biggest inaugural crowd, biggest election win in 30 years...
Mean old MSM making up stuff on trump.
Yea...remember we all have a good few laughs when it was 57 states,Hawaii was in Asia,R-S-P-E-C-T, Intercontinental Railroad,Navy Corpse-Man,Special Olympics,Muslim faith,How's it going, Sunshine and Israel is a strong friend of Israel's
 
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None of that is criminal in nature and is him being a buffoon. However, collusion would be grounds for impeachment and despite a 10 month long investigation, numerous high level IC individuals stating there has been no collusion, Feinstein and Grassly stating Comey briefed no collusion, the narrative continues.

I've asked you numerous times if there has been collusion and you disappear from the threads. Has there been to date, collusion, or anything pointing criminal wrongdoing by Trump?

There is an ongoing investigation(s). I'll wait for official announcements. If you are asking my opinion at this point, I'll say yes, I believe the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. There is a hell of a lot of smoke and there is a hell of a lot of corrupt **** going on. Why else would non-partisan employees at numerous intel agencies leak all this ****. It is so bad, they feel the American public has the right to know. There is so much **** going on that you don't wrap up a thorough investigation and wrap up all loose ends in a few months.
 

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There is an ongoing investigation(s). I'll wait for official announcements. If you are asking my opinion at this point, I'll say yes, I believe the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. There is a hell of a lot of smoke and there is a hell of a lot of corrupt **** going on. Why else would non-partisan employees at numerous intel agencies leak all this ****. It is so bad, they feel the American public has the right to know. There is so much **** going on that you don't wrap up a thorough investigation and wrap up all loose ends in a few months.
Name one.
 

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Hiring Flynn when they knew he was under investigation. Flynn taking and not reporting payments from Russia and Turkey. Sessions lying under oath about contacts with Russians. There's three and the media will continue to report more.

I thought Flynn was accused of taking money from a speaker company that got money from RT.
 

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Hiring Flynn when they knew he was under investigation. Flynn taking and not reporting payments from Russia and Turkey. Sessions lying under oath about contacts with Russians. There's three and the media will continue to report more.
That Sessions thing is hilarious. Talk about grasping at straws.
 

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Hiring Flynn when they knew he was under investigation. Flynn taking and not reporting payments from Russia and Turkey. Sessions lying under oath about contacts with Russians. There's three alleged and the media will continue to make up more.
I fixed it for you.....You can thank me later.
 

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Amazon v Donald Trump? Jeff Bezos may soon face his biggest challenge yet

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/18/amazon-jeff-bezos-donald-trump-challenge

Amazon will almost certainly enjoy its biggest ever day on Black Friday next week.

The discount shopping event will help the American online retailer to continue its run of 22 years of unbroken and dramatic sales growth since it was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. It is now valued at more than $375bn (£304bn), making it one of the biggest companies in the world.

However, despite the predicted spending spree on Black Friday, the rise of Amazon and Bezos now face arguably their biggest challenge yet - Donald Trump.

Throughout the US presidential election campaign, Trump made disparaging comments about Amazon and Bezos, prompting a war of words that looks altogether more serious in the wake of the billionaire tycoon’s victory over Hillary Clinton.


The battle started last December with a series of seemingly unprompted tweets from Trump. “The Washington Post, which loses a fortune, is owned by Jeff Bezosfor purposes of keeping taxes down at his no-profit company, Amazon,” Trump wrote. “If Amazon ever had to pay fair taxes, its stock would crash and it would crumble like a paper bag. The Washington Post scam is saving it!”


The Washington Post is owned through Bezos’s personal investment firm, rather than Amazon, and Trump did not provide any explanation for his allegation. Amazon’s tax policy is controversial and is already well-known around the world, including in Europe, where it agreed favourable tax arrangements with Luxembourg. Its profit margins are also notoriously thin. In 2015, Amazon recorded sales of $107bn but net profits of just $596m, a margin of barely 0.5%

So in other words (a) the NYT is indeed NOT owned by a Mexican and (b) the owner of the Washington Post was attacked by Trump. So what? You're not exactly making any points.
 

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I really feel sorry for Countryroads. She reads Vox, Salon and all of these other liberal tin foil hate conspiracy theory sites and forms her opinions off of those. Sad!
 

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So in other words (a) the NYT is indeed NOT owned by a Mexican and (b) the owner of the Washington Post was attacked by Trump. So what? You're not exactly making any points.

Slim has $320 MILLION INVESTED IN THE NYTs...

He's the MAJORITY OWNER...

So he can put ANY STORY OR HEADLINE he wants on the FRONT PAGE...

How is that 'not owning it'...?

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on Bezos ...
Donald Trump said Amazon and Jeff Bezos have a ‘huge antitrust problem.’ Now they may.
https://www.recode.net/2016/11/9/13573926/donald-trump-amazon-jeff-bezos-antitrust-taxes


Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says the company is working on ways to fight Trump's immigration ban
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-versus-trump-immigration-order-2017-1


Donald Trump's war on Jeff Bezos, Amazon and the Washington Post
http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/13/technology/donald-trump-jeff-bezos-amazon/