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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump calls Guam governor, predicts 'tenfold' jump in tourism in light of North Korea's threats!
If you ever doubted the lunatic in chief is bat shit crazy, this should erase all doubt!
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Trump then changes direction, and informs the governor of his apparent newfound status as a celebrity.
"Eddie, I have to tell you, youve become extremely famous," said the president, who telephoned from Bedminster, New Jersey, where's he on a working vacation. "All over the world, theyre talking about Guam, and theyre talking about you, and I think tourism, I can say this, your tourism, youre going to go up like tenfold with the expenditure of no money, so I congratulate you ... It looks like a beautiful place.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-calls-guam-governor-predicts-tenfold-jump-tourism-042806640--abc-news-topstories.html
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)What a stupid flakey guy.
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)are going to get killed by a bomb.
Just when I think Trump couldn't be any more stupid - he out does himself.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)than in a nuclear war zone!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)gordianot
(15,238 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)And the locals would welcome his business - they certainly must love Trump!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)who thinks turning your country into a nuclear dead zone is a fun and great idea!
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)I say to myself - what is wrong with him??!!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Personally, I think one of his issues is early stage dementia. He's always been a narcissistic asshole, but his speech patterns and behavior are much more weird and delusional than even from 10 years ago.
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)The responses are always that s/he would be "too old." Trump is older than most of them, but you never hear that from the RW... and yet he's already running again - or should I say "still!" He just wants to "win," but has no interest -
or capability - for the job.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)My main criteria for who we run in 2020 is the ability to WIN.
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)The way his approval ratings are dropping. But I can't imagine enduring him for over three more years! The way he's going, there won't be any humans left!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Hopefully he won't take the rest of us with him!
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)Each and every day - or even more often - there's an additional reason to be outraged! Would any other POTUS survive the same egregious behavior?? Obama's tan suit provoked as much outrage on the national news...
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)The right wing coup has been executed, but is not quite complete. We must take back the House and at least get more Senate seats in 2018.
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)While Trump blatantly races us into war and third world status. But, like Nixon, it's up to the Republicans to depose him. Yet no matter how he treats them or does everything he can to tarnish their brand, the leadership refuses to step up.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #39)
MoonRiver This message was self-deleted by its author.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Rhiannon12866 said, "By 2020...there won't be any humans left!"
Since lots of trump supporters clearly aren't human, maybe they will be the only ones remaining.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was intending a bit of and a dash of black humor.
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)Are those who just awoke from long comas - or space aliens who just arrived.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Have a great evening.
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)In only one day everything looks entirely different. Anyone who continues to support Trump deserves to be treated as a pariah after the horrors of Saturday. But how quickly we forget, as well.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Maybe the next 3 years will change the registrations of enough folks.
Maybe those years will show lots of neocons for the haters they are and change the other party as well.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)..."the monkeys still control the cabana..."
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)If this was a movie, it would be panned as way too OTT and ridiculous to be believed!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)It's a favorite. Yes, life is stranger than fiction.
Rhiannon12866
(205,359 posts)I mainly rely on Advanced Search.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Setsuna1972
(332 posts)Way to promote Guam asshole, you want to make us famous by having the crazy North Korean jackasses to nuke us !
mtngirl47
(989 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)and leave the rest of us out of it.
No doubt Eddie will be long gone by the time the bombs actually start falling.
Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)He didn't know Guam existed before.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)hoping to increase club membership!
Stay tuned!
You're watching 'Tomorrow's News Today'
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)Maybe the alt right bros terrorizing Charlottesville would like to show their support for Trump by visiting Guam as part of the influx of tourism. Nah. Guam doesn't deserve that alt right treatment.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)People wanting to commit suicide will be flocking
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)Where is Congress? John McCain, you have one final act of service to your country to do.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Chump is a demented menace to the world. This is NOT about politics anymore!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)This crud is just too laughable.
GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)Zoonart
(11,866 posts)has lied, cheated, and manipulated all of his life; who believes that there is no such thing as bad publicity and that is how he is running the Presidency.
Let that sink in.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I found the later's sucking up to and agreeing with Trump almost as disturbing as I did Trump's comments through the whole article.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Hopefully, he will pay the price when they next vote for governor.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Into the deep muck of primordial goo they crawled out of soon.
I truly hope they do it before they can do much more damage to our country, the world and our global standing but it would take a miracle of epic proportions so I won't hold my breath.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Hopefully, the Repukes will realize they're going down with him, unless they take action to throw his narcissistic, demented ass out of office.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)some major eye opener kicks in sooner versus later.
Unfortunately I'm not sure who they're more afraid of, the ignorant narcissistic demented Trump or the gun toting anti-American fascist whack-a-doodles that worship Trump, their vainglorious snake oil salesman, as their golden idol, Baal.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Kidding, sort of....
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I figure it can't hurt, might help.
Besides I'm pretty sure most of them believe they are a deity, well, at least the cats and mini (horses) do.
OTOH our dogs (one is a black w/white pom) seem to be under the mistaken impression that we, their, humans are... silly pups.
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)spanone
(135,832 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)They'd love to be there to witness a NUKE going off. This man is FUCKING insane and needs to be immediately and peacefully REMOVED from the Presidency.
SOAFB!!!!
Botany
(70,504 posts)bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)then the crazy fuck should gather up his brood and head there for the rest of his "working" vacation.
Wherever he stays could be the "Summer White House".
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)paleotn
(17,913 posts)...no offense, but it's a military base surrounded by scrub and brown tree snakes. Even 45 could carnival bark Guam into a major tourist destination.
EX500rider
(10,848 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)All that call did was show what a self serving ass**le Trump is.. All about him,
All about him, all the time, all of the time....and...all of the time..
SHRED
(28,136 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)Bangs head
TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)I'm surprised the governor didn't burst out laughing.
Initech
(100,076 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Everything is about money for the idiot.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)bookings are still at 90% so I don't
think too many people are buying
Kimmy's threats.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)I, uh, got nothing else.
No, wait, I do.
This is how the leader¹ of a nation is encouraging an area that's being threatened with nuclear destruction?
THIS is reassuring? This is comforting? This is solidarity?
This is Presidential? This is the mark of a great leader?
How has he convinced ANYBODY to date him, much less marry him, much less THREE TIMES? How? His left cheek should be one permanent hand imprint from being slapped for what comes out of his mouth! These lines are straight out of some "Naked Gun"-style slapstick comedy!
WHAT SANE PERSON SAYS THAT?????????
{Phone ringing}
Guam Governor Calvo: Hello?
Fanta Menace: Governor Calvo, it's me, Donnie Two-Scoops!
Calvo: Oh, thank god. Listen, sir, the people here are very worried about North Korea. I could really use some reassurances from Washington about how you're keeping Guam and the people here safe.
Fanta Menace: Calvo, let me assure you that I've been talking with the best, smartest people in the world about this, and they all agree that the people of Guam shouldn't worry about North Korea because you're going to be FULL TO BURSTING with tourists.
Calvo: Tourists?
Fanta Menace: You guys are getting tremendous free advertising. Big league free advertising, all week. It will be spectacular for your tourism industry.
Calvo: Tourism industry?
Fanta Menace: All those visitors to enjoy your beautiful beaches, your spectacular pig roasts, your glamorous golf courses...
Calvo: What?
Fanta Menace: ...and your hula dances. Tight young girls in grass skirts. And your "other" industry, if you know what I mean, and I think you do!
Calvo: Other industry?
Fanta Menace: You know, the underage prostitutes! Wink wink, am I right? God, so many people I know go there "for business", know what I mean? Tremendous business opportunities!
Calvo: Sir, that's really a problem in Thailand...
Fanta Menace: Thailand? That's part of Guam, right? A district, or something?
Calvo: Not really. Uh, sir.
Fanta Menace: Oh. Let me make a note of that for a friend.
Calvo: Um, sir, about North Korea...
Fanta Menace: Hold on! I'm writing! Hey, how do you spell "Limbaugh"?
Calvo: The fuck- I mean, "El eye em bee ay you gee ach".
Fanta Menace: Thanks. Yeah, don't you worry about them! I'm a great negotiator! I'll have Kim straightened out in no time. Obama couldn't handle her, but I can! I have a way with ladies, you see. Tremendous ways with ladies. Kim is playing in the big leagues now, and she's in over her head.
Calvo: Her? Sir, Kim Jong-Un is a man, not a woman.
Fanta Menace: Really? This some sort of a "Boy Named Sue" thing going on over there?
Calvo: No, Kim is his family name.
Fanta Menace: Horseshit. Her family name is Jorgun. Kim Jorgun. Like Fox News says.
Calvo: Sir in many Asian countries they switch the orders of the names.
Fanta Menace: Now you're making stuff up. But I don't have time to prove me right again. Get back to preparing for those tremendous number of tourists that are going to be coming your way! It's going to be a YUGE boon to your economy! YUUUGE.
{phone clicks}
Calvo: {staring at the now-disconnected headset, he shakes his head, hangs up briefly, the picks up the headset again and punches a button} Gary?
Calvo's secretary: Yes, governor?
Calvo: Get me the Japanese consulate. Maybe they can invade us again. Worth a shot, at least.
¹This is about as close as I can get to his position.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)And probably not far from what really happened.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)This is like living in the world of "The Onion".
How's Minnesota holding up?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)It's nice to live in an area where Trumpazoids are relatively scarce.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Nature of my business... a machine shop that does government business. Lots of middle-aged white men here as machinists, and most of them went for the Trump.
Two black women, one half-black/half Puerto Rican woman, two (maybe 3) Puerto Rican men, one Cambodian man, and the rest of them are mostly middle-aged white men. Except for the office; got 5 white women up there total.
Eh, is was the same when I was living in Minnesota. I was in fabrication, and that just tends to be mostly male.
I'm sort of the token liberal male, and one of the white women is a lesbian liberal, so I have an occasional ally, but she's part-time.
Connecticut used to be known as "the Georgia of New England", FYI.