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riversedge

(70,239 posts)
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:05 PM Mar 2017

Trump walks out before signing executive orders

Source: CNN





By Julia Manchester, CNN

Updated 8:36 PM ET, Fri March 31, 2017
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Source: CNN
Trump leaves without signing executive orders 01:00
Story highlights

The orders affect trade policy
Trump later signed them

(CNN)President Donald Trump walked out of an executive order signing ceremony Friday -- without actually signing the orders.

During the signing ceremony, White House pool reporters asked Trump questions about his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who has offered to testify on Russian involvement in the US election in return for immunity from prosecution.

The President ignored the questions and moved to another room, only to be chased by Vice President Mike Pence, who picked up the folders containing the two executive orders.

Trump later signed the pair of orders aimed at identifying and targeting foreign trade abuses, according to the White House, but behind closed doors.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/donald-trump-executive-order-signing-walk-out/index.html




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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1002&thread=8878087

Justin Sink?Verified account @justinsink

after @MajorCBS asks about Flynn, Trump leaves signing ceremony without signing executive orders. Pence went and picked it up from desk



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Trump walks out before signing executive orders (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2017 OP
He's losing it... The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1
No, he already lost it this is just a case of his handlers bungling it and exposing his mental cstanleytech Mar 2017 #18
Not really sure he ever had it. n/t Beartracks Apr 2017 #33
He'll just sign them later. Pence dutifully gathers them up and follows him out the door. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2017 #2
A child would have more self control. nt cstanleytech Mar 2017 #19
How late in the day was this? It looks like sundowning syndrome. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #3
Looks to me like he's crumbling under the pressure. Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #4
"He's really into the SHOW of it all, so it appears he's accomplishing something" NYC Liberal Mar 2017 #11
"Like a circus" StarryNite Mar 2017 #14
That was his complaint over the healthcare fiasco... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #29
Why do I keep thinking about 'bread and circuses' with this guy? n/t susanna Apr 2017 #32
One reply under the first tweet says that the WH is now an assisted living facility. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #5
That's his favorite part of the show, the giant signature and flourish. yallerdawg Mar 2017 #6
I immediately wondered: Did he sign it in the other room and the slowly flash it around to nobody? NBachers Apr 2017 #34
Trump is melting under the pressure. Doodley Mar 2017 #7
Or did he just forget? Once the razzle-dazzle little speech was over, he forgot LuckyLib Apr 2017 #43
Breaking News: I have just heard from a reliable source why he had to leave in a hurry. Doodley Mar 2017 #8
The press is getting under his skin.... Hekate Mar 2017 #9
I think he left to avoid press questions. Equinox Moon Mar 2017 #10
He looks like he's losing his mind... Adrahil Mar 2017 #12
yeah... it's freaking bizarre, but yes Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #22
media should quit attending these events. they are ordinary actions not needing audiences nt msongs Mar 2017 #13
Low energy! Hamlette Mar 2017 #15
You had one job to do. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #16
Asshole mountain grammy Mar 2017 #17
most cannot.... there are some that make excuses for him, like Mike Dense and Spicey Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #23
My imperial monarchy​..... magicarpet Mar 2017 #20
Great post! NBachers Apr 2017 #35
aww, poor baby NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #21
We're closing in Trump ...drip by drip. You can't run, you can't hide. YOHABLO Mar 2017 #24
This is surreal. progressoid Apr 2017 #25
You can run, but you can't hide Donny! TeamPooka Apr 2017 #26
They're coming to get you, Donald! NBachers Apr 2017 #36
Trump sure acts like a guilty man. UCmeNdc Apr 2017 #27
from what i could hear on the video orleans Apr 2017 #28
Who would have thought being president would be stressful. Is he under pressure Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #30
And yet he sill had to give that... 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #31
Sizzling, soul-warping anger and hate in his republican face Achilleaze Apr 2017 #37
Is that a current look? It's hard to tell Cha Apr 2017 #39
Don't know the date of the photo, but it's not from the Walk Out Achilleaze Apr 2017 #41
He made himself look more stupid than usual Cha Apr 2017 #38
Keep up the pressure!!!! HAB911 Apr 2017 #40
Petulant, spoiled little toddler. Mc Mike Apr 2017 #42
Pence is ready to be President. A quick hand gesture & Pence immediately jumped into action. Sunlei Apr 2017 #44
Spoiled brat jpak Apr 2017 #45
Trump is a national disgrace. Beacool Apr 2017 #46
I prefer not to focus too much on the electoral college vs. the popular vote because it diverts StevieM Apr 2017 #47
So The Donald is a Duck laserhaas Apr 2017 #48

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)
18. No, he already lost it this is just a case of his handlers bungling it and exposing his mental
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:30 PM
Mar 2017

state to the public once again.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
2. He'll just sign them later. Pence dutifully gathers them up and follows him out the door.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:09 PM
Mar 2017

Trump is a petulant little kid.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
4. Looks to me like he's crumbling under the pressure.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:11 PM
Mar 2017

In the past he would've just refused to answer, or told that person to get stuffed or to leave, and then go about his business.

And what IS all this bull with so many ceremonies? He's really into the SHOW of it all, so it appears he's accomplishing something. Like a circus.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
11. "He's really into the SHOW of it all, so it appears he's accomplishing something"
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:31 PM
Mar 2017

And this just reinforces that. Doesn't actually care about what he's signing; just cares about the image of it.

StarryNite

(9,446 posts)
14. "Like a circus"
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:02 PM
Mar 2017

Send in the clowns...oops, the biggest clown just left the ring followed by the rest of them.

Docreed2003

(16,861 posts)
29. That was his complaint over the healthcare fiasco...
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 12:57 AM
Apr 2017

"I don't care what's in it just get me a bill to sign" I believe was his quote!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
6. That's his favorite part of the show, the giant signature and flourish.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:14 PM
Mar 2017

Oh, the crackup is most definitely on the way!!!!

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
43. Or did he just forget? Once the razzle-dazzle little speech was over, he forgot
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 08:35 AM
Apr 2017

Part II? Either way, he really is losing it.

Doodley

(9,092 posts)
8. Breaking News: I have just heard from a reliable source why he had to leave in a hurry.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:19 PM
Mar 2017

Mike Pence had to change Trump's diapers.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
12. He looks like he's losing his mind...
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 09:51 PM
Mar 2017

... and I'm not being snarky.... he reminds me of someone who has Alzheimer's who suddenly can't remember what they are doing.

magicarpet

(14,154 posts)
20. My imperial monarchy​.....
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:36 PM
Mar 2017

...... will not be disrupted by these unwashed commoners, this rift-raf, or these scribes with their poisonous and toxic pens. We will simply move the signing of the royal decree into the safety of the king's inner private chambers to better rape and pillage the coinage purses of the peasants.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
27. Trump sure acts like a guilty man.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 12:40 AM
Apr 2017

He seems to fall apart at the moment anyone mentions Russia and investigations.

orleans

(34,053 posts)
28. from what i could hear on the video
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 12:43 AM
Apr 2017

he was headed in the direction of the door before a question was asked

and it would have been too revealing and humiliating for him to say "oops--look like i'm forgetting something" and turn around and go in the other direction to the desk.

this video is pretty revealing when it comes to his mental competence

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
37. Sizzling, soul-warping anger and hate in his republican face
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 05:36 AM
Apr 2017

that's what I see. In between the phony grins are scowls and grimaces galore.

The republican Tax-&-Draft Dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Casino, is being consumed by the self-fermented bile in which he is marinating.



Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
44. Pence is ready to be President. A quick hand gesture & Pence immediately jumped into action.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 09:15 AM
Apr 2017
The reassuring hand to back was a nice touch.

Beacool

(30,249 posts)
46. Trump is a national disgrace.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 02:37 PM
Apr 2017

We had 44 presidents in the nation prior to Trump. Some of them called to our better angels, some not so much. Some were brilliant, some were barely passable. But, none were as unqualified or as temperamentally unfit as Trump. A minority of Americans, thanks to an archaic election system, elevated a man who is not qualified to even be the mayor of a small town. Let alone be president. It's not a partisan issue, as he's not really a Republican, it's the person. He's a narcissist who can't abide criticism and has no empathy for others, a petty and vindictive man. A person with no intellectual curiosity, who doesn't read and doesn't want to learn how to do his job. He also lacks a moral compass, he's neither decent nor honorable. He'll be a blot in US history.


StevieM

(10,500 posts)
47. I prefer not to focus too much on the electoral college vs. the popular vote because it diverts
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 08:44 PM
Apr 2017

attention from the most important issue: the fact that HRC had the race won, decisively, before the FBI intervened (again) with 11 days to go in order to rig the election for Donald Trump.

Had it not been for James Comey's criminal actions--and I do believe he violated the Hatch Act--Hillary would have won, decisively, and carried in a Democratic Senate.

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