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Danmel

(4,915 posts)
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 09:22 AM Jun 2017

Trump warns after London attack: 'We must stop being politically correct'

Source: The Hill

President Trump warned after a deadly attack in London that terrorism will "only get worse" if officials don't "get down to the business of security for our own people" and end political correctness.

"We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don't get smart it will only get worse," he tweeted early Sunday.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336252-trump-after-london-attack-we-must-stop-being-politically-correct



I guess this is his idea of strong leadership.
Embarrassing.
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Trump warns after London attack: 'We must stop being politically correct' (Original Post) Danmel Jun 2017 OP
ignorant idiot northoftheborder Jun 2017 #1
That's an insult to all idiots! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2017 #2
More color commentary from the President of London nt Xipe Totec Jun 2017 #3
stop being Politically Correct equals Suspension of RIGHTS & Return to PROFILING, STOP & FRISK, MedusaX Jun 2017 #4
I fully agree with Trump that we must stop being politically correct. DetlefK Jun 2017 #5
Yeah, we wouldn't want to enforce political correctness on anyone bucolic_frolic Jun 2017 #6
So he's okay w/Kathy Griffin's stunt? How about w/Maher's bad joke? Since those weren't "pc"? nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #7
My first thought: More Kathy Griffin! deurbano Jun 2017 #26
The lsos loves him some terrorism randr Jun 2017 #8
to think heaven05 Jun 2017 #9
Bigotry is Better! Trump/Pence 2020 GeorgeGist Jun 2017 #10
How can one person who has had everything he wanted handed to him be so... George II Jun 2017 #11
He doesn't want....... SergeStorms Jun 2017 #40
Has absolutely no idea what what he is doing. The last thing we need is a racist fear monger now. democratisphere Jun 2017 #12
President Bannon and Vice President Miller are back in charge. We should be very very afraid. redstatebluegirl Jun 2017 #13
I agree. Bigly. No more PC JohnQFunk Jun 2017 #14
politiclly correct is another right wing hack for distraction AllaN01Bear Jun 2017 #15
Drumpf's reaction is exactly what ISIS and other terrorists want from an attack. Lanius Jun 2017 #16
Let Me Try Out My Non-PC Chops videohead5 Jun 2017 #17
This shows us how he would respond PatSeg Jun 2017 #18
I remember how Bill Clinton dealt with the Oklahoma City attack sarge43 Jun 2017 #21
Yes, Bill Clinton PatSeg Jun 2017 #23
Great post. He is very divisive. raccoon Jun 2017 #36
He thrives on divisiveness PatSeg Jun 2017 #39
Like a sense of decency has ever stopped the fucker from saying/doing racist and sexist things. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #19
Good. Maybe the NYTimes headline can read "Fat Stupid Orange Idiot Ruins Country." Vinca Jun 2017 #20
As usual Donny Peepee has it backwards Greensix1 Jun 2017 #22
speak for yourself Donald. Sunlei Jun 2017 #24
OK to all respondents.. good work... pangaia Jun 2017 #25
He Really Did Not Say Squat When A White Guy When on Stabbing Rampage... TomCADem Jun 2017 #27
Good catch. maddiemom Jun 2017 #31
Someone give that guy a dictionary.... defacto7 Jun 2017 #28
Translation:. We need to pull a Hitler on Muslims. muntrv Jun 2017 #29
fuck off Two Scoops.... dhill926 Jun 2017 #30
Didn't political correctness end his first day in office? LeftInTX Jun 2017 #32
Who, by the way, in a nation comprised of immigrants are "our own people?" bitterross Jun 2017 #33
He's right. Stop being politically correct and call out terrorism and racism where we see it still_one Jun 2017 #34
But Turbineguy Jun 2017 #35
When did he ever start? n/t Denzil_DC Jun 2017 #37
Yeah, let's start with comedians. truthisfreedom Jun 2017 #38
He stopped being politically correct a long time ago. nt raccoon Jun 2017 #41

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
5. I fully agree with Trump that we must stop being politically correct.
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 09:31 AM
Jun 2017

Now let's discuss the evidence whether Trump has dementia and see if more psychologists come to the diagnosis that he has a mortal fear of being looked down upon.

We shouldn't hold back with these assessments just because it would be politically incorrect to talk this bluntly about the mental failures of a person. No, we must do the politically incorrect thing and call things as we see them.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
9. to think
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 09:52 AM
Jun 2017

this is what we've come to in the potus after 8 years of class and style in a POTUS and his family, Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama and Natasha(Sasha) Obama and Malia Ann Obama. What a fucking joke this clown called potus is. And his voting base even worse, racist, sexist, homophobic fools. AmeriKKKa has shown the world it's worst type of citizen, openly, this time. Fuck trump.

George II

(67,782 posts)
11. How can one person who has had everything he wanted handed to him be so...
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 10:12 AM
Jun 2017

...bitter, angry, and just plain nasty?

He is a hateful human being.

Where was this horrible person when a white man of Irish Catholic descent, trained by the United States Army, killed 165 innocent people in Oklahoma City? He was probably on the phone trying to make a deal for the property.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
40. He doesn't want.......
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 09:10 PM
Jun 2017

anyone else to have what he views as "his". He never learned to share and play well with others as a child. I doubt he had any childhood friends at all.

Lanius

(599 posts)
16. Drumpf's reaction is exactly what ISIS and other terrorists want from an attack.
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 10:19 AM
Jun 2017

But he and the people like him are too stupid, prejudiced and angry to know that. Or they do know that but don't care because they're prejudiced, stupid and angry.

PatSeg

(47,450 posts)
18. This shows us how he would respond
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 10:28 AM
Jun 2017

to an attack in this country. He'd sow fear and hatred, while using the attack to push his racist and divisive agendas. I can't help but wonder if he is hankering for one like an arsonist who enjoys watching a fire. Meanwhile, it would distract from his many looming scandals.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
21. I remember how Bill Clinton dealt with the Oklahoma City attack
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:04 AM
Jun 2017

No call for vengeance, no fear mongering, just comfort and calmness and put the DoJ to work to find the perps which it did. Justice served.

I also remember how the world responded: Sympathy, support and help, even poor Bangladesh sent hundreds of yards of rope in case it was needed. That president didn't cause the world to sneer "what an asshole" and roll its collective eyes.

Class vs crass, leader vs a fool.

PatSeg

(47,450 posts)
23. Yes, Bill Clinton
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:16 AM
Jun 2017

was a very calm, reassuring voice during a crisis. I am afraid Trump would set the world on fire and we would see violence and riots across the country. It has happened in other countries and Trump has already set the stage for it to happen here. His devout followers are just looking for an excuse to attack all those people they perceive to be different. After all, they have been stockpiling guns for years, probably anxious to use them.

PatSeg

(47,450 posts)
39. He thrives on divisiveness
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 06:57 PM
Jun 2017

If adversity doesn't exist, he creates it. He is truly a dangerous man.

 

Greensix1

(67 posts)
22. As usual Donny Peepee has it backwards
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:10 AM
Jun 2017

Anyone with any common sense knows we have to be MORE politically correct in our thinking, actions and words. It's love and forgiveness that changes the world for the better, and not hate, repression, religion or stupidity. These attackers hate society for being what it is today, not for what it Could have been if we had practiced real political correctness. Society needs to help those that need help, not ignore them, belittle them, or judge them because of the color of their skin, the country of their birth, nor the religion of their parents. Trump demonstrates every single day that he's completely out of touch with reality, has No business being Near the White House, let alone living in it, and is a racist moron.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
25. OK to all respondents.. good work...
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:39 AM
Jun 2017

NOW, we need to get out there and do whatever we can to stop dumpster, putin and all republican shits...

and we need to do it now because there ain't no time...










TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
27. He Really Did Not Say Squat When A White Guy When on Stabbing Rampage...
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:48 AM
Jun 2017

...on a train a few weeks back.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
31. Good catch.
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 12:22 PM
Jun 2017

Hadn't thought of that. If he didn't show sympathy to our own citizens, why would he show sympathy to "foreigners?"

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
33. Who, by the way, in a nation comprised of immigrants are "our own people?"
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 02:51 PM
Jun 2017

Trump speaks as if everyone in the US were a white person of European descent and their families have been here since colonial times. He makes it quite clear that he, like every other right-winger forgets his family's history and the history of our nation. We are all "other" people.


It sounds like the Fascist playbook to me. He wants to continue to define Muslims and Mexicans as the other. Continue to demonize them and gain greater power.

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