2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"Putin looks at Hillary Clinton and laughs" -- Trump (sexist dog whistle comments)
CNN, Fox, and MSNBC are once again giving Trump free time and coverage. He is blathering on at a ridiculously scripted "Q&A" -- and he keeps looking at his handlers to see if he is answering questions adequately.
I notice now that Trump is making sexist comments about Hillary Clinton (probably crafted by his elusive campaign manager Steve Bannon -- who has been completely absent and done zero interviews whereas Kellyanne has been doing interviews since she represents the "new Trump" , and covering for it by following the dog whistle sexism with a "rationale" that the media and Trumpers use to say that Trump isn't *really* making sexist comments.
Trump was just repeating again and again in the Q&A that "Putin looks at Hillary Clinton and laughs..." Trump is sexist, and he means, and is signaling to his followers, that Putin won't take Hillary seriously since she is a woman. He repeated this comment numerous times, paused, then stated that Putin laughs because Hillary's policies as Sec. of State were "bad." We know that Trump is making these comments to make his sexist base happy. It seems to me that the laughing comment is the same as his "she doesn't look presidential" comment, which the media didn't criticize nearly enough.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Coverage on CNN seemed very unfair with most time going to Trump; however, the commentator got in that Trump labels all US anything a disaster and never offers solutions and that his General Flynn is a Putin sympathizer. How does that go over with the vets Trump is wooing.
Maru Kitteh
(28,343 posts)Putin's propaganda entities have been busy promoting Stein and Trump this election season.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)as well as allowing them to interrupt other commentators constantly. Boris (yet another Russian connection for Trump) and Cory etc CONSTANTLY interrupt other guests and/or they keep shouting "lie!" again and again as anyone remotely critical of Trump speaks. The fact that CNN has these idiots on their programs together with credible guests is just appalling.
unblock
(52,356 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)"Good dog"
tavernier
(12,409 posts)but it's not at Hillary.
Can you only imagine how ridiculous Trump looks to him, since Putin pretty much called him a gaudy novelty, and Donny mistook him as saying he was "bright". If Putin had called him a tool, Trump would have translated that to being compared to a mighty hammer, and named himself Thor.
But sadly I think most of his laughter is for the dimwits in this country who are buying all of the idiotic blather. He must shake his head thinking "this is just too easy".
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)our women who deal with Putin on a regular basis, like Samantha Powers, and Susan Rice are some tough chicks. They hold their own when they are in negotiations, and I know they can outtrump Trump. Now most of the time you see them is on TV where they don't have to be a bad ass, but they are not fragile at all. Trump likes to talk a good game in his Art of the Deal crap, but lets face it, his life is construction. What is he negotiating over lumber? concrete? nails? How much for a cubic yard of concrete? In the construction industry prices are pretty much set. It's not a big secret. You might be able to shave off a few cents here or there, achieve some economy of scales when purchasing for multiple projects at the same time, but most prices within the industry are pretty consistent within a particular geographical area. Where Trump made his money was hiring non union workers through the mob, and not paying people what was owed. That makes him a loser in my opinion. The reason he is in the Branding business now, and not the construction business as a builder is because he couldn't get financing after all his bankrupcies, and people didn't want to deal with him which accounts for the reason he's involved with so many foreign partnerships.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)People in Putins inner circle say that Putin considers Trump a buffoon, easily manipulated by flattery, without a scintilla of knowledge or depth about the world outside his golf courses. Moreover, Trumps stated willingness to recognize Putins annexation of Crimea, to lift sanctions, not to object to the occupation of an area in Ukraine, to withdraw promises of support for NATO allies in the Baltic, and for NATO as a whole, is the Russian dictators dream.
Putin was a big winner in the Brexit vote as it shook the strength of the EU, a rival political power (and was probably bemused at Trumps happiness that it was good for business of his golf course in Scotland. Geopolitical benefit for Putin vs. more business (perhaps) for Trumps golf course is, in Trumps world, a win. Keep that in mind.)
According to Putin insiders, he sees Trump as a weaker, far more ignorant, wholly self-absorbed version of Neville Chamberlain. Easy-pickins.
Putin also knows Trump cannot resist a good deal, ie, that benefits him personally. If Trump were president, Putin knows he can offer bargain-basement terms on choice property in Moscow and in St Petersberg, for example, for Trumps company to build hotels in exchange for geopolitical concessions from the U.S. that have no impact on Trumps wealth.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)like a fiddle
Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)senseandsensibility
(17,157 posts)Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)is reverse cowgirl