President Trump & U.S Election 2016 Investigation

[1andrew1]

Speaking as a forum user, I appreciate all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to keep the thousands of posts clean and relevant by people doing this work in a purely voluntary capacity.

It may be impossible, but it would be great to understand what adjectives can prefix politicians lest we cause unnecessary work for the mods. Are Crooked Hillary and Comrade Trump equally acceptable because people feel there is sufficient evidence to use the terms? Should neither be used? Or just one of them?

Back on Trump himself. China is now taking the US to the WTO, suggesting that the efforts to calm the markets by Washington were being contradicted by China's actions.
https://www.ft.com/content/fcf91440-...8-2f31af407cc8 (Or Google "China takes US to WTO over trade tariff plan" It's a long article.

I really do not think 'President Spanky' is at all acceptable, I really do not want to see language with sexual terms being used on this forum as peoples names, I have asked kindly on this and then next news, I am getting, 'Well Trump acts immature', I couldn't give a shit. What happens on Twitter, is Twitters problem.

I really don't know what people are getting precious on this request. I do not want sexual references being used as peoples names, it's pathetic and it will end.

OK, I didn’t realise it was because it was a sexual reference - I won’t use that term again.

Apologies.

Originally Posted by Mick

I really do not think 'President Spanky' is at all acceptable, I really do not want to see language with sexual terms being used on this forum as peoples names, I have asked kindly on this and then next news, I am getting, 'Well Trump acts immature', I couldn't give a shit. What happens on Twitter, is Twitters problem.

I really don't know what people are getting precious on this request. I do not want sexual references being used as peoples names, it's pathetic and it will end.

So let me get this right a guy calls someone a name on a TV show but we are not allowed to repeat it on here. Rather hypocritical considering some people think the guy who said this - And when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything... grab them by the pussy - is gods gift to politics.

Pathetic

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...stormy-daniels

Originally Posted by Mr Banana

So let me get this right a guy calls someone a name on a TV show but we are not allowed to repeat it on here. Rather hypocritical considering some people think the guy who said this - And when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything... grab them by the pussy - is gods gift to politics.

Pathetic

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...stormy-daniels

No it’s not pathetic.

We will not use sexual references as people’s names regardless what’s been said elsewhere. Either on Twitter or on TV.

It is not appropriate, to lower the tone of the discussion by using sexual terms for people’s names. That is not pathetic or hypocritical. It’s a rule about calling things properly, I was called out for calling Labour IRAbour, so I agreed not to use the term, but using sexual terms as names for people or groups is even worse. It’s not happening. I really don’t care how much you find it pathetic.

Originally Posted by Mick

No it’s not pathetic.

We will not use sexual references as people’s names regardless what’s been said elsewhere. Either on Twitter or on TV.

It is not appropriate, to lower the tone of the discussion by using sexual terms for people’s names. That is not pathetic or hypocritical. It’s a rule about calling things properly, I was called out for calling Labour IRAbour, so I agreed not to use the term, but using sexual terms as names for people or groups is even worse. It’s not happening. I really don’t care how much you find it pathetic.

What is sexual about President Spanky?

Originally Posted by Mr Banana

What is sexual about President Spanky?

Seriously ?

Spank;

1. A disciplinary measure for children whereby the child is striken on the bottocks, either bared or clothed, with either the hand or an implement such as a wooden spoon.
2. A fetish where consenting adults strike each other on the butt to induce sexual pleasure.

Originally Posted by Mick

Seriously ?

Spank;

1. A disciplinary measure for children whereby the child is striken on the bottocks, either bared or clothed, with either the hand or an implement such as a wooden spoon.
2. A fetish where consenting adults strike each other on the butt to induce sexual pleasure.

Oh ok - I must have led a sheltered life - have not been or subjected anyone to that?

Less sheltered and more off grid lol it's not an activity i take part in but I've been aware of it for a few decades now as being popular with certain people.

Originally Posted by Mr Banana

have not been or subjected anyone to that?

I’m curious, you asking or telling me?

Originally Posted by Mick

I’m curious, you asking or telling me?

Lol - missed out the important I

Back to the subject a bit more i think the reason Trump's twitter shenanigans create the problem they do is because people expected him to grow into the role of the president and behave a little more statesman like rather then him carrying on as he always has. That and his accuracy with the claims and accusations he makes being considerably wide of the mark quite a lot.

[1andrew1]

Trump makes his first public comment on Stormy Daniels payment.

Donald Trump said he was not aware of a $130,000 payment from his lawyer to Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election in his first public comments about the issue.
The president denied knowledge of the payment on Air Force One on Thursday, according to the White House press pool report...
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing Ms Clifford, responded on Twitter: “We very much look forward to testing the truthfulness of Mr Trump’s feigned lack of knowledge concerning the $130k payment”.

https://www.ft.com/content/e2a3b45a-...8-2f31af407cc8

Is that the same lawyer who said he had a DVD disc of the so called affair?

Where is it?

Like I said, it would have been released by now.

[Mr K]

I wonder how this is going down with his evangelical base (although they are quite in to the corporal punishment stuff !).

My sister is a US citizen, having lived there for so long. It's a strongly pro Republican area. They were all very pro Trump pre election, but now they refuse to discuss politics and change the subject as soon as his name is mentioned... They might not vote Democrat, but they might not vote at all. We shall see in the mid-terms.