Kanil 519 Posted September 25, 2018 President Trump told the world that we're focking tired of helping people who hate us and we're done footing the bill for freeloaders. He also said that he's going to cap our funding for the UN peacekeeping budget at 25% of the overall budget. Is there anyone that has a problem with this? Surely this has to be something just about every America is for, right? Personally, I don't think it goes far enough. 25% donated by one country is ridiculous. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality 2,710 Posted September 25, 2018 Love it. Preach on Brotha Trump.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted September 25, 2018 President Trump told the world that we're focking tired of helping people who hate us and we're done footing the bill for freeloaders. He also said that he's going to cap our funding for the UN peacekeeping budget at 25% of the overall budget. Is there anyone that has a problem with this? Surely this has to be something just about every America is for, right? Personally, I don't think it goes far enough. 25% donated by one country is ridiculous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12th Man 884 Posted September 25, 2018 Amen! Thank god for President Trump! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,311 Posted September 25, 2018 But they laughed at him. I wish we had a president that the UN didn't laugh at. If we give them more money maybe they won't laugh at him anymore. I think we should give them more money. I don't like them laughing at him. It makes me sad. I bet they wouldn't have laughed at Jeb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted September 25, 2018 Id have to se but Id bet he fudged some numbers in the first place...usually does...and yeah, then they laughed at him https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1044598845278162944?s=21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted September 25, 2018 Just saw that. Its all good, we will remember who are friends are when it counts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 25, 2018 Did they really laugh at him? Is it because he reads the teleprompter like they just invented words.? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 25, 2018 FWIW https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2017/04/7-things-didnt-know-about-us-foreign-assistance/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted September 25, 2018 Id have to se but Id bet he fudged some numbers in the first place...usually does...and yeah, then they laughed at him https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1044598845278162944?s=21 Did they really laugh at him? Is it because he reads the teleprompter like they just invented words.? Yes...and of course there is always an old tweet for everything. We need a President who isn't a laughing stock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect! https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/498008486551506945?lang=en Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mobb_deep 917 Posted September 25, 2018 Agree 100% with the sentiment. Bit concerned with Russia/China filling the power vacuum. The UN has been pretty much useless forever though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 905 Posted September 25, 2018 Did they really laugh at him? Is it because he reads the teleprompter like they just invented words.? Trump has not surprisingly taken over the title Teleprompter in Chief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted September 25, 2018 FWIW https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2017/04/7-things-didnt-know-about-us-foreign-assistance/ We have other resources that go toward foreign assistance including defense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 25, 2018 Trump has not surprisingly taken over the title Reader in Chief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Djgb13 2,338 Posted September 25, 2018 Its funny they are laughing now but when it actually happens they are gonna be upset and demanding he reconsider Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,311 Posted September 25, 2018 Link to the transcript of his speech. I don't want to post as it's long. https://www.vox.com/2018/9/25/17901082/trump-un-2018-speech-full-text Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality 2,710 Posted September 25, 2018 Is there anyone that has a problem with this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,381 Posted September 25, 2018 Fock the UN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kanil 519 Posted September 25, 2018 Fock the UN I'm generally in agreement. I mean, there has to be some sort of alliance between superpowers and you want some sort of structure around it but the UN is bad. Just, bad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 25, 2018 I'm generally in agreement. I mean, there has to be some sort of alliance between superpowers and you want some sort of structure around it but the UN is bad. Just, bad. The Security Council is a joke given that certain members can join and just constantly override with a veto vote. The UN needs to be scaled back and deal with things such as humanitarian issues and perhaps joint intellectual issues. Things like that. There are aspects of the you in that actually do great good. And they do so relatively efficiently. No reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Honcho 4,035 Posted September 25, 2018 Link to the transcript of his speech. I don't want to post as it's long. https://www.vox.com/2018/9/25/17901082/trump-un-2018-speech-full-text Has it been translated to English? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 25, 2018 Does the UN have like a snack bar or a cafeteria or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vince44 202 Posted September 26, 2018 Too funny. So well deserved. Trump tweeted the following four years ago "we need a president that isn't a laughing stock" and four years later the UN laughed in his face. This guy lies all the damn time and makes an ass out of himself so much that it's hard to keep track. He isn't making America great again, but is making us the butt of jokes around the world. What a clown. So idiotic and embarrassing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted September 26, 2018 Link to the transcript of his speech. I don't want to post as it's long. https://www.vox.com/2018/9/25/17901082/trump-un-2018-speech-full-text Great speech. Snowflakes would explode if they read it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 26, 2018 Yeah,word is, it's burning him up right now. Good. things are a little different when you can't hand pick the nitwits that show up to your cult-of-personality rallies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted September 26, 2018 Great speech Thank you Gary Johnson voters for your help in getting this great potus into office. Job well done. You helped save our nation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,560 Posted September 26, 2018 Agree 100% with the sentiment. Bit concerned with Russia/China filling the power vacuum. The UN has been pretty much useless forever though. Let 'em. If 100 years from now Americans are drinking lattes and watching the evening news where Russia or China are trying to teach Africans how to grow food or how to dispose of their bowel movements properly to prevent cholera or typhoid while also in the Middle East trying to prevent Muslims from blowing up each other and getting rewarded for their efforts with terrorist attacks in Moscow and Beijing, that's what I think success looks like. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality 2,710 Posted September 26, 2018 Loved everything he said, 6 more years of messages just like it incoming. If I were a TDS sufferer, I would focus on the laughing as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,640 Posted September 26, 2018 Great speech. Snowflakes would explode if they read it. You realize he doesn't write those things right? I believe that freak with the giant bald forehead looking thing is the one who wrote it. The dude who looks like a cross between an alien and a vampire. They're saying this is the first speech at the UN by an American president that wasn't interrupted by Applause a single time. Laughter, yes. Applause? No. Here's the fact fat check: G, I'm sure they'll be nothing here. https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/sep/25/fact-checking-donald-trumps-united-nations-speech/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted September 26, 2018 THEY suck!.................Who cares if they laugh? Keep on being YOU 'Merica! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 5,891 Posted September 26, 2018 Loved everything he said, 6 more years of messages just like it incoming. If I were a TDS sufferer, I would focus on the laughing as well. If you like messages Trump is your guy. Hes got the gift of gab thats for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted September 26, 2018 You realize he doesn't write those things right? I believe that freak with the giant bald forehead looking thing is the one who wrote it. The dude who looks like a cross between an alien and a vampire. They're saying this is the first speech at the UN by an American president that wasn't interrupted by Applause a single time. Laughter, yes. Applause? No. wiff, I know you aren't a board snowflake who cares what a bunch of super privileged out of touch foreigners think about the US. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality 2,710 Posted September 26, 2018 If you like messages Trump is your guy. Hes got the gift of gab thats for sure. I like actions also. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted September 26, 2018 Let 'em. If 100 years from now Americans are drinking lattes and watching the evening news where Russia or China are trying to teach Africans how to grow food or how to dispose of their bowel movements properly to prevent cholera or typhoid while also in the Middle East trying to prevent Muslims from blowing up each other and getting rewarded for their efforts with terrorist attacks in Moscow and Beijing, that's what I think success looks like. Thats not how it goes down. Theyre smarter than us, and care far less about optics than we do. China has quietly built a rather impressive empire. They are building naval bases in Burma, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. They hold economic rights over natural resources in large swaths of African. They loan money all over the world, and then when the loans are defaulted, they grab resources. Beijing aint interested in the responsibility part of being a super power. Theyre just grabbing sh!t. Russia already holds the energy stick over Europe in terms of natural gas. They are now grabbing the newly opening arctic reaches with both hands. Canada is trying to hold their own. We are largely doing nothing. It is a competition we are woefully behind in. Losing our role as the undisputed top dog leader has consequences. Economic consequences. Strategic consequences. Im as big a non interventionist as youll find, but if you claim to be the leader of the free world, you have to actually, you know, lead it. (Btw trumpettes, I have no real problem with what was said at the un or the 25% cap idea, so dont even try to blast me there.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted September 26, 2018 Thats not how it goes down. Theyre smarter than us, and care far less about optics than we do. China has quietly built a rather impressive empire. They are building naval bases in Burma, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. They hold economic rights over natural resources in large swaths of African. They loan money all over the world, and then when the loans are defaulted, they grab resources. Beijing aint interested in the responsibility part of being a super power. Theyre just grabbing sh!t. Russia already holds the energy stick over Europe in terms of natural gas. They are now grabbing the newly opening arctic reaches with both hands. Canada is trying to hold their own. We are largely doing nothing. It is a competition we are woefully behind in. Losing our role as the undisputed top dog leader has consequences. Economic consequences. Strategic consequences. Im as big a non interventionist as youll find, but if you claim to be the leader of the free world, you have to actually, you know, lead it. I agree with being the lead dog. The question is, are we getting stronger with Trump? Trumpettes would say yes. China has lost 30% of its stock market value this year. We are their biggest market. There is no question that the tariffs are killing them, and Trump keeps raising them. They will have to come the table at some point. As far as energy goes. Maybe MTSB can chime in, but I hear we are pretty much self sufficient for the foreseeable future, if it goes that way. Reserves and untapped resources galore. War is the only ?. Trump should keep on NK, although I don't them see them as a real threat. Cyber terror is where the real problems are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,560 Posted September 26, 2018 I couldn't care less about being the lead dog. All that does is make you responsible for cleaning every turd world toilet that doesn't flush. "Well, we don't want to get involved this time. The last time we gave you money for food and medicine, you bought ten new presidential palaces with it instead. Have you considered figuring this out for yourself? Fock off." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 5,891 Posted September 26, 2018 I like actions also. Trumps got some wildly outside the box initiatives like deregulation and tax cuts. Hes gonna blow your mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,381 Posted September 26, 2018 Let 'em. If 100 years from now Americans are drinking lattes and watching the evening news where Russia or China are trying to teach Africans how to grow food or how to dispose of their bowel movements properly to prevent cholera or typhoid while also in the Middle East trying to prevent Muslims from blowing up each other and getting rewarded for their efforts with terrorist attacks in Moscow and Beijing, that's what I think success looks like. You think they are going to try and help Africa? They are going to raping Africa right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality 2,710 Posted September 26, 2018 Trumps got some wildly outside the box initiatives like deregulation and tax cuts. Hes gonna blow your mind. Along with what you mentioned, both of which have been massive helps to the economy. Balancing trade Manufacturing jobs returning to the US Toughening stance on immigration Removal of the mandate for healthcare Strong economy Unemployment Black unmeployment All-time high Stock Market Record breaking consumer confidence SCJ nominees UN Stance - Stance on the world stage in general. Brokering peace and denuclearization with NK There's more but, that is off the top. Trump is absolutely killing it, having a monster first 2 years in office. It's the economy stupid. Will gladly pull the lever for him again in 2020. Will be standing in line early this year for the mid-terms, ready to pull the lever for the entire Republican party. I rarely vote in mid-terms, can't wait to vote this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,560 Posted September 26, 2018 You think they are going to try and help Africa? They are going to raping Africa right now. I don't care what they do, just so long as they don't get any of it on us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites