Trump Thread

**Husar** · 06-09-2018, 02:12

Originally Posted by Gilrandir

There was no Turkey back then. So your supposition is wrong.

I think you misunderstand. I linked to an article about Erdogan to show what Trump could potentially do, but wanted to make sure people know that I don't think the US situation is exactly like the Turkish one. The last part was just a joke about the Romans probably having thought that their empire was more stable than it was, too.

**Gilrandir** · 06-09-2018, 04:28

Originally Posted by Husar

I think you misunderstand. I linked to an article about Erdogan to show what Trump could potentially do, but wanted to make sure people know that I don't think the US situation is exactly like the Turkish one. The last part was just a joke about the Romans probably having thought that their empire was more stable than it was, too.

I think you have failed to detect irony. For the first time.

**Husar** · 06-09-2018, 10:56

Originally Posted by Gilrandir

I think you have failed to detect irony. For the first time.

Can't even see it now.

But late at night and early in the morning I'm less than perfect indeed.

**Gilrandir** · 06-09-2018, 12:17

Originally Posted by Husar

Can't even see it now.

But late at night and early in the morning I'm less than perfect indeed.

Perhaps it wasn't irony in the strict sense. Rather trolling.

**HopAlongBunny** · 06-10-2018, 10:45

G7 summit ends in confusion and mixed messaging:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44427660

Trump slags Trudeau once carefully out of any danger of a face-to-face; on trade the appearance is of a G6 with the USA going it own way; the communique will not be unanimous, again the USA will be the dissenting party.
The SCO meanwhile seems to just ticking along nicely...

**Gilrandir** · 06-11-2018, 05:51

Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny

G7 summit ends in confusion and mixed messaging:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44427660

Trump slags Trudeau once carefully out of any danger of a face-to-face; on trade the appearance is of a G6 with the USA going it own way; the communique will not be unanimous, again the USA will be the dissenting party.
The SCO meanwhile seems to just ticking along nicely...

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"Belay that talk, John Silver," he said. "This crew has tipped you the black spot in full council, as in dooty bound; just you turn it over, as in dooty bound, and see what's wrote there. Then you can talk."

**Montmorency** · 06-12-2018, 00:38

Great photo, very artistic. Check out Japanese Scaramucci hanging in the back.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

(Here is the scene from 5 more angles.)

As expected, the photo is highly exploitable as a meme. Here are some entries:

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**Montmorency** · 06-09-2018, 04:50

Guys, let's take jurisprudential stuff to the other thread.

Anyone have any comments on Trump gearing up for some top-down command in energy markets?

And I don't want to be this fellow,

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

but here's an excellent argument for why "if Trump really wants to save American steel, he'd nationalize it": it's a national security asset, it's relatively tiny against the scale of the economy, it concentrates a small number of skilled workers, it's been utterly outcompeted in international (and domestic) markets by the rest of the world even with govt subsidies, it's been operating on annual net loss for almost a decade, it could be bought out for cheap (compensated eminent domain?), and the desired level of strategic production and skill retention could be maintained more efficiently under national control than with scattershot efforts to keep a failed private industry solvent...