Reply to: The Donald's Inaugaural Speech at 18:00 CET

[d000hg]

Now he's doing the rounds on FB for having a room full of men signing new laws on abortions. I'd assumed it would be purely pro-choice groups lambasting him since he's making abortions less accessible (I don't know the details), but I came across one pro-life group criticising it too which was a little refreshing... people disagreeing with the process even if it gains their cause is quite unusual.

[NickFitz]

First week seems to be going well:

Nearly a dozen of Trump’s closest confidantes helped plant an embarrassing news story about how their boss can’t handle embarrassing news stories. Which is to say: A president who prizes loyalty in his subordinates has already been betrayed by a huge swath of his inner circle.

Trump Aides Can't Stop Blabbing About How He's a Madman

[sasguru]

maybe that should be the new US president starter kit:

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ake-world.html

[darmstadt]

Happy badger isn't he? Trump looks (and sounds) like the grumpy old right wing piss-artist who pontificates from his bar stool at the end of the bar to the near empty pub

[shaunbhoy]

[DimPrawn]

George W Bush's response about being asked about what do you think of Donald Trump's speech to a reporter was - "See you next Tuesday!"

FTFY

[darmstadt]

One for the conspiracy theorists:

Yesterday at 18 pm Moscow time, one of the oldest kgb operations ended successful. The Sleeper Russian donat ivanovich trolstoyevski became president of the United States.
Donat Ivanovich Trolstoyevski was one of the last sleeper agents sent to infiltrate the highest spheres of the United States. One of his tasks was to lower the intellectual level of Americans, what he did, in particular, from 2004 to 2015, becoming the moderator of the reality show the apprentice.
Once this step, it became easier to achieve the ultimate goal of the mission: get elected president of the United States.
The last mission of donat ivanovich just started: go to Russia his greatness!

Donat Ivanovich Trolstoyevski, agent dormant du KGB devient président des Etats Unis. - Complots faciles pour briller en société

[greenlake]

Trump puts Churchill back where he belongs. [emoji636][emoji631][emoji636][emoji631]

Trump puts Churchill bust back in Oval Office – Westmonster

I wonder if it contain cookies....

[NickFitz]

This is an insightful piece: Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice.

Just as Trump figured out a way to co-opt the conservative movement, Republicans in Washington (from K Street to the Capitol) are now trying to co-opt him and the Trumpist movement… The most important question, which we will find out the answer to over the coming year, is whether Trump will let himself be used as a vessel to advance an agenda that is not really his own or whether movement conservatives will continue to capitulate and kowtow when their priorities and values conflict with Trump’s.

[PurpleGorilla]

It's still in the Oval Office...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.440533e3c8f0

Indeed the Oval Office is big enough for both busts. Trump likes pairs of busts.

[PurpleGorilla]

Wonder where they put the one of Martin Luther King that they removed?

It's still in the Oval Office...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.440533e3c8f0

[SueEllen]

Wonder where they put the one of Martin Luther King that they removed?

Since Trump had a meeting with his son, Martin Luther King III, he will put it somewhere in the White House.

[darmstadt]

Trump puts Churchill back where he belongs. [emoji636][emoji631][emoji636][emoji631]

Trump puts Churchill bust back in Oval Office – Westmonster

Wonder where they put the one of Martin Luther King that they removed?

[NickFitz]

Trump puts Churchill back where he belongs. [emoji636][emoji631][emoji636][emoji631]

Trump puts Churchill bust back in Oval Office – Westmonster

I know Farage likes people to be simpletons as it makes it easier for him to get away with his bulltulip; but the whole business of the Churchill bust is more complicated than that.

The bust that was removed when Obama took office didn't actually belong the the White House. It had been loaned to President George W Bush's administration by Tony Blair when he was Prime Minister. The loan period came to an end when Bush's administration did, so it was returned - by the departing Bush administration, not by Obama - to the British.

There's another copy of the bust, which has been in the White House since the 1960s. This was being worked on by conservators at the time Bush W. took office, which is why Blair lent Bush the UK government's copy. When Obama took office this bust, conservation work completed, was already on display outside the Treaty Room, and remained there throughout his two terms. It is presumably this one that Trump has had moved into the Oval Office (if there's actually any truth to the latest stories).

So no, Obama never had a bust of Churchill removed from the Oval Office, as there wasn't one there when he moved in. The bust that was in the building when he arrived remained exactly where it had been. And it was Tony Blair who was responsible for one being in the office in the first place. I presume Trump so admires Blair that he seeks to emulate his actions

And as you're so keen on the bust, here's a photo of President Obama showing it to Prime Minister David Cameron in the White House on 20 July 2012:

[shaunbhoy]

Too many followers and not enough leaders these days.