9 hours of ‘Executive Time’: Trump’s unstructured days

Phantasmal said:
No, because he likes models and strippers.
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Trump is so embarrassing.. His wife is completely turned off.. and so is the international community.. A millionaire hiring a model or stripper? LOLOL Say is isn't so.. How else could little dick fatso get laid?
 
kudzu said:
Trump is so embarrassing.. His wife is completely turned off.. and so is the international community.. A millionaire hiring a model or stripper? LOLOL Say is isn't so.. How else could little dick fatso get laid?
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You last sentence made me laugh, thanks
 
iolo said:
I can see that there might have been all sorts of arguments about Mrs Clinton's moneyed contacts and political connections, but it seems unbelievable that any country could reject such a professional for so rank an amateur idler as this fat buffoon.
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remember we didnt
 
Cypress said:
Hillary Clinton was the choice of American voters, and won the vote by millions. The American voter made the right call.

A fluke of the undemocratic and archaic electoral college allowed this unqualified fat ass to walk into the office of the presidency.
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and the cheating the republican party does to steal the choice from the voters
 
Nordberg said:
Why Trump has time? He doesn't do his job. http://time.com/5492636/donald-trump-generals/?utm_source=reddit.com
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You mean General Bone Spurs?

After a couple of tumultuous years, President Donald Trump seems to have reached the conclusion that he has had quite enough of generals. Now, as a retired admiral, I have certainly been annoyed over the years by a number of generals. Yet by and large, I’ve found them quite effective as leaders, organizers, planners and strategists–the type one would expect from those who have proved their mettle in the long hierarchical climb up the ranks of the modern armed forces. Additionally, the vast majority are driven by integrity and the values of courage, honor, commitment–while having been tested in life-and-death situations. All in all, a pretty good selection of qualities. So why, after hiring quite a few, is the President turning on them?


In the cases of Generals H.R. McMaster, John Kelly and, finally, James Mattis–all of whom I’ve counted as not just colleagues but also friends–the details of each individual departure vary somewhat. But the common theme is actually pretty simple: President Trump simply cannot be briefed, staffed, scheduled or organized in a manner that long-serving military personnel find effective. I once asked Mattis–while he was considering the offer to become Secretary of Defense–how hard he thought it would be to work with a personality like Trump. He said it might not be “mission impossible” but he knew it was going to be “mission very difficult.” This from a man who has repeatedly taken on the toughest of assignments.

The President famously does not actually read the voluminous policy papers with which he is presented. From the perspective of a senior military mind, this would be akin to a car refusing to be gassed up. According to multiple reported accounts, Trump’s briefings have to be put in the simplest terms; the traditional complex military PowerPoint slides were anathema to him. The military presents its shared wisdom by detailing a traditional set of information: assumptions, existing conditions, courses of action, centers of gravity and, in the end, the ultimate three options suggested to the decision maker; the President prefers to go with his gut. This made for a continuous collision between the President and his generals, and the recent series of decisions-by-tweet (notably including the withdrawal from Syria) truly underscore the impossibility of molding the President’s approach.

There was also an ongoing sense that the President’s moral structure was, shall we say charitably, unconventional to the military mind. Cadets and midshipmen at the service academies operate on a very simple honor code: to not lie, to not cheat, to not steal. Every year, a handful of young officers run afoul and are summarily dismissed. For those who follow along the career path, any officer who violates the Uniform Code of Military Justice in any way–from sexually propositioning a subordinate to misrepresenting the finances of his unit–would be court-martialed and removed from the service. The President’s style of playing loose with the truth and facts–including by saying on Jan. 2 that he “essentially” fired Mattis, something he did not do–grate on the military mind. General Stanley McChrystal, who retired during the Obama Administration, said in a recent interview that Trump is a liar and an immoral figure. His blunt and direct comments provide a pretty good summary of what most generals think about the President’s character.

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