The Madman has gone too far

[suzieseaside]

Mad, ignorant, racist, bigoted egomaniac, Trump seems to have blown his chances of going for the US Presidency.

Breathe a sigh of relief.

Washington (CNN) Donald Trump's statement that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States "disqualifies" him from being president, the White House spokesman said Tuesday.

"The fact is what Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in Tuesday's press briefing. For a White House administration to so heavily weigh in on an opposing party's nominating contest is a highly unusual step.

Earnest noted first that every president must take an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the U.S. Constitution, and thus, he said, Trump would not qualify.

"For Republican candidates for president to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying," Earnest said. "The question now is about the rest of the Republican Party and whether or not they're going to be dragged into the dustbin of history with him. And right now the current trajectory is not very good."

And Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook on Tuesday said -- without hitting the Republican front-runner by name -- that Trump's comments put U.S. national security at risk.

"Anything that bolsters ISIL's narrative and pits the United States against the Muslim faith is certainly not only contrary to our values but contrary to our national security." 

He also said that there are "many men and women in uniform today of Muslim faith who are serving this country patriotically."
The U.S. is working with Muslim nations right now, Cook noted. "We want to, in essence, take the fight to ISIL with the help of Muslims around the world."

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/donald-trump-josh-earnest-disqualified-president-muslims/...

[aernethril]

A number of people in the spotlight have come out to say that the only way to treat Donald is to keep treating him as one huge joke.

In some ways I agree and here's a fantastic slap down in the Independent.

Unable-to-tell-fact-from-fiction

Short but very sweet and very very funny

[suzieseaside]

 

He's got the wind up again and throwing his toys out of the pram because he lost the battle to stop a wind farm development that would spoil the view from his golf course in Aberdeenshire. 

Not happy with the UK Supreme Court ruling, the Trumped up Twerp went on to insult the Scottish Government.

The Trump Organisation said: "This is an extremely unfortunate verdict for the residents of Aberdeen and anyone who cares about Scotland's economic future.

"The EOWDC (European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) will completely destroy the bucolic Aberdeen Bay and cast a terrible shadow upon the future of tourism for the area.

"History will judge those involved unfavourably and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish government's dangerous experiment with wind energy.

"We will evaluate the court's decision and continue to fight this proposal on every possible front."

Who does he think he is?

[jd.linklater]

"History will judge those involved unfavourably and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish government's dangerous experiment with wind energy.

Looks like the COP21 summit completely passed him by, does he think its aims are going to be realised if we all just keep burning oil and coal ad infinitum?

He sounds more ridiculous as each day passes.

[aernethril]

Probably thinks the wind turbines create the wind and will blow that dead hamster off his head.

[cee-dee]

Doncha think all the attention feeds him and if you followed the old saying it'd fix him "Give hm enough rope and he'll hang himself".

[jd.linklater]

I'd say he was half way to the gallows already.

[evoman3957]

What people fail to comprehend, is a fact that manifests itself over many issues in life. Although, to many people, Trump is a "Numpty" to put it mildly, he has a lot of support and given that fact; people should be asking themselves just what they do have in common with their fellow man............even the person standing next to you, for all you know.  In one breath, people say how wonderful diversity is and in the next breath; fighting wars, because the differences were a little more deep rooted.

"Homo sapiens"........the most flawed of ANY species.

[jd.linklater]

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@evoman3957 wrote:

What people fail to comprehend, is a fact that manifests itself over many issues in life. Although, to many people, Trump is a "Numpty" to put it mildly, he has a lot of support and given that fact; people should be asking themselves just what they do have in common with their fellow man............even the person standing next to you, for all you know.  In one breath, people say how wonderful diversity is and in the next breath; fighting wars, because the differences were a little more deep rooted.

"Homo sapiens"........the most flawed of ANY species.

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Have you read the book "Sapiens" by Juval Noah Harari?  One of the most interesting and informative books I've read in a long time, a real eye opener to the flaws of humankind.

[evoman3957]

No, just always refused to walk through life with blinkers on.......even when it meant seeing things I could have done without seeing. Sometimes the truth is somewhat unpalatable, but I couldn't live a lie.

[suzieseaside]

Perhaps he is what America deserves, acording to this article

http://www.salon.com/2015/08/06/donald_trump_is_america_why_the_bloviating_billionaire_is_the_nation...

In all of his perversity, Trump represents everything corrosive and unequal about the good ol' US of A

Extract:  While Trump is a great embarrassment to America, and is about as presidential as Archie Bunker, he is also a reflection of the current state of our culture — a culture that embraces mindless materialism and entertainment, while shunning deep thought and intellectualism. It is a culture that has been ransacked by consumerism and corporatization, where our universities have been transformed into careerist trade schools rather than places where young people go to broaden their horizons and learn how to question things, including authority.

Today, the most popular major in college is business, a field that not too long ago required little to no education, and where the wealthiest individuals were successful because of their amoral and cutthroat tendencies, not because of what they learned at the university. The mind-set that the majority of young people are sent off to college equipped with is “How much money will this education allow me to make,” and “Will this major get me a job right out of college.” At the same time, colleges have become completely corporatized. Tuitions have skyrocketed over the past decade (enslaving low-income students with debt), and at the “elite” schools, this is reflected by the proportion of rich to poor students: 74 percent come from the top quarter of the socioeconomic scale, while only 3 percent come from the bottom quarter. Meanwhile, “administrators” have become as well paid as corporate executives, while tenure for professors is in decline.

No longer are students taught to question systems or authority, but to become worker bees for the corporate state economy.  Moral values and autonomous thinking are no longer expected to be promoted in higher education. This, of course, goes way beyond modern universities, which are just features of the corporate state.

The rapid rise of Trump in American politics is a sign of our decaying public consciousness, where being filthy rich gives people the ability to do what they want, when they want, even when they very clearly have no idea what they’re talking about. Trump has become a political sensation because he reflects what success has become in modern America — namely, completely monetized — and even though the statistics reveal that growing up in the middle and lower classes severely restricts one’s chances of becoming wealthy, the idea that you can go to college, and take on hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and then become successful like Donald, remains alive and well.

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I have heard it said that the UK is about 10 years behind America.  It doesn't bode well for our future.  In some ways we are already there.

[joe_bloggs*]

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@suzieseaside wrote:

Perhaps he is what America deserves, acording to this article

http://www.salon.com/2015/08/06/donald_trump_is_america_why_the_bloviating_billionaire_is_the_nation...

In all of his perversity, Trump represents everything corrosive and unequal about the good ol' US of A

Extract:  While Trump is a great embarrassment to America, and is about as presidential as Archie Bunker, he is also a reflection of the current state of our culture — a culture that embraces mindless materialism and entertainment, while shunning deep thought and intellectualism. It is a culture that has been ransacked by consumerism and corporatization, where our universities have been transformed into careerist trade schools rather than places where young people go to broaden their horizons and learn how to question things, including authority.

Today, the most popular major in college is business, a field that not too long ago required little to no education, and where the wealthiest individuals were successful because of their amoral and cutthroat tendencies, not because of what they learned at the university. The mind-set that the majority of young people are sent off to college equipped with is “How much money will this education allow me to make,” and “Will this major get me a job right out of college.” At the same time, colleges have become completely corporatized. Tuitions have skyrocketed over the past decade (enslaving low-income students with debt), and at the “elite” schools, this is reflected by the proportion of rich to poor students: 74 percent come from the top quarter of the socioeconomic scale, while only 3 percent come from the bottom quarter. Meanwhile, “administrators” have become as well paid as corporate executives, while tenure for professors is in decline.

No longer are students taught to question systems or authority, but to become worker bees for the corporate state economy.  Moral values and autonomous thinking are no longer expected to be promoted in higher education. This, of course, goes way beyond modern universities, which are just features of the corporate state.

The rapid rise of Trump in American politics is a sign of our decaying public consciousness, where being filthy rich gives people the ability to do what they want, when they want, even when they very clearly have no idea what they’re talking about. Trump has become a political sensation because he reflects what success has become in modern America — namely, completely monetized — and even though the statistics reveal that growing up in the middle and lower classes severely restricts one’s chances of becoming wealthy, the idea that you can go to college, and take on hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and then become successful like Donald, remains alive and well.

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I have heard it said that the UK is about 10 years behind America.  It doesn't bode well for our future.  In some ways we are already there.

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All sadly true,trouble is most of this could also apply to our country,untill the rich and powerfull are removed from positions of political leadership it will be hard to change,there a good video on youtube 

"George Carlin on "the American Dream" i don't want to post the link as his language is a bit fruity to say the least! but he is spot on about not just US society but ours as well

"the owners of this country know the truth,its called the american dream,because you have to be asleep to believe it!

[ravendays]

You will often find when someone is losing an argument online they will brand someone a racist or Daily Mail reader in a desperate bid to win said argument.  In which case they really are no better or worse than any bigot themselves.

[joe_bloggs*]

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@ravendays wrote:

You will often find when someone is losing an argument online they will brand someone a racist or Daily Mail reader in a desperate bid to win said argument.  In which case they really are no better or worse than any bigot themselves.

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True,they also include Loony lefty,Bleeding heart Liberal and Guardianista if you take opposing views to them,and as you say they really are no better or worse than any bigot themselves.

[upthecreekyetagain]

My favourite is when you get called a 'do-gooder' - I'd be proud to be thought of as someone who does good!

[astrologica]

My favourite is 'Feral Pensioner'.....I actually quite like that one! Much better than being a tame pensioner!

[bankhaunter]

Nothing like being a Sagalout.

[joe_bloggs*]

[suzieseaside]

  Like it!

[bankhaunter]

[aernethril]

He seems to be getting ruder by the day - if that's possible.

Looks like he wasn't just pointing his finger inappropriately but was about to use the verbage to go with it.

http://www.edie.net/news/6/Donald-Trump-loses-legal-case-to-block-Scottish-windfarm/

I just cannot quite think that he may be pointing to the 'Almighty' and is trying to exhort his audience to 'f'ollow his example.