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The rubber meets the road when he ORDERS his troops to fire on his own people. When they refuse the real fighting starts.

[herbie]

I more than "kind of" agree. Time for a 'regime change' or there will be no United States by November.... the maniac will start WW3 to divert attention from his own ineptitude.

[Thanos]

James Clapper was on Real Time last year. In a discussion on whether or not Trump would leave the White House if he loses the election, something Bill Maher believes he'll refuse to do and something that is becoming more likely with every passing day, Clapper said that the military brass no longer have no idea which way the bulk of the troops will turn if civil war breaks out. Soldiers for the most part have always skewed conservative, even more so in the last fifty years after they were treated so poorly when returning home from Vietnam. So the question is are they conservative but still loyal to the country and not to the politicians? Or are they hardcore tribal conservatives, full on their own with reactionary religious beliefs and cultist-devotion to Trump?

These are the unanswered questions that scare the hell out of me.

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[Martin15]

Oh my, the absolutely hysterical delusionally circle jerk idiocy in this thread....

[BeaverFever]

$1:

Bishop at DC church outraged by Trump visit: 'I just can't believe what my eyes have seen'

(CNN) — Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington said Monday evening that she is "outraged" after President Donald Trump visited her church without advance notice to share "a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus."

Her pointed comments came after the President walked from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church, a house of worship used by American presidents for more than a century. Peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets. It was all, apparently, so Trump could visit the church.
"I am outraged. The President did not pray when he came to St. John's, nor as you just articulated, did he acknowledge the agony of our country right now," Budde told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360."

"And in particular, that of the people of color in our nation, who wonder if anyone ever -- anyone in public power will ever acknowledge their sacred words. And who are rightfully demanding an end to 400 years of systemic racism and white supremacy in our country. And I just want the world to know, that we in the diocese of Washington, following Jesus and his way of love ... we distance ourselves from the incendiary language of this President. We follow someone who lived a life of nonviolence and sacrificial love."

"We align ourselves with those seeking justice for the death of George Floyd and countless others," she continued. "And I just can't believe what my eyes have seen."

Trump was surrounded by aides in front of the church, including national security adviser Robert O'Brien, Attorney General Bill Barr, senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, chief of staff Mark Meadows, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

He remained at the boarded-up building for a matter of minutes before returning inside the White House. The exterior of the church had been defaced during protests outside the White House Sunday, and there had been a small fire in the parish house basement but church leaders said in a statement that the structure was largely "untouched."
"We have the greatest country in the world," Trump said outside the building.

Beyond using the church as a backdrop, Budde criticized Trump's use of a Bible during the visit, which he held up as he posed for cameras.
"Let me be clear: The President just used a Bible, the most sacred text of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and one of the churches of my diocese, without permission, as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus," she said.

The episode follows nearly a week of protests across the country that at times have turned violent over the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man who died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis.

While still at the White House Monday evening, Trump declared himself "your president of law and order," and vowed to return order to American streets using the military if widespread violence isn't quelled.

"If a city or state refuses to take the actions necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," he said.

The address came after he had been angered by news coverage depicting him holed up in an underground bunker amid protests in Washington. He told aides on Monday he wanted to be seen outside the White House gates, according to a person familiar with the matter, which is part of what drove the decision to stage the photo-op at St. John's Church.
But Budde stressed Monday that his presence in front of the church -- and his response to the nationwide protests -- were both unwelcome.

"What I am here to talk about is the abuse of sacred symbols for the people of faith in this country to justify language, rhetoric, an approach to this crisis that is antithetical to everything we stand for."

The Episcopal Church has repeatedly refuted Trump on a range of issues including proposed cuts to social services and the construction of a wall on the US southern border.
Michael Curry, the presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, said in a statement Monday that Trump had "used a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan purposes."

"This was done in a time of deep hurt and pain in our country, and his action did nothing to help us or heal us," Curry said.

And Greg Brewer, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, tweeted that he was "shaken watching protestors in Lafayette Park gassed and cleared so that the President of the United States can do a photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church holding a Bible."

"This is blasphemy in real time," Brewer said on Twitter.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics ... index.html

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[Thanos]

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a $20 bill folks

"Worth the billions of dollars in damage and (now) five additional dead to protect law & order" - MAGA.

So says the POSPOTUS "law & order president" who broke every law he could in his rotten and far-too-long life, both before and after the electoral college installed him as Caesar. There is no such thing as right or wrong anymore, not when filth like that can single-handedly decide what is and isn't criminal.

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[Thanos]

Actually some external resistance to Trump is starting to coalesce, as much as they can do anything about what's happened over the last week. Trudeau stated today that he will oppose re-admitting Russia to the G7, which Trump has been pushing harder and harder for behind the scenes. If the other members go along there is Trump and Putin effectively stymied.

It's not much but at least it's something. In the absence of Trump's removal from power by the Senate all that can be done is to resist him on EVERYTHING he wants, both domestically and in foreign relations. He has to be kicked out of the club of nations in every manner possible to get the message through to him and The Fans.

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[Thanos]

And the BBQ shop owner was also apparently a friend to the police, as most shop owners tend to be, always giving them free food and coffee as thanks for their service. Meant nothing for him in the end, any more than being one of the "good Jews" with friends among the pure-in-blood protected the doomed when the Reich kicked into full gear.

There are only two sides now. All shades of grey have been extinguished.

[Thanos]

And someone needs to tell Donnie Dumbfuck that much better and far more successful tyrants than him figured out the wave-a-holy-book trick to fool The Fans a hell of a fucking long time before he did.

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