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Maybe Trump will buy and use Hitlers bunker phone?

Nope, answered in the article why

 

"they’re simply too uneducated to understand it,” and they tend to want “their own symbols” rather than historical Nazi gear."

 

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http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/this-is-the-worst-deal-ever-donald-trump-badgers-and-brags-in-call-with-malcolm-turnbull-20170202-gu3r6u.html

 

Instead, President Donald Trump blasted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a refu­gee agreement and boasted about the magnitude of his electoral college win, according to senior US officials briefed on the Saturday exchange. Then, 25 minutes into what was expected to be an hour-long call, Mr Trump abruptly ended it.

Funny thing is, it is fairly believable.
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The "boast[ing] about the magnitude of his electoral college win" should come as no surprise given how someone who came out from under a rock on November 9th can get an adequate sense of Trump's character. And senior government sources in Australia have actually said that the WaPo article was "substantially accurate."

 

I feel for the Ozzies a 1000% on this one, particularly in regards to this:

 

 

 

U.S. officials said that Trump has behaved similarly in conversations with leaders of other countries, including Mexico. But his treatment of Turnbull was particularly striking because of the tight bond between the United States and Australia — countries that share intelligence, support one another diplomatically and have fought together in wars including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Throw steadfast allies like Germany and Australia under the bus and offer others like Poland and Romania who paid for American security guarantees in Iraq and Afghanistan when they didn't have to onto an altar. Gee, that doesn't sound like something that will bite the US in the ass at all down the line rolleyes.gif

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It is like video games. The new thing always has to be better than the previous (or in trump's case more evil and more Hitlerish). L0LZ

 

Until the hipster comes by and points the original is still the best (or, Hitler is still the most Hitlerish, anyhow).

 

Yeah, I think it's pretty undeniable that Bush was compared by someone or another as Hitler. So was Obama, so was *every* head of government at some point or another by some or other person following WWII. It's the original Godwin's Law in action, really.

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http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/this-is-the-worst-deal-ever-donald-trump-badgers-and-brags-in-call-with-malcolm-turnbull-20170202-gu3r6u.html

 

Instead, President Donald Trump blasted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a refu­gee agreement and boasted about the magnitude of his electoral college win, according to senior US officials briefed on the Saturday exchange. Then, 25 minutes into what was expected to be an hour-long call, Mr Trump abruptly ended it.

Funny thing is, it is fairly believable.

 

 

and more...

 

 

"This is the worst deal ever," Mr Trump fumed as Mr Turnbull attempted to confirm that the United States would honour its pledge to take in 1250 refugees from an Australian detention centre.

 

Mr Trump, who one day earlier had signed an executive order temporarily barring the admissions of refugees, complained that he was "going to get killed" politically and accused Australia of seeking to export the "next Boston bombers".

 

Bwahahaha. Thanks Obama.

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Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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Morgan continues being a sensible person. A quite a rare sight in Hollywood.

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

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"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there. You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."

 

Did he just call the whole Mexican army pussies and casually threatened the Mexican President with war in consecutive sentences? Does he realize he's not at WrestleMania anymore?

 

I hadn't been putting much stock on the warnings about this clown and the nucular option, but how long now before he starts ranting about glass parking lots. I mean, he hasn't even been at the helm for two full weeks.

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"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there. You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."

 

Did he just call the whole Mexican army pussies and casually threatened the Mexican President with war in consecutive sentences? Does he realize he's not at WrestleMania anymore?

 

I hadn't been putting much stock on the warnings about this clown and the nucular option, but how long now before he starts ranting about glass parking lots. I mean, he hasn't even been at the helm for two full weeks.

 

This was clarified later, the USA  has no intention to invade Mexico 

 

Also he is referring to the Drug Cartels and yes they are a law unto themselves, very powerful and the Mexican army is unable to defeat them for a number of reasons 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War

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White House said it was a light hearted comment. Would be nice to see the full transcript, though.

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Well how can they defeat the cartels when their president is a member of those cartels.

 

Did you feel good about this comment?

 

Well lets get real, of course there must be tons of corrupted politicians in Mexico, there is no way they would not dealt with cartels by now...

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Well how can they defeat the cartels when their president is a member of those cartels.

 

Did you feel good about this comment?

 

There is nothing to feel good about when there are criminals as presidents...

 

 

Tell me about it. Tax evasion is a serious crime.

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We'll take care of the cartels on our side of the border. And how come no one cared when Obama demeaned and belittled Netanyahu for 8 years?

 

Yes, I'm sure building the wall will curtail the massive amount of drug consumption in the US. 

 

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