It was done by Obama plus it fits in the republican idea of focusing on the voters of now instead of the future ones (as new Cubans just want the fucking thing to stop while older ones still want the embargo).
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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BoogieWoogie
Banned
Obama did it, gotta be reversed.
Futurevoid
Member
Obama did it, therefore it must go. Nevermind that US business and state governments with products to export are frothing at the mouth to get into Cuba.
We'll sell 110 billion in weapons to the country that funded 9/11 but Cuba can't be dealt with. Suddenly this orange fuck cares about human rights when it garners votes in Miami.
BigJonsson
Member
Get James Bond on the coat of arms situation, Blotrump can't get away with this
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
It's a holiday.
Pissing on Obama
's legacy.
Figuratively speaking.
I'm going to lol when the use human rights (me. "not here to lecture Saudi Arabia") or lack of democratic reforms (mr. wannabe putin & erdogan ) as "reasons" why the want to roll them back.
Never mind that increasing normalization and ties is the best way to achieve progress on those goals.
TestOfTide
Banned
My guess is the next oppo comes Wednesday afternoon.
BlastProcessing
Member
He desperately needs to change the story. Congress is in recess all next week, so the White House has to generate something, on it's own.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Welcome to the culmination of our consumer capitalist nightmare
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
That cannot be real.
Month one's box: a picture of the inauguration crowds, bronzer and the mein kampf audiobook.
Month one's box: a picture of the inauguration crowds, bronzer and the mein kampf audiobook.
Welcome to the culmination of our consumer capitalist nightmare
Please tell me this a joke...
He still got warehouses full of trump steaksWelcome to the culmination of our consumer capitalist nightmare
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
To be fair, this is sourced from some rando on Twitter, so no idea if its real
But its totally real
Welcome to the culmination of our consumer capitalist nightmare
I'm sure future generations will be amused and confused by the preponderance of Trump paraphernalia under a soil layer of radioactive debris.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
tbh kinda disappointed he wasn't saying biglyWelcome to the culmination of our consumer capitalist nightmare
He was the first time.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
OH MY GOD WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OF THESE GODDAMN BOXES
EDIT: OH MY GOD WHY ARE THEY ALL LOOT CRATE RIPOFFS
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Vintage stuff from last year's campaign
HanShotFirst
Member
I think he started off saying "bigly" then someone told him it wasn't a word and some people thought he said "big league" and he didn't want to sound stupid so he started emphasizing "big league" as if he said it the whole time.
Poodlestrike
Banned
They overproduced on the expectation that people would want it under the Hillary administration and now that nobody's buying any they're looking to unload.
Well, he's not left wing, so that's not surprising.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
It was a joke post,
but
but
After we expanded NATO to include former Soviet territories
Well, the Warsaw Pact dissolved and reunified Germany joined NATO. That's a pretty good demarcation. To make that happen, we promised pizza hut man we'd keep out of the iron curtain.
excelsiorlef
Member
I'm aware.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
Can't wait to get my TRUMP COFFIN
jack_package_200
Banned
Welcome to the culmination of our consumer capitalist nightmare
So its a Loot Crate...
balladofwindfishes
Member
lol Trump's jumping on the Loot Crate bandwagon
A promise is not a treaty, it doesn't mean shit. Russia imposing any terms on the future actions of Germany or any other Eastern European country would be blatantly coercive.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Trump loot crates.
Jesus fucking christ there isn't enough alcohol in the world.
Jesus fucking christ there isn't enough alcohol in the world.
rokkerkory
Member
Marcon is pretty badass calling out russian propaganda rite next to Putin in a press conference!
Trump is too weak to do this.
Trump is too weak to do this.
I mean there are clear links between FN and Russia, that is enough for most french politicians to be like that in election mode. Plus trying to make him look like a corrupted official during the reflection day is not something that looks good. And yeah RT and Sputnik are the worst piece of propaganda in Europe.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
I don't know what blatantly coercive means if not soft + hard power diplomacy but if a promise doesn't mean shit then Russia doesn't have to keep its promise to not roll over eastern Europe again
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
Macron literally made a Republican his prime minister, you can like him but typically it's not even a center-left approved decision to appoint conservatives to major positions of power.
Current president of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, decides that he will not run as Coalition presidential candidate for 2018 re-election, but rather as independent. An unusual move.
Old pic just for shits and giggles
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Deleted member 231381
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Like, this is like if post-election alternative universe where Clinton won, she then asked the Democrats in the Senate to vote for McCain as Majority Leader. Why would anyone even remotely concerned for the welfare of the worst off in society be supportive of this?
VendettaRed07
Member
I don't know the line of succession in France but here I believe that we call that the "don't give the opposition an extra reason to kill you" rule
TestOfTide
Banned
Probably because unlike in the US, the French Republicans had the decency to oppose Nazi Le Pen.
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Deleted member 231381
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The President of the Senate takes over until an election automatically triggered for within thirty-five days. The Prime Minister is not in the line of succession. Macron just did it because he aspires to the old authoritarian style of de Gaulle and beyond; he's a conservative in liberal's clothing.
The LR might not be Republican bad, but we're still talking a party that opposes gay marriage and has been responsible for blocking it to the present date, has tacitly bought in to alot of FN stuff under the Sarkozy wing, has pursued strongly racist housing policies against France's black (largely Algerian) community, and slashed the welfare that supports the poorest. Anyone supporting Macron is no friend of mine, and it's a terrible situation for democracy to be in when he ends up being the best option in the final round of a presidential election.
rokkerkory
Member
WW3 brewing? Russia and US vs EU? Ehhh
This admin is so damn embarrassing!
This admin is so damn embarrassing!
I mean they still have the real elections for parliament in 2 weeks or so, so the title of prime minister is mainly a stupid thing until he knows which party he has to negotiate with to pass laws. It is important to remember that this isn't a two party system and less with Macron's party being "new" so it is very likely he won't control the parliament.
Cause this never happened under Clinton and Obama, right?
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
I mean it's nice to oppose Nazis but typically if someone has even center-left political goals they would appoint center-left politicians to enact them, not center-right ones.
I distinctly remember Obama taking power and saying that Democrats should support Boehner's speakership.
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Clinton is by several country miles a better candidate than Macron, and y'all know my stance on Clinton so you should understand where I'm coming from. I can at least recognise Clinton as belonging to roughly the same political sphere as myself, if very different parts of it. Macron is someone who needs to be opposed and held to account as much as possible by liberals and the left. His closest UK political analogue is George Osborne; that's not a good analogue to have.
shinra-bansho
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Still shipping.
Now with starcrossed lovers twist.
A hypothetical that should be completely immaterial because those countries are now NATO signatories. The convenient fictions that Russian media propagates are worth as much as the promises they've been blowing up Donald Trump's ass.
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