I don’t think Earl was casting any doubt about Trump being an asshole. He literally wrote, “Maybe it’s just that Trump is an asshole.” Trumps assholery is a noted fact, which serves as a possible explanation for his shifting opinions on European military readiness.

Right. In every other country, November 11 is “Armistice Day” to commemorate the end of The Great War. In this case, it’s certainly less “Trump snubbing our own veterans” than it is “typically the U.S. gives zero shits about the rest of the world.”

Maybe he’s an asshole?! He’s literally a walking talking asshole with every single feature on what passes for his face made up of clumps of anal warts, and skin tags.

Unfortunately Trump knows way too many “like Stephen Millers”.

We know why, problem is the European defence industry is basically all either US-owned or reliant. Look at BAE Systems. Even now with the UK trying to re-arm to any degree Appledore shipyard right here in Devon has just shut down due to lack of work.

Because defence spending is both unpopular and expensive so why bother when there’s a superpower doing it all for you?

I think you’re giving his self-awareness way too much credit here.

I know Europe has benefited from US protection by being able to keep their military budgets exceptionally low, but I’m surprised they’ve let it get this far. For all of Trump’s whining about NATO allies not spending on the military he ignores the power that gives the US over allies. It’s our brand of colonialism.…

The president is not a normal politician and cannot be compared to any of his predecessors. At best, he can be contrasted. He ran, and continues to “govern,” on a platform of AMERICA FIRST. The WWI casualty stats don’t matter to his base, because those are facts. What they will see, and what they will believe, is…

To be fair, he actually has sulked and skipped meetings and tweeted shit. So not unearned. 

President Macron and France continue to treat Trump better than he deserves; if the situation was reversed, and Macron had launched some attacks on Trump through Twitter right before his plane landed in Washington, Trump would have thrown a hissy fit and told Macron to go back home.

Like a petulant child, he’s just acting out because his play date with daddy got postponed.

Problem is his “solution” of a European Union Armed Forces is a complete fantasy. All you have to do is look at the mess that was ISAF in Afghanistan to see why.

Trump hates he’s going to be around actual world leaders who keep themselves informed about world events. He’d like to be one of them, but he knows he isn’t smart enough for them not to detest him for, among other things, somehow being president of the US. So, as he is aware that at best, he’ll be treated like someone…

“Perhaps it’s Trump’s negotiating style, or maybe he’s still mad he didn’t get a military parade”

I’m just shocked by Florida. I thought Gillum had it.

Exactly. Sometimes your furthest left option is Joe Manchin.

Hopefully the lesson for everyone will be: different candidates do better within different demographics. And the lesson for the Democratic party and left-leaning voters will be: always support the most left-leaning major party candidate you can at all times.

Now this is a glimmer of hope.

And in other good news Evers is leading Walker 51 to 47 with 42% of the vote counted.