America's Darkest Days II: Blackest Night

[Neon Ignition]

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics

Trump is to consider letting Russian authorities question US citizens.

Yeah, Trump isn't getting that second term.

[fishbowlhead]

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics

Trump is to consider letting Russian authorities question US citizens.

Yeah, Trump isn't getting that second term.

So THATS what the sound of 50 million rednecks all spitting their drinks out at once sounds like.

[Neon Ignition]

I mean, at this point, he's either beyond incompetent at the job and so everyone in the US should be pushing for his removal from office or he's blatantly in Putin's pocket in which case... everyone in the US should be pushing for his removal from office.

How many excuses and open doors for Mueller can he give them?

[MartyG]

I don't think he really needs any more open doors: https://hillreporter.com/mueller-jus...-manafort-3964

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-to-invite-putin-to-white-house-for-talks/ar-AAAk2qI?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=iehp

The US Senate have overruled Trump and overwhelmingly blocked Russian authorities from having any access to US citizens

Also, Trump still wants to be the 6 to Putin's 9 as he's inviting the Russian President to a second meeting at the White House in a few months time.

[MartyG]

Trump is definitely the bottom in this relationship.

If we've learned anything from The Lost Boys, it's that you never invite a vampire into your home. Comparatively, when Obama bowed to the Japanese emperor, they called treason: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...e-emperor.html

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/jul/20/trump-fed-criticism-currency-war-fears-yuan-uk-public-finances-business-live#comments

Trump seems unmoved of concern that his trade war could crash the stock market

[MartyG]

Let him do it - perhaps a recession that brings the US to its knees is what's needed to remove him from office. Trouble is, such a trade war would have worldwide repercussions.

Part of me still wants China to call his bluff - Trump has no cards left to play at that point.

[charlesr]

Can someone explain to me how the stock market is allowed to exist? Something so flimsy that wrecks lives every 10 years so a few people can get rich and have fun gambling.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/20/donald-trump-rides-out-critics-with-putin-white-house-invitation

79% of Republicans think Trump handled Russia well.

... I mean, did Russia influence the election by shipping in Russian citizens to pose as Republican voters?

[fishbowlhead]

Can someone explain to me how the stock market is allowed to exist? Something so flimsy that wrecks lives every 10 years so a few people can get rich and have fun gambling.

How dare you question a made up thing that doesn’t exist yet makes select people ludicrously rich.

[monel]

Agree with the comments about the stock markets. Looks like a massive casino.

[MartyG]

Reminder: Trump bankrupted more than one casino.

(And that's your pension investment).

Also, there are tapes: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/u...mid=tw-nytimes (not that tape, at least, not yet).

[Dogg Thang]

It's weirder than a casino. I have a specific bank guy who deals with our dollar transactions and he gets really excited by fluctuations in the market and they all come from the stock market... or something... I can't quite remember because I never fully understood. But he has explained the whole thing to me around six times and, each time, I never fully get it but come away thinking it's a massive scam. It's a bunch of people manipulating a convoluted system of rules based around not even selling nothing but selling chances that the nothing may or may not be worth something that then affects world markets and little people like me. I don't get it...

...but I do know it all cost me €15k on a job a while back due to a big fluctuation in currency.

[Mayhem]

Probably shorts and longs on currency exchange.