OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Gronk]

Apparently this a legit letter from the President of the United States.

 

[Happy MEel]

Apparently this a legit letter from the President of the United States.

Lol. If this is legit then this is what happens when the President uses voice to text and doesn’t clear it with his advisors.

 

[Gronk]

Lol. If this is legit then this is what happens when the President uses voice to text and doesn’t clear it with his advisors.

Is true bc it was just mentioned in a tweet by a US Congressman.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Congress members would never spread fake news.

 

[Gronk]

Congress members would never spread fake news.

Yeah well instead of listening to your gaslighting, we'll assume a default position of authenticity, until proven otherwise.

 

[Bandwagon]

Congress members would never spread fake news.

It's signed with Sharpie FFS!!!

Addendum: I have forensically analysed the sharpie signature, and can confirm with a 98.6% certainty that it was the same sharpie used here.....

 

[Bazal]

I think it was actually signed with a black Connector Pen

The President then returned said pen to its place in his Connector Pen spaceship

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah well instead of listening to your gaslighting, we'll assume a default position of authenticity, until proven otherwise.

I'll assume it's bullshit until proven otherwise and we can agree to disagree.

 

[Happy MEel]

I'll assume it's bullshit until proven otherwise and we can agree to disagree.

I think the fact the White House hasn’t refuted its authenticity speaks volumes.

 

[Bandwagon]

I'll assume it's bullshit until proven otherwise and we can agree to disagree.

It's fair dinkum, you don't have to believe the Democrats...

 

[strider]

what if it gets results?

 

[Gronk]

what if it gets results?

Moot point. The crux of the issue is that the leader of the free world writes with adolescent colloquialisms which, whilst endearing to some, in fact reflects on the country he represents and his competence.

He is walking talking parody. If Saturday Night Live had to dream up a clumsy, dimwitted fool for a POTUS, it would be him.

It would be like us electing Pauline Hanson as PM.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Moot point. The crux of the issue is that the leader of the free world writes with adolescent colloquialisms which, whilst endearing to some, in fact reflects on the country he represents and his competence.

He is walking talking parody. If Saturday Night Live had to dream up a clumsy, dimwitted fool for a POTUS, it would be him.

It would be like us electing Pauline Hanson as PM.

Or scott morrison...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think the fact the White House hasn’t refuted its authenticity speaks volumes.

Refuting bullshit is a habit no organisation is encouraged to develop. In the court of public opinion a denial is about as juicy as an admission.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

what if it gets results?

This is the problem that white collar sophistication signallers don't get. Diplomacy (any negotiation, really) isn't about flowery language, it's about communicating leverage.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

What's the value of a country's reputation though? Obviously that's debatable but I'm pretty sure it's worth the effort of even the tiniest amount of tact.

 

[Happy MEel]

Refuting bullshit is a habit no organisation is encouraged to develop. In the court of public opinion a denial is about as juicy as an admission.

Trump has no qualms defending everything else he gets accused of.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Trump has no qualms defending everything else he gets accused of.

No he doesn't, he attacks his accusers. That's a significant difference.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

No he doesn't, he attacks his accusers. That's a significant difference.

But he still denies the shit they accuse him of.

 

[Bandwagon]

what if it gets results?

Donald Trump's mixture of threats and locker-room banter infuriated Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His staff told the BBC that he threw the letter into the bin and launched the Syrian operation the same day. That could be proof there was no Trumpian green light.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50080737