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Getsoft4u
going back on what, he got the job on Friday, today is his first day and people are making demands...is ridiculous...
Randomice
Neither is particularly surprising.
MikeArclight
but we expected that, and knida hoped for it too
realbrickwall
He's been going back on them literally since the election results came in. Like, the first interview, he went back on some talking points.
GadenKerensky
Maybe the whole world will start throwing nukes at each other, and Australia will be left to rise as the dominant power because of ignorance
Communique
Weirdly, trump not following through on his promises may be a good thing
danishjuggler21
I would actually be thrilled if he went back on all his campaign promises.
TehGrimReaper
I care less about the actual attendance than about his people openly trying to normalize blatant lies. For fuck's sake, at least use spin.
snewsh
jesus christ, hes only been in office a day or two. and not every president keeps their campaign promises. Guantanamo bay is still open.
CleverFandomReference
You know he pushed for that for years; he just didn't get Congressional approval.
snewsh
yes, hes had years, as opposed to trump who literally just started friday.
iamkyleh
I would love to live in england, in my grandfathers house, but the no guns thing is a dealbreaker
Notme68
I believe you can still hunt - do they have ranges in GB?
noforeplay
Live in the country! Everyone and their mum's packin' round there
level5detentionblockAA23
Well, he's been doing that since day one. Not like there's anything new or unexpected about it.
SouperScott
Every politician.
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Oh, he's in a league of his own
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
IT'S NOT THE ATTENDANCE THAT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS FLAT OUT LIED ABOUT IT AND TRIED TO CALL THOSE LIES "ALTERNATE
frogbog
Exactly. And think what it will be like when the White House discloses info that only they have and the news can't fact check.
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
FACTS". WE CAN'T LET BULLSHIT LIKE THAT GET A FURTHER FOOTHOLD.
myusername1988
Bashing the media is scary too. Sometimes they deserve it, but he is actively scolding organizations that say anything slightly critical
bloatedplutocrat
thehumbug
Ashamed. The answer is ashamed.
bloatedplutocrat
Yeah...but as a student of history it is pretty neat to watch my country fall before a wave of jingoism. Would prefer it to not but oh well!
SunnySarah20
Quite a few of us really are noticing it, and include it when we call it all out. Promise.
beardsandbeers
All of his little nutsuckers are just parroting the line "nobody wants to see the tax returns anyway!!!" lol
HappyJello
Well at least he's draining the swamp. Oh wait...
cptcr
So, if you hate Trump for what he said he'd do, then he doesn't do it, do you still hate him? Are you fucking dense?
bachaway
It's more like you can't trust him
cptcr
you shouldn't trust any politician.
rubbarz
Is it a bad thing that he is going back on his promises? They were fucked up ideas anyways
MakeTabbouleNotWar
This is exactly how I expected this to play out. Avoid, avoid, and then just refuse.
JCstormz
the attendance would of come and gone, but he had to open his mouth and then his people opened their mouths which made the story meme worthy
Xecryo
Trust me I point out that we're paying for the wall and that he's done anything but drain the swamp. At this point people should be feeling>
Xecryo
mineovermatter
No remorse-my choice was him it the proven very corrupt Clinton.Trump is a lesser evil.
Xecryo
Or you know writing in a candidate who isn't a shitbag.
bloatedplutocrat
You sir underestimate the emotional power of "Stigginit"
halfswing
Trumpgrets.
ninjaoftheworld
He always shied away from specifics about the wall. It's probably going to be a 4' tall privacy hedge.
Xecryo
He's been vague with just about everything. You'd have to be a frigging moron to vote for him.
sassyclassyanddefinitelysmartassy
Unless the wall goes 50 ft underground I dont understand how it will remotely work. Theres already tunnels, how will a wall fix that?
Fuzzgoat
That's the thing, it just won't. That doesn't matter though because he can say it and stoke the nationalistic desires in his base.
ninjaoftheworld
I can't imagine it ever happening anyways. It's a huge undertaking. It would cost a fortune and take forever. It's the ultimate empty claim.
sassyclassyanddefinitelysmartassy
I agree. Id rather not pay for it. Especially since I see no chance it's effective
skschneier
He hasn't drained the swamp yet? He's been in office for almost 3 whole days now! Jk he's a psychopath and was never gonna release tax retur
Xecryo
Have you looked at the people he has appointed prior to his inauguration. He's not draining the swamp he's throwing in more gators.
skschneier
Yeah, well they're mostly business people. Not career politicians.
Xecryo
They're big business and lobbyists. The very people he said he'd clean the swamp of.
sassyclassyanddefinitelysmartassy
Some unqualified ppl who contributed a lot of money to Republican party.
J2wooly
*cough* Gen. Mattis *cough* *cough*
heinleinfan
The new US Press Secretary FLAT OUT LYING to the American public is really, really fucking important.
mineovermatter
And the agitprop from the previous president and from Clinton's was ok?
Getsoft4u
if this is your reaction to a comment about the amount of people in a crowd then your side should not have power to anything.
heinleinfan
If you aren't upset by blatant and false lies being presented as truth under this new administration, then you are a fucking idiot.
Getsoft4u
like what, that they thought there was a million people in the inauguration,the amount of that not been an issue is bigger than being a lie
heinleinfan
Yup, you're an idiot.
Getsoft4u
sure keep focusing on how many people there is in a crowd while there are peace negotiations in Syria and the embassy issue in Israel...
geiokami
What election promises? He's been in office a couple days for fucks sake give him some time.
vampyrita
tbh, is him breaking his campaign promises a bad thing?
archercartridge
fighting corruption and working for rust belt factory working americans is pretty important
HighPriestOfCera
Going from middle class champion to oligarchical fascist is a bad thing yes
HighPriestOfCera
Not that I ever believed him to be a champion of the middle class. But still
Mcknizzle
He's dropping out of TPP, already has planned meetings regarding NAFTA and has already made moves to change the ACA. He hasn't even been in
Mcknizzle
office a week and everyone is claiming he hasn't gotten anything done.
Isuckatbeingagirl
The thing is, nobody else really cared until he made it into a big deal. It would be a non issue at this point
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
No, that's really, really not true. People were quite proud at how lackluster his crowning moment was.
Isuckatbeingagirl
But it would have been temporary,it wouldn't still be such an issue.
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Such an issue? It's the same weekend, how short are y'alls' attention spans?
Isuckatbeingagirl
The news cycle is incredibly short. He has absolutely extended this story by trying so hard to refute it with "alternative facts"
HaircutsOfNicholasCage
Somehow, I think a march of the once a decade size will last until the weekday papers report it.
VictoryPhoenix
No. We analyze every single word for truth and expose him at every turn. Loudly. No matter how small or petty.
Notme68
We need to make sure to not start making things up or nit picking as to dilute that actual problems.
VictoryPhoenix
The whole truth and nothing but the truth? Or just the important stuff?
Notme68
The nothing but the truth is the current problem.
evilblackdog
Good thing you were all doing that for Obama /s
CthuluIsMyHomie
As far as I'm concerned, he can join Cheney, Bush, and Rumsfeld on trial for war crimes related to treatment of prisoners.
VictoryPhoenix
Um.. I was very skeptical of him during most of his presidency.
TheTastiestTampon
This is literally why he is making such a big deal out of it. We pay attention to that, we ignore broken promises.
howaboutnothankyouverymuch
Could it also be that Trump is genuinely a vain butt-baby?
CapitalNick
It's the flavor of the week. We'll get back to business as usual within a few days.
eroso
President who'd keep all his promises would be a bad one. Why? He is now also the potus for those who didn't vote him.They need to b heard 2
memberwar
both are material to his administration.
littlewhitedove
So far, his admin is very good at redirecting the public's attention, which is concerning
woodenbadger
Did you miss the 3.7 million of us out marching on Saturday to try and make sure that the administration knows people still give a shit?
LaughingSeraphim
About one group of people excl. . I guess males can attend too, or are we ignoring that ad the same way his supporters ignore his errors?
grammarfairy
It's a shell game. Under this shell is the crowd size. Under this other shell is the fact that he hasn't given up control of his companies.
RydWolf
I'm sure I read an article where he was just, "nope, not going to do it". Either that or he'd put them in the family; technicality.
grammarfairy
He supposed to be giving it temporarily to his sons, which isn't enough still, but he hasn't even done that yet.
astrocouldyounaut
Isn't that how he got through the election? Distracting with new issues when old ones wouldn't go away?
Deevanx
Not only was/is it his number 1 strategy, he has literally, multiple times, including in a book with his name on it, talked about doing it.
AwkwardKeming
It's like a flock of birds avoiding a hawk; there are just so many flying around you can't focus on any one.
MrThomasShelby
AlwaysUpvoteBeerCigarsWhisky
Winner winner chicken dinner.
evilblackdog
It's like day 1. I'm not saying there won't be broken promises but calling it already seems a tad ridiculous.
Fuzzgoat
He did say he'd release his taxes if he won, then when the audit was finished, now it's never because people "don't care".
Mentok
Can't have a conflict of interest if he never tells us his interests!
evilblackdog
Not only that but most of imgur would be happy if he did break all of his promises.
MustacheTheWhale
I don't know about happy but more like http://37.media.tumblr.com/2cb177e67fe140a2f5d48aff24934b0f/tumblr_n8njp4ihnN1s72ys9o1_500.gif
ninjaoftheworld
Bit of a Pyrrhic victory though.
JohnSmithIncognito
Ooooooo "Pyrrhic victory" I'll add that to be my vocabulary toolbox.
FewandFar71
Exactly! Give the fucker a chance. Everyone loved the change when Obama took office. What expirence did he have?
Ungodlylongusernamefornogoodreasoninparticular
I remember it being a shitstorm for the entire first four years. Cant imagine this is gonna be any different.
MoreLikeLawlSchool
He was a senator...and Trump has already gone back on several on promises and stocked his cabinet with unqualified, white racists.
ghsdkgb
Oh yeah because the GOP wasn't constantly screaming about birth certificates and FEMA camps and sharia law and shit for eight freaking years
evilblackdog
Haha, they gave him a Nobel Peace prize!
Yoven8
Are you trying to say the GOP gave Obama a Nobel peace prize?
evilblackdog
I used the term "they" rather loosely as representing all of Obamas boot lickers.
NurietaGM
You're kidding, right? Obama WAS a senator.
FewandFar71
How long was that for? What was he before that?
ghsdkgb
Longer than Trump has ever held office
CeruleanRonin
Well, one promise he broke before inauguration was that he wanted to "drain the swamp" but then added to it with his cabinet picks. imo
evilblackdog
"Drain the swamp" is a vague statement the depends on one's perspective and ideology.
evilblackdog
Not like "I'm going to close guantanamo bay" only to still have it open 8 years later.
jmulderr
Its not the attendance, its the lying about it. Like with Bill Clinton's side chick.
Notme68
On his FIRST DAY?
wadatahmydamie
Trump was lying WAY before the first day
WorfsPruneJuice
I agree, but let's be real, Pres. Obama has had some huge lies that were mostly ignored by Imgur, the poster crucified. Shows lots of bias.
WorfsPruneJuice
The press secretary is a moron who parrots BS from POTUS... so as to least that hasn't changed from the previous administration. Carney 2.0.
WorfsPruneJuice
But hypocrisy doesn't change the fact that it's a lie, and we should call the admin out on it. We should've been doing it before, too, FWIW.
whitepolarbear
what are some of the huge lies?
Cuntard
"If you like your plan, you can keep your plan".
duane534
You could. I did for seven years.
Cuntard
I couldn't. That's the point. The ability for me to keep the plan I had was removed. I was literally forced to change my plan
WorfsPruneJuice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/19/obamas-biggest-whoppers/?utm_term=.7678d0938876
whitepolarbear
i mean, thanks for the link, but if that's the biggest whompers, then no wonder they were ignored.
WorfsPruneJuice
A lie about his signature achievement, one that had a huge impact on the government and economy, is smaller than a crowd size one?
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
what has he gone back on?
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
and theres a bunch of snowflakes on here that love to downvote when people have opinions that differ from theirs
OrionRed
You didn't express an opinion, you asked a question. It got answered.
tpridz
@op?
CigaretteMan
Muslim ban, the wall, "Lock her up", who he's going to deport, "Drain the swamp", etc., etc.
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
how many days has he been in power? lock her up, yeah sounds good but in truth we have bigger things to worry about right now
IHaveComeToBargain
Aren't these all things we didn't want to happen.....? Isn't this good???
CigaretteMan
I'm just pointing out his inconsistencies
BlueLanternBraxx
You guys... didn't really think he was gunna build a wall did you?
CigaretteMan
I'm just pointing out his inconsistencies. I'm not a Trump supporter.
trickee
Oh yeah, plenty of his voters did.
BlueLanternBraxx
As a foreigner it just baffles me anyone can be that stupid...no offense.
trickee
As an American, me too. I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.
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Gehennan
Maybe he just got there, but he seems much more committed to hiring the swamp than draining it.
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
again you cant take on everything with no knowledge of anything you need some help from the inside
Gehennan
I thought having no knowledge of anything was why your lot elected him in the first place...
mithiwithi
He's been sending his Cabinet nominees at us for 2 weeks, and those look more like adding more alligators.
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
but since he's changing something wouldnt that show hes trying something different ?
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
well theyre his cabinet nominees. these are the people who he believes will help the most. if he kept the all the same then ok you win 1/2
mithiwithi
We're going from Nobel Laureate Steven Chu to Rick Perry as Secretary of Oops. And that's one of the better nominees. Different indeed.
CigaretteMan
I'm not saying these are things he should do, just things he's completely reversed course on.
99PercentOfMyCommentsAreSmartassComments
give him some time. if he doesnt hold his word next year ill be on your side 100%
CigaretteMan
I mean, if he "hold his word", then he's flip flopping again, and the same situation remains.