So the tango begins again

[luvdovz]

Trump: Crimea was 'taken' by Russia

'We don't return our territories' Russia responds to US call to return Crimea to Ukraine

See, Trump is the perfect bluffer. Don't you ever sit on a poker table with him, ever.

While the US and global progressive community, Apple, Microsoft, Google et al are hurling criticism at him because of his ridiculously

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[johnny9fingers]

After yesterday's press conference I think we have to conclude that the Donald is actually deranged.

[nairiporter]

Why, what happened there?

[johnny9fingers]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/16/alexander-acosta-labor-secretary-nomination-donald-trump

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38998362

[ddstory]

Well, it was a mess.

[luvdovz]

In other news, the grass is green and the Sun rises in the east.

[johnny9fingers]

How do the Republicans deal with this though?

I guess they'll just ignore it until it becomes too much of a liability.

[mikeyxw]

I expect they'll do just fine. They can reasonably claim he wasn't one of them. If (when) his polling numbers really tank, it'll be up to the GOP to remove him from office since the Democrats are pretty much in the political wilderness.

[telemann]

Well.... I think it maybe be "liability" time. Donald has the the lowest polls for any incoming president. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/319913-poll-trumps-approval-rating-drops-to-39-percent And that poll was before his screwy performance at the press conference. Then the recent town hall meetings weren't going so well for Republicans, fending off very angry constituents (e. g. http://www.npr.org/2017/02/17/515669097/with-town-hall-script-flipped-on-gop-will-history-repeat-itself