Mod: So is this really why our soldiers are still fighting in Afghanistan? Because it is good for the stock market? Too bad his impeachment polls are running at 50%. He could have stayed in Florida and golfed.
Trump heaps praise on himself in rambling speech to soldiers during surprise Afghanistan visit (
Raw Storylink): During a surprise visit to troops in
Afghanistan on
Thanksgiving Day,
President Donald Trump gave a rambling and confused speech in which he credited himself for the economy and claimed people are thanking him for their
401(k)s and saying he “made them look like a genius.”
“We flew 8331 miles to be here tonight for one simple reason, to tell you in person that this
Thanksgiving is a special
Thanksgiving,” said
Trump. “We’re doing so well. Our country is the strongest economically it has ever been. We’ve never done so well. We have the greatest economy anywhere in the world. So it is nice to know that you are fighting for something that is doing well as opposed to something that was not doing well just a number of years ago.”
“Our stock market has reached the highest level ever in the history of the exchanges, all three,” continued
Trump. “If you look, all three. It is incredible. It is incredible what is happening. Just broke a record. I think it is close to 130 days. So we’re less than three years and 130 times we’ve broken the all-time record. And to me that didn’t mean an all-time record, it means something different. It means jobs. It means
401(k)s. People come up to me with their 401(k)s and they say, ‘You’ve made me look like a genius. Thank you very much.’ They are up 78 percent. They feel good.”
Mod: In other news, I'm kind of surprised they even let Eric out of the tower.
‘Umpa lopa doodle dee doo’: Eric Trump mocked for new ‘Leave Our President Alone’ stunt (Raw Story link): On Thanksgiving Day, Eric Trump attacked the impeachment effort by tweeting an image of a classic Trump hat, with the slogan altered to read “Leave Our President Alone,” complete with a hashtag.
In short order, commenters on social media had a field day, mocking him for the stunt — many of them suggesting meanings for the word “LOPA” in foreign languages, and others offering other phrases the acronym could stand for. Like LOPA -
Love Of Putin Always.
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