Weekend 45 Fiasco

[miniroller]

Sooo here’s #45 speaking on America’s water problems. Don’t worry, guys: he’s looking into it:
<hidden b/c it’s a tweet, but this clip should be seen. He’s Not Well. I can’t believe who is currently “leading” my country.>

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[4speedy]

Can’t click on a video at the moment- can you give me a quick teaser of what he said?

[miniroller]

Dec 6, 2019 21:45:50 GMT -5 4speedy said:

Can’t click on a video at the moment- can you give me a quick teaser of what he said?

Trump discussing toilet flushing: "We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers, and other elements of bathrooms ... You turn on the faucet and you don't get any water … People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times."


www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-12-06/trump-orders-toilet-rule-review-saying-people-flush-10-times

[4speedy]

Dec 6, 2019 22:01:55 GMT -5 miniroller said:

Dec 6, 2019 21:45:50 GMT -5 4speedy said:

Can’t click on a video at the moment- can you give me a quick teaser of what he said?

Trump discussing toilet flushing: "We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers, and other elements of bathrooms ... You turn on the faucet and you don't get any water … People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times."


www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-12-06/trump-orders-toilet-rule-review-saying-people-flush-10-times

Oh my.  Lol.

[isabel]

Yep, low flush toilets are totes the reason for all our water-related problems in this country. My God. He is honestly just the biggest buffoon that ever lived.

[erbear]

Remember when Obama used to speak and it made sense?

Those were the days.

[tiramisu]

I saw video of this on CNN and watching Anderson Cooper's reactions cracked me up. His face did what I think mine was doing.

[Pom]

WTF is he sputtering about.

Maybe eat less hamberders and the damn toilet will flush, Orange Menace.

Christ on a cracker, he's crazy.

[VillainV]

Maybe he’s so full of shit that HE has to flush 10 or 15 times. I rarely have to flush more than once. Like I’m sure I have recently, but can’t actually remember the last time.

[smock]

It's Dem primary related, but I figure we could all use the laugh:

[rubytue]

Dec 7, 2019 12:29:49 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Maybe he’s so full of shit that HE has to flush 10 or 15 times. I rarely have to flush more than once. Like I’m sure I have recently, but can’t actually remember the last time.

He’s like 20 years out of date. The early low flush toilets sucked. Our house (build in the mid-90s) had then when we moved in. They would clog twice a week. A few years ago I told H my only Christmas wish was new toilets. We got a dual flush cheapy from Home Depot, and they haven’t clogged in years!

i insist that it was a very romantic Christmas gift. No more looking at overflowing shit.

[imojoebunny]

I really had to double check like 3 times, after watching a video of him on this topic, that it was not The Onion.

So much water, we don't know what to do with it just goes into the oceans... Yeah, because water in rivers has no purpose, and isn't needed in the environment. Nope, no need for water for anything, but flushing. And the imaginary house of trickles...

[lilibet]

I assume he has people who flush for him, which is why he has no idea how flushing works.

[miniroller]

So besides the absolute idiocy: he also uses the key phrase “looking very strongly into” which makes no sense, but you can tell he thinks it makes him sound like an important person doing important work.
This article by Esquire describes what he was ultimately trying to explain: why his deregulation is so necessary, despite the crippling effect this administration is having on our environment that’s crumbling before our eyes.
Trump Took Aim At Toilets, Claiming That Americans Are Forced to Flush '15 Times'
www.esquire.com/news-politics/amp30157122/trump-toilets-flush-water-deregulation/
...But the effects of his continued deregulatory binge are very real. Last month, his EPA loosened regulations designed to keep chemicals like arsenic, mercury, and lead out of drinking water. Now, he’s ordered a review of water efficiency standards. And though he insisted that "most" states have "so much water that comes down,” a 2014 Government Accountability Office report found that 40 states expect to see water shortages by 2024.
(And YES rubytue It’s so obvious he’s living in the early ‘90’s!!!)

[mbcdefg]

Any King of the Hill fans here? The flushing statements made me think of that low-flow toilet episode and it’s ticking me off that I can’t find any good GIFs.

[VillainV]

Dec 7, 2019 13:04:21 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Dec 7, 2019 12:29:49 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Maybe he’s so full of shit that HE has to flush 10 or 15 times. I rarely have to flush more than once. Like I’m sure I have recently, but can’t actually remember the last time.

He’s like 20 years out of date. The early low flush toilets sucked. Our house (build in the mid-90s) had then when we moved in. They would clog twice a week. A few years ago I told H my only Christmas wish was new toilets. We got a dual flush cheapy from Home Depot, and they haven’t clogged in years!

i insist that it was a very romantic Christmas gift. No more looking at overflowing shit.

I want dual flush toilets in my forever home. Someday....

[mbcdefg]

At the State Dept. dinner for the Kennedy Center honorees Mike Pompeo wondered aloud when he would be “loved”. Then Linda Ronstadt got up to get laurels, looked the fucker right in the eye and said “maybe when you stop enabling Donald Trump”. Icon.

[Jalapeñomel]

Dec 8, 2019 7:14:03 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

At the State Dept. dinner for the Kennedy Center honorees Mike Pompeo wondered aloud when he would be “loved”. Then Linda Ronstadt got up to get laurels, looked the fucker right in the eye and said “maybe when you stop enabling Donald Trump”. Icon.

I was just making fun of Linda Ronstadt. I take it all back!!

[WOT?*]

NATO conference is cancelled when US ambassador to Denmark barred a Danish NATO expert critical of Trump from the event. www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nato-conference-is-canceled-after-us-ambassador-barred-a-trump-critic/ar-BBXXirX?ocid=spartanntp

[mrsukyankee]

Dec 8, 2019 22:26:41 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

NATO conference is cancelled when US ambassador to Denmark barred a Danish NATO expert critical of Trump from the event. www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nato-conference-is-canceled-after-us-ambassador-barred-a-trump-critic/ar-BBXXirX?ocid=spartanntp

JFC!