Corker: Trump is setting up the country for World War III

[mystery-ak]

Corker: Trump is setting up the country for World War III
By Jacqueline Thomsen - 10/08/17 09:08 PM EDT


 

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said that President Trump’s threats to other countries could put the U.S. “on the path to World War III.”

Corker told The New York Times Sunday that Trump was treating the presidency like “a reality show” and acts “like he’s doing ‘The Apprentice’ or something.”

“He concerns me,” Corker told The Times. “He would have to concern anyone who cares about our nation.”

Corker’s comments come after Trump attacked the senator in a series of tweets on Sunday.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354486-corker-trump-is-setting-up-the-country-for-world-war-iii

[corbe]

   Incidentally, metaphorically that's Sen. Cruz in the red dress asking WTF?

[Hoodat]

Corker is setting up the country for insolvency and collapse.

[KingsX]

I already suspect Trump is another "Governor of Gutium"...
now I wonder about Corker. Methinks he doth protest too much.

[KingsX]

Corker is setting up the country for insolvency and collapse.

Trump already has that in the bag....
when his over-the-top tax cuts for
rich oligarchs is shot down in flames,
the stock market will follow.

[Free Vulcan]

[DemolitionMan]

I do not watch televison news anymore. I just watch a good documentary.

[Victoria33]

@mystery-ak


"Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said that President Trump’s threats to other countries could put the U.S. “on the path to World War III.”

I said it many months ago. Corker is right, others are too timid to say it or not smart enough to see it.

[Hoodat]

Trump already has that in the bag....
when his over-the-top tax cuts for
rich oligarchs is shot down in flames,
the stock market will follow.

Things must be slow tonight at DU.

[KingsX]

Things must be slow tonight at DU.

I voted for Trump... twice.
You do not want to know why.

[truth_seeker]

Trump already has that in the bag....
when his over-the-top tax cuts for
rich oligarchs is shot down in flames,
the stock market will follow.

Wealth envy is NOT conservative. Reagan cut taxes on the wealth, who you might learn pay most of the taxes to begin with.

[Frank Cannon]

Corker is setting up the country for insolvency and collapse.

I believe Bailout Bob isn't setting up, he already baked it in the cake.

"Dodd-Frank relief will be great for middle America."

[Frank Cannon]

@mystery-ak


"Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said that President Trump’s threats to other countries could put the U.S. “on the path to World War III.”

I said it many months ago. Corker is right, others are too timid to say it or not smart enough to see it.

[Hoodat]

I voted for Trump... twice.
You do not want to know why.

I didn't vote for Trump.  But that doesn't cause me to recite typical DU class warfare nonsense.

Tax cuts for rich oligarchs?  Seriously?

Let me clue you in.  It's their friggin money.  They created it.  They earned it.  And no amount of envy entitles you to it.  Capisce?

[dfwgator]

"And you know what else?  I did some checking around, you're not a licensed therapist!............Road House!"

[corbe]

  ol Bob also praised the recent Iran nuc deal, he's not to be trusted, in my book, but all this drama between the two is hilarious. 

[KingsX]

Wealth envy is NOT conservative. Reagan cut taxes on the wealth, who you might learn pay most of the taxes to begin with.

Thanks to one of Reagan's "tax reforms",  seniors must  pay income tax
on part of their Social  Security... and part of that law from back in the 80s
to calculate that senior tax burden is a dollar amount that was NEVER to be
increased with inflation. So it is a curse on the elderly that keeps on cursing
more and more every year.  I wonder what new rule the GOP has up its sleeve
now that is NOT indexed for inflation. I know the tax credits aren't that are
being touted as replacement of personal exemptions that are.

The irony is... IF the GOP's tax reform is passed [which is doubtful], I predict
that many here who are defending it will be hurt by it.  The devil is in the details.

[Frank Cannon]

Thanks to one of Reagan's "tax reforms",  seniors must  pay income tax
on part of their Social  Security... and part of that law from back in the 80s
to calculate that senior tax burden is a dollar amount that was NEVER to be
increased with inflation. So it is a curse on the elderly that keeps on cursing
more and more every year.  I wonder what new rule the GOP has up its sleeve
now that is NOT indexed for inflation. I know the tax credits aren't that are
being touted as replacement of personal exemptions that are.

The irony is... IF the GOP's tax reform is passed [which is doubtful], I predict
that many here who are defending it will be hurt by it.  The devil is in the details.

Yes. I do believe you pine for the days when you had to write off your work socks and credit card interest to come out alive. You also probably get wet daydreaming about how awesome the 70% top marginal rate was in 1979. Oh the good old days.....for an economic illiterate.

[KingsX]

Things must be slow tonight at DU.

I didn't vote for Trump.  But that doesn't cause me to recite typical DU class warfare nonsense.

Tax cuts for rich oligarchs?  Seriously?

You have accused me twice of being a democrat parrot .

It never ceases to amaze me how so many posters here use unfounded personal accusations
and personal insults instead of facts to argue their lack of a point. Surely they must know it
only makes THEM look bad.

[corbe]

Dem senator: Heed Corker’s ‘WWIII’ comment amid rising tensions with North Korea

By Brandon Conradis - 10/08/17 11:07 PM EDT  


 Hawaii's Sen. Brian Schatz (D) called on the public to heed Sen. Bob Corker’s (R-Tenn.) comment that President Trump could lead the U.S. toward ‘World War III,’ as tensions rise between Washington and North Korea.

“There’s a tendency to wonder about the politics of Corker’s interview. Ignore that, and listen to his warnings about an accidental war,” Schatz tweeted on Sunday night.

He went on to outline why the public should be concerned about the possibility of a conflict with North Korea, as Trump continues to direct his increasingly antagonistic rhetoric at Pyongyang.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/354490-dem-senator-heed-corkers-wwiii-comment-amid-rising-tensions-with-north-korea

[KingsX]

Yes. I do believe you pine for the days when you had to write off your work socks and credit card interest to come out alive. You also probably get wet daydreaming about how awesome the 70% top marginal rate was in 1979. Oh the good old days.....for an economic illiterate.

I am a stranger to you... yet you claim to know all about me personally.
Go back and read what I just posted on my previous post.

[Frank Cannon]

I am a stranger to you... yet you claim to know all about me personally.
Go back and read what I just posted on my previous post.

Nah. I know who you are. You've been here forever under different screen names. Someone who claims to the the right wingiest right winger yet talks in the verbage of a Karl Marx red diaper baby. It has been shown to you in detail that these poor people you claim you are worried about don't pay taxes and in most cases get a welfare check in the form of the EIC, yet you keep whining about the mean Republicans making them pay more. You whine about taxes on Social Security like it is a God given right to get that payment to retire on when the system wasn't even designed for that shit. It was a safety net for derelicts that wasn't even supposed to be available to someone till well past life expectancy. You whine that the rich are getting all the benefits in this tax code like all of the top tier taxpayers (who shoulder a majority of the tax burdon) are Scrooge McDuck swimming in a pool full of gold coins and not some small business owners.

I know you very well and apperently many others here do too. That is why no one is buying your bullshit that you've been selling for a solid 2 weeks.

[Hoodat]

Thanks to one of Reagan's "tax reforms",  seniors must  pay income tax
on part of their Social  Security... and part of that law from back in the 80s
to calculate that senior tax burden is a dollar amount that was NEVER to be
increased with inflation.

That is ironic since it was Reagan who indexed the tax tables to begin with.  The tax on social security benefits were more than offset by cuts to income tax rates.  Only 50% of social security benefits were taxable at a maximum rate of 28% (i.e. a maximum 14% tax on social security benefits for retirees making over $100,000 in supplemental income).  That is preferable to a 70% tax on supplemental income.

In 1994, Democrats would increase that threshold from 50% to 85% which is where it stands today.

So it is a curse on the elderly that keeps on cursing
more and more every year.

Social security itself is a curse on the elderly.  If they had been allowed to invest that money themselves instead of handing it over at the point of a gun to the government ponzi scheme, they would all be millionaires when they retire.

I wonder what new rule the GOP has up its sleeve
now that is NOT indexed for inflation.

Hopefully, they will decide to stop paying social security benefits to people who are below retirement age.  And maybe they will implement a flat tax so that everyone pays the same rate.  Nothing could be more fair than that.

I know the tax credits aren't that are being touted as replacement of personal exemptions that are.

Tax credits are nothing more than a means of using the IRS to directly redistribute wealth.

The irony is... IF the GOP's tax reform is passed [which is doubtful], I predict
that many here who are defending it will be hurt by it.  The devil is in the details.

What is your definition of "hurt by it"? 

Anything that gets us to a flat tax is OK by me.  There are millions of working Americans today that aren't paying a dime in income taxes.  They need to start.  Conversely, there are millions of Americans who are paying taxes into a ponzi scheme.  That needs to stop.

But the most important part of all has nothing to do with taxes.  It has to do with spending.  Until spending is reduced to 19% of GDP, none of this will mean a thing.

[KingsX]

Nah. I know who you are. You've been here forever under different screen names.

WRONG, as usual.

 Someone who claims to the the right wingiest right winger yet talks in the verbage of a Karl Marx red diaper baby.

WRONG... and the irony is... you couldn't be more WRONG if you tried. 

I know you very well and apperently many others here do too.

WRONG again, as usual.

[Hoodat]

You have accused me twice of being a democrat parrot .

Uh, no.  I accused you of reciting Democrat talking points.  I never said you were a Democrat.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many posters here use unfounded personal accusations
and personal insults

Unfounded?  First of all, my statements were not unfounded.  They were a response to what you posted.  Secondly, they weren't personal insults.  They addressed what you typed, not who you are.  btw, this is the exact same type of diversion that liberals use.  Not saying that you are a liberal.  But it is still what liberals do.

.  .  .  instead of facts to argue their lack of a point.

I take it that you didn't bother to read what I posted.

Surely they must know it
only makes THEM look bad.

Let's review, shall we?  This discussion started out because you made some asinine comment about taxing the rich.  I immediately responded to your claim by truthfully stating that there was no such thing as a wealth tax in America (although Bernie Sanders is currently advocating for one).  So who is looking bad here?  Were you able to defend your position?  No.  Did you even make an attempt to defend your position?  No.  And why is that?  Is it because you knew deep down what you were saying was a lie?  Or was it because you were just too stupid to realize the idiocy of your statement?  Or maybe it is because you are so blinded by emotion, that you are incapable of having an honest debate on this.