old salt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:00 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:49 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:43 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:20 am
old salt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:32 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:24 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:04 pm
Trump took a lot of grief for his conf call with Governors on Mon, when he told them to "dominate". If you want to really understand whats happening between the Fed govt & the states, take the time to read the transcript of the conf call --
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics ... index.html
lots of good details, positive stuff, which the MSM ignores or distorts.
Trump is repetitive, inarticulate & maddening, but his message is solid.
He's encouraging the Governors to use their Guard units, which DoD is prepared to help then do.
Note the specific feedback from the Governors & the positive things they say about the Guard.
Particularly good is Gov Walz (MN). I heard it on CSPAN radio. Bad connection, lots of (INAUDIBLE) drop outs.
Embedded in his text, but not labeled, is input from Gen Milley, who provides good info about the NG.
Gov Walz also praised Sec Esper for his support & advice.
Lots of good info from Gov Hogan (MD) too.
The MSM is painting a distorted picture on the use of the NG & Fed agencies.
hmmm, I guess GOP Gov Baker must have been on a different call?
And Trump really didn't tweet what he tweeted and he really didn't do that whole charade in front of the cameras and then create a campaign ad...no, you can't trust your lying eyes and ears...believe Trump...believe Salty...
Kindly show us the words to which you refer.
You've read the transcript, which followed tweets about sending in military, using the Insurrection Act etc. Lots and lots of bellicose language from Trump. He didn't go to that threat in the call itself. But his demeanor, all the "domination" stuff was crystal clear. And then he fully clarified from the Rose Garden.
How do you feel about Cuomo threatening to remove DeBlassio from office & sending the NG into NYC ?
Sounds outrageous. I've been off the inter webs and tv most of the day, so will need to catch up...will get back to you.
I'm not a fan of DeBlasio...but 'remove from office' doesn't sound like that's in the Governor's tool chest. NG is, though, as I understand it.
EDIT: ok, this appears to be what Cuomo said, per CNBC article:
“Can you displace a mayor? Yes. A mayor can be removed. It has not happened. I can’t find a precedent. But theoretically it is legally possible,” Cuomo said at one point. “It is a bizarre thing to try to do in this situation. I think it would make a bad situation worse. Also, I don’t think it’s necessary, because I believe the NYPD can do this, because the NYPD has done this.”
Is that actually a "threat"?
I guess so, but Cuomo seems to agree that it's not a good idea...
Stop me before I kill again.
I don't follow your analogy.
Cuomo has not replaced a mayor before... as in "kill again"...
Is Cuomo actually threatening the Mayor's removal?
Maybe so, I'm willing to buy that it's a veiled (if empty) threat...
But in the same breath he appears quite aware how out of the box such a notion would be to even "try to do it in this situation", indeed "bizarre". And then he explicitly says he thinks "it would make a bad situation worse" and then that it's not "necessary".
So, musings at most.
But yeah, I don't think it's appropriate. And he certainly seems to understand that in the very next sentence...so, I dunno that anyone would take it as actually a serious threat.
If your point is that no one took Trump seriously...well, there sure are a whole bunch of military folks who did.