Donald Trump
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Why Scrapping the Iran Deal Is a Dumb Move, Explained
President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week that he’ll scrap the Iran nuclear deal, former President Barack Obama’s compromise with Tehran not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for access to the global economy. Trump has long derided the 2015 deal as “one-sided” and poorly negotiated. Key members of his administration, including Secretary…
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Mike Pence Left the Colt-49ers Game Because He’s a Messy Bitch Who Lives for Drama
I’m not sure how puppet Vice President Mike Pence was able to leave Lucas Oil Stadium with the president’s tiny hand shoved that far up his ass, but I’m sure he’s used to being played for a fool. It’s in his job description. There is a stipulation in his vice presidential contract that requires him…
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Trump Boasts About Inventing ‘Fake’ News While Sharing Fake News
The walking dumpster fire known as the president of the United States sat down for a chat with the least funny man on Twitter (and perennial loser of presidential campaigns), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Lord, my ears are still bleeding from the trauma. The interview aired Saturday on the Christian network Trinity Broadcasting.…
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Snowflake Mike Pence Flees Colts-49ers Game After Players Kneel During the National Anthem
Updated Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, 3:11 p.m. EDT: President Asshat himself said on Twitter that he ordered Mike Pence to leave the game if players took a knee during the national anthem. Earlier: Vice President Mike Pence, who once whined that there was “far too much of this talk of institutional bias or racism within…
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Why We Need More Women of Color Running Their Own Businesses Under a Trump Presidency
Let’s face it: Half the country has been in a funk since Nov. 9. Not only did Donald Trump become president, but he went about shoring up white supremacy as swiftly as possible. Under his leadership, hate groups have grown and protections for marginalized people have been eagerly dismantled by the administration. And people of…
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Watch: Trump Tries to Talk With a Spanish Accent in Speech for Hispanic Heritage Month
WTF is wrong with this man? The president of the United States was speaking during a “celebration” of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and listen to this ass saying “Puerto Rico” in a faux Spanish accent, because that’s what assholes do when they’re trying to be funny or cute: The problem is that this isn’t the…
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Tina Campbell Is the Worst Type of Black Christian
Tina Campbell pissed me off. Here I am trying my damnedest not to curse because the niggas from church don’t like it, and the singer from Mary Mary takes her ass on The Real and informs the world that she thought it logically consistent to vote for a nigga who said he’s grabbing folks by…
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Trump Is the Cesar Millan of Racist Dog Whistling: Claims Democrat in Va. Governors Race Is ‘Fighting for’ MS-13
It’s one thing to put a presidential stamp on a candidate running for office in a swing state, and another to claim that a Democratic gubernatorial candidate supports a murderous gang. Such is life in a Donald Trump presidency. In fact, I’m convinced that Trump’s way of striking back at the mainstream media, which he’s…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Reverse Clapback
It’s Friday, you ain’t got no job (the U.S. lost 33,000 jobs this month, according to the new unemployment numbers), so you might as well chill with us and check out some mail from some of The Root’s disgruntled readers. (Is that enough of a lede, Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan?* Yes, I’m dedicating this…