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Setback in the Peace Process
No, not Israel and the Palestinians,,,,,,,,,
Peacemaking Goes Awry as Donald Trump Lashes Out at G.O.P. Senators
WASHINGTON — A peacemaking summit meeting between Republican lawmakers and their renegade presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, descended on Thursday into an extraordinary series of acrid exchanges, punctuated by Mr. Trump’s threatening one Republican senator and deriding another as a “loser.”
Mr. Trump arrived in the capital with hopes of courting skeptical House and Senate Republicans and mending his relationship with Senator Ted Cruz, his former rival for the nomination, in a blitz of face-to-face meetings. But the friendly atmosphere turned fraught when Mr. Trump lashed out in the face of direct criticism.
The tension reflects the lingering fissures in a Republican Party that continues to grapple with Mr. Trump as its standard-bearer, and underscores Mr. Trump’s limitations when it comes to unifying the party and moving beyond political grudges.
He has disappointed some members of the party who have hoped his campaign would become more disciplined, but instead have seen him dwell on and even repeat his own missteps rather than maintaining a focused offensive against Hillary Clinton.
His private meeting Thursday with 41 Senate Republicans, including some who have publicly criticized him repeatedly, grew acidly contentious, according to multiple lawmakers and other people present who insisted on anonymity to candidly recount the proceedings.
Mr. Trump at one point jabbed at Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who has openly called for a third-party candidate to thwart Mr. Trump’s chances, asking Mr. Sasse rhetorically if he preferred to have Mrs. Clinton as president.
Mr. Sasse did not respond in kind — but Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona did.
Mr. Flake, of Arizona, told him that he wanted to support Mr. Trump, but could not because of Mr. Trump’s statements about Mexican-Americans and attacks on a federal judge over his Hispanic descent.
Mr. Trump responded by saying that he had been going easy on Mr. Flake so far, but that he would ensure that Mr. Flake lost his re-election bid this year if the senator did not change his tune.
Dumbstruck, Mr. Flake informed Mr. Trump that he was not up for re-election this year.
(After the meeting, Mr. Sasse said through a spokesman that he still believed that, “with these two candidates, this election remains a Dumpster fire.”)
Mr. Trump even aimed vitriol at a senator who did not show up, according to people who attended the meeting: Senator Mark S. Kirk of Illinois, who recently withdrew his support for Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump called Mr. Kirk “dishonest” and a “loser” and suggested that Mr. Kirk really wanted to support Mr. Trump but was refusing to for political reasons, the attendees said. Mr. Kirk is among the most embattled incumbent Republican senators seeking re-election in November.
Two aides to Mr. Trump, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the meeting, insisted Mr. Trump never used the word “loser” and that Mr. Trump never threatened to harm Mr. Flake’s electoral chances.
Yet Mike Huckabee, a top supporter of Mr. Trump’s, issued an even broader threat on Fox News, saying that should Mr. Trump win the White House, “When Jeff Flake needs something for Arizona, he ain’t going to get it.”
In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Kirk shot back at Mr. Trump, calling him an “Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully.”
“Our bullies are made of better stuff in Illinois,” he said. “We’re much more practical and polite.”
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Setback in the Peace Process
All the King's Horsemen and All the King's Men .... (well you know the rest)
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Re: Setback in the Peace Process
I saw something making the rounds on Facebook claiming Trump means to stamp out corruption in Washington.
Got a really good laugh out of it.
At a guess, he'd stamp out corruption because he doesn't like competition. 
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- Rongone
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Re: Setback in the Peace Process
In his mind, Drumpf thinks he's right. It's just that he's not in his right mind.
Donald Trump Says He'll Protect Constitution's 'Article XII'
For Donald Trump the Constitution is yuge...and a lot bigger than it actually is.
Trump told House Republicans Thursday he will make sure to protect the Constitution if he becomes president -- including a non-existent Article XII.
The presumptive GOP nominee, who was on Capitol Hill Thursday to charm rank-and-file Republicans and build party unity, told members he would be the "best constitutional president ever," according to Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wisconsin, a Trump skeptic.
Rep. Mark Sanford, R-South Carolina, said Trump promised to protect several articles of the Constitution -- including "Article XII," even though the Constitution has seven articles.
"It was the normal stream of consciousness that's long on hyperbole and short on facts," Sanford told reporters after the meeting.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said the meeting was productive.
“Our members really enjoyed it,” Ryan said. “It’s very clear that he’s working on putting together a strong general election campaign.”
Trump also reportedly told members of Congress golf legend Jack Nicklaus would be attending the Republican National Convention, but Nicklaus' spokesman said that was not accurate.
"Mr. Nicklaus is traveling internationally the next couple weeks, touching down in no fewer than six countries. So I can confidently confirm that the reports are inaccurate and Mr. Nicklaus will not be attending any portion of the RNC," spokesman Scott Tolley said in an email. "[Trump and his campaign staff] have known for quite some time of his travels and prior commitments."
What a buffoon Drumpf is.
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Unfriggan believable
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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The fact that they have to hold a summit to keep their party from tearing itself apart pretty much sounds like a nail in the GOP's coffin for this presidential race.
If you make yourself miserable trying to make others happy that means everyone is miserable.
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