Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

Key bit from the Wittes piece, I think

Comey never said specifically that this policing was about the Russia matter, but I certainly assumed that it was—probably alongside other things. While I do not know how many incidents we’re talking about, how severe they were, or their particular character, I do know this: Comey understood Trump’s people as having neither knowledge of nor respect for the independence of the law enforcement function. And he saw it as an ongoing task on his part to protect the rest of the Bureau from improper contacts and interferences from a group of people he did not regard as honorable. This was a general preoccupation of Comey’s in the months he and Trump overlapped—and the difference between this relationship and his regard for Obama (which was deep) was profound and palpable.

lol

But as he told me the story, he tried hard to blend into the background and avoid any one-on-one interaction. He was wearing a blue blazer and noticed that the drapes were blue. So he stood in the back, right in front of the drapes, hoping Trump wouldn’t notice him camouflaged against the wall.

^^ that's what Zartan did when he worked for COBRA iirc

lol

^^ that's what spicer did when he was a shrub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBhdRs48fUU

good breakdown:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/18/the-white-houses-absolutely-brutal-night-in-6-headlines/

Jeeze, has a VP ever implicitly endorsed a "we're tired of this shit" message about an incumbent President?

But as he told me the story, he tried hard to blend into the background and avoid any one-on-one interaction. He was wearing a blue blazer and noticed that the drapes were blue. So he stood in the back, right in front of the drapes, hoping Trump wouldn’t notice him camouflaged against the wall.

i like the idea of 6'8" comey trying to blend in

A+ tradecraft

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/18/donald-trump-watergate-genius-richard-nixon

Pining for Nixon in the Guardian, oh what a world we live in.

O RLY

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN18E106

https://media.giphy.com/media/4pMX5rJ4PYAEM/giphy.gif

Was going to post the cover of "Country Life" but didn't want to NSFW the thread.

re the Guardian article: "But what does Trump believe in?" But what did Nixon believe in? Why does it matter? If the article wants to make the point that amorality eventually leads to a Watergate, then say so.

amorality is immorality. only satanists sin for the sake of sinning.

Donald Trump believes in Donald Trump. Which is a pretty gross and indefensible thing to believe in, imo.

Comey is 6' 8"?
That really shocks me for some reason

thread of trial fbi-ing

xp: he has that typical Washingtonian "shifty little man" look, but here he is in comparison to Obama.

http://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/90111371808166/2013/1/407469bd4327c0f646ad376bc654f70b/Obama-nominates-Comey-to-head-FBI.jpg

i think of trump as slumped and stubby, but this is pure prejudice bcz he's 6"2" ( an inch taller than obama, which just goes to show i guess)*

hillary would not have been the shortest president (she's an inch taller than madison was)

*i have no idea what it shows

Now I want to see an infographic of everybody important in Washington ranked by height.

Damn Comey, in high school ball you was the man, Comey

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2015/09/Heightsv2.jpg&w=1484

Comey High

comeyhighharmony

Nice, mookie!

about that christie silhouette....

had no idea Santorum was a tall dude

LOL re Christie

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/07/the-gunman-the-rapist-the-woodsman-and-young-jim-comey

interesting thing on young Comey not sure if was ever posted here. I'm currently working in Ramsey,NJ

I had no idea Trump was a tall dude. He sure doesn't give off that vibe, quite the reverse.

it's relative

Yeah, it's hard to judge the height of someone with the physical bearing of a sea cucumber.

Comey is 6' 8"?
That really shocks me for some reason

my theory is that this is why Trump ultimately fired him

same, been thinking that since his height first came up

Huh. You guys are probably right. Trump's razor always suggests that the simplest and stupidest and most Neanderthalic (apologies to our own Neanderthal) solution is probably the correct one.

Should have been in the Coachmen innit

I actually have a theory that the thinner candidate always wins

not sure if this was a tie last election

trump's a fuckin load

trump's a fuckin load choad

trump's a fuckin load choad toad

Clinton plumped up as well - probably too many Dove bars. Trump I think absorbed small creatures directly into his flesh

being short is my excuse for most of the things I haven't achieved in my life. after all, if you're short and reach any level of power people are just gonna say you have a Napolean complex. hardly seems worth it.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/world/middleeast/trump-saudi-arabia-foreign-trip.html

After four months of interactions between Mr. Trump and his counterparts, foreign officials and their Washington consultants say certain rules have emerged: Keep it short — no 30-minute monologue for a 30-second attention span. Do not assume he knows the history of the country or its major points of contention. Compliment him on his Electoral College victory. Contrast him favorably with President Barack Obama. Do not get hung up on whatever was said during the campaign. Stay in regular touch. Do not go in with a shopping list but bring some sort of deal he can call a victory.

This is like that episode of Twilight ZOne where some small kid has huge godlike powers and everyone is in terror of him

Mr President, we needed some cartons of Um Bongo, and three packets of Hula Hoops, but apparently you gave the order to buy them yesterday? And they arrived just now!

or the Simpsons spoof of that episode.

photo of Chris Christie tucking Trump in to bed:

http://static-media.fxx.com/img/FX_Networks_-_FXX/640/939/Simpsons_03_04_P3.jpg

What is going to happen if people who feel less need to be diplomatic have to deal with him?
Is it going to be constant meltdown. just had the tantrum scene from the President Show playing i8n the background. Is that a prediction?