Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

sounds like Dems re Wikileaks

lol no

White House responds to Times story with unsigned statement. What will the president tweet and will it contradict this? pic.twitter.com/soLTjoga1N

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 16, 2017

I kinda love how the first part of that statement just reconfirms that Trump still really loves Flynn. Good job there!

"this would be a good one to let go"

The greatest thing about Trump is that he is so stupid and incompetent he doesn't even know when he's done something stupid or incompetent.

I feel that's a little like saying "the greatest thing about having lasers slice off your limbs is how they cauterize the wound as they cut"

laser would need to be slicing off it's own laser arms in that analogy

Trump is like one of those jackass drivers weaving wildly through traffic at top speed who thinks they're a really good driver without ever recognizing that the only reason they're not dead is because everyone else on the road sees them as the maniac they are and gives them a super wide berth.

From 2004, these give you a sense of the kind of notes former FBI Director James Comey kept. pic.twitter.com/hLdeFsX9Ps

— David Gura (@davidgura) May 16, 2017

this is also worth rereading on what comey's plan might be http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-to-understand-james-comey

Burr, it seems, is a little confused.

What Senate Intelligence Chairman Burr told reporters a few minutes ago, when asked if he'd try to get the Comey memo. pic.twitter.com/oEfnk9VPiO

— Elana Schor (@eschor) May 16, 2017

Notable Baier's saying this

Comey was a known note taker..writing detailed memos. This may be the tip of a very detailed iceberg & could change the dynamic on the Hill

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) May 16, 2017

I think Bret Baier is smart to drift towards the Chris Wallace/Shep Smith Fox clique and preserve some kind of future for himself.

I kinda love how the first part of that statement just reconfirms that Trump still really loves Flynn. Good job there!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:49 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I mean this is more or less proof than Flynn was just doing what Trump asked him to do re Russian sanctions, right? Or am I jumping too far ahead?

I liked Rob Flaherty's response to Burr's comment about the burden now being on the NYT: "To be clear: this man has subpoena power and he won't use it because republicans are running an obstruction racket"

Who in the world is going to say yes to the FBI gig at this point?

I mean, I'm sure a Russian would take the job ...

Giuliani

yup

Would anybody put forward by the administration even be confirmed at this point?

yes because McConnell has 51 votes.

you think Huckleberry Butchmeup and the Maverick are gonna buck the party line?

https://70srichard.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/jeffreyjones_joseph.jpg

when you're emperor, they just let you grab 'em by the pussy

Someone get Murkowski on the phone

don't get me wrong it will be a contentious process and a nailbiter and the Dems will throw every obstructive move they can think of but the math hasn't fundamentally changed quite yet.

when you're emperor, they just let you grab 'em by the pussy

"too many notes" is def something Trump would say

I'm still back on that tbh

How the hell did that not torpedo his campaign?

"too many notes" is def something Trump would say

esp in re: Comey

Dan, I'm still asking myself the same question.

America loves a pussy grabber

cause sexism is radi-kool

don't get me wrong it will be a contentious process and a nailbiter and the Dems will throw every obstructive move they can think of but the math hasn't fundamentally changed quite yet.

Forget math! There is now a credible accusation from the former head of the FBI, however indirectly for now, alleging interference. If anything I'd say this was almost designed to keep McCabe right where he is.

To DJP: best explanation I can give is willful blindness by millions of republicans.

Financial Times now confirming:

https://www.ft.com/content/f217fff1-16d0-3b40-b01d-0b7f9924e8ca

Mr Comey shared the memo — part of an extensive effort to document his interactions with the president — with other top FBI officials, according to an associate who confirmed the existence of the memo and several quotes it contained.

are you saying Trump may just not nominate anybody for the time being?

xp

Ooh good more breaking news alerts. He asked Comey to kill the Flynn investigation, it seems

[Charles II of Spain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain🕸), thanks to Spanish Hapsburg inbreeding, is another contender for a colossally stupid leader from history.

I'm having a hard time finding similar contenders among democracies. Ideologically hobbled, sure, but just plain incompetent? Elections usually weed them out.

Pope Leo X was sorta elected and colossally dim. So hedonistic he spent all the cash in the Vatican and failed to realise that Protestantism was rapidly being born all about him

This email just went out from the Trump campaign (which, remember, is already up and running for 2020):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_-xeaRUAAAji8B.jpg

Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/notes-made-by-former-fbi-director-comey-say-trump-pressured-him-to-end-flynn-probe/2017/05/16/52351a38-3a80-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.ce4b9d8b43dd

According to a set of notes written by Comey following a February meeting with the president, Trump brought up the counterintelligence investigation into Flynn and urged Comey to drop the probe in the wake of the national security adviser’s resignation.

“I hope you can let this go,’’ Trump said, according to the Comey notes, which were described by associates. Comey’s written account of the meeting is two pages long and highly detailed, the associates said.

---> @KenDilanianNBC just reported that Comey "plans to go public" about the memos he kept from his meetings with Trump.

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) May 16, 2017

are you saying Trump may just not nominate anybody for the time being?

Right now, I'm saying that a lot of people -- Cornyn and Gowdy clearly ahead of the curve here -- are looking at the past seven days, and now today, and thinking "Poison fucking chalice." And whoever gets named is about to run into a buzzsaw.

Messed that post right up sry

Maybe there could be some hypothetical plausible deniability if he hasn't boasted that he'd been thinking about Comey and Russia when he fired him. Also, if he was not a compulsive liar.

With President Hapsburg going on tour, should we take a poll whether more stupid news will result from domestic matters or foreign?

This is it right? Obstruction of justice.

Maybe there could be some hypothetical plausible deniability if he hasn't boasted that he'd been thinking about Comey and Russia when he fired him. Also, if he was not a compulsive liar.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, May 16, 2017 10:20 PM (fifty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or that the comey firing letter specifically called out to it because the president is a motherfucking moron

Hahahaha.

GOP Member in swing seat: "Should I run again?"

Me: "From what?"

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 16, 2017

def a turning point. Up to now there's been "there may be evidence" sorta stuff, but this is real evidence of an actual crime, one that has felled previous presidents.

xp

Domestic news is going to get out of hand while he's away, and he's going to crazy trying to keep up with it abroad. So crazy that his speech - on Islam - in Saudi - could be one for the ages.

So both, I guess? Xp

This is it, right?

It would help if The People did a bit of pushing on Congress about now.

this trip is gonna be cancelled