Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

to be clear i would watch nedtv

I appreciate your ratings spike.

NEW: Source close to Gianforte campaign says it's raised 00K+ online in last 24 hours -- most of it coming after reporter "body slam."

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) May 25, 2017

good luck usa

That seems kinda small to me, though.

This guy. (Via Google Translate, so allow for that.)

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/donald-trump-bei-der-eu-die-deutschen-sind-boese-sehr-boese-a-1149282.html

US President Donald Trump has complained bitterly about the German trade surplus on his meeting with the EU top in Brussels. "The Germans are evil, very evil," said Trump. This was learned by the SPIEGEL from participants in the meeting.

Trump said, "Look at the millions of cars they sell in the US, and we'll stop that."

At the meeting, EU Commissioner Jean-Claude Juncker took the side of the Germans and disagreed with Trumps Schelte. Free trade is a good thing for all, said the Commissioner. Juncker had tried a friendly tone, but was hard on the matter, says the participants.

Meantime...

An employee at @realDonaldTrump's Mar-a-Lago Club is doing govt work on this foreign trip. Great find by @tparti. https://t.co/e7LiuljPGM

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 25, 2017

"The Germans are evil, very evil," said Trump.

This is a new level in stupidity for him, I think.

Can Merkel just punk this fucker in front of everyone? She'd be a fucking hero.

Again, allow for the translation software. Could have been 'evil,' could also have been 'bad.' I assume the latter.

Trump was speaking German?

Haha, I saw that WaPo piece linked elsewhere, but I didn't see _who_ had written it.

The comments are fun, indeed.

Trump was speaking German?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv85s_v3LKo

DAS TRUMP

the us doesn't have a trade agreement with germany or any other eu member. i'm not sure what his plan is.

lol just kidding he doesn't have a plan.

He probably said "bad, very bad." It sounds more like him.

Meanwhile...

Senate Intel Comm has formally voted to grant Chair Burr & Vice Chair Warner "blanket authority" to issue subpoenas in Russia probe

— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) May 25, 2017

full floor vote required to charge people (ie Flynn) w/contempt for refusing subpeonas iirc

also anyone wanna take over/under on SC ruling on Muslim Ban being a 5-4 nailbiter

I ain't taking that action

Gorsuch has to show his wingnut cred

Thomas and Alito will obviously just say "there's no mention of religion in the order" and leave it at that. idk about the other three.

lmao. in 2013 two burly dudes from NETTP laid hands and dragged/pushed me to my car, then took pics of me and my license plates pic.twitter.com/0ZXsExbZu8

— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) May 25, 2017

i ummmmm... well this is something (1st in a short series)

although I suppose we can guess Gorsuch's "originalist" position

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wiktionary suggests böse also means "naughty", so I choose to believe Trump said the germans are naughty.

i stand with trayce

wiktionary suggests böse also means "naughty", so I choose to believe Trump said the germans are naughty.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/370/MI0002370437.jpg

.. English title, "Trump's Penis and the Germans"

THIS is the guy Trump is relying on to help fend off Mueller?

https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/a.114529165244512.10815.108793262484769/1577899202240827/?type=3&theater

That said I could easily see that being a parody as well. Wheels within etc.

I don't get the pundits who have claimed that Rob Quist's beating Greg Gianforte in the contest for the open house seat allows the GOP to, let me cite Chuck Todd, breathe a sigh of relief. Losing a seat is losing a seat -- one less loyal member on whom Speaker Paul Ryan can rely for crucial votes. Moreover, as the environment gets more toxic for Republicans in 2018 it's quite likely that Quist keeps his seat, or, rather, harder for him to lose it. Should Gianforte win, Dems have another symbol of GOP decadence to use in ads.

way too clever by half. When the public says it distruts journalists, they mean political reporters.

I don't think Quist is going to win but yeah it seems dumb to suggest that the GOP *doesn't* want Gianforte to win the seat. Of course they do, they just don't want to deal with the PR headache he presents.

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Kasowitz is the guy that Trump got to file a 5 BILLION dollar lawsuit against a book author for claiming that Trump wasn't a billionaire. He lost. I was happy to hear that Trump picked him for his defense in the Russia probe

Credit to some redditor but just read the name "Scandalf the Orange" I thought that was pretty clever

I doubt Quist will win either.

Yeah it's more about how close it is. Will say this -- saw a couple of comments yesterday asking why the heck Gianforte would feel stressed anyway if he's likely to win, and wondering if his internal polling is telling a different tale.

presuming that pounding on press is a stress tell rather than triumphant

NBC News reporting that Kushner is under FBI scrutiny w/r/t Russia.

Yawn, who isn't?

Are there any republicans who could/would mount a credible or at least disruptive primary challenge to trump in 2020?

Kasich seems like he's still game

Ah yes good call

Here's said story

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jared-kushner-now-under-fbi-scrutiny-russia-probe-say-officials-n764826

problem there is that GOP voters don't like him lol

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Also, here's some fun (click through for the whole chain)

1. Trump NATO meeting reminds me of a story I was never authorized to share, until now. His 1st call w/ Prime Minister of Denmark last year

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) May 25, 2017

Just got this text from GOP natsec official: "Had to apologize to a European defense attaché just now. 'I'm sorry. He's an idiot.'"

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 25, 2017

Also, this is...interesting.

https://t.co/rxvGIX1k2N

Trying again

Did not see this coming https://t.co/rxvGIX1k2N

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 25, 2017

tweet that says "titles are rilly rilly imoortant to europeans trust me u guys i know europeans" is a total bum note

basic courtesy, some semblance of awareness of context and the president of the united states isnt a literal clown is rilly rilly important to everyone

the problem here isnt european politicians sniffiness about titles

without my glasses this reads like 'titties are rilly important to europeans'

Both statements are true tbf.