Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

who deletes anything nowadays

There'd be no reason to destroy the non-incriminating ones anyway.

They're also deeply stupid, though, as we have repeatedly seen.

who deletes anything nowadays

― j., Sunday, May 28, 2017 8:51 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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damnit

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/154/912/berneydidnotread.gif

For a variety of reasons, I can't wait for this story. Especially if this is the Costco I used to shop at (since he was my rep for about...fifteen years?)

Had a great day and long interview with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher; ended with him "in heaven" at Costco. pic.twitter.com/r1jAi0Hkop

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 28, 2017

More fun from Politico.

Two White House officials said Trump and some aides including Steve Bannon are becoming increasingly convinced that they are victims of a conspiracy against Trump's presidency, as evidenced by the number of leaks flowing out of government — that the crusade by the so-called “deep state” is a legitimate threat, not just fodder for right wing defenders.

Still, Trump and his aides are starting to take the probes more seriously, seeking to establish a communications team dedicated to dealing with questions around the probe and beefing up his legal representation. And they've become more rattled by the idea that they don't know where the scandals are headed and who may be ensnared next.

“The more people talk to him about it, the more he obsesses about it,” said one outside adviser who is close to the president. The White House did not respond to requests for comment as to how Trump was spending his day after returning from the nine-day foreign trip the night before.

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Aside from bringing in additional aides to handle the Russia probe, the president's senior aides say that his strategy for confronting the crises — or for pushing a stalled legislative agenda — remains unclear.

Senior aides and long-time confidants admitted not knowing who Trump would hire, how safe the jobs of top staff are, what the White House's agenda is for the coming days, or what — if anything — they can accomplish.

“We are letting others dictate entirely how we are perceived," one White House official said. “The calendar changes every day. There is no rhyme or reason to a lot of it.”

It's not the deep state who are undermining you idiots it's your own staff.*

*using second person bc bannon lurks

still so weird to me how fast the term "deep state" went mainstream

makes perfect sense that the man given all the power who doesn't know what to do with it is assuming the REAL power must be being managed by someone else. what immense spoiled children these assholes are.

I'm increasingly convinced his whole cabinet doesn't get why they've had so many problems or why the things they've done are considered bad.

Even 80 years or so of expanding executive power wasn't enough to actually make Donald Trump a powerful president, which is of course because he's a colossal fuckup who got everything he has through sheer dumb luck

With masterstrokes like this, you really can’t tell that Kushner’s dad had to pay https://twitter.com/obsoletedogma/status/869031270277316608.5M to get him into Harvard https://t.co/kHUGehaSNN pic.twitter.com/j0wDNE3Bjf

— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) May 29, 2017

that right there is a quality embedded tweet

"According to six west wing aides" is my favourite bit

i love how they're all doing that all the time now, to stick it to trump and also to compete with other journalists

'seven sources!'

'nine sources!!'

Prediction: This will be the first Trump tweet that Paul Ryan will fervently denounce pic.twitter.com/E2wUSq98Bu

— Jon Schwarz (@tinyrevolution) May 29, 2017

nothing good will ever happen

btw America is garbage and always has been

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mosul-us-air-strike-civilian-deaths-pentagon-latest-toll-a7755866.html

Not true; Mission of Burma successfully reformed and showed all the youngsters how it's done

I'm increasingly convinced his whole cabinet doesn't get why they've had so many problems or why the things they've done are considered bad.

In their minds, they are convinced they're highly competent Patriots who are doing the right things, but are being actively thwarted by (a) Deep-state Obama holdovers, who want to sabotage their crystal-pure efforts to #MAGA; (b) RINO establishment Republicans who were #NeverTrump and who are trying to sabotage #MAGA; (c) The unfair, dishonest media.

there's something oddly heartening to the fact that no matter how dumb i think trump's admin is, they always prove themselves to be dumber

'add more dollars to healthcare' is cracking me up

no-one knew healthcare could be so complicated

no-one knew the answer was more dollars - UNTIL NOW

I think he's remembering the 8 billion he threw at it to get it past the house. keeping in mind 8 billion over five years will cover an estimated 3 tenths of 1 percent of the cost of coverage for less healthy people who would show up in the high-risk pools, he will need.......... a lot more than another 8 billion

The Fake News Media works hard at disparaging & demeaning my use of social media because they don't want America to hear the real story!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2017

His advisers must be pulling their hair out... Unless he actually has that lawyer crew in place, in which case we should get leaks about it shortly. Actually, no matter what, we should get some delicious leaks in just a moment.

nothing good will ever happen

― global tetrahedron, Sunday, May 28, 2017 11:11 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Maybe he's trying to get all his tweets out before the lawyers and war room get up and running? Or maybe he decided he doesn't need lawyers or a war room, because he has twitter and he's the president and he won and ...

Does. He. Know. What. Is. In. The. AHCA?

lol no

just noticed he followed up his 'healthcare + dollars = yay!' tweet with this one

The massive TAX CUTS/REFORM that I have submitted is moving along in the process very well, actually ahead of schedule. Big benefits to all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2017

WHERE IS THE HEALTHCARE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM YOU FUCKINHSDIUBSADFSDSDFAASNVO9UH

We could always divery money from the military.

iirc he has not actually submitted the tax cuts?

no, i have it on good authority it's moving along in the process very well, actually ahead of schedule

the reason you haven't heard more about it is that the Fake News Media doesn't want you to hear the real story iirc

This didn't make it to the id-account, only the "official" one.

The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them.

— President Trump (@POTUS) May 29, 2017

i'm still glad they posted it

yeah I'll take it

I was one degree of separation from two of those people, many of my friends are grieving

if this dude was Moses, he'd have spent two hours screaming at the water before he found a way to blame his failure on his fellow Jews

Do video embeds work? SPD leader and Merkel's chief leader shows outrage over Trump's treatment.

Only in Germany: Even in the middle of an election campaign #Merkel's SPD rival @MartinSchulz shows outrage at #Trump's treatment of her pic.twitter.com/95P5kXheZ5

— DW | Politics (@dw_politics) May 29, 2017

^chief leader rival

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/business/trump-coat-of-arms.html?_r=0

of course

XP that's a thinly veiled criticism of how Merkel allowed trump to treat her imo

oliver willis now writes for shareblue, if anyone wasn't already convinced of his uselessness

The massive TERM PAPER that I have submitted is moving along in the process very well, actually ahead of schedule. A-pluses all around!

More a case of Schulz not being able to stay behind Merkel; criticizing Trump is a vote-winner o'er 'ere.

Ahead of schedule? It's already being laughed at and creating outrage and he hasn't written it yet?

xp: certainly it was also criticism of Merkel, but more importantly, running on an anti-Trump platform is now an obvious political stance throughout Europe.

Exactly.

In broad strokes, this piece gives a decent POV from Germany about last week, Trump, and why it's so unhappy with Trump's USA.

"Then they'll play the National Anthem. That part's easy. Just stand still."
"Got it."
pic.twitter.com/9oNjcXvQOW

— shauna (@goldengateblond) May 29, 2017