US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

ahh the romcom we've all been waiting for

Whaaaaathefuckingfuck @ those Turkey tweets. Anyone unable to see his abject lunacy for what it is should be crammed into the same padded cell he winds up in.

Huckleberry upset

Mediaite reports:

One of President Donald Trump’s most reliable defenders in the Senate blasted him Monday morning over his “shortsighted and irresponsible” decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Northern Syria — paving the way for a Turkish military operation. Appearing on Fox & Friends, a program which long been on a shortlist of the president’s favorites, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) buried Trump’s decision to pullout of Syria.

“Absolutely not,” Graham said — when asked if he could support the move. “If I didn’t see Donald Trump’s name on the tweet, I thought it would be [former President Barack] Obama’s rationale for getting out of Iraq. … This is gonna lead to ISIS’ reemergence” The senator added, “So this is a big win for Iran and [Syrian president Bashar Al-] Assad. A big win for ISIS.” And after the segment, Graham continued going after the president on Twitter.

of no consequence whatsoever

since Huckleberry has zero leverage over his lord and master

This is like Armond losing Spielberg.

or Felder losing Don 'n' Glenn

Rush Lumbago braying about Mittens "joining forces" with Adam Schiff

lmao guys Graham is going to fully endorse this move in a couple of days

As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019

....the captured ISIS fighters and families. The U.S. has done far more than anyone could have ever expected, including the capture of 100% of the ISIS Caliphate. It is time now for others in the region, some of great wealth, to protect their own territory. THE USA IS GREAT!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019

he's got a point, no one better suited to destroy & obliterate an economy than Trump

In my great and unmatched wisdom has my vote for next month's thread title

PRAISE BOB!!!

This is the first time in months I've read a Trump tweet.

"i will totally destroy..... wait... i will totally destroy AND OBLITERATE anyone who says otherwise"

it's a doozy xpost

can't let all that vocabulary go to waste, now, can we?

what a fucking madman

He's like the living embodiment of grievous head trauma.

McSally is fucked, I think

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464660-mark-kelly-outraises-mcsally-in-arizona-senate-race-for-third-straight

can't let all that vocabulary go to waste, now, can we?

Truly the best words.

I've got friends visiting from Arizona tonight, I'll ask them their opinion.

ok the ' in my great and unmatched wisdom' thing is one of the balls-out craziest things he's ever said. does he think he's a fucking pharaoh?

i mean, he definitely does think that.

he also is part pro-wrestling villain

If he knew what a pharaoh was, he certainly would think he was one of those.

He's probably heard the word and thinks he understands the meaning but if you ask him questions about it it turns out he's just thinking of a mummy.

Not for nothing are his buildings in Istanbul known as The Leaning Towers Of Pisser.

"Trump just got our allies killed. But he's still otherwise doing an incredible job"

^quoting the future Lindsay Graham.

If he knew what a pharaoh was, he certainly would think he was one of those.

― Furter-Bursting Tater Squirter (Old Lunch), Monday, October 7, 2019 12:13 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

He's probably heard the word and thinks he understands the meaning but if you ask him questions about it it turns out he's just thinking of a mummy.

― Furter-Bursting Tater Squirter (Old Lunch), Monday, October 7, 2019 12:15 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

guess he was never invited to a seder at the kushner household

what is happening make it stop

how is anyone supposed to take him seriously if he doesn't use the word "hereby?"

totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!)

Narrator: eating a lot at Thanksgiving does not count as totally destroying and obliterating the Economy of Turkey.

he's going to live a long comfortable life isn't he

he also vaguely remembers pardoning Turkey

I'm positive Trump has obliterated more than his fair share of toilets.

Blobfish has strong urges! Too bad they won't amount to anything

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly rebuked President Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from northeast Syria, saying that a supermajority in the Senate disagreed with the president’s abrupt announcement.

“I urge the President to exercise American leadership to keep together our multinational coalition to defeat ISIS and prevent significant conflict between our NATO ally Turkey and our local Syrian counterterrorism partners,” McConnell said Monday in a statement. “Major new conflict between Turkey and our partners in Syria would seriously risk damaging Turkey’s ties to the United States and causing greater isolation for Turkey on the world stage.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_3X4u8Ybo

it's stupid trolly-ness but i'd love to have every press question and every heckle about donny end up with the word jail. or at least mention it. press: "how do you feel about your former staff, like manafort and cohen, being in jail?" "do you ever visit anyone in jail?" "are you concerned that after your presidency, you could be charged again, and end up in jail?" crowds: "YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL!" "JAIL TRUMP" "JAIL JAIL JAIL!"

it's totally "lock her up" shit, but i still want it.

sorry, sometimes you get a feeling.

So weird how encouraging a force of chaos to do whatever he wants might, at some point, stop working in your favor. SO WEIRD, RIGHT, MITCH? HUH, LINDSAY? WEIRD! WHODATHUNKIT!?

McConnell: "No problem, Old Lunch. If Trump starts to run amok, we'll just put him on this Constitutional Leash I have here."

McConnell confidently pats his breast pocket. His face goes blank. Begins to investigate his other pockets, increasingly frantically. Bill Barr whispers something in Justice Gorsuch's ear and they both start snickering.

absolute power corrupts absolutely
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/us/politics/never-trumper-republicans.html

Pat Robertson is "appalled" by Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria: "The President of the United States is in great danger of losing the mandate of Heaven if he permits this to happen." pic.twitter.com/YGeNYpbGrF

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 7, 2019

looks like we finally found out what the line is

was just reading that

What a relief to learn that children in cages, tax cuts on billionaires, and blackmailing a foreign leader into doing his political dirty work weren't enough for Robertson.

sit around children, let me tell you the tale of Cyrus the great

Israeli media reporting that Turkey launched offensive against Kurdish forces in eastern state https://t.co/kL6cCvT1nl

— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) October 7, 2019

gee that didn't take long

Brave words from Senator Portman!

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said on Monday that President Trump shouldn't have asked China or Russia to investigate former Vice President Biden, but stressed that he didn't think the conduct warranted impeachment.

“The president should not have raised the Biden issue on that call, period. It’s not appropriate for a president to engage a foreign government in an investigation of a political opponent,” Portman told The Columbus Dispatch.

Portman is the latest GOP senator to distance themselves from Trump's public overtures to have Ukraine and China investigate Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

Portman is the latest GOP senator to distance themselves from Trump

not a lot of daylight between them there. that slap on the wrist must have really worried trump

Tucker Carlson took the same line iirc - inappropriate but doesn't "rise to the level" of an impeachable offense.

One mistake here is directionality. I know we're supposed to think in terms of "high crimes" etc. But Trumpism doesn't do "high" nor "rising." Everything about Trumpism is low, lower, doubling down.