Trump, June 2017: From [Covfefe] with Love

i kind of love this rogue's gallery of new york city fossils we've gotten to know over the past two years.

I read "just a yarn" above as "Otherwise, it’s just a yam."

Hmm

I'm hearing at least 7 no's coming out of the lunch: Capito, Collins, Cruz, Lee, Murkowski, Paul, Sasse. Heller, Cassidy, Portman undecided. https://t.co/xrFtqXk1Yk

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 20, 2017

Like i said, i dont trust anyone who goes by Topher

Oh fuck, that's my middle name as well :(

But if that's true mcconnell has made a huge fuckup

Lol fred xp

Meantime, the hilarity continues

Nat'l Law Journal: Jeff Sessions has lawyered up. He's retained the well-known GOP lawyer Chuck Cooper. https://t.co/ijIu269XVH

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 20, 2017

Has he been called in to have a classified briefing after his reluctance to speak last week. The 2 people he was apparently copying have both now done closed sessions.
I think its time Sessions was closed of course. pretty disgusting that he's still remaining in the role of head lawman in the country when he seems to have little respect for the law.

it's a very stupid situation

all of it

xxpost He has a lot of respect for pre-1954 law

Gotta keep in line...

noticed Trump lawyer @JaySekulow's son and radio co-host @JordanSekulow deleted this old tweet https://t.co/HeziV4BFuB pic.twitter.com/40HJfylXVY

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) June 20, 2017

If Pence separates himself from Trump, resigns or anything is the Republican party going to support any attempt by him to run for President? I thought all of his being VP had to do with Trump and he was otherwise a pretty unpopular Senator.
Or is him having been VP enough to make him candidatorial or whatever the word is.

that's his SON?

what is it w/ young-ish conservatives and their weird fat heads? (Jones, Erickson, et al)

New poll has Trump to 36% approval. I'm really not sure what will push him much further down short of following through on his threat and starting to shoot supporters one at a time.

Senator "troubled" by reports of Trump massacre

it's been lower (just). there's nothing to stop it dropping further. you'd have to be very confident to look at https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/ and say it couldn't go any lower.

there's been a big drop in the number of people that "strongly approve" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/07/strong-approval-of-trump-is-fading-across-a-number-of-demographics/), which means there are more persuadable people when events turn against him.

But what would do that beside sheer exhaustion at this point? Like I said, they know he's pushing for a shitty health bill and a shitty tax cut which will both have countless negative repercussions. Are his supporters just hanging around to see if those things will be as bad as everyone says?

his support has been falling (and the fraction of people with hardened -ve opinions has been rising) since he was elected. what's special about 36% that you think it will stop here?

that is a good point that in most of the polls the 'approval' is combined 'strongly approve' and 'somewhat approve' and lately the latter has gained while the former has declined

not enough to compensate (hence his falling overall approval)

https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/silver-approve-1_gif_static.gif?strip=info&w=575&ssl=1

what's special about 36% that you think it will stop here?

Nothing it will likely go down, and perhaps back up even. I just the fact that it is even at 36% now makes it seem hopeless. This guy is a total piece of shit fraud, and even he gets 36%.

xpost yeah I mean that of the 36%, the support is more "somewhat approve" vs overwhelming support. becoming more tenuous

wonder how much of the 36% is still 'sure he's a total piece of shit fraud but at least he's not a chick' deplorable?

I feel like the red hatters are at most like 10% of the country. I think his approval can go a lot lower. I'd bet on it falling below 30% at some point.

I feel like the red hatters are at most like 10% of the country.

the good news is that the present moment is arguably the first time we'll ever be able to find out. the trump presidency is a natural experiment to determine exactly how many people are fucking assholes and always will be no matter what happens around them. i'm guessing the number is around 25%.

i've seen sub-30% approval + congressional majority mentioned as prereqs for impeachment, which seems arbitrary and inconsistent with senate behaviour for the past few months, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I feel like the red hatters are at most like 10% of the country.

the good news is that the present moment is arguably the first time we'll ever be able to find out. the trump presidency is a natural experiment to determine exactly how many people are fucking assholes and always will be no matter what happens around them. i'm guessing the number is around 25%.

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:04 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I feel like its closer to 20-25% too but its possible it fluctuates significantly if your base is 'all americans' or 'registered voters'.

a helluva lot of people in this country are only getting their "information" from sources that reiterate over and over again that their president is the subject of an unprecedented partisan witch hunt.

unpresidented i think you mean

The GOP's passionate hatred for democracy & indifference to whether we live or die is impressive https://t.co/8IFfhFqcY5 pic.twitter.com/OrJof6aKV8

— Jon Schwarz (@tinyrevolution) June 20, 2017

i'm guessing the number is around 25%.

Nixon resigned with 24% approval. I think Trump won't voluntarily go before 20%.

i remember when everyone's hot take was that trump actually didn't want to be president and would exit at the first possible moment (either during the campaign or after)

now, shockingly, it seems that he DOES want to be in a position where he is the center of the world's attention every single day

All true, but he still didn't want to be president.

Not that it matters.

yeah, when you're given witchhunt, make witchhuntade.

America "stumbles into war" in Syria. Completely on accident. https://t.co/SWslDkYA9W pic.twitter.com/uXM99wxJ5q

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) June 20, 2017

The best part of that guy's tweets is his profile photo, which perfectly accompanies every brilliant thing he says

I dig Adam Johnson's stuff

all do cept the Man

it seems that he DOES want to be in a position

I still think he looks at his presidential run as marketing for the Trump brand that got out of hand. Having inadvertently won (who knew there were so many racists left, or that Republican rank and file favored party over country), he's trapped. An exit in disgrace is a disgrace his legacy. He doesn't want to be remembered as the 2nd president who resigned under constitutional duress, or the 3rd president to be impeached.

At this point, I imagine he's hoping (and perhaps planning) for some medical impairment to allow him to step down, while still being able to claim victory over those Manhattanites who wouldn't let him play their reindeer games.

poor RuDon

xp I can see his health taking him out.. I mean just look at the guy..

Coordination!

.@TedCruz to Mark Levin, on Senate Obamacare repeal: "As we’re sitting here tonight, I don’t know what’s in the bill."

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) June 20, 2017

Having inadvertently won

South Park lied to us for $$$

I can't see Trump resigning no matter how low his numbers go. Why the fuck would he care? He doesn't care about anything.

Except winning/being right, I guess? Which means admitting defeat he will NEVER do without kicking and screaming.

He will only leave when every single American is utterly sick to death of all the constant winning, and is begging and crying to lose, just this once

http://i.imgur.com/l2kfg7f.png

yeah...but also fuck you maggie haberman?