Trump, July 2017: Tweet more

This is 100% stale Breitbart muck. An acquaintance in the Coast Guard PAO told me they were asking around a couple of weeks ago re: why DHS was upholding Obama's policy and forcing women in the USCG to share their bathrooms with trans women; phrased as childishly and disrespectfully as possible of course

NYT copy editors on the case:

Correction: July 26, 2017
An earlier version of this article misquoted the president’s tweet, saying he would not “allow or accept” transgender people in the military. He tweeted he would not “accept or allow” transgender people in the military. The error was also sent in an alert.

no wonder they're failing

Anecdotally -- this is the slowest I've ever seen Twitter reload in a long, long time.

And now...he's back to trashing Sessions?

How many problems would be solved if he was simply banned from twitter?

he'd have to form a commission to design and implement a twitter alternative.

https://youtu.be/k-u8gdfH9Vo?t=121

Who knew?

CNN’s @barbarastarrcnn reporter that Pentagon press staff caught off guard by this https://t.co/ZZNmdhcFAy

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 26, 2017

yeah i have questions about the actual implementation of this. remember when we were going to leave NAFTA for like two days

I remember now why I stoppped following this guy:

Only assigned-gender-compliant people will be allowed to die in an open effort to steal Afghanistan's mineral resources.

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) July 26, 2017

(insert expanding brain meme)

Kinda my thought here

The cynic in me thinks Trump is trying to build cred w/social conservative+nationalist types as buffer for firing Sessions.

— Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) July 26, 2017

I don't think it's conscious on his part (maybe others) but anyway.

^^^ my thoughts exactly!

Wow, that Tom Scocca tweet is almost...Perrin-esque.

the harshest of burns

It's never about conscious action or any rational application of thought. It's always purely reactive or parroted from another source. So the questions are: what is he reacting to and/or who is he parroting?

(Any interpretation of Trump's actions beyond that are in the realm of assuming there's a reason why that cloud looks kinda like a horsie.)

I wish people online would stop leaning in to this "it's all a distraction" analysis. for one, punditry is a sickness when almost anyone does it, but more importantly it's really disrespectful to the trans folks this is directly affecting.

Roughly half of voters who said they voted for Donald Trump last November, 49 percent, believe Trump won the popular vote, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

That sounds horrible until you look deeper into the methodology, the internals, and the way responses were interpreted. .

Let me fix it for you: Roughly ALL of Donald Trump voters believe FUCK YOU LIB MEDIA. Further, roughly ALL Donald Trump voters believe FUCK FAKE POLLS. Roughly 99% went beyond the survey questions to add, "SUCK IT LIBS, HAHAHAHAHA."

otm xp

I wish people online would stop leaning in to this "it's all a distraction" analysis. for one, punditry is a sickness when almost anyone does it, but more importantly it's really disrespectful to the trans folks this is directly affecting.

― evol j, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:21 AM

Withi respect, these positions are not irreconcilable. It's a distraction with vile consequences for my queer brothers and sisters.

It makes the cynicism all the more evill.

And--at the risk of punditry; sorry, evol j--it's an inept distraction insofar as there's no distraction that would ever crowd out the firing of Sessions and/or Mueller if that's what's on the way.

Classic con man misdirection: pay attention to how I'm fucking over this disadvantaged community with this hand so you don't notice how I'm fucking over that disadvantaged community with the other.

Heard yesterday, I think, that if Trump appointed a new AG during August recess then 1) no confirmation hearing and 2) AG stays on until ... 2019?

Also heard all these dummies saying "oh, but what honorable, honest, trustworthy, independent candidate would possibly agree to the post after he fired Sessions?" Duh, exactly.

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JUST IN: Statement from Pentagon Spokesperson Jeff Davis on transgender policy announcement pic.twitter.com/e3REnP6Vcv

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) July 26, 2017

the president really told no one in the military

fuckin' leadership, how does it work

I mean..........is that at all surprising at this point? He's the boss, he says shit, people do the shit he says.

I wonder who if anyone advised him to do this then

It's definitely a way to consolidate right wing support

there's a non-zero possibility he's doing this just to spite caitlyn jenner tbh

Remarkable achievement for Pence that whenever a polarizing decision comes down we discuss influence of Bannon and others but never the VP.

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) July 26, 2017

not that remarkable if pence has no influence at all

VP has nudged POTUS culturally rightward at every turn, yet we react to trans military announcement w talk of Tony Perkins and FRC. Amazing.

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) July 26, 2017

Folks, who's the chief advocate for FRC -- and the broader conservative movement -- in this White House? It sure as hell isn't Steve Bannon.

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) July 26, 2017

No doubt some reporter will find out which tv channel aired something about transgendered exactly two minutes before trump started tweeting.

One of the many things I don't understand, Sessions reportedly offered his resignation several weeks ago and Trump did not accept it. What is going on now? What is different?

Wow, not even someone actually named Jeff Davis is willing to unquestioningly support this guy.

Xp Can't have someone resign! Oh no, that reflects badly. Gotta support the team*. Or fire him.

(*can totally hear Trump say the exact same thing like David Puddy would)

Lol YMP

this is a classic Donnie Two Scoops "Stupid - like a fox!" move. Taking people by surprise, provoking opponents, re-directing nat'l conversation etc.

Let me fix it for you: Roughly ALL of Donald Trump voters believe FUCK YOU LIB MEDIA. Further, roughly ALL Donald Trump voters believe FUCK FAKE POLLS. Roughly 99% went beyond the survey questions to add, "SUCK IT LIBS, HAHAHAHAHA."

Only solution I see is to a) make seatbelts optional again, b) make it clear that seatbelts are an invention of snowflake liberals and c) sit back and watch lots of Trump voters sail through their own windscreens and out of the voting populace

Only bright side to all this is that if/when the nation finally rises up against the vile shitheel, no transgender lives will be threatened in the futile act of defencing him

Could Congress pass an amendment abolishing the Executive Branch, D would probably be dumb enough to not know that's him

Uncovering political hypocrisy is very difficult, I know. Graham says Trump is being weak with Sessions; he needs to do whatever he's going to do, not "play around the edges." Which I believe describes every single Republican during the gradual acceptance of Donald Trump as the party's nominee last year, with the possible exception of low-energy Jeb.

make seatbelts optional again

#MSOA

pretty sure if Jeb! was a U.S. senator or rep and not a governor he'd be smiling alongside some other congressional shitheels now and prancing merrily along in lockstep with DJT.

Study was already done re: cost of transgender soldiers transitioning. Deemed negligible.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/14/health/transgender-troops-care-costs/index.html

The only person who ran on the Republican side who I can't see supporting Trump even as a senator is Kasich, and that is not so much because he is reasonable but because he has a gigantic bastard streak that he buried to make himself look reasonable to a national audience.

look let's not let facts get in the way of a spurt of transphobia at the highest levels of government xp