Trump, June 2017: From [Covfefe] with Love

Policy matters insofar as it placates grassroots back home.

I mean, it goes without saying, but the idea of putting someone else's agitation over my own well-being is just...well, the phrase 'mass sterilization for the good of the species' springs to mind for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.

the (very slow) erosion we're gradually seeing in GOP support has less to do with any policy differences or failures and more to do with Trump's public image increasingly reflecting what he actually is, a deranged loser. And the GOP only loves a winner.

hence the industry devoted to keeping Ivanka's image aloft. she's the heir apparent, it's just a matter of whether she runs in 2024 or Daddy steps aside to let her take the reins in 2020.

that makes no sense,why would she want to be president

power, ego, the same reason as anyone else

Why in the world did Trump want to be president?

She's a tough one, I have no idea what I would think of her running for president. I mean, I'm against it, and don't like her, andI'm sure she is a horrible person, but so are most presidents, probably. I have no idea what her political beliefs are. I can imagine her being a lot like Clinton, ironically, but it would also mean more Trump forever.

power, ego, the same reason as anyone else

does she seem happy being first daughter to you? this is going to destroy her father. it's so much easier for them in the private sphere.

also think the reductive take on motivations is kind of gross. Obama, for ex. (and Hillary too!) actually wanted to get shit done, they had goals and policies and principles in mind.

I think this really is the first president we've had where the *sole* motivations are power and ego

also: revenge

Ah, so everything's okay then.

Chris Christie tells @NicolleDWallace Trump's comments to Comey were "normal New York City conversation" he didn't realize was inappropriate

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 7, 2017

Trying to find something of substance in Comey’s opening statement like pic.twitter.com/igLC4JPREg

— GOP (@GOP) June 7, 2017

Just locker room talk.

GOP: THIS IS ALL JUST SO FUNNY! LOOK HOW HARD WE'RE LAUGHING! HA HA HA!

Grab 'em by the pussy, stop investigating my friend ...

yes, def also revenge

xp

looking forward to whistleblowers bobbing up to the surface after six months on the floor of the potomac being called a "new york city layoff"

GOP goal is to mock the investigation into submission, smart move, everyone likes a comedian. They should call in the big guns.
http://nepascene.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gallagher-kirby-center-wilkes-barre.jpg

Gallagher loves Trump iirc

I'm sure the feeling is mutual, because of course he does.

the best melons

So do you believe there is practically nothing Trump could do to get him impeached?

it would have to be a dead girl/live boy scenario or as Morbz says "murrrrder"

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 2:42 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait...Morbz is Ja Rule irl??????

my friend did a review of gallagher playing a show w/the metallica/gallagher tribute band metallagher and anyway yeah i guess his show nowadays is ugly and racist

http://www.citypages.com/music/gallagher-and-metallagher-make-for-an-unholy-union-at-station-4-6641510

can't believe no one's pointed out the trump murder on 5th avenue thing yet

My fave lost tidbit from his old lawyer:

Q: Did Mr. Miller always do everything together with you when he was active in this case?

A: Not everything, but we—it’s always been our practice to make sure two people are present, and we don’t have a problem of people lying.

Q: You are meeting with your client?

A: That’s right. Our client. Hey, Trump is a leader in the field of expert—he’s an expert at interpreting things. Let’s put it that way.

Yeah this version of Comey's statements is creepy, but it's nothing compared to the unabridged transcript https://t.co/F1GqzBU474 pic.twitter.com/rYS3DL6fl8

— Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) June 7, 2017

the metallica/gallagher tribute band metallagher

Um.

I've seen two genuine Trump moments: (a) smiling at his plateful of KFC (b) acknowledging his surprise that he won in November. He ran in a why-the-hell-not way to make money for his enterprise. Like most everyone else, he didn't think he'd win.

here's the, ahem, moderate GOP response.

I like the cut of this dude's jib:

Randy David · Owner-operator at Self-Employed
IMO the loyalty piece is absolutely a pre-requisite, given the obscene leaks taking place within the intelligence community. Trump must screen EVERYONE to determine where their alliances are...unfortunately...and we can thank the Obama administration for this hyper partisan paranoia that DC is steeped in. Keep an eye on the real ball though, not Russia, but the perpetrators and leakers of the unmasking. I believe these leakers will go to jail.

Why does everyone assume Trump is not under FBI investigation? When was the last time anyone was asked that question?

trump murder on 5th avenue

need to work up a pulp paperback cover for this

the metallica/gallagher tribute band metallagher
Um.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 3:47 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

some of the same ppl also had Amish Armada, like the symbol was the Misfits skulls but with an Amish hat and beard, they all dressed Amish (music was punk/hardcore/metal) and preached about "death pods" (cars) and told people to turn off their phones, I think for awhile they were doing the thing like Pink Floyd, where they would build the Wall and then be playing behind, except they did a "barn raising" of a cardboard barn onstage

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

Alternate NRO points

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448386/james-comey-testimony-donald-trump-actions-are-questionable

The testimony paints an ugly picture of the president. Trump’s interactions with Comey are excessive and bizarre (to the point of ordering everyone out of the Oval Office before making his request that Comey drop the Flynn investigation). Comey notes that he spoke only twice to President Obama, once when the president called him to say goodbye. By contrast, he had nine private conversations with President Trump in a mere four months.

To put this in perspective, the GOP was rightly outraged when Bill Clinton met privately — once — with Loretta Lynch during the Hillary e-mail investigation. Here we have evidence of multiple meetings where the president directly tried to influence the conduct of an FBI investigation. This is far worse and far better-documented misconduct.

I still don’t believe that this adds up to a charge of criminal obstruction...but it still constitutes an intolerable abuse of power.

"Intolerable" = totally tolerable

If anything NR is going harder on Trump than they used to; six months ago it was "Trump is a fraud and a crook, exactly like Obama and Clinton, who liberals excused, but we are better than those hypocritical liberals." They seem to have conceded now that whatever their problems with Clinton, the foulness of Trump is of a different order.

good thing no one in the GOP gives a fuck what NRO thinks

at this point they're like the withered skin shed by a snake, the husk of "conservatism" left behind by the Trumpist GOP

When you consider what voters the GOP courts most these days, the vast majority don't even know what the National Review is.

much less William F. Buckley, Jr.

any guesses on how long this lawsuit will take

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/07/democrats-donald-trump-sue-conflict-of-interest-239262

But Bill Buckley was on TV, so you could probably round up some tea partiers who remember him. Knowing of the National review requires a propensity to read.

an intolerable abuse of power.

Best Pantera album.

That emoluments lawsuit is a side show compared to much other stuff, but it will at least require Trump to hire another set of lawyers to handle it. First hurdle would be courts examining the basic issue of whether the plaintiffs have standing. Nothing like this has ever been done. Or been necessary.

yeah, it will take forever

Get a decent book out of it, maybe, years hence

Never forget that young conservatives were making fun of Buckley on one of those death cruises in 2006.

To put this in perspective, the GOP was rightly outraged when Bill Clinton met privately — once — with Loretta Lynch during the Hillary e-mail investigation. Here we have evidence of multiple meetings where the president directly tried to influence the conduct of an FBI investigation. This is far worse and far better-documented misconduct.

oh man, i'm sure the GOP is going to recognize their hypocrisy now!!!!!!!11!!!!!

any second now