Donald Trump, the first week is BAD. What next? Come all ye Beautifuls!

[Roussette]

Here we are!

I wonder if Gove is beginning to regret his interview with DT. He then appeared on Breakfast Time trying to claim that Donald is misunderstood and he's actually an ok guy.
It must be a bit disconcerting to know that there is a photo of you grinning and doing a 👍 next to a guy doing an excellent impression of a crazed dictator.

Bigly. (That autocorrected to bigot, go figure.)

trumpdonald.org Parp

www.joe.co.uk/search/trump%20around Trump around.

Unfortunately, I suspect that the list of things Gove should regret is much longer than the list of things Gove does regret.

Just joining in ...

This is laughable.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/donald-trump-voter-fraud-investigation-illegal-voting

So, no investigation into foreign interference in the election, or why Comey makes some statements about ongoing investigations but not others?
He's worried about why he didn't win more bigly?

Or rather, why he didn't win less smally.

I will admit to underestimating Trump - I though it would take longer than 4 days for him to switch on full power mad dictator mode.

And turning up to the CIA with a rentacrowd to cheer?! WTAF?

Sean Spicer denied this at the press conference yesterday. He must be spouting "alternative facts" .

I have a lot of friends in America and they are all horrified by what is happening.

The thing is that the CIA are experts in propaganda and manipulation.
It could be them cheering. And they are now making sure we know they weren't.
I almost hope that Angry Spice is right. Just because that would drive him and Trump nuts.

Ah, Michael Gove. Just been to his twitter feed. Remarkably few tweets about Trumo from him - lots of retweets. Plus a corker of a science mistake

It's obviously FAKE NEWS, Louise.

(Here's the CBS report my first link cited: www.cbsnews.com/news/sources-say-theres-a-sense-of-unease-in-intel-community-after-trump-cia-visit/)

At least it's given me something to talk about with my octegenarian father, who is for all his many faults a lifelong liberal and is horrified by this.

Also people like journalists again now.

Otherwise

I always said it would take an apocalypse to bring me back, and at the moment it seems like it may only be weeks away. Hello again, MN...

I think Trump and May will bond over the fact that the rest of world is looking at the US and the UK in and shaking their heads in disbelief.

I quite liked this one about the copycat inaugural cake and the profits from it going to the LGBT rights group.

Not sure why but this Tweet seemed appropriate for this thread:
@newscientist
Psychopaths tend to do worse on intelligence tests than the rest of the population t.co/DSX4a7uoer t.co/CVvyFujnow

Great study. The best study.

I read this earlier, bit of a scary insight into targeted comms for his election antidotezine.com/2017/01/22/trump-knows-you/

Oh, I'm behind! Just saw an earlier post with that thread on!

Sean Spicer denied this at the press conference yesterday

There were 400 places available. The front rows were occupied by people who may well have been supportive of Trump. 1000 people applied.

I think Trump thinks that just because people want to see him means they support him. No, it's because it's fascinating to see and read his tweets. We couldn't see the actual faces and crowd for obvious reasons.

Fuck

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/saturn-death-star-tethys_us_5886de02e4b0e3a7356b90a3

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/steve-bannon-voter-registration-trump-election-voter-fraud

I'm american and live in a red state. It's horrifying to me that the majority of the people around me including some friends, actually support what this madman is doing. Pushing through the Dakota Access and Keystone Pipelines? Media Blackouts? Gag order on foreign aid? Removing trans protections and repealing the ACA? What the actual fuck?

Seriously, how can people like Stripey actually think that giving trans people access to quality healthcare or the Environmental Protection Agency being allowed to communicate their findings is a problem that requires serious balls to address?

amispartacus, is your post at 15:43:16 the #SpicerFacts?

The CIA version, according to CBS:
"A source who is familiar with the planning of the president’s CIA visit saw Spicer’s briefing, however, and firmly denied Spicer’s response was accurate....
"There were about 400 members of the workforce who RSVP’d for the event out of thousands who received an invitation in their email late last week. Officials dismiss White House claims that there were people waiting to get into the event."

pausing

I listened to Sean Spicer. I naively thought I could believe the President's Press Secretary

CJ wouldn't lie.

Love the new thread. It is so important we keep this conversation going. It is lovely how we have managed to see off the trumpets and trolls so effectively as well, just with the power of actual real facts

I saw that story stuff. It is typical of trump to come up with crap and not check it. As another pp has said I am concerned that while this review comes from his ego (I didn't win enough! Sad!!!) it will be used to stop legitimate voters from groups that don't support trump. He will become one of those dictators that gets voted in every year because only his supporters get to vote.