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Tap Dancing around the Truth with Trump - 44 days in for POTUS 45.

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Dumdedumdedum · 06/03/2017 15:21

The Trump thread, continued from here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2867981-I-never-met-someone-from-NM-to-discuss-MN-Honest-Trump-thread-cont?watched=1&msgid=67412870#67412870

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cozietoesie · 06/03/2017 17:51

Across

A quote about Comey for you.

“Of the bad options he had to choose from, he picked the one that would cause himself the most discomfort in every place but his conscience.”

Wink
Dumdedumdedum · 06/03/2017 17:53

Forgive me, I've just been reading Michael Moore saying he wished Obama had ordered wire-tapping in Trump Towers because that would prove Trump was in collusion with Russia over rigging the election. I don't get it - it Obama did have that proof, why didn't he use it to stop Trump being inaugurated? Again, am I missing something? (Sorry for these stupid questions. Across, I know you explained it beautifully but now I've lost the plot again..)

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originalbiglymavis · 06/03/2017 17:55

Maybe if it was true then at least the Russians would have the intelligence not to use tapped phones?

Destinysdaughter · 06/03/2017 17:56

Just seen on Twitter but they don't know if it's real or not Shock

Tap Dancing around the Truth with Trump - 44 days in for POTUS 45.
Dumdedumdedum · 06/03/2017 17:56

Exorcist head-spinning mode for me there again, I'm afraid, mavis!

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cozietoesie · 06/03/2017 17:56

And interfere with the results of the sacred election, Dum? ( My bolding - the use of that word worried me.)

cozietoesie · 06/03/2017 17:57

It won't be real, Destinys.

originalbiglymavis · 06/03/2017 17:59

The sad thing is that people are genuinely considering if it is real or not.

cozietoesie · 06/03/2017 18:02

Well, mavis. I'm 99.9% sure that it won't be real - but the sad fact is that we're living in the 0.1% zone these days.

Dumdedumdedum · 06/03/2017 18:06

ami - we're living in a world of alternatives - authorisations, as well as facts Grin

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BiglyBadgers · 06/03/2017 18:13

Here's a Buzzfeed article on the new ban

Trump Signed A New Travel Ban Today — Here’s How It’s Different From The First One
www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/trump-new-travel-order?utm_term=.fyYbpqX0xl#.py2qJRm46D

Lweji · 06/03/2017 18:19

Tweet from Impeach Donald Trump
@ImpeachDTrump
The only thing Trump could sign right now that would make the country safer is a resignation letter.
#MuslimBan

originalbiglymavis · 06/03/2017 18:20

In a movie of this weird period in American politics, who would play Trump?

GingerIvy · 06/03/2017 18:20

Joy Reid‏Verified account @JoyAnnReid now6 seconds ago
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Kellyanne Conway's return to TV tracks with the reporting that Trump was unhappy with the defense put up by his team this weekend.

Neverthelessshepersisted · 06/03/2017 18:21

amispartacus

I have so few certainties to cling to nowadys that when you aren't the OP it makes me feel edgy.

For Christ's sake don't name change or I may become unhinged.

originalbiglymavis · 06/03/2017 18:21

Ah, send in the enforcer. She is as bonkers as he is.

FantasticButtocks · 06/03/2017 18:24

Now I'm on this app it doesn't say how many pages there are...Hmmso I'll just say thanks for starting new thread, I'm reading...at least I'm reading without the page failing to load all the time...

Dumdedumdedum · 06/03/2017 18:28

Nevertheless, ami - I really didn't mean to sow confusion and uncertainty, or show disrespect, it's just I panicked at the sight of number 996 in the last thread, and no sign of a new one Blush

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cozietoesie · 06/03/2017 18:34

You didn't Dum.

The new thread was a Bigly thing! Grin

Lweji · 06/03/2017 18:36

What defense?

He was on the attack. Supposedly.

GingerIvy · 06/03/2017 18:36

Trump's twitter has been awfully quiet. Wanna bet they've hidden his phone? Grin

GingerIvy · 06/03/2017 18:39

(((Greg Siskind)))‏ @gsiskind

Immigration lawyer
42m42 minutes ago
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Reminder: DHS/State have always had the authority to not issue a visa/allow entry on a case by case basis.Issue is blocking whole country.

GingerIvy · 06/03/2017 18:41

Ari Melber‏Verified account @AriMelber 2m2 minutes ago
Just in: DOJ tells federal court that oversaw blockage of travel ban that there is a new one, and it's different in critical respects: pic.twitter.com/vWMLozP8ZF

CussingQuim · 06/03/2017 18:43

TBH I'd go with it not being on him at all. If as someone said (Louise Mench?), it was on a Russian bank server in the building, then it wasn't even anything to do with him.

Idiocy to tweet about it in any circumstances; special points for doing it before he knew what it was even about; bonus if he did and was in fact warning associates.

I've been chatting a little bit with some Trump fans on Twitter (not long conversations, or necessarily representative of all followers of course, although one interesting DM chat in particular). But it's interesting.

Some think it's genuinely smart that Trump's not releasing his taxes because they think he'll just be nitpicked and attacked, and they don't see the point. That he gives them hope for the first time in a long time. That Russian connections have already been investigated and dismissed by FBI. That it's good he's not acting like a normal politician. They're also seeing their leader attacked in what they think is an unreasonable way. And themselves too for daring to vote for him.

GingerIvy · 06/03/2017 18:51

Chad Sarno‏ @Wanderer19 9m9 minutes ago
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‘We’re going broke’: West Palm Beach business owners want Trump to spend weekends somewhere else www.rawstory.com/2017/03/were-going-broke-west-palm-beach-business-owners-want-trump-to-spend-weekends-somewhere-else/#.WL2tdecfXNY.twitter

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