Look! I just dropped $1million of bombs on your thread, so stop going on about #Russiagate (Trump cont.)

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Old thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2893017-Dont-look-at-that-old-thread-its-FAKE-Look-at-this-one-Trump-cont

Sorry about the rubble and orphans

Thank you to everyone posting here. I've only just caught up and have been reading since the start!
Very scary times and scary reading, but we need to keep this up. I have shared many of the links posted here with others. I'm in the UK and lots of people I know are not interested, as they think this is nothing to do with them. Hopefully by sharing this info people will start to open their eyes.
Thanks

I'm not a fan of Frankie Boyle but someone on my Facebook has reposted a lengthy rant he has written about Trump and Syria. It's actually pretty good: www.facebook.com/FrankieBoyleFans/posts/1476804212360940

My favourite excerpt:

"Personally, I think it would be great if Putin was controlling Trump. I'd love to think there was a rational, malevolent actor directing him rather than just a combination of his own blood sugar levels and the concept of vengeance. I honestly think we'd be in less trouble if he was being controlled by the dark wizard Thoth Amon, or if his body had been taken over by a sentient bacterial civilisation that was using him as a kind of Lifeship. I'm not saying it's impossible that Trump was moved by the plight of Syria's children, perhaps in the same way that Tony Soprano got really upset when that guy killed his horse, it's just that the balance of probabilities is that he doesn't care about them, even enough not to ban them from entering his country."

Bill O'Reilly is going on vacation, says MSNBC.

Maybe Spicey will end up on one soon.
The indefinite kind.

And while they're at it, I'm sure there are enough golF courses around the US to keep El President busy.

Also, MSNBC questioning the incoherent Trump Administration reactions (I can't use the word policy) to internationally.
And they ask WHY did Assad feel that he could use chemical weapons.

Sorry, reactions to international events.

I speculated a few threads ago that if one of the most destabilising events of 2016, Trump being elected, was shaped by Russian intereference, then it wasn't beyond the realms of imagination that Brexit was also manipulated in some way.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/12/foreign-states-may-have-interfered-in-brexit-vote-report-says?CMP=twt_gu

Alex Isenstadt‏ @politicoalex

NEW: Spicer reached out to Sheldon Adelson's office and "said he made a terrible mistake+ apologized if he was offensive," per Adelson spox
12:30 am · 12 Apr 2017

From Wikipedia:

@kenvogel
Trump team trying to have it both ways on Carter Page FISA: either Obama admin surveilled Trump team or Page was a wannabe. Can't be both.

Gah, pasted the wrong thing!

From Wikipedia:

Sheldon Gary Adelson (pronounced /ˈædəlsən/; born August 4, 1933) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and is the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. He also owns the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[2] Adelson, a lifelong donor and philanthropist to a variety of causes, founded with his wife's initiative the Adelson Foundation.

As of August 2016, Adelson was listed by Forbes as having a fortune of US$32.2 billion.[3] He is a major contributor to Republican Party candidates.[4][5] He has been one of the largest donors, of any party, in both the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He was the largest donor to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign with a total of $125 million.[6]

More from Ginger's New York Post link of Wed 12-Apr-17 02:21:03. This is Trump just yesterday.

Trump won’t definitively say he still backs Bannon
nypost.com/2017/04/11/trump-wont-definitively-say-he-still-backs-bannon/
"I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late,” Trump said. “I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn’t know Steve. I’m my own strategist and it wasn’t like I was going to change strategies because I was facing crooked Hillary."

Claude Taylor‏ @TrueFactsStated
I just spoke with a senior GOP consultant. He told me White House knows Bannon is killing them but they're afraid of alienating Alt Right.

The New York Times‏ @nytimes
The congressman who infamously shouted "you lie" at President Obama had the same phrase hurled back at him

t.co/MfVg1amtIH

4h
Billy Fleming‏ @JooBilly
After an uber progressive who only raised $400k nearly won the #KS04, you should all know this:

Every district will be competitive in 2018.

Kyle Griffin‏ @kylegriffin1
Interesting—Trump hasn't received any bounce yet for the Syria missile strike as many expected (same before & after) (link: bit.ly/2j6waY8) bit.ly/2j6waY8

Watch Sean spicer try to say Assad's name a few times:

mobile.twitter.com/justin_kanew/status/852007376169336834/video/1

pausing How long until they say that Bannon was barely associated with the trump administration and was just doing work experience there

We can live in hope, Pain!

And of course 45 did everything himself! He's the Big Man and certainly doesn't need these footling advisor people!

This is a narcissist's Achilles heel.

Looking further through the prism of narcissism: it's quite likely he doesn't see Ivanka as a separate person but as an extension of himself. As long as she remains the Golden Child and continuously provides a reflection of him just how he likes himself, that is. She has a lifetime of practice at this, so is set to remain.

So for Trump:
Ivanka = himself
Bannon = just some likeable but disposable bod

What this means is, Bannon is vulnerable any time he conflicts with Ivanka.

Louise Mensch‏ @LouiseMensch
Pompeo @CIA director and Sen Burr lied to a reporter on behalf of Trump calling a true story false. Resign

www.axios.com/exclusive-spicer-arranged-sat-in-on-cia-gop-intelligence-push-back-2288082248.html

Adam Schiff's guide on parsing Trump:

mobile.twitter.com/LaurenWern/status/851838783129620480/video/1

Kushner and Ivanka are getting quite a bit of negative press though. I wonder if it comes right down to the line, will he choose the presidency or his children?? I'm not sure I'd like to call that one.

And Stephen Miller has been sailing under the wire lately. He is definitely one that needs to go.

Kaivan Shroff‏ @KaivanShroff 10h10 hours ago
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Sean Spicer knows more about the Bowling Green Massacre than he knows about the Holocaust. An apology is not enough, Trump must #FireSpicer.

Oh, the humiliation!!!

Reuters Top News‏Verified account @Reuters 2m2 minutes ago
Israeli cabinet minister welcomes Spicer's apology over Hitler remarks reut.rs/2orJEn6

AFP news agency‏Verified account @AFP 1m1 minute ago
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#BREAKING Tillerson-Lavrov talks start in Moscow

Telegraph News‏Verified account
@TelegraphNews

Following
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'Are you saying Jews weren't innocent?': Sean Spicer's apology for Holocaust gaffe backfires www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/12/saying-jews-werent-innocent-sean-spicers-apology-holocaust-gaffe/?

But do you think he understands that's the choice? Between his children and his presidency?

He's president because he's a winner, because everyone loves him, because he has superior genes, because he's a born dealmaker!

He might take political advice because some reptilian part of his brain accepts it's a good idea at the time. But admit to himself he needs advice from other people? And sacrifice some part of his ego to get it?

Can't see that ever happening.

All he has to do is look at Ivanka's lovely face and know that he's beautiful.