Trump (cont): Nothing to see here, nope not a Russian in sight

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Sorry for the rubbish title but I couldn't see a new thread!

The Hill‏Verified account @thehill 4m4 minutes ago
Trump praises "season of great hope" in Easter address video hill.cm/bqIfRr9 pic.twitter.com/ge7Cw4Elf1

I can't stomach it. Watch at your own peril.

At least some journalists and commentators still see through DT.

Lawrence: The Madman Is Still Loose In The White House | The Last Word | MSNBC

The bombing of Afghanistan shows the US is led by a one-man wild card
Simon Jenkins
First Syria, now Afghanistan – obscene and pointless bombings. But Donald Trump has tasted the sweet cup of war and no one seems able to control him

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/14/donald-trump-afghanistan-bomb-syria-wild-card

Jacob Wohl‏ @JacobAWohl

BREAKING: Air China suspends all flights between Beijing and Pyongyang from this upcoming Monday April 17.
3:31 pm · 14 Apr 2017

Mikel Jollett‏Verified account @Mikel_Jollett 41m41 minutes ago
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US Navy strike group is in the Sea of Japan.

North Korea is threatening a nuclear test on Saturday, escalating tensions.

Trump is golfing.

Playing golf whilst Rome burns?

The Hill‏Verified account @thehill 6s7 seconds ago
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GOP lawmakers are trying multiple tactics to avoid angry constituents at town halls hill.cm/erFVn1r

CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 22m22 minutes ago
Secret Service spent $35,185 on golf cart rentals “for POTUS visit” in Palm Beach County, Fla., since inauguration cbsn.ws/2oc87KV

www.politicususa.com/2017/04/13/gop-rep-tells-constituents-bullcrap-works.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

House Republican Tells Constituents It’s “Bullcrap” That He Works For Them

Interesting re the 'town halls'. Thanks Ginger.

The press - Trump administration war is so bigly, right now, that Rex smiles while a US journalist is insulted for asking tough questions in Russia.
Quite unlike other Administrations.

Travis‏ @TravisLaPew 4m4 minutes ago
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@davidfrum If you were president and knew you were going to jail soon, you would play golf every weekend too. I would

Well, shit.

Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 2h2 hours ago
Trump’s EPA chief Scott Pruitt calls for an ‘exit’ to the Paris climate agreement wapo.st/2phxMm4

I ducked out of these threads a while ago (I think just before Parliament voted to go ahead with Article 50) because I needed a break from all the horrible news. Feeling a bit stronger now so back into it.

NK situation is worrying. And of course Twitler is playing golf. I definitely agree with cozie that he's being manipulated from multiple directions. GOP doesn't actually want him to look competent.

Doesn't actually say if he got approval or not. Just that he didn't need it. Clearly whatever the direct approval needed the bomb wouldn't have been dropped if they weren't pretty damn sure Trump would be fine with it. In fact I rather find the idea that we are now in a situation where the military can drop a bloody great big bomb, just to make a point, without needing any external approval even scarier than when i thought Trump had ordered it

Officials: No need for Trump's approval to use massive bomb
apnews.com/e0d178b5635441fa989e77b2cd323b2e?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

If you were president and knew you were going to jail soon, you would play golf every weekend too.

They could send him to Camp David for the rest of his Presidency, on some security excuse (see this season of Homeland) and that would be just as bad.

Steve Herman‏Verified account @W7VOA 5m5 minutes ago
US SecDef Mattis to embark on trip "to engage with strategic partners in the Middle East and Africa." pic.twitter.com/IkZeyLYsuj

I presume they mean if there is anything left on the planet by then....

Remind me. Isn't California a signatory to the Paris agreement in its own right? (I may have misremembered.)

According to Trump, the US military has been "so successful lately".

Well they've managed to explode some bigly bombs (that Obama had not wanted to use) or a bigly number of them. They've also managed to kill a biglier number of civilians.
Success!!!

And what a coicidence that bombings occurred at the same time that Russia links have further emerged.

And what a coicidence that bombings occurred at the same time that Russia links have further emerged.

Sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you over the noise of explosions...

A little story the husband told me today: He was travelling through Riyadh airport this week and there are now separate, presumably more stringent, security queues for British Airways travellers who want to carry ipads etc on board. The man in front of him turned to him and said: "How dare they, don't they know I'm British!", to which the H (Greek but often taken for British) replied: "That doesn't mean anything, though!". British man told him: "But I'm white British, so it obviously doesn't apply to me!" Husband (also white, non-Muslim, even though a narsty European furriner) told him to stop digging. The guy didn't get it. I presume he voted Brexit and would be a Trumpeter if he were American.
I am in the same despair I was this morning.

Bradd Jaffy‏Verified account @BraddJaffy 5m5 minutes ago
White House will not release its visitor logs; will be kept secret for at least 5 years after Trump leaves office ti.me/2ouBDfH

The world is full of idiots dumdedum. If it wasn't we would all be enjoying our utopian existence frolicking in lush green forests with our pet dodos. Thankfully the world is also full of lovely people like you husband who make it worth hanging around (even without dodos to play with)

Jonathan Beeley‏ @foreignpolicy77 5m5 minutes ago
'One of the biggest failures in political history'.Looks like Fox invited the wrong guest 2 talk about #Trump /GOP healthcare #theresistance pic.twitter.com/3rPygpiv84

Unless they're not averse to stoking some fires?

Seth Abramson‏ @SethAbramson
North Korea says Trump has pushed it to "the brink of war," and that "thermonuclear war may break out any moment."

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