100 days in - congrats to us all for keeping sane on the Trump train

[TheClaws]

The Trump thread continued. We are all LEGENDS!

Another Guardian article.

Trump's ignorance is becoming more evident with each passing day
David Cay Johnston
It’s laughable when pundits try to distill a Trump doctrine from his word salad. His own words illuminate the undeveloped space between his ears

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/08/donald-trumps-ignorance-evident-by-the-day?CMP=twt_gu

I like Trump's tweet about SY saying nothing new. Were we listening to the same testimony? As I said above, it's what she & Clapper weren't saying that was most interesting - rather like how astronomers identify something new or big by spotting a void or noticing peturbations around it. The 'unsaid' and "I can say this but I can't say any more" that was fascinating. Possibly a level of subtlety that goes over Trump's head, or maybe he's dissembling...

Anyone else see the question the senator with the big whiteboard asked about whether there'd been any political assassinations on US soil? I thought JC and SY didn't give a definite "no" on that one, but I am struggling to remember all the detail. Will there be a transcript?

By the way, we need a new thread.

Full transcript: Sally Yates and James Clapper testify on Russian election interference^
www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/08/full-transcript-sally-yates-and-james-clapper-testify-on-russian-election-interference/?utm_term=.8b4eaf12c960

New thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2924472-We-cant-answer-this-thread-without-revealing-classified-information-Trumpery-trumped?watched=1

Awesome. Thanks Perking - will have a read of that later.

Also wanted to say what creepy buttheads some of those male senators were. I wouldn't want to be on my own in a lift with that Kennedy guy with the Southern drawl. I had an instant sense of revulsion once he started speaking - particularly his patronising attitude towards SY when he sounded so stupid and ill-informed. I thought she handled him perfectly.

There is also a problem with Comey's testimony, or he 'mispoke' when discussing those wretched emails:

www.propublica.org/article/comeys-testimony-on-huma-abedin-forwarding-emails-was-inaccurate

NaiceBiscuits, come on over:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2924472-We-cant-answer-this-thread-without-revealing-classified-information-Trumpery-trumped?watched=1

If you have security clearance, of course.