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"After all that kissing arse at the Vatican, in Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia, I'm all touched out" says exhausted POTUS. Trump continued.

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illegitimateMortificadospawn · 24/05/2017 23:05

In haste, I will post the old thread shortly.

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Roussette · 27/05/2017 07:30

Did anyone else see that DeVos is perfectly fine with federal tax dollars going to schools that refuse to take children from LGBTQ families or who are LGBTQ themselves? I guess she'll be fine if schools refused to take minorities, disabled people, or less academic children provided they said 'God told us not to'

I watched the meeting with her and DeVos was pushed and pushed. She was asked repeatedly "is there any school you won't fund because they discriminate in that school?". (i.e. the answers should be schools that discriminate against LGBTQ, disabled, kids from other races etc) She just sat there with that stupid smile on her face and kept talking about choice. So discrimination of all sorts is now alive and well in US schools.

On another note.... Jared is in deep do-dos isn't he....
How on earth is this going to pan out.

illegitimateMortificadospawn · 27/05/2017 07:42

I have been explaining the line of succession if Trump is removed to DH & that this administration is so compromised they may have to go a way down it before they hit someone clean. DH wants to know how far they have to go before we get Kiefer Sutherland. Grin

(That's a Designated Survivor joke for folk who don't subscribe to Netflix.)

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Roussette · 27/05/2017 07:51

From the Guardian....
The Belgian daily Le Soir reported that while eating “a lot” of “the best” chocolates, Trump revealed to prime minister Charles Michel that his frequent criticisms of the EU were due largely to his personal experiences trying to set up businesses there.

“Every time we talked about a country, he remembered the things he had done,” one source told the paper. “Scotland? He said he had opened a club. Ireland? He said it took him two-and-a-half years to get a licence and that did not give him a very good image of the EU.”

Besides reportedly telling EU leaders the Germans were “bad, very bad” on trade, Trump and his team shocked the Europeans by their ignorance of the bloc’s trade policy, according to Süddeutsche Zeitung, repeatedly suggesting America had different trade deals with Germany and Belgium.

God, he is a first class ignoramus isn't he...

Is he on his way home to hellfire and brimstone? Apparently he has not held one press conference whilst on this foreign trip. This is the first time in history that a POTUS has not done this, it's normally a given. All other countries at NATO and G7 has scheduled press conferences apparently. Not the US.

Roussette · 27/05/2017 07:52

Keifer for Pres! Grin

Roussette · 27/05/2017 07:55

How true...

Dana Stevens @thehighsign
Our domestic & international policy on women's issues is literally now just Ivanka appearing & saying the word "women" & then drifting away. twitter.com/AFP/status/866283814695432192

Fiderer · 27/05/2017 07:56

Here's the "Germans are bad" in English from their international site.

This editorial is from May 17th so even before Trump went on his trip.

PerkingFaintly · 27/05/2017 08:03

Thanks for those Spiegel links, Fiderer.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 27/05/2017 08:13

www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/breitbart-traffic-numbers-are-cratering/amp

As Trump’s Problems Mount, Breitbart’s Numbers Are Cratering

A media business based on attack has been much less successful when forced to defend.

Gumpendorf · 27/05/2017 08:39

Lots to catch up on this morning, thanks Flowers.

It will be interesting to see how Trump defends Kushner, given he's not someone Trump will want to throw overboard. The more we find out, the more it seems that these people were/are like children playing at treason games.

Does anyone else feel they need a whiteboard to keep track of all of this? I'm itching to get out my pens....

Meanwhile, the NY mags profile of Hillary is my morning inspirational readBrew : http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/hillary-clinton-life-after-election.html

BiglyBadgers · 27/05/2017 08:43

I need one of those big walls with photos and newspaper cuttings and bits of string gump :o

Gumpendorf · 27/05/2017 08:58

Bigly. Oh yes please!! Grin

illegitimateMortificadospawn · 27/05/2017 09:31

Don't forget the "FBI timeline" strip at the bottom of your wall of crazy with all the key dates on the diagonal. The internet isn't just porn and conspiracy theory sites, you know - there's a free template here for all you budding investigators. Grin

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Lweji · 27/05/2017 09:42

Just remember to keep taking your meds. Wink

Lweji · 27/05/2017 09:44

I was just wondering what his sister thinks of all this.

Natsku · 27/05/2017 10:01

In regards to the Comey acting on intelligence he knew to be false - from my understanding is that he did that in order not to lose that source of information, otherwise the case against Trump might have failed. So playing the long game even though the short term results were bad.

saffronwblue · 27/05/2017 10:16

Loved that Hillary profile, thanks.

saffronwblue · 27/05/2017 10:16

Thanks gumpendorf

Dumdedumdedum · 27/05/2017 10:20

illegitimateMort - that link is amazing, you are the only person I know who would easily access that sort of thing and apply it to a Wall of Crazy! I bow to your superior. Somethingness Grin
Lweji - Trump's sister, you mean? Why now, in particular?
Natsku - I'm sorry, I am terrible at keeping up at the back as there are only irregular moments when I can bear to read these threads without heading into the depths of gloom and despondency. So, could I ask, which intelligence are you referring to, that Comey knew to be false in all this, please?

lionheart · 27/05/2017 10:21

Can have a whole room and refer to it as a SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility)?

Gumpendorf · 27/05/2017 10:23

there's a free template <a class="break-all" href="http://go.mumsnet.com/?xs=1&id=470X1554755&url=www.officetimeline.com/timeline-template/crime-timeline" target="_blank">heree* for all you budding investigators.

illegitimate, Lol! goes off to play while it rains

lionheart · 27/05/2017 10:25

I would just like to be able to say, "I am now going to the SCIF."

(I may be a bit shallow on this point, it has to be said).

Natsku · 27/05/2017 10:39

Dumdedum talking about this edition.cnn.com/2017/05/26/politics/james-comey-fbi-investigation-fake-russian-intelligence/ he was concerned that it would impact the Clinton investigation and the Justice Department as a whole which as far as I understand it means all the investigations which include the Trump one.

Dumdedumdedum · 27/05/2017 10:55

Thanks, Natsku Grin

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 27/05/2017 11:13

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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Big G7 meetings today. Lots of very important matters under discussion. First on the list, of course, is terrorism. #G7Taormina

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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Many NATO countries have agreed to step up payments considerably, as they should. Money is beginning to pour in- NATO will be much stronger.

BiglyBadgers · 27/05/2017 11:15

Really Hmm