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

[illegitimateMortificadospawn]

In haste, I will post the old thread shortly.

He didn't quite drop it, I think. wink Just sort of out it by for the moment.

I suppose he's following the old rule that things go worse before they get better.
His strategy must be to make the swamp so bad that it can only get better.

Anyway, Iowa non-rally:

• He lacks stamina
• They can't get enough people to go
• He fears protesters
• All of the above.

A distraction of different presidents...Trudeau and the Mexican president Nieto jogging together (You're welcome)

Thank you, Northwest.

Well. There's another one, Lweji, but I hope that it's a combination of those you mentioned.

Lweji Thanks for the link to Rosa DeLauro. So moving, she spoke from the heart. Unlike BDeVos who I really loathe from what I've seen. I confess to not knowing a lot but what I know means this is huge over in the US. Cuts to the kids that really need it.

www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article153047894.html

That's okay folks, the Saudis understand Trump's hate speech was just to win votes. No harm done.

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Kushner signaled to allies he is digging in for the long slog, even as several administration officials were alarmed www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/us/politics/trump-returns-to-crisis-over-kushner-as-white-house-tries-to-contain-it.html …

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Media cluelessly using term "back channel" is McMast's out. That is an accepted communication mode, usually via 3rd party. This isn't close.

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This is an important point–what Kushner was attempting to set up wasn't so much a back channel as a covert channel with an adversary

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the Saudis understand Trump's hate speech was just to win votes. No harm done.

I'm sure they don't care. They haven't been banned from entering the US and they keep doing business with them.
They are also from different forms of Islam than most (all) banned countries. And it's not like they love each other.

amp.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/05/fox_news_refusal_to_cover_trump_s_scandals_makes_for_bad_ratings_and_boring.html

Fox News Is Losing Its Grip

The network is desperately downplaying the biggest political drama of our time—and viewers are tuning out.

I did not know there was a First Gentleman of Luxembourg:

www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/05/27/white-house-excludes-same-sex-husband-from-photo-caption-of-nato-leaders-spouses?via=desktop&source=copyurl

The White House seems to think the year is 2917.

Neither did I.

You may also find some of this interesting although I don't know the website. (Note that the days are in reverse order.)

What happened today?

Oh, did you see the coverage by Fox of Trump with the Pope?

It's tremendous.

Here on Jimmy Kimmel from 3:29

"I wonder if they will hug"
"They share many interests... They are both believers. These are men of god"

The 'reacharound' bit nearly floored me.

OK it's 'Deadline Hollywood' but........

Trump is Bachelor bashed

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It doesn't actually say that he was 'listening' though.

Isn't California a 'Paris' signatory in its own right? (Or did I imagine that.)

Yes. I think I imagined it.

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