Is he Right, Left, or is He Nothing at All? Trump thread continued.

[TheClaws]

My bet is on nothing.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3024189-In-the-dim-corner-we-have-Trump-In-the-dictator-corner-we-have-Kim-Or-is-that-mixed-up

SueHalpern‏
@suehalpernVT
@carolecadwalla @profcarroll Why is Nigel Farage campaigning in the US for a Senate candidate? Who's paying?

SueHalpern‏ @suehalpernVT

Replying to @suehalpernVT @carolecadwalla @profcarroll
Parscale's 501(c)4 is for Strange in AL. Assume Mercer's grp is working for Moore, but there's hardly a trace. Is it involved w/Farage?

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

Replying to @suehalpernVT @carolecadwalla @profcarroll
We are

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla

"We are" what, Andy?

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

He's in the US doing a number of speeches for the Republican Party

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

We have a US consultancy campaign firm

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla
Do you?? Who's "we"? What's it called? So this is a commercial proposition for Farage?

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

Part of Goddard Gunster - splitting California for starters and a dozen referendums

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla

But...you have an ownership stake in GG??

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

Nope - a new entity working alongside them...based in a suitable tax haven obviously 🙄

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla

Obviously. So..a Belize-based election consultancy in which you, Farage & Banks are directors & for whom Farage is now working in US races?

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

Nope - not belize 🇧🇿

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla

But the rest of it is an accurate summation?
So...which Mercer funding vehicle is coughing up the cash for this one??

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore
Nothing to do with any US money or funders - all our own investment - consultancy for US companies interested in Brexit etc and campaigning

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla

Andy, can you explain. You've just said you're a consultancy working in US elections, so there must be a client, no?

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

Yes many in US/India/Europe and Commonwealth nations

Carole Cadwalladr‏ @carolecadwalla

What is the name of the new consultancy?
Can you explain more about how this works in terms of Farage's upcoming speech in Alabama?

Andy Wigmore‏ @andywigmore

Speeches across the conservative movement in Europe/ US - he is travelling the world giving his view, he's on Fox as a commentator as well

Interesting.

He's Farage.

www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/25/16345416/roy-moore-alabama-primary

So... British politician Nigel Farage is campaigning in the US for a US candidate.

And travelling the world giving speeches in Europe and the US.

Paid for by a consultancy based in a tax haven.

Which works for US clients interested in Brexit.

And is paid by clients in the US, Europe, India, and other Commonwealth nations.

Sounds almost like... globalism to me?

Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Luther Strange has been shooting up in the Alabama polls since my endorsement. Finish the job - vote today for "Big Luther."
11:55 am · 26 Sep 2017

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
This is not true. New polling obtained by the WSJ shows Moore has opened up a 16-point lead over Strange.
t.co/XzAbxDu9hc?amp=1

In previous years, I might have been interested to see what a president made of the results of a bad call. Nowadays, I become edgy about disappointment leading not to licking of wounds but to the destruction of life on Earth. Dear Goodness that it should come to this.

Haha perking don't let them catch on or they might implode from irony overload

None of it is normal cozie

There's not too much being made about farage/bannon/gorka indirectly opposing trump on this pick (that I can see) but it seems like it should be a bigger deal than it is currently

Bannon and Gorka are 'smarting'. They want/need to .........prove themselves.

They need to keep the $$$$ flowing as well and that will depend greatly on their perceived relevance, I suspect.

Interesting that Trump doesn't seem to be reacting to it

We don't know what Bannon has/they've told him their game plan is. (And they'll have one.)

I found this (apols if posted previously)

Rosie Gray‏Verified account
@RosieGray
Bannon: "we did not come here to defy Donald Trump. We came here to praise and honor him."
5:46 pm - 25 Sep 2017 From Alabama, USA

Casey Michel‏Verified account @cjcmichel

Don't look now, but the biggest supporter of Catalonia's independence is suddenly Julian Assange.

thinkprogress.org/assange-catalonia-independence-0a83cd016972/

On the brink of a 'humanitarian crisis'. A Beast 'short piece' borrowed from the NYT.

Puerto Rico

Divide and conquer never goes out of fashion, does it?

It works, that's why.

A Beast perspective.

Preparing the shiv for McConnell

Interesting piece - I'd forgotten all of this.

Trump and the NFL

Oops.

www.politicususa.com/2017/09/26/jared-kushners-lawyer-fooled-prankster-giving-email-scandal-details.html

It's funny (peculiar not haha), when I was watching Trump give his UN speech, I had to just listen after a few minutes as watching him and his body language was making me irate, but I thought to myself a few times, that actually sounds like Gorka talking, like those were the words he would say.

Then when the report came out that Gorka had said it was all Bannon's influence/speech writing, I still thought, nope sounds like Gorka still to me. I still do.

I think it might be as simple as, deflection plus anything to keep Trumps name first and foremost in the news to keep his base connected to him, and keep the Republicans and Democrats spinning at what might be next. The attacks even from his so called besties is all about Trumps base flocking to his defence and becoming ever more loyal.

On a selfish note, I really hope the UK Gov pull back from this President being a best friend. He surely isn't one.

And on a last note now I've rambled, I was watching some Morning Joe and I've never seen Joe so furious as this short segment re: the way John McCain is being treated - Joe: Who Raised The People That Boo John McCain?

Natasha Bertrand‏Verified account
@NatashaBertrand

New: Kushner's lawyer indicated to email prankster @SINON_REBORN that he hasn't seen all of Kushner's private emails

Jared Kushner's lawyer, fooled by 'email prankster,' offers window into private email controversy

uk.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-lawyer-email-prankster-private-2017-9?r=US&IR=T

Renato Mariotti‏Verified account
@renato_mariotti
THREAD: What do the emails between Kushner's lawyer and an email prankster tell us?
1/ The @businessinsider story linked above by @NatashaBertrand discusses email exchanges between Kushner lawyer Abbe Lowell and a prankster.
2/ Lowell has a reputation as a great attorney, but obviously corresponding with the prankster is a serious error by him. He has a duty to
3/ protect his client's confidential information. (Obviously the prankster should not be trying to fool lawyers into making errors, either.)
4/ In his email with the prankster, Lowell revealed something important by saying he needed to see all private emails between Kushner and
5/ The White House. That is surprising because Lowell previously released a public statement indicating that there were less than 100 emails
6/ between Kushner's private email and the White House and that they've all been forwarded and preserved. Lowell's comments to the prankster
7/ indicate that he made that statement without actually possessing or reviewing the emails themselves, which would suggest that his
8/ statement was based on his client's representations as opposed to something he verified himself. Issuing an important statement or making
9/ any key decision based solely on your client's say-so is dangerous. Clients aren't always forthcoming with their attorneys, and like
10/ anyone else, they have imperfect memories. Issuing a statement that turns out to be inaccurate can have negative consequences, so I'm
11/ surprised Lowell was not more careful. This is the first major misstep by the Kushner team, which has thus far appeared to be the most
12/ able and disciplined team involved in the Mueller investigation. /end

Goodness. He was furious.

What is interesting to note is that Joe Scarborough is an ex Congressman. Many of 45's base won't be watching his show. But others will.

Ex republican congressman!