Trump thread # 100 “Cannot you see that I, too, have a tall and beautiful person?”

[TheClaws]

Roman Emperor Nero wrote the above in a manual titled ‘Care of the Hair’. Nero was tyrannical, vain and cruel, and thought little of the lives of others. He also liked to erect buildings and carve his name into them. if only we could learn well from the past.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3104707--Uneasy-lies-the-head-that-wears-the-crown-as-it-should-be-Trump-thread-continued

Gah, posted too soon.

His rack hypocrisy then turned my stomach and it’s even worse now given he’s the architect of the corker kickback.

Some good news though

BREAKING: Virginia police chief retires after criticism over Charlottesville's response to violent white nationalist rally.

apnews.com/967c5ff843be4c849e5985f32a072609/Virginia-police-chief-retires-after-criticism-over-rally?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

I recommend looking up Emily G, Cville @EmilyGorcenski on twitter. She was one of the organisers of the Charlottesville anti-Nazi protests and often posts informative things about it

@cozytoesie Whenever I get too depressed about Trump I call on the Parody Project.

Here's a more festive one:

Oh wow

Stolen Emails. Wikileaks. White Supremacists. Donald Trump. It All Happened in 2009.

Was it a blueprint for 2016?

www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/climategate-timeline-wikileaks-hacking-russia-trump/

Five days of gooooolf

Ed Krassenstein
@EdKrassen
JUST IN: Senator Chuck Schumer says there will be a Senate Vote to overturn the FCC's ruling on #NetNeutrality -- Only a simple majority will be required to overturn the ruling.

U.S. Vetoes U.N. Security Council Resolution Voiding Trump's Jerusalem Move

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/18/571653304/u-s-vetoes-u-n-security-council-resolution-voiding-trumps-jerusalem-move?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Ambassador Nikki Haley used the United States' veto power as a permanent member for the first time in more than six years.

I’m confused by this. Why is someone who is on putin’s payroll, best friends with Farage etc sabotaging trump’s tax bill?

Dana Rohrabacher
@DanaRohrabacher
I intend 2 vote no on tax bill. Due 2 pressure of several members like me, bill was improved, but not enough for a significant # of my constituents.

Frank Thorp V
@frankthorp
JUST IN: @SenatorCollins says she is a YES on the GOP tax reform conference report.

Wants something?

Dan Diamond
@ddiamond
Overall, HHS has suppressed more than 99% of public comments on the proposal — while posting 80 comments that overwhelmingly support anti-abortion policies or attack transgender patients.

www.politico.com/story/2017/12/18/hhs-faith-based-rule-withholding-comments-236759

Ah yes, is after his own kickback!

We-ell. I've been wondering for a while if the passing of the tax bill will mark the end of Trump's presidency.

The GOP won't need him any more, so will be more willing to get rid.

And if he wants to duck out of the job (too much hard work, maybe he thinks the prosecution risk will go away), he will want to go out on a bigly triumph. Like, any triumph at all.

A competent (though vile) Pence presidency would make for a more stable US, and there may be a lot less kompromat on Pence. So Pence may be less desirable for the Russians.

I could well be wrong about the tax bill causing the end of Trump. But if I'm right, it would make perfect sense that Rohrabacher-the-Russophile has suddenly discovered he doesn't want it to pass yet.

'The Devil's Bargain'?

I'm afraid, Perking, they still have something on their main bucket list.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/18/trump-judge-nominee-matthew-petersen

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-train-derailment-amtrak-washington-tweet-middle-east-infrastructure-a8117371.html

Uh-oh.

www.buzzfeed.com/emmaloop/the-senates-russia-investigation-is-now-looking-into-jill?utm_term=.wgDxjQbD4#.leq6JrVa2

At last

The Senate’s Russia Investigation Is Now Looking Into Jill Stein, A Former Campaign Staffer Says

The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s campaign to turn over documents, a former employee says. Stein is expected to release them publicly as well.

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/emmaloop/the-senates-russia-investigation-is-now-looking-into-jill?utm_term=.taAG40xpY&__twitter_impression=true

From December 2015

It was an odd speech, very clearly designed to appeal to the MAGAs and propped around the calls the action of his many rallies. It sounds nationalist and disturbingly insular, but behind it is a thread of globalism.

thehill.com/policy/national-security/365493-trump-seeks-to-make-strategy-out-of-america-first

lion Scrotus' 1st tweet after that horrible train accident really shows who he is, doesn't it? Then 10 minutes later (after a staffer grabbed his phone, I'm sure) came the 'fake' sympathetic tweet. He disgusts me.

I agree, Across - utterly heartless.

I was so relieved to see this:
Judicial nominee who couldn't answer basic questions has withdrawn - BBC link

That Amtrak derailment is pretty grim. I'm keeping everything crossed the death toll doesn't rise.

Apparently hasn’t read his own strategy.

thehill.com/policy/defense/365516-wh-official-i-cant-say-trump-has-read-entire-national-security-strategy

Yes, he is missing some of the things that make up a person's humanity.