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

Fruit flies ARE interesting. No matter what a former Alaska governor says.

House passes measure to avoid government shutdown

thehill.com/homenews/house/366070-house-passes-measure-to-avoid-government-shutdown?amp&__twitter_impression=true

www.justsecurity.org/49913/wishing-climate-change-threat-national-security/

www.elle.com/culture/a14466182/metoonatsec-letter-harassment-senate-intelligence-committee/

The original letter.

time.com/5039104/we-too-are-survivors-223-women-in-national-security-sign-open-letter-on-sexual-harassment/

IS DONALD TRUMP’S DARK RUSSIAN SECRET HIDING IN DEUTSCHE BANK’S VAULTS?
It sounded like an exhausted parent scolding a tantrum-prone toddler with a penchant for tossing toys from his stroller.
In November 2008, Steven Molo, an attorney for Deutsche Bank, wrote a letter to the Supreme Court of New York about one of the company’s most troublesome clients. At issue was $640 million that client had borrowed in 2005 to fund construction of a new hotel in Chicago. The client had personally guaranteed the loan, but a few years later, the Great Recession devastated the economy, and he defaulted on his payment, with $330 million outstanding. Deutsche was seeking an immediate $40 million from the client, plus interest, legal fees and costs.

www.newsweek.com/2017/12/29/donald-trump-russia-secret-deutsche-bank-753780.html

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/21/a-new-vision-of-who-we-are-the-inclusive-monuments-to-reinvigorate-

Not surprising but still.

www.newsweek.com/trump-oblivious-dangers-russia-poses-ukraine-former-us-ambassador-says-756157

Sorry if this has been posted and I missed it.

A fresh approach by the FBI on the silence of the Trumps.

I'm with Sterling.

That really was Jodie Foster?

Ha. I love that movie.

Over to Congress then.

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Ah well.

Still.

www.palmerreport.com/politics/prevent-mccabe-trump/6831/

Well then.

thinkprogress.org/new-pro-trump-ad-features-little-girl-thanking-trump-for-letting-us-say-merry-christmas-again-11131bee0a79/

I don't want to worry anyone but something is really wrong with this man.

www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/trump-cant-believe-no-ones-thrown-a-parade-in-his-honor

You only just realised?

I read he thinks the passing of the tax bill is the greatest accomplishment of any US President, ever. Now I know he doesn’t read, or listen to other people, or watch documentaries, and he likely never paid attention in History at school.

75% of Canada's exports go to the US, and we are partway thru very difficult negotiations on the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA). The Canadian government is wary of treading on Trump's tender tootsies.

I'm too emotional to be a good negotiator: I'd be inclined to tell the US to take a hike. Fortunately our diplomats are more restrained.

'Iconic' blue British passport to return after Brexithttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443253

Brexiters get everything they've been hoping for!

Wrong thread!

The blue passport was not “iconic”. It was just blue. Hardly a design classic like the Mini.

I read he thinks the passing of the tax bill is the greatest accomplishment of any US President, ever.

I was listening to him saying how great the tax bill will be for middle class families and I suspect he really believes it will. He won't have read it and only needs to be told about it.

And, yes, Jodie Foster was on Colbert a few days ago.

On passports: Croatia has dark blue passports and is a member of the EU so it’s a ridiculous reason to have left. The sun’s headline on this proclaims it a “stunning Brexit victory”