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

Thanks for the carols, Pain.

Funnily enough, my Muslim friends were the first to wish me Happy Christmas this morning :)

My orthodox Jewish friend popped round a few days ago with Christmas presents for my boys. Trump’s an idiot!

My Jewish friend referred to herself as "Chanukk-Claus". We always exchanged Chanukkah and Xmas gifts and one year I got to take the 'child's part' at their Passover Seder (I was 24). I think our common humanity leads us to want to share our traditions with each other. It's only when jerks like Scrotus get involved with their divisiveness and fear mongering that we begin to pull back from that.

Hands across the water.

Hope all the lovely and resilient resisters on this thread have had a lovely Christmas and are feeling hope for 2018.

Hands across the water.

As the late MP Jo Cox said: “we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.” (She was stabbed to death at her constituency offices by a man with a right wing agenda.) Her maiden speech (as a newly elected MP) was very uplifting.

You'll be relieved to know that I 'got stuck' last night on Second Timothy (which comes before Revelation in the Big Bible.) There are some problems with Timothy - which is actually Paul to Timothy but:

" And if a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully."

That's a good one--I did wonder if you would come back with some Revelations (as foretold in your earlier post).

As I also said, if I start intoning from Revelation, you should ignore the post. Second Timothy is fairly safe.

Timothy is not a remotely apocalyptic name and therein lies the danger.

Then Judges.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-judges-appointments-right-wing-seats-nominees-2017-a8118801.html

....Timothy is not a remotely apocalyptic name and therein lies the danger.....

Quite the contrary, perhaps?

And Yes. The Judges are a challenge.

Ho. Hum
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Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

I hope everyone is having a great Christmas, then tomorrow it’s back to work in order to Make America Great Again (which is happening faster than anyone anticipated)!

Just 1 day off........will he be back to work.

Happy Boxing Day! Hope your heads are relatively unfuzzy, your homes uncluttered and your digestion unimpeded (these are my goals for today anyway).

Timothy does sound like it should be concerned with the rules about when it’s ok to bung hand wash items in the washing machine and whether tomatoes really are fruit or whether we should accept that labels reflect common usage of the word, rather than fire and brimstone, but my scant biblical knowledge is pretty dusty.

Segueing seamlessy from fire and brimstone to more of the same

ABC News
@ABC
North Korea says it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. abcn.ws/2C3O09v

Which follows on from this:

North Korea calls UN's latest round of sanctions 'act of war'

www.axios.com/north-korea-calls-uns-latest-round-of-sanctions-an-act-of-war-2519723551.html

I’m lacking the mental capacity to organise these into any sort of coherent order (see fuzzy head) though I’ll try my best but in all likelihood I’m afraid it’s just going to be a splurge of posts

A very worthwhile read;

Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/kremlin-trolls-burned-across-the-internet-as-washington-debated-options/2017/12/23/e7b9dc92-e403-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html#click=t.co/NvqduVxvak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/kremlin-trolls-burned-across-the-internet-as-washington-debated-options/2017/12/23/e7b9dc92-e403-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html#click=t.co/NvqduVxvak

Same story, different packaging:

The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
Those Hillary-hating hot takes you read on leftie sites during the election? Some of 'em were written in Moscow.

www.thedailybeast.com/report-kremlin-troll-wrote-for-far-left-us-sites?via=twitter_page

saga he spent the day retweeting his old tweets apparently. Does that count as a holiday?

Also, trump tweeted a meme where he had the blood of cnn on the sole of his shoe, Assange is back up on line, and the us navy made some cryptic comments about Assange and then blamed it on mistyping

Twitter Reacts After Trump Retweets Photo Of Himself With Bloody CNN Logo
<a class="break-all" href="https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a402d09e4b025f99e17c37d/amp?utm_hp_ref=donald-trump#click=t.co/Ui4I5KiMX4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a402d09e4b025f99e17c37d/amp?utm_hp_ref=donald-trump#click=t.co/Ui4I5KiMX4

The Hill
@thehill
Navy: Tweet that said "Julian Assange" was caused by an inadvertent keystroke: hill.cm/wnbN2Y6

Russia:

Russia:

Axios
@axios
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, widely considered to be Vladmir Putin's only credible opponent, has been barred from March's presidential race.

X Soviet
@XSovietNews
Putin made up a charge against Navalny, convicted him, and said that people convicted of crimes couldn't enter the presidential election. He also jailed Navalny's brother. And his campaign chief.

Michael Weiss
@michaeldweiss
Ask yourself why they barred Navalny from running. Letting him lose further legitimizes the regime. But he did better than expected in the Moscow mayoralty, in spite of the restrictions. They’re afraid. Good.

Reuters Top News
@Reuters
Russia's Putin calls for Web activities of some firms to be monitored: reut.rs/2DbYMKf

Reuters Top News
@Reuters
Britain escorts Russian ship near national waters amid strained relations reut.rs/2C4IqUi

Kremlin 'concerned' that US may expand sanctions on Russia

thehill.com/policy/international/366451-kremlin-concerned-that-us-may-expand-sanctions-on-russia?amp

Foreign policy:

Kenneth Roth
@KenRoth
Saudi prisoner detained at Ritz Carlton in crown prince's supposed anti-corruption drive reportedly dies under electric-shock torture. "His family struggled to recognize him."

www.middleeasteye.net/news/arabic-press-review-1383981136

Bret Stephens
@BretStephensNYT
In November, @realDonaldTrump praised Saudi Arabia for “harshly treating” these prisoners. Said the Kingdom knew “exactly what they are doing.”

And

Foreign Policy
@ForeignPolicy
While everybody's looking at Russia, it's China that has proved adept at inserting itself in American politics.

<a class="break-all" href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/28/this-beijing-linked-billionaire-is-funding-policy-research-at-washingtons-most-influential-institutions-china-dc/amp/#click=t.co/gjhHCP5RuG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/28/this-beijing-linked-billionaire-is-funding-policy-research-at-washingtons-most-influential-institutions-china-dc/amp/#click=t.co/gjhHCP5RuG

And

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
One of Trump's golf resorts in Scotland will no longer receive a controversial tax break (which gave him more than £100,000 in business rates relief this year) after a rule change by the Scottish government, The Herald reports.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/15791805.Scotland__39_s_Christmas_gift_to_the_world_____a_massive_tax_hit_for_Donald_Trump/

And (not really fp but still)

Tom Newton Dunn
@tnewtondunn
Excl: Government urges Prince Harry not to invite Obama to his wedding for fear of infuriating Trump;

This tweet is only a year old

Sarah Sanders‏Verified account @SarahHuckabee

When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing

The New York Times
@nytimes
"We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked," said Nikki R. Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the UN

Taking Credit for U.N. Budget Cut, Trump’s Envoy Hints at More to Come
<a class="break-all" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/americas/trump-united-nations-budget.html#click=t.co/772MEQgDNw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/americas/trump-united-nations-budget.html#click=t.co/772MEQgDNw

Also, I had no idea that Nikki Haley is Indian-American. It obviously has no bearing on anything (other than proving that my mother can spot fellow brown people where I fail abysmally and perhaps I should stop taking the piss and respect her skills) but I didn’t realise her family are Sikh.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/redneck-revolt-group-who-are-they-left-wing-armed-group-protect-minorities-interview-a8117551.html

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I would have enjoyed some intoning from Revelations cozie