We stand at a tipping point: do we fire up the popcorn maker or start digging a fallout shelter in the garden? (Trump cont)

[boatyardblues]

Old thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3207431-When-a-nation-s-children-marched-and-their-President-ignored-them-Trump-cont

I’m all out of inspiration for the rest of this opening post. Send the St Bernard with the brandy please.

Also ouch.

www.newsweek.com/south-turning-trump-most-southerners-disapprove-presidents-performance-883673?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

the air strike reminds me a lot of 'wag the dog' (minus the actors)...

Yes.

Just saw that Infowars clip cozie. The man is not happy with his Trumpy.

For the on air segment Alex Jones is crying (I won't link to it).

How strange Natsku.... I put in my english postcode and UK email address but it won't accept the vote/sign in

There's nothing like a child with an enquiring mind Lion good on him!

Thank you Natsku and Roussette.

Let's hope that this is right.

www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/michael-cohen-and-the-end-stage-of-the-trump-presidency

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-miserable-crew-has-never-been-so-desperate/2018/04/13/23198a90-3f43-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html?utm_term=.30d6f7f7090c

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Make no mistake about what’s at stake here: firing Rosenstein would be the same unconscionable assault on the rule of law as firing Mueller. He controls scope of the Mueller investigation and what becomes public. Both D’s and R’s should reject sham excuses to fire Rosenstein.1/2

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2/2 And you can’t fire a prosecutor because you’re unhappy he approved a search warrant that relates to your own conduct. No one is above the law.

Sally Q for President please, preferably 2020! Seriously, I hope she has political ambitions. She’s impressive.

I'm not sure she does - but there's a little bit of pressure on her to run.

Her heart is with the DOJ and criminal justice reform.

I hope she gets another chance.

I reckon she'd jump at the chance to be AG.

Unfinished business. Reforming the criminal code and the prison system is a mammoth task.

www.politico.com/story/2018/04/13/michael-cohen-hearing-fbi-raid-522053

thecorrespondent.com/7106/how-trump-fulfilled-a-30-year-fantasy-of-becoming-president-with-a-little-help-from-the-kremlin/2009932931402-52e375f5

Some interesting articles, thanks everyone. Especially that NewYorker piece lion, so much so I read it twice
On Sky right now, someone is saying they think it's Trump's last week.... if only...

If it’s Trump’s last week, he’s likely to be either desperate or not giving a fig about what he does. Either scenario is frightening, particularly in the current military climate. The US is facing potential war on more than a few theatres: they’ve already halfway engaged in the Middle East, and are well on the way on the Korean Peninsula. These two theatres are likely linked so any action he has taken, or will take in the near future, affects both immeasurably. Every day he stays in office the danger increases.

Sarah Sanders
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Last night the President put our adversaries on notice: when he draws a red line he enforces it. (Inside the Situation Room as President is briefed on Syria - Official WH photos by Shealah Craighead)

mobile.twitter.com/PressSec/status/985329759759601665

Except the attached "official photo" includes VP Pence, who was apparently then in Peru. What a pointless thing to lie about.

If you're going to put out a photo, make sure it's legitimate. Pathetic.

Wonder if he has a 'get me a coke' button in the 'Situation Room'

That New Yorker piece is just what I need. I know some further Trumpian atrocity will overshadow it at some point in the next hour/day/week but I've bookmarked it to reread in times of stress!

I bet if you put a map of the world in front of Trump he still couldn't point to Syria.

Except the attached "official photo" includes VP Pence, who was apparently then in Peru. What a pointless thing to lie about.

If that man is breathing, he is lying.

And in that picture is there the moustached war hawk bloke can't remember his name cannot see him. I'm sure he'd be there if it was real. The thought of Trump in a 'situation room' has me changing from hysterics to horror all in the space of a minute

Does that mean they never managed to get him into the situation room for a briefing?

How inept can you be?

A New Yorker piece from Dec 2017 - gives a good indication of how scared Trump and "Pitbull" Cohen should be of Mueller. The original teflon don, John Gotti, was taken down by his own fixer, Sammy "The Bull",

How Scared Should Trump Be of Mueller? Ask John Gotti or Sammy “The Bull”
If history is any guide, Mueller will put up with 19 murders to get his mark.
www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/how-scared-should-trump-be-of-mueller-ask-john-gotti-or-sammy-the-bull

I think John Bolton is the the Situation Room photo - at far end of table on Trump's left side. His moustache precedes him!

However Pence was definitely in Peru so this isn't from the actual "moment"!