The slog of this authoritarian shitshow is grinding us all down. My inspiration has gone into hiding with Melania. Knock yourselves out! (Trump cont.)

[boatyardblues]

Does what it says on the tin. 🤷‍♂️

Here’s the last thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3258057-I-Spy-with-My-Little-Eye-Something-Beginning-with-T-Traitorous-Treasonweasels-in-Trumptown-Trump-contd

I guess Trump has never heard of Neville Chamberlain.

amp.thedailybeast.com/trumps-lawyers-plot-joint-defenses-with-others-caught-in-mueller-probe?__twitter_impression=true

www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-trump-administration-is-completely-unraveling-the-us-asylum-system/amp?__twitter_impression=true

'It is impossible to overstate how bad this Jeff Sessions decision is today - he made domestic violence victims and victims of gang violence ineligible for asylum in the United States.'
mobile.twitter.com/karalynum/status/1006271217127624704

' "A really fantastic meeting -- a lot of progress. Top of the line. We are going right now for a signing," President Trump just told reporters.'

mobile.twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1006395366118264832

'President Trump seems to have just taken Kim Jong Un over to the Beast to let him look into the presidential limousine. Amazing.'

mobile.twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1006395789030014976

I’d think Kim knows bragging and posturing when he sees it - and is no doubt pissing himself laughing on the inside at a US President trying to impress him

Depends who it's being sold to.

'Difficult to sell this as substantive: US official says ‘signing’ will be document from US and NK to acknowledge progress and pledge to keep momentum alive, reports @jeffzeleny #TrumpKimSummit'
mobile.twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1006401320713183232

It's all just choreography, just depends on your perspective whether you see hippos dancing in tutus at the circus, or grands danseurs performing sky high jetés.

So I've just watched 'The Signing Of The Document' live on TV.

No one knows what is in The Document but according to Trump it is very impressive, everyone will be very impressed, he (45) has worked very hard on it, it is wonderful and exciting and important and special. He said this repeatedly.

He will tell us all in a couple of hours what is in The Document. Ia this like a real life telly show, where do I vote??? Is there an App?

BLOTUS has just said that Kim Jong Un is welcome at the WH and he will be invited.

This is whilst calling Trudeau 'weak and dishonest'. What is the world coming to...

After the signing Trump described his special bond with Kim, (the ruthless dictator who enslaves his population and had his brother and uncle murdered). And hands out an invitation to the WH.

Significant that, on parting, T. gave Kim that special 'showing you I'm the man' grab and pull handshake. Kim did not look impressed.

Unbelievable.

Russia must be delighted. 45 now has a strong bond with NK but no bond with allies.

Trump also cited the “strong bond” that existed between himself and Kim. “I want to say thank you to Chairman Kim, we spent a lot of time together today, a very intensive time

Trump asked the photographers to take pictures that made them both look 'good and handsome and thin'.

No camera in the world can manage that.

I feel quite queasy listening to the radio this morning. R4 are fawning all over it with no critical analysis. The document could be two stickmen grinning at each other for all we know.

I saw that moving Sally Q. piece Gum.

Standing up and speaking out again. I do love her.

As for these two .... pretty much what you would expect from this piece of theatre.

.@Lawrence: “Two liars walk into a room” #msnbc https://twitter.com/TheLastWord/status/1006359600994582528/video/1

Just about sums it up. No-one will ever know.

Then this.

I've got a lot of time for Nicolle Wallace - her knowledge and honesty are making her a rising star in the Trump era.

Wallace: The idea that we're being played is something we have to bake into the cake. twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1006328358253318145/video/1

That's heartbreaking, lionheart. The emotional cruelty of the Sessions' policy is just breathtaking. These are evil people.

www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/06/09/borderseparations/Z95z4eFZjyfqCLG9pyHjAO/story.html?event=event25

Liz Goodwin (Boston Globe)
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'A public defender in McAllen says some migrants are told their kids are going to be taken away briefly to bathe, and then it dawns on them hours later they aren't coming back.'

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/on-obamacare-sessions-is-standing-against-the-rule-of-law.html

Wow. If this is it... this is depressing. This is even thinner than most skeptics anticipated. I figured Trump wd at least get some missiles or a site closure or something concrete: https://twitter.com/robertee_kelly/status/1005372858262929408?s=21.

This looks pretty generic. Maybe there will be some surprise in presser? https://twitter.com/billneelynbc/status/1006424137525391360

So this is NOT new- Summit agreement.... "Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." REAFFIRMING. TO WORK TOWARDS... This is an intention only.

their kids are going to be taken away briefly to bathe,

Where have we heard this before? History is repeating itself and we're being distracted daily by the WH shit show. 🤯

Meanwhile

News: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year while in White House. More to come from ⁦*@AshleyRParker⁩ & ⁦*@AmyJBrittain⁩: www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/11/jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trump-made-at-least-82-million-in-outside-income-last-year-while-serving-in-the-white-house-filings-show/

twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1006317848870912000

The joint signing was quite illustrative, I thought. Trump dominated. KJU bemused. (At one point seemed to be thinking “What the hell am I signing?) trump peppered it with his usual platitudes - “we’ve had terrific talks” “we’re going to have a special relationship” etc. etc. BUT. This could all be destroyed by a tweet. A signed document means nothing. He turns his back on his allies without a thought; ceremony and signed agreements mean little, I would think.