Our list of allies grows thin! Our list of enemies grows long! Trump thread continued.

[TheClaws]

The above is a quote from The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, said by Lord Elrond. At this stage, with POTUS practically pissing off every ally the US has while cosying up with several dictators, it seems quite apt.

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3283037-trump-puts-kids-in-cages-because-he-wants-his-wall-how-low-can-he-go-the-authoritarian-shitshow-continues

After the 'Sun' article came out May should have immediately been on to the Palace advising QE2 to develop a diplomatic ailment and substitute a lower royal (Princess Charlotte, maybe?] . El Pres. was only really interested in being seen with Her Maj.

www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-europe-queen-elizabeth-snubbed-by-uk-royal-family/

I really like Kakutani, ohmy. Thanks for the joining some more of the dots with your follow up.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jennifer-arangio-national-security-council-forced-out-john-bolton-stephen-miller-a8447731.html

shareblue.com/adam-schiff-devin-nunes-house-intelligence-committee-witness-transcripts-perjury/

shareblue.com/trump-lies-doubled-analysis-lying-worse/

www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/opinion/brexit-conservatives-boris-trump.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

www.thedailybeast.com/the-way-trump-and-the-gop-deal-with-russian-attacks-is-textbook-treason

Ouch.

I'd never heard of her, so really appreciate the introduction, lion. That's why I like these threads much, always new and interesting stuff to explore.

Ouch indeed, cozie. I just hope the day will come when El Pres and his gang get their comeuppance* in full. Wish I had more confidence that will happen.

*If only ! From one of my favourite films:

m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=9DFpfNFvnfM

Change of tune, can't remember the tune, doesn't know what a tune is???
@CBSEveningNews
WATCH: President Trump tells @jeffglor that he is going into the Helsinki summit with "low expectations" and that he will consider asking Russia to extradite agents indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. More on @FaceTheNation Sunday. (link: cbsn.ws/2Lg6ZkR) cbsn.ws/2Lg6ZkR
m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=9DFpfNFvnfM

A little gem from that CBS interview:

@stevenportnoy
NEW: "I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us on trade," Trump told @JeffGlor, when asked to name America's biggest foe.

mobile.twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/1018503939711479811

Ofputin
mobile.twitter.com/AlicedeYoungJr/status/1018505131132968960

Oh love that ofPutin

It's all so complicated, this geopolitics stuff, isn't though:

@HadleyFreeman
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States (HT @RorySmith)
Embedded

It is perfect, isn't it. A keeper, Roussette.

isn't though isn't it though

^'Hard to believe'
hard to believe ? The GRU don't pick their noses without Putin's say so, and Bolton knows it:
@ThisWeekABC
National security adviser John Bolton tells @jonkarl he finds it "hard to believe" that Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin was unaware of Russian interference in 2016 presidential election (link: abcn.ws/2zGvFBM) abcn.ws/2zGvFBM #ThisWeek
mobile.twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1018484460050771968

I hadn't thought of that Yep, he said that out loud:
@sahilkapur
JEFF GLOR: The Russians who were indicted, would you ask Putin to send them here?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well I might. I hadn't thought of that. But I certainly, I'll be asking about it. But again, this was during the Obama administration.

mobile.twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1018513488317157376

@jasonzweigwsj Oh, now I understand. It's a "-vich" hunt! mobile.twitter.com/jasonzweigwsj/status/1017810519275769857

@sahilkapur
This NYT op-ed raises a question about the NY office FBI agents known internally to harbor anti-Clinton animus. Did they cause Comey to disclose the Weiner laptop news 11 days pre-election for fear they'd leak it? Will they be investigated à la Strzok?

DaleWillResist
@awelab1956
Replying to @sahilkapur and @supertaschablue
Comey's asked this during
book tour. He said the NY field office investigation was just starting when he was fired. So NY, Rudy, Nunes....all are under Mueller inv.

The entire GOP side of House Intelligence Committee including the receptionist is under Mueller inv too.
mobile.twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1017877857153019904

www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-interview-cbs-news-european-union-is-a-foe-ahead-of-putin-meeting-in-helsinki-jeff-glor/

www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-europe-queen-elizabeth-snubbed-by-uk-royal-family/

'Queen Elizabeth II was left alone to receive the Trumps at Windsor Castle Friday. According to a “well-placed source” quoted by the Times, the absence of the two princes during Trump’s visit “was a snub,” and they “simply refused to attend.”'

A snub to the Queen?!
I hardly think anyone in the Royal Family would refuse to attend if the Queen insisted on it. I'd like to think, for a variety of reasons, the Queen took one for the team here.

On more serious note, the emptywheel blog is new to me and isn't it errr... fascinating.

'Summit fever: Trump reaches for big moment with Putin'

'Though Trump originally expressed concern that Helsinki was not glamorous enough and he favored hosting Putin at the White House, the president was reassured by aides that it would be an effective backdrop. Long believing in the power of personal connections, he has insisted to aides that it was essential to sit down with Putin to establish a rapport.'

'Drawing on his experience as a marketer and salesman, Trump has long been convinced that his mastery of powerful images has been essential to his political rise. The president has told advisers that the Singapore diplomacy made him look like a take-charge president. And it was not lost on him that his poll numbers received a temporary bump after the meeting.'

apnews.com/amp/d80888da01484994b1a1dd5aa18dbfb5?__twitter_impression=true

Maybe QE2 had some sympathy for Charles, Wills and Harry not wishing to be anywhere near.T.:

metro.co.uk/2017/02/10/what-did-donald-trump-say-about-princess-diana-6440373/

Oh god he's off again on a twitter shitstorm, total incoherence

@realDonaldTrump
18m18 minutes ago

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There hasn’t been a missile or rocket fired in 9 months in North Korea, there have been no nuclear tests and we got back our hostages. Who knows how it will all turn out in the end, but why isn’t the Fake News talking about these wonderful facts? Because it is FAKE NEWS!

Heading to Helsinki, Finland – looking forward to meeting with President Putin tomorrow. Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia...

...over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn’t good enough – that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition! Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems...

...know how to do is resist and obstruct! This is why there is such hatred and dissension in our country – but at some point, it will heal!