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

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Donald has summoned an emergency meeting with House GOP today. Bet he tries something desperate. Brace. Brace. Brace.

Oh, to be a WH fly.

He'll be pushing them to man the barricades, Claws. The more desperate, the more dangerous he will become.

Avenatti was at the London protests too, mini

I was wondering who is going to become the trusted voice here. There are no obvious politicians. Both parties seem to have gone silent, which is interesting in itself. There is a vacuum to be filled here.

The more desperate, the more dangerous he will become.

I wonder what Putin threatened him with. They are all in this so deep. He can't sack Mueller/Rosenstein/Sessions now.... can he???

Fly envy, Lewji

Oops, Lweji

Lovely world instability Steve Bannon achieved: just what he wanted from the outset. Remember the whiteboard plan? I’ll see if I can find it.

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We're on the path to war. After today, Putin now knows he can invade any of the Scandinavian nations he's been eye-balling or Poland, or finish the job in Ukraine and USA will not step up, NATO or no NATO.

My blood pressure hasn't recovered from yesterday, so I'll pass on the fly impersonation for today.

El Pres gave the late nighters plenty of fodder. I've only seen a few clips so far, but Colbert seems to have nailed it again.

I don't think there is can't do in El Pres.' vocab, Gump.

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I'm used to it.

It's a good thing I was busy yesterday and distracted in the evening, but reactions to his visit to the Master Dark Lord have been quite entertaining.

What did you think Donald was, Paul Ryan?

Here it is, with a rough translation (courtesy of Vox):

Withdraw from TPP ✓
E(xecutive) O(rder) Buy American hire American ✓
Establishing enhance collection and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duties and violations of trade and (cut off)
EO omnibus report on significant trade (cut off)
Use fast track authority announcing (cut off) NAFTA ✓
EO all abuses and violations of trade agreement
Canadian lumber tariff ✓
Memorandum: Steel imports and national (cut off)
100 day plan to open Chinese investment (cut off) and American beef exports ✓
Investigation in effects of aluminum (cut off)
Office of trade and manufacturing (cut off)
Cut corp(orate). tax

And another one, a little more readable.

@MichaelCohen212
As I said to @ABC @GStephanopoulos, “I respect our nation’s intelligence agencies who determined that Russia, had in fact, interfered or meddled in our democratic process. I repudiate Russia’s effort...and call on all Americans to do the same.”

twitter.com/MichaelCohen212/status/1018989056397643776

Colbert, Meyers and Kimmel:
m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Kk6uNlSkLj4
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ozFYaGTxo&feature=youtu.be
m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3nso_KfY6AQ
m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=SNmnPbzVKPY

Is that Bannon's whiteboard wishlist Claws ?

Sorry, missed your earlier post Claws

Lweji, Ryan thought he was a tool, in both senses of the word!

But he enabled him. More fool Ryan. If he really is a patriot, and not just paying lip service to what he perceives as his voters reactions.

@ohmymimi

Thanks for putting all those clips in a nice list. It was on my next to listen list (after the Greenday list I started on the way to work).

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/17/putins-poodle-newspapers-declare-trump-a-traitor-after-helsinki-summit

Even on the darkest day there is always a ray of sunshine somewhere:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-walks-for-miles-to-first-day-of-work-ceo-gifts-his-own-car-as-thanks/ar-AAAbhlu?li=BBnbcA1&srcref=rss&OCID=AMZN

Meanwhile, both Trump and Putin seem to have forgotten that the next World Cup will not be hosted by the USA.

The ball is now with Qatar, actually.

It will only be the 2026 edition and the US is in a supposed partnership with two foes.

"Beyond a treasonable doubt"

Not sure if this has already been posted ...

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Adam Schiff Retweeted Natasha Bertrand
Mariia Butina, a Russian national, has been charged with acting as a surreptitious Russian agent and establishing a secret back channel with the GOP through the NRA.

More likely to come on this; no wonder GOP members of HPSCI refused our request to bring her and others in.

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There are some in this Administration who believe they are protecting the republic by remaining at President Trump’s side.

After the debacle in Helsinki, they must ask if they have instead become enablers, and can better serve our nation by resigning in protest.