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

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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

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-russia-mueller-investigation-expands-prosecutors-2016-election-a8432856.html

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-trump-justice-children-judge-abortion-roe-v-wade-a8431626.html

Pruitt's letter sounds as if it were written by Pence and edited by Scrotus. Gag.

No, they don’t. I could run a competition on what they actually do say, and this would certainly not be one of the entries. How laughable - but so very suitable for a rally, and his base won’t care that it’s clear bullshit.

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President @realDonaldTrump: "Every time I meet a leader of another country, which is often, they always start by saying, 'Sir, I'd like to congratulate you on the incredible job you've done with the United States economy."

Fox also ran this image and quote next to a tweet about the woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July. Lovely way to connect the act with the previous President and be overtly racist simultaneously. The comments on the tweet exposed the ugliness Fox wanted.

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On Thursday, the woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty in protest of President @realDonaldTrump's immigration policies quoted @MichelleObama while discussing her decision to make the climb. fxn.ws/2KRDGVA

Sorry - one more Fox tweet. They’re inspired today. This time, Border Patrol have rescued a number of illegal immigrants from trucks. Not ‘discovered’, ‘found’ or ‘arrested’, but ‘rescued’. That’s amazing spin and disturbing propaganda.

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Border Patrol rescues 64 illegal immigrants inside tractor trailers; 9 US citizens arrested

I read Pruitt's resignation letter yesterday and felt a tad bilious. I thought public servants served the country not an individual. Nauseating.

Servile creep. Yuk

The part where Pruitt wrote that he believed Trump was President because of God’s Providence, and his own service to the President a result of the same providence, was particularly gross. I felt that to be somewhat blasphemous and boot-licking. This kind of stuff is why Trump thinks he can do anything without consequences.

Some classy trolling by Mr. B.:
Michael Beschloss
@BeschlossDC
“The Pruitts of Southampton” was a 1966 ABC sit-com, starring Phyllis Diller, about a family trying to live beyond its means:
mobile.twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1015044995336699905

'Trump Assails Critics and Mocks #MeToo. What About Putin? ‘He’s Fine’ '
<a class="break-all" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/politics/trump-montana-rally-warren-tester.html#click=t.co/nUiPmzg8ah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/politics/trump-montana-rally-warren-tester.html#click=t.co/nUiPmzg8ah

@juliehdavis
When migrant families were separated per Trump administration policy, CBP destroyed hundreds of records in which the children were listed w their parents under family ID #s. So now they can’t find & reunify the families @itscaitlinhd
<a class="break-all" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/migrant-children-chaos-family-separation.html#click=t.co/AdU5xmYA9J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/migrant-children-chaos-family-separation.html#click=t.co/AdU5xmYA9J
mobile.twitter.com/juliehdavis/status/1015058465096634368

www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/trump-supreme-court-pick-raymond-kethledge-late-push-696425

www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/trump-supreme-court-pick-suspense-695770

'He also returned to scathing attacks on the news media just one week after a gunman killed five journalists at a Maryland newspaper.

He derided the press as “fake news,” “bad people” and “so damn dishonest.”

“They’re fake,” he said, pointing at the press area in the arena. “These are really bad people.” '
www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/trump-montana-rally-696627

'Why Trump’s inauguration money is a major part of Mueller’s Russia investigation'

'Russia-tied donations and oligarch connections have drawn Mueller’s interest.'
www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17505728/trump-inauguration-mueller-russians-rick-gates

www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2018/07/04/us-border-patrol-questions-crews-of-at-least-10-fishing-vessels-in-canadian-waters.html?__twitter_impression=true

Family separation lawsuit offers chilling details
This is from a mother whose 14-month-old child was separated from her and from the father. They were reunited after 85 days. She wrote- "The child continued to cry when we got home and would hold on to my leg and would not let me go. When I took off his clothes, he was full of dirt and lice. It seemed like they had not bathed him the 85 days he was away from us."
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/family-separation-lawsuit-offers-chilling-details-as-trump-administration-says-it-will-fulfill-federal-court-order?__twitter_impression=true

More immigrant fuckery by Private Bonespurs.

The US Army is quietly discharging immigrant recruits who were promised a path to citizenship

Sorry, deleted link by mistake.
www.businessinsider.com/us-army-discharging-immigrant-recruits-2018-7

Talks balls in Great Falls:
Daniel Dale
@ddale8
This @ESCochrane story does an excellent factual job capturing tonight's weirdness. (link: www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/politics/trump-montana-rally-warren-tester.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news. nytimes.com/2018/07/05/us/…
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1015110624165154816

@willripleyCNN
The pool reporter traveling w/ Secretary Pompeo asked a North Korean guide what Pyongyang expects from the meetings. His reply: “We'll have to see, like your President says." Then he fired back with a question of his own, asking: “In this van, no fake news?”
mobile.twitter.com/willripleyCNN/status/1015095590009614337

'US tariffs on $34bn (£25.7bn) of Chinese goods have come into effect, signalling the start of a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The 25% levy came into effect at midnight Washington time.

China has retaliated by imposing a similar 25% tariff on 545 US products, also worth a total of $34bn.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44707253

@AlexHortonTX
If you’re shocked the Army would cut loose immigrant recruits and expose them to deportation through incredible indifference, buddy, you haven’t been paying attention. This began to erode last June

In September, we reported the Army was arbitrarily killing contracts for hundreds of noncitizens, often deceitfully or without explanation. In a few cases, contracts were reinstated after I called recruiters myself to ask about it.
mobile.twitter.com/AlexHortonTX/status/1015003235323645957
That was after recruits who waited so long for the Pentagon's botched and overwrought screening process that they fled or sought asylum. One recruit, from Iraq, went to Canada out of fear of going home to face ISIS
mobile.twitter.com/AlexHortonTX/status/101500378632937881

@AlexHortonTX
Also: the AP noted a Pentagon statement saying honorably discharged vets are "protected" from deportation. ICE is trying to deport a Chinese veteran despite that, which is a violation of Mattis' policies ICE already knew existed
mobile.twitter.com/AlexHortonTX/status/1015007441333964800

Of course, do as I say, not as I do:
amp.businessinsider.com/chinese-factory-says-its-making-flags-for-trump-2020-campaign-2018-7?__twitter_impression=true