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

Washington Examiner
@dcexaminer
Trump: "You know President Putin is KGB... Putin is fine. He's fine. We are all fine, we're all people"

@jimsciutto

Annexed Crimea
Invaded Eastern Ukraine
Murders dissidents, journalists & spies
Deliberately bombs civilians in Syria
Mounting military buildup to weaken US
Interfered in election to help Trump win

More:
Shot down commercial airliner over Europe
Poisoned several people in UK with nerve agent
Carries out daily cyber attacks on US infrastructure
Driven by conviction that anything that weakens US, benefits Russia
—->>Trump has been briefed on this repeatedly but ignores
mobile.twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1015197461437206534

'In the latest instalment of 'white person calls police on black person for just going about their daily life', a Subway worker has called the police on a black family who just stopped in for dinner.'
www.indy100.com/article/subway-black-family-police-call-worker-soda-fountain-refill-8432211?amp

'In the latest instalment of 'white person calls police on black person for just going about their daily life', a Subway worker has called the police on a black family who just stopped in for dinner.'

How much longer before we're going to slip back in time to separate lunch counters/bus seats/ schools? "For their own protection", of course.

Horrific thought, Across.

thehill.com/hilltv/rising/395757-full-interview-brothel-owner-dennis-hof-discusses-why-evangelicals-are?__twitter_impression=true

thinkprogress.org/fourth-wrestler-jim-jordan-8642e6f8f73e/

www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/07/06/private-tax-collection-agencies-lose-money-while-hitting-the-poor/

Hoff - 'I have other things besides brothels'

@BBCNews
President Trump's itinerary for next week's UK visit is confirmed:

• Black-tie dinner at Blenheim Palace
• Talks with Theresa May at Chequers
• Audience with the Queen at Windsor
• Weekend in Scotland
• First Lady Melania will travel with him

mobile.twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1015252112417140737

Melania was last seen holding his hand firmly, or vice versa. Will she, won't she this time?
Apparently the Queen doesn't like it around her.

Have banner, will travel:
'Trump's UK trip includes palace pomp, aims to avoid protests'
apnews.com/amp/6deab37cc18e4e46b43a8ff85f4cd85f?__twitter_impression=true

I'll bet HM is just thrilled to bits!! I can't wait to see what Scrotus tweets about the meeting.

"Met the Queen. Congratulated me on my big win and told me that Hillary sucks. She said she likes me better than Obama. #Queenseznocollusion"

I see he's going to be sleeping at the Ambassadors house in Regent's park.

I'm considering whether to start my protest day super early with breakfast in the park.

Isn't that 4 out of the last 7 days golfing at his own properties? So much work :
Hunter Walker
@hunterw
President Trump is at his golf club in Jersey and the press pool has been told their day is done. The White House says “the president will spend at least some time today prepping for the NATO summit.” (via @toddgillman)
mobile.twitter.com/hunterw/status/1015259465329840128

and he's golfing next weekend too. Because that's so important on a trip to the UK.

That's exactly what he'll tweet Across.

'Now thirty years old, I have been incapacitated by debt for a decade. The delicate balancing act my family and I perform in order to make a payment each month has become the organizing principle of our lives. To this end, I am just one of about forty-four million borrowers in the United States who owe a total of roughly $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. This number is almost incomprehensibly high, and yet it continues to increase with no sign of stopping. Reform legislation that might help families in financial hardship has failed in Congress. A bill introduced in May 2017, the Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act, which would undo changes made to the bankruptcy code in the early 2000s, stalled in committee. Despite all evidence that student loan debt is a national crisis, the majority of the U.S. government—the only party with the power to resolve the problem—refuses to acknowledge its severity.'
thebaffler.com/salvos/looks-like-debt-to-me-miller

Golf and PR for Turnberry.....dick.

eeted
Don Moynihan
@donmoyn
Congrats to Byron York and others who are discovering our harsh criminal justice system now that a rich, white fellow-partisan is enduring it.

@ByronYork
New court filing: Paul Manafort is being held in solitary confinement in Virginia jail; locked in cell 23 hours a day.

mobile.twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1015267358376636416

@chrislhayes
Haha. Now he’s upset? How rude!

@AriFleischer
This is so uncalled for. Going after a 94-year-old, former President’s promotion of volunteerism. I don’t mind potus being a fighter. I do mind him being rude. link: twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1015025362189914112

@chrislhayes
Replying to @chrislhayes
He called immigrant children vermin.
mobile.twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1015261180133347328

An early start in Regent's Park sounds an excellent idea.

Poor Queen.

Don't do as I do:
David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold
UPDATED; @realDonaldTrump's Mar-a-Lago Club is asking permission to hire 61 foreign workers, to serve as cooks and waiters this winter.
Says it can't find qualified American workers for these jobs (at least at the salary Trump is offering).
mobile.twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1015262600123297792

Weather forecast for Thursday and Friday - a fine day for protests in England. Not too hot, but should be pleasant.

Saturday /Sunday, potential for showers in western Scotland, perhaps heavy on Sunday. Might make golfing problematic at Turnberry.

Trying to reframe an insulting jibe to KJU as a compliment 'cos the great EJ coined it? That's even more insulting, treating him as a naïve fool who wouldn't see through that 'clever' ruse. These people are morons:
'Pompeo Brings 'Rocket Man' CD for Kim Jong-un'
english.chosun.com/m/news/article.amp.html?contid=2018070600907&__twitter_impression=true

Clearly OYBBK I'm in holiday then in Western Scotland a good bit further North though, or I'd introduce DD to protests and marches.
Don't know if there'll be big crowds up here as the first couple of weeks of July is the most popular time to go on your holidays.