Trump has a Pecker problem and there is a blue pill to make it grow bigger - midterms! Trump threads contd.

[ohmymimi]

Titled with Across in mind

May all the Oaf's problems be big ones, and the events of this week at least be the beginning of the beginning of the end.

Old thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3337261-Theres-a-pony-in-there-somewhere-Trump-cont?pg=39&order=

Bob Dole on McCain. (Among other things.) 'He was the complete package'.

'The group claims allowing others to carry weapons could have prevented tragedy.'

Are they nostalgic for Gunfight at OK Corral style shootouts? The mind boggles.

It sounds like it, I fear.

JUST IN: Source close to White House tells me tonight’s evangelical dinner will honor contributions Evangelicals are making to american life. Approx. 100 guests including @POTUS @FLOTUS @WhiteHouse senior advisors and more than 1/3 of cabinet. Like a state dinner. @CBNNews

twitter.com/TheBrodyFile/status/1034037564058099718

www.villagevoice.com/2018/08/24/paul-manafort-is-going-to-jail-but-in-ukraine-he-has-left-ghosts-in-his-wake/

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-ignores-john-mccain-questions-during-oval-office-event/?via=twitter_page

This bible quote from that Brody thread nails it.
mobile.twitter.com/clapp_darlyne/status/1034059971074371584/photo/1

apnews.com/da8277793e664cf6bed71fe1b9574512/The-Latest:-Trump-terminating-NAFTA,-negotiating-with-Canada?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Performance art. High on artifice, low on performance:
However, any trade deal would have to first be approved by Congress, and time is running out. Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto will soon leave office and there is no guarantee his successor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will agree to the same terms.
With typical showmanship, the president invited reporters into the Oval Office, where he called Nieto by speakerphone, but aides had to offer the president their technical help. “Hello?!” Trump said into the machine at one point.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/27/trump-nafta-us-mexico-trade-understanding-latest

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/every-living-president-commemorated-mccains-life-except-trump?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

www.cnbc.com/2018/08/21/a-us-mexico-deal-not-without-congress.html

'The U.S. and Mexico could reach an agreement in their renegotiation of NAFTA as soon as this week, officials say.

However, the White House is legally bound to a three-party deal that includes Canada.

A bilateral deal would require 180 more days of negotiating and the approval of Congress.'

This popped up under lion's Manafort piece:
www.villagevoice.com/2018/08/27/laws-shmaws-conservatives-contort-selves-to-paint-trump-as-winner-in-manafort-cohen-cases/

Mueller from 2011.

archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/speeches/the-evolving-organized-crime-threat

edition.cnn.com/2018/08/27/politics/trump-trade-poll/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2018-08-27T18%3A56%3A02&utm_term=image

'Just 39% of American adults approve and 61% disapprove of how Trump has handled negotiations, according to an AP-NORC poll conducted last week and released on Monday.'

This country is better than its president
That is not saying much.
Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
Walking down 16th street. The St. Regis—half mast. The Capital Hilton—half mast. The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center—not half mast. Random office building—half mast. University Club—half mast. National Geographic Society—half mast.

I’m at the corner of 16th and H. The White House flag is not at half mast. The flags at the Hay Adams hotel, the AFL-CIO building across the street and the Laborers’ International Union building a block away are all at half mast. This country is better than its president.

Aaron Blake
@AaronBlake
American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan to WH:
"I strongly urge you to make an appropriate presidential proclamation noting Senator McCain’s death and legacy of service to our nation, and that our nation’s flag be half-staffed through his internment."
mobile.twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1034142740819402758

It looks like it's a good thing colouring the flag was not part of that medical...
Or a requirement to be President.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/shortcuts/2018/aug/27/trump-new-american-flag-russian-twist-us-president-drawing-children-ohio?CMP=fb_gu

The New York Times
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@nytimes

'A judge ruled that blueprints for 3D printed guns must stay off the internet for now, saying the First Amendment rights to publish the plans “are dwarfed by the irreparable harms the states are likely to suffer if the existing restrictions are withdrawn".'

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/donald-trump-nuts-rejects-war-council-intervention-goes-it-alone

“TRUMP IS NUTS. THIS TIME REALLY FEELS DIFFERENT”: TRUMP REJECTS “WAR COUNCIL” INTERVENTION, GOES IT ALONE

'With his closest allies defecting, the president increasingly trusts only his instincts. He “got joy” from stripping former C.I.A. director John Brennan’s security clearance. And after betrayals by Allen Weisselberg and David Pecker, a former White House official says, Trump “spent the weekend calling people and screaming.”'

If only they could keep him occupied with the colouring.

Jim Sciutto
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@jimsciutto

'New: The White House flag has now been lowered to half staff again.'

John McCain's farewell statement to the US.

Mollie Tibbetts' father:

apnews.com/8b79bd362a524ab8a0fa73913f0aa6fa?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APCentralRegion&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

“The Hispanic community are Iowans. They have the same values as Iowans,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, they’re Iowans with better food.”

The Oaf doesn't know all the words to his country's national anthem, so this is hardly surprising:
And? The Trump flag was designed by Donald Trump, sitting next to a bunch of kids during a visit to an Ohio children’s hospital. It’s like the American flag, but for some reason, it’s got a blue stripe on it.

And Trump has issued a statement and the flag is flying fully on WH again. Can't seem to link the statement sorry