It’s not just Occam’s razor at this point. There is no explanation that includes all public data that does not involve some degree of compromise of the US president.
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From his point of view trump hits spot on here. Look at the only people that he sees all the time.
Morons, every single one of them. In his bubble he knows no better.
Just so’s nobody’s wondering: thump is LOVING all the negative press. He’s loving that he’s in every headline and his name is at the end of every reporter’s fingertips. He loves being in the center of the firestorm that he has created. He revels in the outrage, the shock, the weeping, wailing, and the gnashing of teeth. He eats this up with a spoon. It makes him feel like a Big Man with Big Hands and a Big Brain. “Look what I made, Mommy!” pointing gleefully to the toilet. (Or in his case, “Daddy.”)
Weirder and weirder. File this one under “WTF?”
So the EU is our foe, Trump’s father wasn’t born where Trump knows he was, and Trump believes Putin over his own hand-picked intelligence community advisors because Putin strongly denied any wrongdoing. Got it.
:: head explodes ::
I think I know what the Republican trash would have done if Obama had tried cozying up to Putin. Not that a true American like Obama would have done that, but if he had, I know what the result would have been.
If Obama made an Apology Tour, what the fuck did Trump just do?
Well, they accused Obama (and still are accusing him) of being communist, yet Trump is cozeying up to an actual communist, literally a guy who was a communist agent.
All that matters is the stop in Moscow for the blowjob (giving, not receiving) tour.
So Trump is claiming to be closer to his German roots than he actually is? Sounds like he’s due for a nickname, a la Pocahontas. “Munchausen” might be appropriate: Grandiose liar whose name is now associated with evil behavior. Plus Trump does love the title “Baron.”
He’s claiming an American was actually born in a foreign country. Well, when you don’t know what to do, you go back to what has worked in the past. Think of this as Trump’s greatest hits album.
And raised by Hermann Göring? 
The Apprentice went to meet his mentor.
The Vaseline Visit.
I’m not sure.
Grant, for the sake of argument, two things: one, that Trump’s go-to response to any criticism is flying off the handle: insults, threats, criminal activity, boasts about how great he is and how pathetic you are — and he’ll hold that grudge for years, maybe decades, wildly overreacting; and two, if you’re a VIP who hasn’t criticized him, he doesn’t yet go tit-for-tat — where it’s more like tit-tit-tat-tit-tat-tit-tit for tat; but Trump’s still waiting for that tat before he overreacts, or reacts at all negatively.
Start with those two, and add nothing else: what happens?
Sorry, you lost me at “tits.”
At least some Congressional Republicans’ gag reflexes finally kicked in: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/congress-reaction-trump-putin-comments/index.html
Don’t be sure. I understand that with practice, the gag reflex can be suppressed.
They’ve had plenty of practice since Jan. 20, 2017.
“I am concerned” means nothing.
If the GOP were the slightest bit patriotic every one of them would be saying “As of now my only legislative priority is the impeachment, conviction, and removal from office of Donald Trump.” Russia attacked the USA, an actual act of war, and the best thing you can say for Trump is that he refuses to do anything about it. What’s happening is absolutely staggering. Impeachment and removal from office is the LEAST that must be done and any GOPer who continues to support Trump is a traitor.
Did Sun Tzu mention a few things about leadership with potentially applicable parallels in Trumpian behavior?
A leader leads by example, not by force.
You have to believe in yourself.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.
Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
If he is taking his ease, give him no rest.
If his forces are united, separate them.
If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them.
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Way? No-Way? Total coincidence? Nothing to it? I mean yesterday’s performance was on it’s face a literally stunning display of incompetence, even for him. Could he actually be playing Putin?