The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[Catamount]

@Chimera

As I posted elsewhere;

I would expect you would need to have all your forms filled out in quintuplicate, all your ducks in orderly rows, all your i’s dotted and t’s crossed before you spark a Constitutional Crisis by arresting the President of the United States and half his staff (and maybe a few members of Congress) for Treason.

I’m starting to agree with Stephanie Miller: is there something stronger than treason we can charge them with?

[septimus]

Junior tries to deflect attention from the short-fingered sociopathic by behaving even more stupidly than daddy.

“You use a terrorist attack on our city to attack London’s Mayor for your own political gain. You’re a disgrace,” [M.P. Wes] Streeting wrote.
…
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But later on Wednesday Trump Jr wrote in an email to the New York Times: “I’m not going to comment on every tweet I send.”

[ThelmaLou]

@Euphonious_Polemic

“The Government is wiretapping me!”

“No, the government is wiretapping foreign criminals, and they happened to catch you talking to one of them.”

“See!! I told you so!!”
Does not really work for me. Probably will fool the Trumpsters though.

Hell, it fooled the Big Cheeto his ownself:

…
Trump said he regarded Nunes’s disclosures as validation of his widely discredited claim that he was the illegal target of a wiretapping operation last fall ordered by President Barack Obama. Asked whether he felt vindicated, Trump said during a brief public appearance at the White House: “I somewhat do. I must tell you I somewhat do. I very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found.”
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Cite

VINDICATED!! :rolleyes:

[Rick_Kitchen]

@jsc1953

Now House Intelligence Committee Chairman Nunes is spilling the beans that Trump and his aides may have had their conversations monitored during normal eavesdropping of conversations with foreign officials.

Now, you and I know that this is not the same thing as wiretapping Trump Tower. But you can just bet that this will muddy the waters, and the WH and all Trump’s minions will be crowing “See?! See!? Told ya!!!”

And I hate that the House Intelligence Committee is being run by a Trump ass-licking toady.

So is the Senate Intel Committee chair, Richard Burr, who was on the Trump campaign staff, as well.

[Rick_Kitchen]

Tillerson said he couldn’t attend the meeting of foreign ministers because he had a conflict in his schedule that required him to go to his master’s master in Moscow.

So NATO said, “No biggie, we’ll reschedule.”

Your move, Trump.

[foolsguinea]

@running_coach

The GOP is in power. All is forgiven.

“Good Ol’ Putin”?

[Crazyhorse]

@foolsguinea

“Good Ol’ Putin”?

Grabber Of Pussies.

[The_Stainless_Steel_Rat]

@Rick_Kitchen

Tillerson said he couldn’t attend the meeting of foreign ministers because he had a conflict in his schedule that required him to go to his master’s master in Moscow.

So NATO said, “No biggie, we’ll reschedule.”

Your move, Trump.

Just for accuracy, Trump wants Tillerson around for a planned meeting with the Chinese President, which is due at the same time as the NATO meeting. And I could understand that. The Russian trip was planned for after the NATO meeting, and it was the ‘eye’ test (not going to NATO, but then seeing Russia before making a NATO visit) that made it a poor show.

Now if NATO reschedules about the time that Tillerson had planned to go to Russia…well, that would be interesting.

Press on.

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

So, it turns out this entire Trump presidency has actually been an brilliant practical joke pulled off with Chapelle-esque style and verve as a career comeback move by Chevy Chase looking to reclaim his chair on the “Weekend Update” desk from Colin Jost:

“Trump defends wild claims: ‘I’m president, and you’re not’”.

Stranger

[Happy_Lendervedder]

@Stranger_On_A_Train

So, it turns out this entire Trump presidency has actually been an brilliant practical joke pulled off with Chapelle-esque style and verve as a career comeback move by Chevy Chase looking to reclaim his chair on the “Weekend Update” desk from Colin Jost:

“Trump defends wild claims: ‘I’m president, and you’re not’”.

Stranger

I can’t wait for the part when Mike Pence says “KellyAnne, you ignorant slut.” That gets me every time!

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

I’m looking forward to the “Trump Shark” sketch. “It is capable of disguising its voice, and generally preys on young, single women.”

Stranger

[CalMeacham]

@Stranger_On_A_Train

I’m looking forward to the “Trump Shark” sketch. “It is capable of disguising its voice, and generally preys on young, single women.”

Stranger

Also by its unusual orange coloring, and abnormally small front fins.

[Locrian]

@CalMeacham

Also by its unusual orange coloring, and abnormally small front fins.

“Largest mouth of any shark we’ve seen…”

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

“Generalissimo Michael Flynn is still fired.”

Stranger

[Euphonious_Polemic]

Now that the Republicans are in power, they might have to actually do something. They might have to stop being “The Party of NO”, and oppose everything under the sun.

Some of them just can’t give up the habit of being in opposition to government.

Trump is now seeing and feeling firsthand what it is like to work with the Freedom Caucus, a top GOP source said, that they are incredibly frustrating because they don’t really want to get to yes – and keep moving the goalposts.

A senior GOP aide said the Freedom Caucus simply won’t close the deal.
“They don’t know how to get to yes. They just don’t. And it’s putting the whole process at risk right now,” the aide said.

Stupid idiots. Their only goal is to fuck up government, and they’ll even do it when their own party is in power.

[Colibri]

@Euphonious_Polemic

Stupid idiots. Their only goal is to fuck up government, and they’ll even do it when their own party is in power.

[Nelson Muntz]Ha-ha![/Nelson Muntz]

[Skywatcher]

New poll shows Trump’s own voting base (i.e.: white, male, largely uneducated Republicans) is dissatisfied.

[amarinth]

@Euphonious_Polemic

Some of them just can’t give up the habit of being in opposition to government.

Stupid idiots. Their only goal is to fuck up government, and they’ll even do it when their own party is in power.

In their defense (and this administration is making me defend the Freedom Caucus), the AHCA doesn’t really fit in with their ideology.
Also, the Kochs are offering money to them if they say no (and getting more money really, really fits in with their ideology)

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

@amarinth

In their defense (and this administration is making me defend the Freedom Caucus), the AHCA doesn’t really fit in with their ideology.
Also, the Kochs are offering money to them if they say no (and getting more money really, really fits in with their ideology)

Which is such a brazen effort to manipulate the democratic process by what amounts to open bribery that anyone who doesn’t think that we have a desperate need for campaign finance reform should really go back and take a high school civics class.

Meanwhile, some real Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy shit is going down with Devin Nunes and the House Intelligence Committee. David Cornwell couldn’t even make this shit up on an acid trip. At this point, it isn’t a question of who is “Gerald” the mole, but just how many fucking moles their are in this particular circus, and what plan “Karla” (Putin) has for the end game once perfidy is verified.

Stranger

[Happy_Lendervedder]

@Stranger_On_A_Train

Meanwhile, some real Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy shit is going down with Devin Nunes and the House Intelligence Committee. David Cornwell couldn’t even make this shit up on an acid trip. At this point, it isn’t a question of who is “Gerald” the mole, but just how many fucking moles their are in this particular circus, and what plan “Karla” (Putin) has for the end game once perfidy is verified.

It sounds like a stoner cop is calling his buddy and telling him to flush the weed, quick!