and yet managed to say absolutely nothing at all.
That’s actually a step up from everything else he’s said.
Teeny tiny itty bitty little electrodes.
Get off my lawn!!! Kids these days. 
You get off my lawn too.
McMaster sold Trump his stay-in-Afghanistan plan by showing him a picture of Afghan women wearing miniskirts. In 1972.
Where I watched his speech, the sound didn’t 100% match up with the video and it totally reminded me of that time the Starfleet historian decided that making a Nazi planet was a good idea and the bad guy doped up the Starfleet historian and was broadcasting his face with the words prerecorded.
Everything Trump said sounded like someone else’s words. His thanking of the troops (mentioning 9/11 along the way, 'cuz of course) was overlong and sounded like it was written by someone who appreciates the military far more than he does. I mean, congratulations to Trump for being able to get through a public appearance without bragging about delicious chocolate cake or his fine Virginia winery but those speeches sound like total BS and makes the non-scripted BS he spouts sound worse along the way.
The Oval Office re-do was probably the CIA telling Trump to GTFO for a while while they tore the place up looking for Russian bugs the moron allowed in. Yeah, yeah, it needs to be remodelled, that’s the ticket.
The President, moved by the notion that women were able to wear mini-skirts in Afghanistan in the 70’s commented, solemnly, “I wouldn’t mind poking that one on the left. Nice tits.”
There will be an even bigger distraction tonight, I fear. Hope I’m wrong.
The entire Phoenix setup is tailor-made for violence. Real violence, false-flag violence–who knows. Whether Trump pardons Arpaio or not, it’s bound to be an evening themed to appeal to the white supremacists.
One thing we can be sure of: Trump will not be on teleprompter.
Article in today’s NY Times (sorry, no link) on the open enmity and contempt between Trump and Mitch McConnell.
[Mr Burns]Excellent[/mb]
If I had to pick one way to make sure that the Trump administration was as brief and ineffectual and harmless as possible, open war with Congress would do just fine.
They had the exterminators in while they were remodeling. Unfortunately they called the wrong ones.
And replace those bugs with their own.
Somehow, after all these months, I thought that was a joke.
What’s worse? Hinting at freeing Arpaio or the cheers surrounding it?
Reading between the lines on that, I will bet anything that it turns out that McConnell suggested to Trump that he resign. That would have been about the same time after the repeal/replace implosion that Trump came out and said maybe McConnell should resign. Mark my words, sooner or later we’ll hear about the time McConnell suggested to Trump that he resign.
ETA: Link to NYT piece
Trump threatens to shut down the government in order to get his wall built, and hints at pardoning Arpaio.
Well, it sounds like the worm is beginning to turn. Or in this case, the turtle has begun to turn. From tomorrow’s NYTimes:
And that’s just the opening paragraph. I quoted this in another thread but good golly I love it so much I have to quote it again:
That is one profane shouting match I would give a week’s wages to overhear!
The article is chock full of examples from Republicans talking off the record about how fed up most Senators are with POTUS. That doesn’t bode well for Mr. Trump.
And his expectations that McConnell would, or could, use his position as Majority Leader to protect him from the Russia investigation, if proven true, smells like an attempt to obstruct justice.
This could be getting really good, really soon.
The meltdown in his relationship with McConnell explains a lot about his recent indignant behavior and the defensive attempts to clean up the WH staff.
Same bullshit that his base just loves to death. I’m not a racist! I condemn all white supremacy groups! Hey, remember Sheriff Joe? He’s not racist either! He’s doing his job! Profiling all Mexicans as illegals! I’m not a racist, believe me.
He also expressed his unabated love for Sen. John McCain as always.
Where the fuck are the tax returns of this joke of a humanoid? It worked for Capone.