The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

I wish some reporter would shout out a question to him, prefaced by “Mister Dennison!”

Funny you should say that. It’s now Academi.

His barber calls it the “H.R. Haldeman Special.”

“…and my [del]dog Shithead[/del] son-in-law Jared…”

Trump partied with Russian oligarchs at Vegas nightclub shut down over ‘lewd’ acts involving women and urine:

You think you won’t be surprised at the depths any more…

It’s now Academi.

Trump is reportedly pissed at Sarah Huckster for tacitly admitting that there was a hush money deal with Stormy Daniels.

“You’re my press secretary! You’re not supposed to tell them stuff!”

Well, tomorrow is [del]Firingday[/del] Friday.

I’m currently listening to the Embedded podcast that talks about Trump’s involvement with the Agalarovs (2/15/18).

I strongly recommend this podcast series to anyone wanting to learn very interesting details and background on Trump, Kushner and Bannon. It is very eye opening.

Anyone care to argue against the notion that tonight’s announcement of (maybe by May or so) talks between North Korea and the US is much of anything other than an attempt to seize the narrative away from the Mueller investigation, White House staff turnover and Stormygate?

I’ll hang up and listen.

Not me.

It seems to have been initiated on the North Korean side, which suggests that Little Rocket Man has concluded that the Dotard’s troubles make him even more susceptible than usual to being distracted by shiny objects and ego-massaged into making a deal favorable to the North Korean regime.

Oh Goodie !!! I wonder if he called her fat or made any other disparaging comments about her appearance. Because you know he’s thinking it.

But she’ll stay. Because there are very few jobs where the only skill set required is the amoral stamina required to lie constantly to the entire world about matters of life and death.

I wonder what kind of parent she is, and if she would excuse her children if they acted like Trump. Or if her son can dodge punishment by telling on his sister for something unrelated.

Does North Korea still kidnap people? Like that South Korean film director who was abducted and forced to make films for Kim Jong-il.

A North Korean version of The Apprentice may be our best way out of this mess…

It makes me think that Russia made a deal with North Korea. Kim Jong-un’s end of it is meeting with Trump and making concessions on his nuclear arsenal. Putin’s stooge in the White House is hailed as the Great Dealmaker and wins re-election.

I think I’m getting paranoid.

From last June:As China pulls trade from North Korea, Russia gets cozy with Kim Jong In.

From last December:
Russia says North Korea is ready for direct nuclear talks with the US.

More links between Russia and North Korea contained in this Twitter thread.

North Korea has been setting this up all along, beginning with the Olympics outreach to the South Korean president. Right now is a tough time for North Korea: they’re in their harvest period and they’ve been reduced to using human shit as fertilizer for the last few years, and international sanctions are having an impact. The increase in the frequency of North Korea army defectors is probably a telling sign of potential unrest in the agency that Kim actually cares about the most. So there’s no question that years of pressure - not just Trump but Obama’s too - are having a toll and Kim wants temporary relief.

But I suspect that the “offer” is not going to be something that the US finds favorable in the long run. I’d be surprised if North Korea were to go completely without nukes - at minimum, they’ll have the capacity to nuclearize in short order going forward. I think Kim Jung Un senses an opportunity to a) gain some respect by having direct talks with the US; b) wants security assurances in the form of a reduced US role in Asia (or at least South Korea).

Russia didn’t make the deal with North Korea; North Korea wanted direct talks with Donald Trump because it a) buys time, and b) gets North Korea some measure of respect.

Too bad I can’t find a video link anywhere, so I’m glad I caught on PBS tonight Paul Ryan holding forth in Atlanta on not being too crazy about tariffs. Onstage next to him is a large square of wood, passing for a podium, with a little Home Depot sign on it and a mic sticking out the top. Behind him is a beautiful gleaming stainless steel new barbeque set, and a pretty nice, skookum-looking tool case, almost as tall as Ryan. Unfortunately it was a close-up, so I was deprived of what other fine products there might have been onstage. Sure makes for one dandy screenshot on my tv, but admittedly the surroundings might’ve detracted somewhat from the gravity of the proceedings.

Terroriffs (terror + tariffs)