Author: BroD

I could  be wrong, of course, but–based on past performance–my bet is that Trump is bluffing when he threatens to pull the US out of the Paris Accord. I see, for example, that he’s backed off moving the Israel Embassy to Jerusalem.  

Trump is being betrayed. He has made it clear that he wants more dollars added to healthcare spending to “make it the best anywhere” but the budget submitted by his underlings calls for cuts to  Medicaid, public health and medical research.  

Time for a purge!

 

Is he worried because Comey’s notes may suggest he is complicit in a Trump administration effort to obstruct justice OR because those notes indicate that he is eagerly cooperating in the investigation?

In either case, I hope the movie about this sordid episode gets made soon enough for Rowan Atkinson to play the Reince Priebus role.

   

Trump is hell-bent on weakening NATO.  Why would that be–I mean, who would benefit?  

TPM: “President Trump’s personal tax lawyers have now provided a letter, released by the White House today, which in essence says President Trump has no financial ties with Russia.”

TPM: “President Donald Trump … fired off a string of remarkable tweets threatening to cancel future press briefings and again accusing Democrats of fabricating a story that members of his campaign colluded with Russian operatives to sway the 2016 election.”

Trump: “This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”
[REUTERS  Fri Apr 28, 2017]

Well it’s really Obama’s fault–he made it seem so effortless.   

Ed Pilkington in The Guardian: “Stone has called on the White House to order an immediate investigation through the Department of Justice over alleged improper links between members of the Trump inner circle and the Kremlin during the course of the 2016 presidential campaign.”

Sure, we can all count on Jeff Sessions to get to the bottom of this and ensure that any wrong-doing is appropriately addressed–with appropriate consideration and discretion.

UPDATE: Newsweek reports that other countries are actively probing for intelligence regarding Trump’s Russian connections. http://www.newsweek.com/allies-intercept-russia-trump-adviser-communications-557283
There will be dire consequences if the the House and Senate don’t get out in front of this ASAP.

Surely that’s unthinkable.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-04/the-most-important-fact-about-trump

Katy Tur: “its 5:45 and Kellyanne Conway tells @chucktodd she’s disappointed she didn’t have the full support of the Republican party.”

You got it: they won’t even mention Christmas (GASP) AND you won’t believe who’s on the list.

This will be followed quickly by the Hillary Thank-You note scandal.