Tweeting and fuming, Trump spirals further into crisis

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

 

For a presidency that's already in crisis — see his 36% job-approval rating per Gallup or this Thursday's upcoming testimony by former FBI Director James Comey — the last 24 hours or so have been extraordinarily horrendous for President Trump.

For starters, there was his out-of-context shot at London's mayor after the terrorist attack on the city Saturday night (before playing a round of golf). Then there were his tweets this morning that called his revised travel ban "watered down" and "politically correct," potentially undermining his administration's legal defense that the ban doesn't discriminate against Muslims. And then there's this stunning Politico article — that Trump deliberately failed to include language in his recent NATO speech reaffirming the alliance's Article 5 provision.

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER H.R. MCMASTER, DEFENSE SECRETARY JIM MATTIS AND SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON ALL SUPPORTED TRUMP DOING SO AND HAD WORKED IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE TRIP TO MAKE SURE IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SPEECH, ACCORDING TO FIVE SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE EPISODE. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS, AND A WHITE HOUSE AIDE EVEN TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES THE DAY BEFORE THE LINE WAS DEFINITELY INCLUDED.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 25, WHEN TRUMP STARTED TALKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY FOR NATO'S NEW BRUSSELS HEADQUARTERS, THAT THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM REALIZED THEIR BOSS HAD MADE A DECISION WITH MAJOR CONSEQUENCES - WITHOUT CONSULTING OR EVEN INFORMING THEM IN ADVANCE OF THE CHANGE.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/amp/tweeting-fuming-trump-spirals-further-crisis-n768211

[Jacque67 7,328]

NDA..but this is why will happen.

everything he touches dies. Those who work for him will be humiliated...but hey, people believed the allusion on tv...(outside ny)

 

 

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sadiq-khan-london-attack-terror-tweets-pathetic-excuse-msm-no-reason-to-be-alarmed-a7773766.html

 

getting worse day by day. Kasowitz has to quit after this.... Worst client evar!!!

[CaliCat 3,957]

Oh-oh. Seems like the so-called president skipped his meds again.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/06/05/daily-202-james-mattis-emerges-as-the-most-un-trumpian-member-of-the-cabinet/59346c84e9b69b2fb981dc46/

 

james mattis...cool as a cucumber 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

1 hour ago, Jacque67 said:

NDA..but this is why will happen.

everything he touches dies. Those who work for him will be humiliated...but hey, people believed the allusion on tv...(outside ny)

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Jacque67 said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/06/05/daily-202-james-mattis-emerges-as-the-most-un-trumpian-member-of-the-cabinet/59346c84e9b69b2fb981dc46/

 

james mattis...cool as a cucumber 

so the Mad Dog handle is really a bit of irony

[Jacque67 7,328]

2 minutes ago, ccneat said:

 

so the Mad Dog handle is really a bit of irony

He hates being called that, apparently...but am positive that's the only reason Trump hired him...

expect further meltdowns as Wednesday (Roger) and Thursday ( Comey) testify...this guy had never been held accountable for his actions in all his life...street fighter lawyers won't be able to bail him out this time 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

Just now, Jacque67 said:

He hates being called that, apparently...but am positive that's the only reason Trump hired him...

expect further meltdowns as Wednesday (Roger) and Thursday ( Comey) testify...this guy had never been held accountable for his actions in all his life...street fighter lawyers won't be able to bail him out this time 

 

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

5 minutes ago, ccneat said:

 

 

His lawyers are definitely gonna have to work...

 

 

[IAMX 3,055]

Another day another manufactured crisis from the left. 

Edited June 5, 2017 by IAMX

[Jacque67 7,328]

McGahn a doormat from day one...

 

 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

3 minutes ago, IAMX said:

Another day another manufactured crisis from the left. 

 

We are just the passengers,  the spinning up is all on the Prez. They guy needs to get in a 12 step program,   but hey he can quit the twitting any times he wants. 

[Jacque67 7,328]

4 minutes ago, ccneat said:

 

We are just the passengers,  the spinning up is all on the Prez. They guy needs to get in a 12 step program,   but hey he can quit the twitting any times he wants. 

Unfortunately he can't ...needs an intervention...SAD...ask KStew

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

24 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Unfortunately he can't ...needs an intervention...SAD...ask KStew

Perrty sure Trump is team Edward...

[Jacque67 7,328]

7 hours ago, ccneat said:

Perrty sure Trump is team Edward...

Team Prince Edward, if ya catch my drift...

 

so an intervention is in progress...

Prominent Republican attorneys are staging what amounts to an unprecedented public intervention against President Donald Trump, warning that his tweeting habit was doing serious harm to his bid to preserve his travel ban policy at the Supreme Court—and could be inflicting more widespread damage on his administration’s ability to carry out his agenda.

The outpouring of criticism was triggered by a flurry of tweets Trump sent early Monday, attacking the Justice Department’s legal strategy, dismissing his own revised travel ban order as a “watered down, politically correct” version of what he originally set out to do, and blasting as “political” the court rulings against him on the subject.

The most attention-grabbing pushback came from George Conway, who was under consideration until recently for a top post overseeing Justice Department civil litigation in the Trump administration. Conway, who is married to top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, even seemed to mock one of Trump’s favorite Twitter formulations. 

“These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly won’t help OSG [Justice’s Office of Solicitor General] get 5 votes in SCOTUS, which is what actually matters. Sad,” Conway wrote.

Conway later clarified that he remains a Trump backer, but is not backing down from his criticism. In fact, he insisted that lawyers currently in the administration concur.