The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[BurtReynolds]

[96583UP]

I'm still unclear on this. Anybody got a green circle?

I've got a brown starfish for ya.

[jwfocker]

The CIA spies on possible enemies, relations of enemies, and relations of relations of enemies.

In other words the CIA can and does spy on anyone it wants. The fact that Trump got their attention means nothing in itself. Of course he did.

But the fact that our secret police spies on anyone it wants with impunity isn't concerning at all, right?

No shit. Who said it is isn't concerning? Not sure what the point is here.

There's a unrelenting mud slide of evidence that Trump and Russia have been dance partners for some time now. That seems like a big deal.

I'm sure a certain Senate committee would love to see this if you can produce it.

Spoiler: show

We all share the same existence, but manage to live in completely different realities. Life is wild.

[McParadigm]

Politico:

Five people, including a senior administration official and several sources close to the president, tell POLITICO that Bannon, one of Trump’s closest advisers, has clashed with the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who’s taken on an increasingly prominent portfolio in the West Wing. Bannon has complained that Kushner and his allies are trying to undermine his populist approach, the sources said.

Republican mega-donor Rebekah Mercer, a longtime Bannon confidante who became a prominent Trump supporter during the campaign, urged Bannon not to resign. “Rebekah Mercer prevailed upon him to stay,” said one person familiar with the situation.

Another person familiar with the situation, a GOP operative who talks to Mercer, said: “Bekah tried to convince him that this is a long-term play.”

“It hasn’t all been fun, and I know he’s been frustrated,” said a Republican who has spoken with Bannon in recent weeks. His position in the West Wing took a blow on Wednesday, when the White House issued a national security directive removing him from the National Security Council, where he had been installed as a member in the first weeks of the administration.

Bannon opposed the change, even saying he’d quit if the president signed off on it, according to one person familiar with the situation.

[McParadigm]

Nothing is quite so neutering as when you threaten to quit if they make a change to your department, they shrug and make the change anyway, and you then have to credit a friend with talking you out of it. "Wowee, you guys are lucky, cos I was so out of here until she stepped in..."

[McParadigm]

[McParadigm]

The statement's a lot of fun

[McParadigm]

[Strat]

what a day in politics!

[McParadigm]

Trump has been telling members of congress he may opt for military action in response to Syria, basically dependent upon whether or not Mattis approves.

[McParadigm]

Meanwhile, in the senate.

[McParadigm]

Definitely doesn't seem like a decision the republicans could ever live to regret.

[tragabigzanda]

Trump has been telling members of congress he may opt for military action in response to Syria, basically dependent upon whether or not Mattis approves.

It'll be interesting to see how his desire to look tough on Syria will clash with his perceived role as Putin's bitch. My guess is that as we see an increase in US engagement in Syria, so will we see an increase in leaks/damaging news being floated from Russia.

[B]

This is so god damned good.

[wease]

Aannnnnnnnd... were bombing the shit out of Syria.

[tragabigzanda]

Aannnnnnnnd... were bombing the shit out of Syria.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/na ... ge%2Fstory

[BurtReynolds]

A valid response to the chemical weapons that Syria totally for realz used on its on people for no reason.

[Norah]

[B]

Who had 76 days in the "Trump Starts War" pool?

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