Trump v May

....from inside his microwave?

Sean Spicer is saying he got the info from Fox News.

http://gizmodo.com/sean-spicer-reportedly-apologizes-to-britain-for-talkin-1793366293

This is the leader of the free world.

“Well, I’ve been reading about things,” Trump told Carlson. “I read in, I think it was January 20 a New York Times article where they were talking about wiretapping. There was an article, I think they used that exact term. I read other things. I watched your friend Bret Baier the day previous where he was talking about certain very complex sets of things happening, and wiretapping. I said, wait a minute, there’s a lot of wiretapping being talked about. I’ve been seeing a lot of things.”

That one's right up there with the Uranium / bad things comment.

He's a fucking moron.

BBC Breaking News 

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[ltr]Possible links between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia under FBI investigation, director James Comey confirms [/ltr]

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[ltr]Possible links between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia under FBI investigation, director James Comey confirms [/ltr]

Remember this from Trump's campaign to discredit Clinton? 

"While Mr. Trump has spent the closing weeks of this campaign drawing huge crowds of Americans hungry for a common-sense change agent who will bring our jobs back and strengthen our borders, Crooked Hillary Clinton has been busy living in an alternate reality where her litany of email scandals and FBI investigations don’t disqualify her from running for President. On November 8th, the American people will wholly reject the premise of Hillary Clinton’s scandal-ridden campaign currently under investigation by the FBI and vote for the only candidate with a positive vision for our country.” Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor

Some proper scatter-gun deflection from the orange fuckwit on Twitter this morning.

Classic "Whataboutism":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Wonder who taught him that one....?

Now FBI Director says there is no evidence of Obama wire tapping Trump and that Trump should retract his claim immediately.
Also asks to be allowed to get on with the Russian enquiry without interference from the White House.


NB: Chuck Shumer is no fan of Trump !

...and Comey's now just refused to endorse Clapper's comment that there's no proof of collusion between the Kremlin and Trump.

So, by inference......

This is getting good now......

I've no love of Politicians but at least they have learnt the art of tact and diplomacy (most of the time anyway). This is what happens when you have a man who doesn't hear the word no from anyone because he's a big businessman and throw him straight into the biggest Political job in the Western world.

Why is he still using Twitter as well? Surely he can see how bad it looks?

His position is rapidly becoming untenable.

Infamy.....infamy..

The sticking point with all this is though, that Trump really isn't the problem here; Bannon is.

He's the real power behind the throne and Trump is just a tool to get the job done.

The "Alt Right" needed a populist who could appeal to the vast swathes of the 'Murican electorate who are too fucking stupid to think for themselves, racist, god-fearing, Muslim-hating, knobrots and get them out voting.

These people don't normally vote and there are millions of them.

Bannon needed to get them off their arses and down to the polling stations, so he used Trump to achieve it.

And it worked.

And while we're all getting worked up about Trump tweeting and playing golf every bastard weekend, Bannon is quietly going about destabilising the system in Washington.

So unless we get proof that Bannon and the rest of the shady fuckers lurking behind the scenes were also in cahoots with the Kremlin, nothing will really change.

And if Trump does go, we'll be stuck with Pence and he's even more scary because (unlike the orange fuckwit) he's got half a brain.

If Trump bites the dust,I don't believe Bannon and Pence will have a leg to stand on.

The stone is slowly being lifted. Watch them all scuttle back into the darkness.

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Is that a real ad?

The bit at the end makes it look as though it is.

I thought Trump's treatment of Angela Merkin at her White House visit was appalling. Whatever his personal opinion of her and her policies he should have put that aside as she was a guest in the USA and he should have shown her due deference. By totally ignoring her he showed himself to be crass, ignorant, arrogant and rude.