General Trump hilarity free-for-all thread

[tyrannosaurus vex]

It's almost like the State Department has been intentionally crippled and gagged by someone with a vested interest in blunting America's ability to act diplomatically at all. Probably just a coincidence, though.

[LMNO]

Not to mention, Pompeo is a rabid climate change denier, for which the Venn diagram of his new job intersects a HELL of a lot more than his previous.

[Cain]

Yeah, but climate change is a Chinese conspiracy, so that's best handled by threatening war with China.

[Doktor Howl]

According to the latest reports, Tillerson didn't know he was going to be fired.  Interesting.

And then they summarily fired the staffer who said Tillerson didn't know.

"Those responsible for sacking those who have been sacked, have been sacked."
- Old English Prophecy

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

Fuck! Another Ides of March come and gone uneventfully.

[Cain]

McCabe fired, two days before being eligible for his pension.  Obstensibly for improper contact with the press, but everyone knows it's because he corroborated Comey's claims of improper firing by Trump and Sessions.

McMaster is due to be replaced as well, though apparently he is aware of this and is actively working with Trump to put in place a transition plan for his successor, whether that is Kellogg or the Moustache of Doom John Bolton.

[Junkenstein]

Mcmaster and Dowd gone.

[Cain]

MOUSTACHE OF DOOM TIME

[Bruno]

MOUSTACHE OF DOOM TIME

You know, I still haven't cashed out my 401k to buy Beans and Rice and Guns, yet.


Is it time, or am I already too late?

[Cain]

If you've been saving a good bottle of wine, scotch or champagne, I'd drink it as soon as the confirmation hearings were done.

[Doktor Howl]

So, Nunes wants to impeach Rod Rosenstein.

Rule of law very over, hilarity ensues.

[Cain]

Yup.  Bannon's been allegedly making rounds behind the scenes to organise this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-pitches-white-house-on-plan-to-cripple-mueller-probe-and-protect-trump/2018/04/11/1ec5b1b2-3d9f-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html

Trump boosters in Congress are preparing to take legislative action against Rosenstein and other Justice officials over the disclosure of documents related to the Russia investigation. That push is seen by Bannon and others in the White House as a cause that could prompt Trump to act and shift much of the Russia investigation to Capitol Hill, where Republicans control both chambers.

Trump remains furious with the Mueller probe, which on Wednesday he blasted on Twitter as "never ending and corrupt." He has also considered firing Rosenstein, whom he has criticized for approving surveillance applications of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, which extended a warrant that partly relied on information that was funded in a roundabout way by Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Bannon and his allies sense that Trump simply needs a nudge to fire Rosenstein, according to the people familiar with Bannon's discussions. They said Trump has recently told friends and aides that he is willing to engage in political warfare in the coming months to stop his presidency from being consumed by the investigation.

[Doktor Howl]

Yup.  Bannon's been allegedly making rounds behind the scenes to organise this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-pitches-white-house-on-plan-to-cripple-mueller-probe-and-protect-trump/2018/04/11/1ec5b1b2-3d9f-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html

Trump boosters in Congress are preparing to take legislative action against Rosenstein and other Justice officials over the disclosure of documents related to the Russia investigation. That push is seen by Bannon and others in the White House as a cause that could prompt Trump to act and shift much of the Russia investigation to Capitol Hill, where Republicans control both chambers.

Trump remains furious with the Mueller probe, which on Wednesday he blasted on Twitter as "never ending and corrupt." He has also considered firing Rosenstein, whom he has criticized for approving surveillance applications of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, which extended a warrant that partly relied on information that was funded in a roundabout way by Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Bannon and his allies sense that Trump simply needs a nudge to fire Rosenstein, according to the people familiar with Bannon's discussions. They said Trump has recently told friends and aides that he is willing to engage in political warfare in the coming months to stop his presidency from being consumed by the investigation.

This is the very definition of a soft coup.

[Cain]

And Syria will be the perfect distraction, (which is the only reason I can assume that half a dozen air-fields haven't already been destroyed).  Assuming it doesn't blow up into something far worse...

[Cain]

The President is showing his usual restraint and intelligence on Twitter

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984877999718895616

DOJ just issued the McCabe report - which is a total disaster. He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey - McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!