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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:42 AM Aug 2018

WH shuts down press availability and says Trump won't leave WH after tweet admits collusion

Source: RawStory



White House shuts down press availability and says Trump won’t leave White House after tweet admits collusion

DAVID EDWARDS
06 AUG 2018 AT 11:25 ET

The White House announced on Monday that President Donald Trump would not be leaving the White House and would not take any questions after he admitted on Twitter that his son may have colluded with Russians during the 2016 campaign.

In a tweet over the weekend, Trump reversed course on his explanation of 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower. The president had originally claimed that the meeting had been about adoptions. But in his Sunday tweet, Trump admitted that the purpose of the meeting had been to get damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee.

On Monday, NBC’s Peter Alexander reported that the White House had issued a “lid” on presidential travel and questions from the press.




White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders also had not scheduled a Monday briefing by the time of publication.

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/white-house-shuts-press-availability-says-trump-wont-leave-white-house-tweet-admits-collusion/
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WH shuts down press availability and says Trump won't leave WH after tweet admits collusion (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
His son conspired with a hostile foreign power to defraud the United States NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #1
And remember.... the info Jr was trying to obtain...... Jack from Charlotte Aug 2018 #122
I love that this all hinges on the us believing that a son whose entire life is a plea for his dad's Cha Aug 2018 #145
Peter Alexanders' tweet irisblue Aug 2018 #2
They need time to figure out how to walk back trump admitting to... brush Aug 2018 #71
THAT'S RIGHT! Cosmocat Aug 2018 #79
Stupid people don't know they're stupid!! Doitnow Aug 2018 #123
I thought he was playing golf on "vacation" in New Jersey. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #3
Wonder how long before he's back on the links? keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #10
You know what he meant... docgee Aug 2018 #102
A simple triple-negative back-flip; do I have to explain this to you AGAIN? lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #117
That's what I heard on the news early this morning BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #29
I think he's been grounded. zanana1 Aug 2018 #43
I think he's loosing it. He never was too tightly bundled. This is melt-down time now. mpcamb Aug 2018 #116
Raw Story: yallerdawg Aug 2018 #77
Oh, the "Northern White House." NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #78
They're having a 'heat advisory' up there... yallerdawg Aug 2018 #81
yes he is in Bedminster.. NJ xeodtech Aug 2018 #127
Bunker mentality. ffr Aug 2018 #4
He's Probably In The Bunker Right Now On The Sixth Hole Of .... global1 Aug 2018 #24
Of course he cheats at golf PJMcK Aug 2018 #35
Probably why he sucks at it. 2naSalit Aug 2018 #98
Bad lies are common in golf. peekaloo Aug 2018 #84
Hilarious, peekaloo! Texin Aug 2018 #93
Bazinga! Roland99 Aug 2018 #96
Ooh! Nice. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #105
He figures if he never leaves, we won't be able to replace him. forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #45
Tied him to the roof rafters up in the attic of the White Trash House... magicarpet Aug 2018 #132
20 years later, President Ocasio-Cortez addresses the nation... forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #143
He thinks it's Sanctuary bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #57
Nice work on the "tЯump" klook Aug 2018 #109
Or even easier, just copy it to the computer's clipboard. ffr Aug 2018 #121
Yep, that's what I did actually :) klook Aug 2018 #124
Очень хорошо Cadfael Aug 2018 #139
Trump admitted to lying and having those around lie for him too beachbum bob Aug 2018 #5
The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief needs to go ALL THE WAY Achilleaze Aug 2018 #6
He's hiding under the bed and won't come out htuttle Aug 2018 #7
There is NO bed Scarsdale Aug 2018 #31
I'm thinking he sleeps upside down... PunksMom Aug 2018 #44
He's probably in a closet. I'm wondering if he got some advance notice of indictments notdarkyet Aug 2018 #60
Good point! orangecrush Aug 2018 #113
Oh toooo funny! Thekaspervote Aug 2018 #74
Tick Tock... forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #58
The last one is... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #72
I said it a year ago - only a few steps from Howard Hughes territory underpants Aug 2018 #82
Howard Hughes was much better at running an airline than Trump could ever hope to be. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #142
Or in 'mob' terminology... SergeStorms Aug 2018 #148
With a 400 pound man. Doodley Aug 2018 #133
If he's hiding under a bed, Eyeball_Kid Aug 2018 #150
Circle the Wagons time at the OK Corral ... err, WH. KPN Aug 2018 #8
Gee so having Trump and Rudy admit to treason isn't a good thing? Botany Aug 2018 #26
Huh? KPN Aug 2018 #62
does that mean no more red neck Nurenberg rallies? vlyons Aug 2018 #9
I do like the denial about leaving the White House. gordianot Aug 2018 #11
Going back to the campaign trail - THOUSANDS. Unthinking fool that always put his iluvtennis Aug 2018 #32
I'm not a lawyer matt819 Aug 2018 #50
Any credible lawyer would have fired him long ago. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #106
Hope Hicks is still bdtrppr6 Aug 2018 #12
Rofl.. haahaa Wwcd Aug 2018 #27
His pants need more than steaming now. Steam won't get out what that brown stuff is. brush Aug 2018 #73
And she's not working around the zipper. Eyeball_Kid Aug 2018 #151
Has Trump finally had his nervous breakdown? Lonestarblue Aug 2018 #13
OMG! I can just envision Alec Baldwin saying that as Trump! Made me smile :) n/t woodsprite Aug 2018 #103
No More Tweets from Mr. Trump...thank you for posting this.. Stuart G Aug 2018 #14
Oh, he's still tweeting... nt blaze Aug 2018 #21
If he is still tweeting...then...he is far dumber than I thought...and that is pretty dumb!!!! Stuart G Aug 2018 #28
I just looked and yup BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #33
Yes PatSeg Aug 2018 #42
I smell the scent of INDICTMENTS coming down the pike...... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 #15
I love the smell of indictments in the morning. Hekate Aug 2018 #17
It smells like VICTORY for Robert Mueller....... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 #18
LOL onetexan Aug 2018 #70
We need a little levity in a war zone Hekate Aug 2018 #90
Yep. notdarkyet Aug 2018 #63
It would be so wrong to spread rumors that Trump had a major breakdown and can't be seen in public. Girard442 Aug 2018 #16
Everyone should be warned against talking about it. Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #20
Trump Is The Real Enemy Of The People.....nt global1 Aug 2018 #22
I will tell them all not to listen to me when I tll them. dameatball Aug 2018 #34
When I totally haven't done anything wrong I also cancel all public statements and appearances RockRaven Aug 2018 #19
Hey Republican controlled Congress, the fucking ball is /will be (now) in your court turbinetree Aug 2018 #23
Treason ..... it was legal but I didn't know about it. Botany Aug 2018 #47
We just can't make this treason up..........................amazing................ turbinetree Aug 2018 #52
I can just imagine Rudy sitting next to him,helping with the tweet... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #67
His golf game is going to suffer..poor guy n/t hibbing Aug 2018 #25
Maybe he got an advance warning from Mueller that indictments are coming. Meadowoak Aug 2018 #30
Maybe Ivanka had him sedated? (nt) ehrnst Aug 2018 #36
He is stupider than anyone thought....My oh my....!!!!!!! Stuart G Aug 2018 #37
Interesting. honest.abe Aug 2018 #38
absolutely the response of an innocent man.... dhill926 Aug 2018 #39
Lock HIM up! nightwing1240 Aug 2018 #40
Wow! zanana1 Aug 2018 #41
is HE not leaving or are his handlers preventing him from leaving... Javaman Aug 2018 #46
At his core, he is a coward. He puts on a big show of being the loud mouthed Grammy23 Aug 2018 #48
"...he will keel over on live TV" llmart Aug 2018 #115
He doesn't realize it, Grammy23 Aug 2018 #120
Picture Trump hiding under his blankey and soothing himself with a pacifier. nt procon Aug 2018 #49
Or a KFC drumstick. BHDem53 Aug 2018 #107
they've sent him to his room? paulkienitz Aug 2018 #51
What they are afraid of is not collusion charges as there is no such thing but rather cstanleytech Aug 2018 #53
Eviction notice? bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #54
He's holding his breath until the witch hunters go bye-bye Blue Owl Aug 2018 #55
We've all been there! tavernier Aug 2018 #56
Chickenshit motherfucker. (nt) Paladin Aug 2018 #59
i hope the rest of the world appreciates our latest slice of presidential insanity 0rganism Aug 2018 #61
Is there another news source? RawStory can be sensationalist. Snellius Aug 2018 #64
Exactly. Trump is in New Jersey. janx Aug 2018 #75
Too hot for golf. Zoonart Aug 2018 #89
Is Hope Hicks still his camp follower? Maybe that's the reason why. Snellius Aug 2018 #92
Yuck! Zoonart Aug 2018 #95
OT - Love your art, Zoonart. Snellius Aug 2018 #99
Thank you so much...so glad you like it. Zoonart Aug 2018 #108
They're pulling the wagon train into a circle. Nitram Aug 2018 #65
My theory... jmbar2 Aug 2018 #66
The military is not going to war with Iran. Nitram Aug 2018 #68
I needed this reassurance. Thanks. jmbar2 Aug 2018 #69
This tweacherous tweet is an admission of tweason Mr. Ected Aug 2018 #76
Something must be coming down EricMaundry Aug 2018 #80
"Donny Two Fruits has gone to the mattresses." Botany Aug 2018 #88
He's not there. He's on a "break" (timeout) in Bedminster. nolabear Aug 2018 #83
Afraid he might run into a subpoena, I suspect Raven123 Aug 2018 #85
Run Away! PaulX2 Aug 2018 #86
Trying to get ahead of the story again LiberalLovinLug Aug 2018 #87
I'll bet they had to get MontanaMama Aug 2018 #91
The toy in my happy meal was a puzzle moving colored blocks around. woodsprite Aug 2018 #104
Lol!!! MontanaMama Aug 2018 #111
This is like watching the next chess move, except Shitler isn't smart enough to PLAY chess. Texin Aug 2018 #94
the Republicans haven't been playing chess for decades 0rganism Aug 2018 #97
Under the bus. Cold War Spook Aug 2018 #100
Lordy, there is a Smoking Gun... It's a Dotard 45. WheelWalker Aug 2018 #101
raw story is NOT a news source nt msongs Aug 2018 #110
It refers to a tweet from Peter Alexander, NBC news. honest.abe Aug 2018 #112
But the headline misrepresents what Alexander's tweet said. n/t janx Aug 2018 #134
he probably needs to slow down on the late night cocaine binges. olddad56 Aug 2018 #114
LOCK HIM UP! stonecutter357 Aug 2018 #118
That FUCKER needs to be reminded that he works for US!! Ferrets are Cool Aug 2018 #119
It sounds like he is panicing. potone Aug 2018 #125
Trump is holed up in his bunker workinclasszero Aug 2018 #126
Rosebud Solly Mack Aug 2018 #128
Correction: He's holed in NJ at his golf club DesertRat Aug 2018 #129
Such a coward. Afromania Aug 2018 #130
Wow. They're in full panic mode. nt SunSeeker Aug 2018 #131
Sounds like it. I'd guess his lawyers read him the riot act & 'splained to him... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #144
Yep, they'll emerge with some bullshit line about him misspeaking (misstweeting). SunSeeker Aug 2018 #146
+1. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #149
"Won't leave the White House?" DFW Aug 2018 #135
From my twitter feed Gothmog Aug 2018 #136
Trump must be senile. McCamy Taylor Aug 2018 #137
I thought he was going on vacation? dawg day Aug 2018 #138
It will be interesting to see how avebury Aug 2018 #140
Give us lyin' Sarah Huck in front of the WH Press, answering more questions NCjack Aug 2018 #141
no doubt leading to several mostly uncomfortable and awkward family dinners 0rganism Aug 2018 #147

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
1. His son conspired with a hostile foreign power to defraud the United States
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:45 AM
Aug 2018

and, Rudy G confessed that Don Sr knew in advance of the meeting, so he was also a party to the conspiracy.

Jack from Charlotte

(2,367 posts)
122. And remember.... the info Jr was trying to obtain......
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:02 PM
Aug 2018

from The Ruskies had been obtained illegally. Info the Trump/Republic Partiers were trying to obtain they knew had been stolen from hacked email accounts.

It wasn't just collusion it was trying to make a deal for stolen property.

irisblue

(32,967 posts)
2. Peter Alexanders' tweet
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:45 AM
Aug 2018

Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) Tweeted:
JUST IN: White House announces a travel/photo lid, which means no public appearances by Trump today as new questions swirl around that 2016 Trump Tower meeting to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.


brush

(53,764 posts)
71. They need time to figure out how to walk back trump admitting to...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:18 PM
Aug 2018

collusiion (really to treason).

They're dealing with the dumbest president ever. He recently said Don Lemon makes LeBron James look smart.

Well, trump makes W look smart.

Cosmocat

(14,563 posts)
79. THAT'S RIGHT!
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:36 PM
Aug 2018

One of my favorite quips the last year plus has been that 45 is the best thing that could have happened for 43 ...

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
10. Wonder how long before he's back on the links?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:52 AM
Aug 2018

Wonder how long before he's back on the links?

Didn't Trump promise to play more golf than Obama?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/politics/donald-trump-golfing-presidency/

"I'm going to be working for you, I'm not going to have time to go play golf," Trump said at the time.

docgee

(870 posts)
102. You know what he meant...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 03:03 PM
Aug 2018

"I'm NOT going to be working for you, I'm AM going to have time to go play golf."

BumRushDaShow

(128,844 posts)
29. That's what I heard on the news early this morning
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:20 PM
Aug 2018

He would be on a "working vacation" at Bedminister the next 2 weeks.

I know Congress is gone until September (the Senate started the 3-day pro-forma gavel-in/absence of a quorom sessions this past Friday and will have another tomorrow).

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
77. Raw Story:
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:35 PM
Aug 2018
(Correction: A previous version of this story incorrect stated Donald Trump was at the White House. He is at the Trump National Golf Club clubhouse in Bedminster.)

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
81. They're having a 'heat advisory' up there...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:39 PM
Aug 2018

so even septuagenarian sociopathic pathological liars are taking the day off from riding around on a cart pretending to golf.

global1

(25,241 posts)
24. He's Probably In The Bunker Right Now On The Sixth Hole Of ....
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:12 PM
Aug 2018

golf course. I hear he even cheats at golf and lies about his score.

PJMcK

(22,031 posts)
35. Of course he cheats at golf
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:27 PM
Aug 2018

He cheats in business.

He cheats in marriage.

He cheats all the time.

A fundamental tenet of golf is that honesty is the core value of the game. Trump has no business golfing.

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
45. He figures if he never leaves, we won't be able to replace him.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:44 PM
Aug 2018

The President has handcuffed himself to the Oval Office desk...

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
132. Tied him to the roof rafters up in the attic of the White Trash House...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 06:20 PM
Aug 2018

.... Sorry the Presi-dunce has gone away on his summer holiday vacation. He is currently unavailable.

What is that noise - sounds like it is coming from up in the attic?

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
143. 20 years later, President Ocasio-Cortez addresses the nation...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 10:13 PM
Aug 2018

"My fellow Americans, we--"

--creekledy creekledy creekledy-- "WRONG!"!

"Oh, Season's Greetings, to you too Mr. Trump!" {claps for aides with tranq darts to subdue him and re-nail the ceiling trap shut}

"I'm sorry. Old Mr. Trump can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh...cuz he likes to rub the phone all over his crotch. We just let him use that block of wood we painted shiny like an iPhone and tossed up there!"

klook

(12,154 posts)
109. Nice work on the "tЯump"
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 03:34 PM
Aug 2018

I've probably seen that here before, but this is the first time I've noticed it.

For those wondering, here's some more information about the Cyrillic character Я:


нет to tЯump!

ffr

(22,669 posts)
121. Or even easier, just copy it to the computer's clipboard.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 04:55 PM
Aug 2018

Then paste away.

tЯump

ЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯ

Cadfael

(1,296 posts)
139. Очень хорошо
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:06 PM
Aug 2018

Спасибо

(I took one year of russian back in freshman year of high school in the ‘70s....I remember this and how to say “thank god today is friday..lol)

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
5. Trump admitted to lying and having those around lie for him too
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:49 AM
Aug 2018

All the elements of conspiracy....including republican senators and congress people who shutdown actual investigations and hearings,

Glorious to watch unfold

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)
60. He's probably in a closet. I'm wondering if he got some advance notice of indictments
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:03 PM
Aug 2018

Coming, and he is freaking out. These will probably be a lot closer to home.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
142. Howard Hughes was much better at running an airline than Trump could ever hope to be.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 10:06 PM
Aug 2018

I know, you're talking about the Kleenex box Howard Hughes, but as long as I'm on a roll....

Loudoun County is home to both the Howard Hughes Institute, which engages in medical research, and the Trump National Golf Resort, which tried to throw recreational boaters off the Potomac River whenever Trump was there. The woman who gave him the finger as his motorcade went by lost her job.

I'd say Howard Hughes was a far more decent person than any manifestation by which history will recall Donald Trump..

Anyone who gave us the Constellation is A-okay in my book. Straight guys will throw Jane Russell into the list of "great things Howard Hughes brought us," but I wouldn't know.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
148. Or in 'mob' terminology...
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 03:00 AM
Aug 2018

the Trump mob has gone to the mattresses. They're not coming out because they know those dangerous, blood thirsty reporters are out there, waiting for him.

Once again, Trump displays what a gutless baby he is. There's not a crowd of hand-picked, paid supporters outside, waiting for him. So he hides. What a chuckle-head.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
26. Gee so having Trump and Rudy admit to treason isn't a good thing?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:16 PM
Aug 2018

circle the wagons
phrase of circle
1.
NORTH AMERICANinformal
(of a group) unite in defense of a common interest.

iluvtennis

(19,849 posts)
32. Going back to the campaign trail - THOUSANDS. Unthinking fool that always put his
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:21 PM
Aug 2018

foot in his mouth cause all he wants to do is talk and talk and talk. Mueller will have a field day with him

matt819

(10,749 posts)
50. I'm not a lawyer
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:51 PM
Aug 2018

But even I know that the best thing you can do when you're suspected of a crime is to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

That's all he and his lawyers had to do. It might now have changed how Mueller conducted his investigations, but it sure would have made things more challenging.

But noooo. . . . these buffoons - and now I use the word collectively for the entire regime - thought they could outsmart the best federal prosecutors and investigators in the US.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
106. Any credible lawyer would have fired him long ago.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 03:18 PM
Aug 2018

If there's anything that real attorneys hate, it's clients that lie to them and clients that don't follow their advice, which almost always starts with "shut up".

Lonestarblue

(9,971 posts)
13. Has Trump finally had his nervous breakdown?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:00 PM
Aug 2018

Or is he hunkered down with his attorneys saying “Tell me again how to keep us all out of jail. Don’t use big words.”

Trump has been even more outrageous in the last few weeks (since Helsinki?), telling lie after lie. Maybe someone finally took away his Twitter machine and he had a stroke over it. And, is he even in the WH? I thought he headed to New Jersey last week for a couple of weeks of R&R. Easy to say he won’t be leaving the WH if he’s not even there.

Stuart G

(38,416 posts)
14. No More Tweets from Mr. Trump...thank you for posting this..
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:00 PM
Aug 2018

So, Trump said tweeted something very stupid and self incriminating.. What else would we expect?

.Now he will shut up but it is too late....that tweet is out there for the world to see. Everyone can see the truth. ...Too late Mr Donald Trump..too late..

Now is the time for you to stand in the corner with your crowd of crooks....I recall a long time ago, in a world that was different, a fellow said, "I am not a crook." But that fellow was indeed a crook. And so is Donald Trump and his crowd of crooks.

And the proof?...on Sunday August 5, he told the world that he was/ and is a crook

.....When you think you have seen it all, there is more to see.............

Stuart G

(38,416 posts)
28. If he is still tweeting...then...he is far dumber than I thought...and that is pretty dumb!!!!
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:19 PM
Aug 2018

Now I suspect he has a tweet policeman there to check on the legality of the tweets...

OH MY SAY IT AIN'T SO...................................................................................

As many of us have said, Mr Trump is not the brightest bulb in collection...more like a 10 watt bulb, not even a 25 or 40 watt bulb

BumRushDaShow

(128,844 posts)
33. I just looked and yup
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:24 PM
Aug 2018

quoting Faux snooze about "collusion and Hillary" and tweeting an endorsement of the chief generator of election fraud - Kobach.

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)
42. Yes
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:37 PM
Aug 2018

Just when I think he couldn't possibly be any dumber, he exceeds all my realistic expectations. "Oh, what I just Tweeted looks pretty stupid, I'd better try again, just to be sure that I am a total moron."

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)
15. I smell the scent of INDICTMENTS coming down the pike......
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:01 PM
Aug 2018

And one of them has Jr.'s name on it.

Trump has every reason to be hiding. Shutting out the Press is walking the tightrope to TYRANNY.

Girard442

(6,070 posts)
16. It would be so wrong to spread rumors that Trump had a major breakdown and can't be seen in public.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:04 PM
Aug 2018

Be sure to tell that to everyone you talk to.

RockRaven

(14,958 posts)
19. When I totally haven't done anything wrong I also cancel all public statements and appearances
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:08 PM
Aug 2018

and refuse to leave the house. All completely normal.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
23. Hey Republican controlled Congress, the fucking ball is /will be (now) in your court
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:11 PM
Aug 2018

..............................treason is fucking treason, and aiding and abetting with a foreign power..............is fucking treason..............................I really hope that your town halls that some of you have come and tell you that your party is fucked...............................especially Nunes and his fucking leader Ryan (even after you leave asshole).....................

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
52. We just can't make this treason up..........................amazing................
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:52 PM
Aug 2018

the way he tries to gas light everything .........................not this time.................

It's like he walked into a bank and robbed it and it was totally legal........................because I had my money in there ...................................

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
67. I can just imagine Rudy sitting next to him,helping with the tweet...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:11 PM
Aug 2018

"just mention what it was about, so no one can say it was about something else. That will stop the speculation....yeah, go with that".

" and tell them it was legal. I'm a lawyer, I know what legal is."

"Oh, and be sure to tell them you had nothing to do with it. You are the president, they have to believe you".

"there ya go, all better. Hit *send*"



Stuart G

(38,416 posts)
37. He is stupider than anyone thought....My oh my....!!!!!!!
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:29 PM
Aug 2018

................... ..and that is saying a whole lot... .........
........................................................................... ........

Javaman

(62,517 posts)
46. is HE not leaving or are his handlers preventing him from leaving...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:44 PM
Aug 2018

more over, did anyone take away his phone?

is this the hitler moment were he refuses to leave the bunker(WH)?

is the end of this charade of an administration closer to being over than we realize?

so many questions.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
48. At his core, he is a coward. He puts on a big show of being the loud mouthed
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:49 PM
Aug 2018

bully, but we all know who he is and what he is. Their are specific psychiatric terms to label him and his behavior, but as lay people, we don’t really need to know them to recognize a bully who is a sniveling little coward inside. He cannot and will not face the scrutiny and legitimate inquiry by the press after he admitted what went on at tRump Tower in June 2016 and his part in trying to cover it up. So he just hides away and sulks in self imposed isolation except for his beloved mouth piece, Twitter. His deluded wish is that if he ducks and lays low for a few days, it will all blow over and that story will be in his past. FAT CHANCE. But that really is how he thinks.

Please Press Corps, do not let this slip off into the ether without hounding him relentlessly about what he knows about that meeting. Show him no mercy just like he has shown no mercy to people he perceived as enemies. With any luck he will get so mad and full of rage by your persistence, he will keel over on live TV, giving all of us the relief we’ve been hoping we’d get from this hideous monster posing as a human.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
115. "...he will keel over on live TV"
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 04:19 PM
Aug 2018

Now, THAT's a Trump reality show I would watch for sure!!! Get the popcorn.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
120. He doesn't realize it,
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 04:49 PM
Aug 2018

But it really would break all the records for people viewing a show. He likes to think people want to see him speak or do his “act”. But he is wrong. A lot more of us would be inclined to watch him Implode on live TV. But only if we knew we’d never, ever have to see his ugly mug again.

paulkienitz

(1,296 posts)
51. they've sent him to his room?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:51 PM
Aug 2018

If the staff are starting to take a firmer hand toward reining in their own president, I take that as a good sign that they may become willing to invoke the 25th amendment.

cstanleytech

(26,281 posts)
53. What they are afraid of is not collusion charges as there is no such thing but rather
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:54 PM
Aug 2018

they are terrified of being charged with conspiracy not to mention if they broke the Logan Act they could be looking at some jail time.
Question is though how far up in the Repugant party does this really go? I mean we had Mitch and Ryan as well as other Repugant leaders stonewalling anything to do with informing the public about what the Russians were doing as well as trying to stonewall and kill the Mueller investigation so that makes me wonder if they were involved as well.

tavernier

(12,377 posts)
56. We've all been there!
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:56 PM
Aug 2018

Have a little too much wine on a weekend night and start texting stuff you regret the next day, Hahahaha!

Only difference is, his poison is a different drug, whatever it is that makes him so sniffly and snuffly, and the whole world is looking at what he wrote. Bad hangover!

0rganism

(23,943 posts)
61. i hope the rest of the world appreciates our latest slice of presidential insanity
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:03 PM
Aug 2018

yes, yes, go ahead, laugh at our national disgrace. someone has to, and it's getting damn hard for the residents to find it funny anymore.


Snellius

(6,881 posts)
64. Is there another news source? RawStory can be sensationalist.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:06 PM
Aug 2018

The headline, "White House shuts down press availability and says Trump won’t leave White House after tweet admits collusion" is fairly loaded (Trump in hiding after confessing to a crime) way of reporting that Trump will not be available to the press today.

janx

(24,128 posts)
75. Exactly. Trump is in New Jersey.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:32 PM
Aug 2018

There was no info whatsoever about not leaving the White House. Just no press availability.

Snellius

(6,881 posts)
92. Is Hope Hicks still his camp follower? Maybe that's the reason why.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:17 PM
Aug 2018

Headline on the door reads: "Do Not Disturb!"

jmbar2

(4,874 posts)
66. My theory...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:10 PM
Aug 2018

Hope Hicks told him to STFU and lay low while they come up with something else really big to distract attention from his admission of conspiracy. Maybe like another tax cut, or a war with Iran. Just a hunch...

Nitram

(22,791 posts)
68. The military is not going to war with Iran.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:14 PM
Aug 2018

They hate Trump because he's all mouth and no brains. They like people who get stuff done.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
76. This tweacherous tweet is an admission of tweason
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:34 PM
Aug 2018

I tought I taw a Putin-cat. I did, I did see a Putin-cat!

Botany

(70,490 posts)
88. "Donny Two Fruits has gone to the mattresses."
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:52 PM
Aug 2018



:https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/story-of-the-scene-the-godfather-1972-870492.html

About 50 minutes into The Godfather, just after the "sleeps with the fishes" scene, Mafia henchmen Clemenza and Rocco get into a car with Paulie. They intend to kill him.

Clemenza, played by the Bronx-born actor Richard S Castellano, claims that they are going to look for "mattresses" (safe houses) and directs Paulie to drive to "309 West 43rd Street". The remarks about cannoli (pastries) that begin and end the scene have become as famous as anything in The Godfather.

The scene where Paulie gets popped begins with Clemenza leaving his house and his wife shouting: "Don't forget the cannoli" – a last-minute dialogue addition from director Francis Ford Coppola. There follows a montage of stock footage of period New York, and then a shot of the car driving in the countryside beyond New York. Clemenza asks to pull over to take "a leak". In the distance pokes the Statue of Liberty.

Three shots are fired by Rocco into Paulie's head. As Rocco gets out the car, Clemenza says: "Leave the gun – take the cannoli." He takes the food as Paulie lies slumped against the steering wheel. Coppola gave all credit to the actor in later years: "Richie improvised the line," he said.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
83. He's not there. He's on a "break" (timeout) in Bedminster.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:43 PM
Aug 2018

I can’t help but imagine him being humored and managed while all the fluffers run around like mad trying to figure out the spin and how to, I don’t know, implant something in him for the next time he has to actually face journalists?

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
87. Trying to get ahead of the story again
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:50 PM
Aug 2018

Attempting to control the narrative. So that by the time Mueller brings down the hammer they have all their fake ducks in a row for their poor dumb base to latch onto.

woodsprite

(11,911 posts)
104. The toy in my happy meal was a puzzle moving colored blocks around.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 03:10 PM
Aug 2018

That should keep him busy for a day or so.

Texin

(2,594 posts)
94. This is like watching the next chess move, except Shitler isn't smart enough to PLAY chess.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:23 PM
Aug 2018

I mean, what next? After that tweet and now this, are they just hiding out and waiting for the NEXT?? move on someone's part?

0rganism

(23,943 posts)
97. the Republicans haven't been playing chess for decades
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:37 PM
Aug 2018

which is part of the problem.

metaphorically, Democrats show up for the game with this nice expensive chessboard, but the Republicans are here to play football, so they just break the board in half, ignore it completely, and run up the score while we wonder what happened.

(Democrat points at pile of pieces lying on ground, some of which are stomped into the turf) "wait, you can't make that move! it leaves your king in check!"

(Republican at 20 yard line) "TOUCHDOWN motherfuckers, yeah don't bother measuring"

(Media) "6 points for Slytherin"

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
100. Under the bus.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:49 PM
Aug 2018

Jr. must have know that daddy would throw him under the bus. He didn't know that senior would be too stupid to let go.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
119. That FUCKER needs to be reminded that he works for US!!
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 04:48 PM
Aug 2018

You are not a FUCKING DICTATOR, you orange piece of buzzard offal.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
126. Trump is holed up in his bunker
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:18 PM
Aug 2018

Just like his hero Hitler.

Pretty nice of him to admit he’s guilty as hell of treason before the Senate trial, thanks Trump!

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
144. Sounds like it. I'd guess his lawyers read him the riot act & 'splained to him...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 10:31 PM
Aug 2018

'splained to him like he's a four year old the damage that he did to himself & Jr. with that tweet. They're laying low, so they don't get questions about the tweet & the chance that someone will make it worse. They are regrouping and will come out with some lie to explain the tweet away (they hope).

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
146. Yep, they'll emerge with some bullshit line about him misspeaking (misstweeting).
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 12:58 AM
Aug 2018

Kinda like his attempt to get out of his Helsinki embarrassment by claiming he meant "wouldn't" when he said "would."

DFW

(54,348 posts)
135. "Won't leave the White House?"
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 07:34 PM
Aug 2018

Didn't anyone tell him that the routine of holing up somewhere in an office and shouting, "Verräter, Verräter!" was already used in Berlin in late April, 1945?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
138. I thought he was going on vacation?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:02 PM
Aug 2018

I know it's hard to tell when someone who does no productive work goes on vacation.

I keep thinking, "He's in panic mode!"
And then he just trundles on in his journey of destruction.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
140. It will be interesting to see how
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:20 PM
Aug 2018

long they can keep him there. He will not be happy if he misses tee time at one of his properties.

0rganism

(23,943 posts)
147. no doubt leading to several mostly uncomfortable and awkward family dinners
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 01:20 AM
Aug 2018

seriously, if you gotta go all Smoky Mountain BBQ on the KFC just to keep people in line you done fucked up

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