President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

I know that we have said this about a million things, but this is just unbeleivable. Great job killing people in the streets without arrest or a trial! MTPGA!

 

The Guardian correspondent has some passive aggressive fun.

Donald Trump hails Vatican meeting with Pope Francis as 'an honour'

 

Melania's internal monologue:

 

Dude could be an ambulance chasing personal injury attorney from Laurel, Miss., as long as he's completely loyal to Trump then Trump will be loyal to him.

 

I'm sensing a delightful reworking of My Cousin Vinnie.

 

I read an article on Trump putting together his legal team to defend Trump/Russia, I think in the WaPo, which said that he had spoken with a number of lawyers. He has reportedly picked a team of four from three different law firms. The reporter made the comment that this looked very much like "the Tower of Babel approach he used in hiring a White House staff", and that a battle for supremacy among the legal team was all but inevitable. Very perceptive.

 

Until it's time not to be loyal.

 

Come to think of it, the lawyers he should be hiring are the ones who worked for Bill Clinton back in '98. Experience matters.

 

First, is it customary to dress like someone died when meeting the pope? Second, why does it look like Trump is the one who killed whoever died?

 

Here's the story: Trump close to choosing outside counsel for Russia investigation


Attorneys who have spoken to the White House and are seen as the finalists include Marc Kasowitz, Robert Giuffra Jr., Reid Weingarten, and Ted Olson: “Kasowitz, who has known Trump for decades, is expected to take a leading role. A partner at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman in New York, Kasowitz has represented Trump in numerous cases, including on his divorce records, real estate transactions and allegations of fraud at Trump University … Giuffra, Olson and Weingarten have already spoken with senior administration officials about the team.”

It is unclear how Trump will pay for his legal team, the cost of which cannot be covered by the federal government: "But campaign finance lawyers said Trump could probably draw funds from his reelection committee to cover legal expenses related to the Russia inquiries, including money donated after he assumed office."

A smart point in Bob and Ashley's story: Outside experts note that the president’s decision to consider a team of lawyers from several different firms, rather than a single outside counselor, may exacerbate his existing problem of competing power factions within an already chaotic White House. “The one thing he’s trying to do is to manage some of the disorder that seems to have affected his legal position,” said a lawyer who worked in a previous administration. “And so to create a Tower of Babel within his legal team is sort of mirroring some of the problems that got him in trouble in the first place.”

 

But where's the proof of collusion? /YF