Highlights of the Great Embarrassment
by digby
Trump claims he's going to create a "smart person's waiver" so that excellent foreign students can stay in the United States. pic.twitter.com/rnRDBLP1OC— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
Trump wants people to believe he was actually serious when he told Putin, clearly in jest, to not meddle in the 2020 election pic.twitter.com/qm2M5R6q81— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
Trump wants you to believe the Saudi regime is taking a murder they're responsible for (Khashoggi) very seriously: "More than 13 people are being prosecuted and I hear the number is going to be going up." pic.twitter.com/b61FG4JeaF— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
Trump casually claims he's personally responsible for persuading Erdogan to not "wipe out" the Kurds pic.twitter.com/5YohWx383D— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
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Trump flagrantly lies, claims President Obama had a family separation policy that he inherited and ended. (Trump implemented family separation in April 2018). pic.twitter.com/y5BvVwgPfh— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
Asked for this thoughts on the busing policy Kamala Harris attacked Joe Biden over at the debate, Trump punts by suggesting, oddly, that his administration will soon come out with some sort of busing-related policy pic.twitter.com/QRZycREb3e— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
REPORTER: What is the US ignoring climate change?
TRUMP: I don't. We had best numbers we ever had recently & I'm not looking to put our companies out of business … we have the cleanest water & air we've ever had [false] … powering the plant doesn't always work w/ a windmill pic.twitter.com/ItvkcEMilw— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
Pressed on why he won't say MBS was responsible for Khashoggi's murder even though his intelligence community has, Trump says "I cannot comment on intelligence" and goes on to commend Saudi Arabia for doing "a great job from the standpoint of women." pic.twitter.com/LvqECtdMm8— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
Trump closes the news conference by acknowledging Putin has a point when he says that western-style liberalism is obsolete, citing "what's happening in Los Angeles, where it's so sad to look," and adds that "at a certain point, I think the federal govt maybe has to get involved" pic.twitter.com/WZ7TWOA45w— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 29, 2019
I. Just. Don’t. Know. What. To. Say.
It would be one thing if this arrogant dunderhead surrounded himself with smart people. But his top advisers are his vacuous daughter and her air-headed husband.
God, that’s depressing.
Even more depressing is the fact that it’s not at all clear that he can’t be re-elected.
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