A loon lands at the UN
by digby
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| Is it appropriate for the president’s son who is in charge of his ongoing International businesses to be sitting with the WH delegation at the UN? |
Fox’s immediate analysis on Trump’s speech: “I think this was his best speech ever. Look at the body language, he was confident, he was reading slowly, he didn’t repeat himself a bunch of times which he has always done in the past.” pic.twitter.com/VkwRBqouJq— Lis Power (@LisPower1) September 24, 2019
Here are some highlights:
We are, by far, the world’s most powerful nation.Hopefully, the United States will never have to use this power. #UNGA pic.twitter.com/mmazQgaDWs
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 24, 2019
that was a profoundly bizarre performance but I can already see that cable news is covering it as though it was a normal speech pic.twitter.com/siI9nIecPP— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2019
Ivanka, for one, is still paying attention pic.twitter.com/kKDZK19Tky— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2019
"extradoodicial" — some high-risk reading from Trump here. He didn't quite stick the landing. pic.twitter.com/qfuLJ0u0Yz— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2019
uh oh. Trump is starting to have mouth issues pic.twitter.com/Rnw1YwtKPH— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2019
Those were actually his best moments. He’s been acting like a lunatic those whole time. One example:
Imagine how many other authoritarians at UNGA will see Trump saying his political opponent should be executed. America used to stand for something. https://t.co/u6xkGRjCOu— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 24, 2019
He’s rattled, it’s obvious. And he should be. As I write this, the number of Democrats for impeachment procedures has gone up to 167. That’s 29 who have joined the call in the last 24 hours.
I guess that the prospect of the president blatantly trying to steal the election in almost exactly the way he tried to steal it in 2016 may have been a bit much.
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