Today’s batshit performances
by digby
There’s a whole lot of crazy going on in Trump’s head right now. Here are some highlights:
Here's the president suggesting, in contradiction of his own intelligence agencies, that the 2016 DNC hack might've been an inside job pic.twitter.com/yH3AO2HgqW— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
TRUMP on the 2016 election: "It was disgraceful what happened — what happened to me and what happened to the Republicans." (Republicans won the presidency and majorities in both chambers of Congress …) pic.twitter.com/LbO7UgsOom— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
Trump says Turkey invading Syria has "nothing to do with us," adds that the Kurds "aren't angels" pic.twitter.com/JooscZplZR— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
Trump falsely claims that everyone owns stocks: "Don't forget, stock market is not just rich people — it's all people. Because all people own in the stock markets." pic.twitter.com/VqdTCyiYtM— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
Trump downplays Turkey invading Syria: "They've been warring for many years. It's unnatural for us, but sort of natural for them. They fight & they fight long & hard…I say why are we protecting Syria's land?"
He then brings up the Kurds & says, "who, by the way, are no angels" pic.twitter.com/rrqJuuEQzP— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
Trump touts turning the US military into something equivalent to a mercenary force for Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/HCTQwcMXaC— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
Trump admonishes Lindsey Graham to forget about the Kurds & instead focus on issues his constituents really care about, such as "what happened with Comey, McCabe, Lisa [Page], what happened with Peter Strzok, what happened with President Obama." pic.twitter.com/L3zkjF0zEQ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2019
oy….