Trump on NATO: "I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete."
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 12, 2017
Trump says NATO "no longer obsolete," credits himself for NATO, which has been in Afghanistan for 15+ years, "now" fighting terrorism.
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) April 12, 2017
That moment when you hear Trump talk foreign affairs and he mangles 3 different things inside of a minute and you throw your computer out th
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 12, 2017
TRUMP: "going it alone means going it with lots of other nations"
I don't follow
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) April 12, 2017
It was probably rash to throw my computer out the windo– HEAVE HO AGAIN!! https://t.co/iXJO9X9sbS
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 12, 2017
His mind is an open comic book. https://t.co/19uBcLx2Ia
— David Waldman (@KagroX) April 13, 2017
Trump flip flopped on so much today, hard to keep up. Help me out:
Russia/Putin
NATO
China currency
Hiring freeze
Yellen
Export/import bank— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) April 12, 2017
If you find yourself suffering from an excess of optimism, or brain cells, the Washington Post transcribed that whole Bartiromo interview with Trump.
We. Are. So. Fucked. THANKS, REPUBLICANS!
Steeplejack
Somewhere tonight—Chris Matthews?—I saw the video clip of Trump explaining that after he talked to Xi for ten minutes he realized that the North Korea situation is not as simple as he had thought. Who knew?! I realized that the thing that is most maddening to me is that after he has one of these epiphanal moments—on health care, on the tax code, on NATO, on North Korea—he makes sure to clue in the rest of us in subsequent interviews, completely oblivious to even the remote possibility that someone might have known this before him. (“This” = anything.)
Major Major Major Major
Haha, yay, we’re all going to die.
I wrote a blog post about my yesterday and twitted a tweet at Cole, for those who might be interested in such things.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: I put a link in the last thread about getting rid of Cortana on the lock screen.
Steeplejack (phone)
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Thanks, got it.
amk
twitler’s ‘mind’ is an open garbage can.
opiejeanne
@Steeplejack: Rachel had that snippet on her show tonight, but probably all of them did.
amk
paging wilmer.
Major Major Major Major
@amk: even Medicare wouldn’t pass muster as “single-payer” to the purists pushing hardest for “single-payer”.
Keith P.
Thing is, his base *will* abandon him as he abandons what got him to the show. It’ll confirm their suspicions about the establishment (and Jews), so they’ll end up attacking Trump. But Trump will never get the Dems on his side, as he’s been way too much of an asshole for the last 10 years or so, so all he can really convert to his side are maybe the few moderates left (while keeping the party line voters). He’s fast running out of friends, and Ivanka/Brothers Grimm can’t produce Trumps fast enough to make up the difference.
Baud
Yogi Berra was clever. Trump is just dumb.
Baud
@Keith P.: Agree.
gene108
@Steeplejack:
Some of the people, who already knew this stuff are working in the Federal government and would love to do their jobs and produce reports to inform the President.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
I don’t see how this even get’s him the Neo-Cons – remember they flatter themselves as intellectuals.
gene108
I pity the poor interpreter trying to parse Trump-speak into a foreign language. We have enough trouble figuring out what he is saying, in English, as it is.
Edit: From the transcript of the Trump interview, regarding his meeting with President Xi.
SFAW
@Keith P.:
FTFY, because I doubt Uday and Qusay are any smarter than the Whiny-Toddler-in-Chief.
1stgengirl
Saw M Bartiromo on Jeopardy several years ago. Dumber than a stump! Couldn’t answer even one question correctly.
SFAW
@1stgengirl:
As compared with Wolf Blitzer, who ended up with a score of something like negative 3,000,000
Tenar Arha
I know it’s a dead thread but I read this, and I think it’s becoming well past time for President Jarvanka or President Ivared jokes.
Mike E
@Baud: FTFYankees, but ALL praise Yogi!
Jacel
@Mike E: At least we can think of Yogi also as a Beloved Met.
RobNYNY1957
@1stgengirl: I think Wolf Blitzer still holds the record for the worst score at the end of Double Jeopardy!, something about -$4000. David Hyde Pierce, on the other hand, was brilliant.