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White House....Bizarro world?

May 16, 2017 3:39AM PDT
Bizarre scenes as crisis-prone White House reacts to report of Trump’s classified information gaffe

WASHINGTON — Closed-door emergency meetings. Hallways packed with reporters. Statements rushed out, but few questions answered.

It’s become a familiar scenario in the crisis-prone Trump White House, where big news breaks fast and the aides paid to respond seem perpetually caught off-guard.

The Washington Post report Monday led to the latest feeding frenzy. The news that Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials in a meeting last week prompted another round of bizarre scenes, just days after Trump’s decision to fire FBI director James Comey sent his communications team into a tizzy.

They included a surprise encounter between reporters and Trump’s top national security adviser and an attempt to drown out conversations with a blaring television.


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PS
May 16, 2017 1:04PM PDT

Melania must be dreading the day when the school year is over for the young fella'...moving into the White House with this guy.

She'll be taking care of 2 kids....

David Brooks: When the world is led by a child-president who hasn’t mastered three basic things every adult is supposed to

Which brings us to the reports that Trump betrayed an intelligence source and leaked secrets to his Russian visitors. From all we know so far, Trump didn’t do it because he is a Russian agent, or for any malevolent intent. He did it because he is sloppy, because he lacks all impulse control, and above all because he is a 7-year-old boy desperate for the approval of those he admires.

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I much prefer
May 17, 2017 4:30AM PDT

someone who has to learn how to be a politician, and all of the deceit that has come with that role, and make a few mistakes now and then, than someone with an ego so huge like BO and hilLIARy that they really DO believe they are above the law and never pay for their crimes.

Speaking of the "Which brings us to the reports that Trump betrayed an intelligence source and leaked secrets to his Russian visitors." statement......Israel has already come out and said they were the source and that they weren't upset over the information being given to Russia because ALL countries need to be prepared for the attacks. Perhaps Trump got their permission before the meeting and nobody has bothered to report that?

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RE:really DO believe they are above the law and never pay
May 17, 2017 5:13AM PDT
really DO believe they are above the law and never pay for their crimes.

unlike this guy?

For years I've thought a "business person" could do a good job of running the country....But not THIS/Trump "business person"...

Never mind being involved in politics...FIRST they have to "grow up".
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the operative word in that article
May 17, 2017 6:46AM PDT

is "jokingly"...........THAT isn't a crime unlike BO and hilLIARy actual crimes, including inciting violence and encouraging it.

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Jokingly?
May 17, 2017 8:47AM PDT

Jokingly? He's a funny man I wonder why he didn't go to the Press dinner there were lots of funny people there. I guess he doesn't have a sense of humour when it comes to laughing at himself