The front page of the NYT website — on day 1,000 of the Trump administration — reads like a parody prediction from 2016 of what Trump’s presidency would look like.
Possible Trump motives
1) Protecting income flow from Trump Towers Istanbul
2) Payoff to Turkey to cover up recording of Khashoggi murder by Trump allies
3) Obeisance to Putin
4) Warning to House: if you impeach me, Ill burn every American alliance and interest before I go
@gaberutledge This is exactly what I needed to hear as I struggle with the thought “what if instead of pursing boring but stable employment, I had pursued my secret dream of stand-up comedy?”
@JohnWDean I disagree. He’s already been caught doing something illegal and bad, so now his strategy is to do the same bad thing publicly and often so people get so used to it, it seems normal
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.”
Carl Sandburg