General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2017-2021)

[Blackfyre]

@perlberg
https://twitter.com/perlberg/status/1002559402388414466

Trump is acting more on his own, with a smaller inner circle. Staffers leave without replacements. Leaking officials are (trying to be) more careful. As the Trump presidency enters its next season, reporters say the WH has become more challenging to cover https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevenperlberg/white-house-reporters-trump-challenging …

10:36 AM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[Yinny]

Fun fact: Robert Mueller graduated from my high school and came back to speak when I was there.

Another fun fact: So did Archibald Cox

Foot on these Presidents’ necks

 

[Blackfyre]

@thedailybeast
4m
Pentagon: U.S. military operations killed 499 civilians in Trump’s first year https://thebea.st/2J2J4rV

@thedailybeast
For comparison, nearly 900 were killed between August 2014 and April of this year http://thebea.st/2J2J4rV

11:39 AM - Jun 1, 2018

Fun fact: Robert Mueller graduated from my high school and came back to speak when I was there.

Another fun fact: So did Archibald Cox

 

[Blackfyre]

@kylegriffin1
Rhonda Hart, whose daughter was killed in the Santa Fe H.S. shooting, says she suggested to Trump employing veterans in schools.

She said Trump responded, "And arm them?" Trump then "kept mentioning" arming teachers.

"It was like talking to a toddler." https://apnews.com/2c09cdab0af94a9c833cbcaca9c39c7d …

11:55 AM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@MegynTODAY
“It’s also the height of hypocrisy for the Trump White House to be saying there’s a double standard.” NBC's @megynkelly on the Trump administration's reaction to #SamanthaBee #MegynTODAY

9:37 AM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[hashmander]

to these people (trump's kind) expressing racist thoughts publicly is crass and that's why samantha bee's language is the same as roseanne's.

 

[Blackfyre]

@kylegriffin1
Scott Pruitt spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens from a Washington jewelry store, WaPo reports. https://wapo.st/2snJvmo?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.02fc7978f07a …

12:45 PM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Look at the tweet from "derrickrosesacl"

 

[Blackfyre]

@samstein

NEW: Embattled Chinese telecom giant ZTE hired Trump campaign veteran for lobby work https://www.thedailybeast.com/embattled-chinese-telecom-giant-zte-beefs-up-lobbying-muscle?ref=wrap …

Via @lachlan

2:21 PM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@politico
https://twitter.com/politico/status/1002622164514852864

A judge is challenging his colleagues' decision to appoint a special prosecutor to defend a district court judge's handling of a pardon Trump issued last year https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2018/06/01/joe-arpaio-special-prosecutor-challenge-617110 …

2:45 PM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[Pressure]

@DEAD7

 

[Blackfyre]

@kylegriffin1
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1002642213862559744

The EPA looked into spending $10,000 on a charter plane flight for Scott Pruitt to see a mine during a planned trip to Australia last August, The Hill reports. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/390302-epa-looked-into-10000-charter-plane-to-fly-to-mine-for-pruitts …

4:05 PM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@axios
CVS says it will no longer donate to pro-Trump "dark money" group America First Policies because of reported racist and pro-Nazi comments by group officials. https://www.axios.com/cvs-donated-to-pro-trump-dark-money-group-1527864453-dba3e742-1a52-4b5b-9695-f53b201c9496.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100 …

4:14 PM - Jun 1, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@DEAD7

 

[GPBear]

The American Empire has collapsed so horrendously, that when I hear the president Donald Trump's summit with "Kim" is back on, I'm not sure if they're referring to Kim Kardashian or Kim Jong Un