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

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The New York Times
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News Analysis: “The president’s first instinct was to tamp down any suggestion that the Saudi government needed to be held to account,” writes David Sanger.


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For Trump, Instinct After Florida Killings Is Simple: Protect Saudis
Before issuing his own condolences, the president channeled the Saudi king’s, and avoided any discussion of the hard questions about why the U.S. is training Saudi officers.

 

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The Hill
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The US tax burden fell to the fourth lowest among advanced economies after the passage of the 2018 GOP tax law despite a debt burden spike that reached nearly $1 trillion in the 2019 fiscal year.


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US taxes drop to 4th lowest after GOP tax cuts: report
Only Ireland, Chile and Mexico had a lower tax burden than the United States, which came in at 24.3 percent of GDP, well below the 34.3 percent average.

 

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@kylegriffin1
The U.S. ambassador to Denmark barred an American NATO expert critical of Trump from speaking at an international conference hosted by the American embassy and a Danish think tank, prompting the event's cancellation, organizers said. NATO Conference Is Canceled After U.S. Ambassador Barred a Trump Critic …

 

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✔@NatashaBertrand
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Can confirm NYT report (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/us/politics/ig-report-steele-dossier.html …) that Barr made a last minute declassification of details about Steele that will be in IG report. Steele was told about this yesterday and was not given a chance to review the new information, which as NYT notes is highly unusual.

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Natasha Bertrand

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Steele was interviewed extensively by the IG’s office this year and handed over documents. As is standard, he was able to review the portions of the report that mention him. So it’s unclear why he’s been prevented from reviewing/being briefed on the newly declassified info.

08:39 - 9 Dec 2019

 

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@John_Hudson
NEW: Top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov to visit Washington next week in first visit since 2017 Oval Office controversy, officials say. Pompeo meeting expected. White House mum on a possible Trump meeting. 1/2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...6242cc-1875-11ea-bf81-ebe89f477d1e_story.html …

 

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@AP
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North Korea has again insulted Donald Trump, calling him a “thoughtless and sneaky old man” after he tweeted that Kim Jong Un wouldn’t want to abandon a special relationship between them and affect the U.S. presidential election by resuming hostile acts. North Korea calls Trump 'erratic' old man over tweets

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North Korea has again insulted President Trump, calling him a “heedless and erratic old man” after he tweeted that Kim Jong Un wouldn’t want to abandon their special relationship (updates translation from N. Korea's English translation of its statement.) North Korea calls Trump 'erratic' old man over tweets

 

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@letsgomathias
NEW: In a remarkable letter sent to the White House today, @KamalaHarris leads 27 senators in calling for the “immediate removal” of white nationalist Stephen Miller HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media …

 

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Walmart apologizes for sweater featuring Santa with cocaine

 

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Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan — The Washington Post

This is ugly

 

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Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan — The Washington Post

This is ugly

Nooo shyt....

 

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@AP
BREAKING: Russia probe report finds no evidence of political bias, despite performance failures, per summary obtained by AP. Russia probe report finds no evidence of political bias

 

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@ShimonPro
This AG Barr statement:

“The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken.”
13:02 - 9 Dec 2019

 

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