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

[Blackfyre]

 

[Blackfyre]

@thedailybeast
Trump will host his first Iftar dinner on Wednesday—but Muslim groups who have traditionally attended the event in previous administrations reportedly say they won’t be going due to “the president’s history of incendiary comments about Muslims” https://thebea.st/2JgOvnc

12:38 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

 

[88m3]

The Hill
5 mins ·
Sen. Bob Corker said that President Trump personally called him and asked him not to move forward with legislation limiting his authority to impose tariffs, but the Republican senator said he would do it anyway.


THEHILL.COM

GOP senator: Trump asked me not to introduce bill limiting his tariff powers but I will do it anyway

 

[Blackfyre]

@Acosta
SCOOP: When Trudeau pressed Trump on national security justification for tariffs on Canada Trump responded: “didn’t you guys burn down the WH?” That was Britain during the War of 1812 http://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/war-of-1812-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-tariff/index.html …

1:05 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@kylegriffin1
A group of outside experts required by law to meet biannually with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been dissolved.

"Everyone ... has been fired."

It is basically the only group of outside experts the CFPB is required to interact with by law. http://apne.ws/O0ibYwJ

2:05 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Trump was like, I'll go back 200 years and teach this punk some history. He he

 

[Blackfyre]

@thedailybeast
6m
EXCLUSIVE: The contractor arrested at the White House for attempted murder was previously accused of domestic violence, @arawnsley reports https://thebea.st/2JjulsP

@thedailybeast
Martese Edwards managed to get and keep sensitive jobs with the government despite a prior criminal history—and that was before his arrest for attempted murder http://thebea.st/2JjulsP

2:57 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@elainaplott
scoop: Millan Hupp, EPA aide asked to find used mattress etc, has resigned. Her last day is Friday, per correspondence. Comment from Jahan Wilcox at EPA: "“You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/top-aide-to-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-resigns/561974/ …

2:54 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@maggieNYT
So you’re saying someone is writing a story you’re trying to pre-empt... https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1004359335399641089 …

10:04 AM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@thehill
Trump praises Pruitt, EPA: The agency is “doing really, really well" http://hill.cm/mvYEMAE

3:39 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@JessicaASmith8
I asked Scott Pruitt a quick question about the reports he tried to help his wife become a Chick-fil-A franchisee.

"With great change comes, I think, opposition...I love, she loves [Chick-fil-A]"

1:54 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[lightskin jermaine]

Give Dennis the Nobel Peace Prize

 

[Blackfyre]

@EricLiptonNYT
NEWS: Just told by senior EPA person that Sarah Greenwalt, senior counsel to Pruitt, has also resigned. Asking EPA public affairs for confirmation. Comes after another aide Millian Hupp also resigned today

3:51 PM - Jun 6, 2018

 

[Blackfyre]

@thedailybeast
A man was detained by ICE after delivering pizza to a military base https://thebea.st/2LoALDF

4:15 PM - Jun 6, 2018