LOL someone's pretty cranky after having such a successful night! (STOP EVERYTHING AND WATCH THIS) pic.twitter.com/y1I7jv0MB9— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 7, 2018
this display of this president’s psyche is unsettling to watch— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 7, 2018
This Trump news conference is going off the rails. President is losing his cool and snapping at reporters, from @Acosta to @PeterAlexander to @AprilDRyan.— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) November 7, 2018
Last night: Trump lost control of the House.— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) November 7, 2018
This morning: Trump lost control of himself.
I mean, Trump doesn't SOUND like a guy happy with election results....— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) November 7, 2018
i am truly shaken as i watch this press conference. we are in a bad place and its only going to get weirder— jim manley (@jamespmanley) November 7, 2018
"Say hello to Shinzo," Pres. Trump tells Japanese reporter, after cutting off his question to ask where he's from. "I'm sure he's happy about tariffs on his cars." pic.twitter.com/6jHWCTAgtM— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) November 7, 2018
I know it is no longer amazing, but in any other time it would be. The President just stood up and, in talking about midterm losses said "me me me me." People who embraced "me" won, people who didn't lost. "Shoulda been with me me me." No president has done this before.— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 7, 2018
Jeez, Donald Trump can't even fake sympathy or come close to saying anything comforting to Jews in mourning for Pittsburgh.— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) November 7, 2018
President Trump: "I think I am a great moral leader and I love our country."— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 7, 2018
As a political historian, my scholarly opinion is that this presidential press conference is weird as shit.— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 7, 2018
Trump is making clear he understands that he’s in deep trouble— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 7, 2018
The whole sad, ridiculous, pathetic and scary spectacle reminded me of this Joe Scarborough tweet from August 19:
Anyone who has known Trump for years, and doesn’t have a stake in his political career or the GOP, says the same. He is unwell and has been getting progressively worse over the past 18 months. https://t.co/k1l3zAgwco— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 19, 2018
I think there really is something wrong with the president. Can you imagine what must be going on in his head? We don't (yet) know all the dirt lurking in the dark corners of his life, and his soul, but he knows. From the very beginning he's acted like a man who's hiding something. Now with a Democratic House coming in January, and with Robert Mueller's investigation digging deep, deep, deeper into Donald's past, all those secrets are going to be significantly harder to keep.
I can only imagine how unsettling the next two years are going to be.
Update: Tweeted after Sessions was fired.
Thursday morning update. From Jonathan Chait at NYMag.com, in a post written yesterday:
Last year, Donald Trump Jr. testified that he never informed his father of a meting with Russian officials promising "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. It seemed hard to believe that the ne'er-do-well son would neglect to seek credit for his expected campaign coup from the father whose approval he so obviously craves. And now it seems that Robert Mueller has obtained proof that it is not in fact true. The Trump family lies all the time, of course, but doing it under oath is a crime.
... The details of the expected indictment remain to be seen. But if Trump Jr. did lie under oath, the obvious question is why. He had a lawyer, who presumably informed him of the dangers of perjury. Why take the risk of perjury to deny having informed his father about a meeting with Russian officials if the contacts produced absolutely nothing? (Read the article here.)
From Politico, also posted yesterday:
Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., who served as a key campaign surrogate for Republican candidates, has told friends in recent weeks that he believes he could be indicted, according to one of those people.
White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counsel McGahn have implored the president to wait until Mueller issues his report to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and clean house at the Justice Department. To that end, they have reassured Trump that the report will be a "nothing burger," in the words of a former White House official, though it's unclear whether they were expressing their unvarnished views about the forthcoming report or merely trying to prevent the president from compounding the damage by firing Sessions. (Read the article here.)
Both of these posts were written before Donald fired the Attorney General. Here's what Vanity Fair posted at 5.37 p.m. yesterday, after Sessions was fired:
Trump's move against Sessions today arrives at a moment when Trump allies are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump Jr.'s legal exposure. In recent days, according to three sources, Don Jr. has been telling friends he is worried about being indicted as early as this week. One person close to Don Jr. speculated that Mueller could indict him for making false statements to Congress and the F.B.I. about whether he had told his father about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians to gather "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. This source had heard that the case could revolve around Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, who's cooperating with Mueller and who was deeply involved in the campaign at the time of the meeting. Trump, this person continued, is "very upset" about the risks Don Jr. faces. "The president is very depressed," the person said. ("Don never said any such thing, and there is absolutely no truth to these rumors," said Don Jr.'s lawyer Alan Futerfas.) (Read the article here.)
Update: Tweeted after Sessions was fired.
And one more thing: There are rumors that Don Jr. is about to be indicted. I have no idea how credible they are, but for what it's worth, they're out there.Trump acts on impulse and frequently does things that defy normal logic and efficacy. So, maybe. https://t.co/k7BZqsCrkL— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) November 7, 2018
Thursday morning update. From Jonathan Chait at NYMag.com, in a post written yesterday:
Last year, Donald Trump Jr. testified that he never informed his father of a meting with Russian officials promising "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. It seemed hard to believe that the ne'er-do-well son would neglect to seek credit for his expected campaign coup from the father whose approval he so obviously craves. And now it seems that Robert Mueller has obtained proof that it is not in fact true. The Trump family lies all the time, of course, but doing it under oath is a crime.
... The details of the expected indictment remain to be seen. But if Trump Jr. did lie under oath, the obvious question is why. He had a lawyer, who presumably informed him of the dangers of perjury. Why take the risk of perjury to deny having informed his father about a meeting with Russian officials if the contacts produced absolutely nothing? (Read the article here.)
From Politico, also posted yesterday:
Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., who served as a key campaign surrogate for Republican candidates, has told friends in recent weeks that he believes he could be indicted, according to one of those people.
White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counsel McGahn have implored the president to wait until Mueller issues his report to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and clean house at the Justice Department. To that end, they have reassured Trump that the report will be a "nothing burger," in the words of a former White House official, though it's unclear whether they were expressing their unvarnished views about the forthcoming report or merely trying to prevent the president from compounding the damage by firing Sessions. (Read the article here.)
Both of these posts were written before Donald fired the Attorney General. Here's what Vanity Fair posted at 5.37 p.m. yesterday, after Sessions was fired:
Trump's move against Sessions today arrives at a moment when Trump allies are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump Jr.'s legal exposure. In recent days, according to three sources, Don Jr. has been telling friends he is worried about being indicted as early as this week. One person close to Don Jr. speculated that Mueller could indict him for making false statements to Congress and the F.B.I. about whether he had told his father about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians to gather "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. This source had heard that the case could revolve around Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, who's cooperating with Mueller and who was deeply involved in the campaign at the time of the meeting. Trump, this person continued, is "very upset" about the risks Don Jr. faces. "The president is very depressed," the person said. ("Don never said any such thing, and there is absolutely no truth to these rumors," said Don Jr.'s lawyer Alan Futerfas.) (Read the article here.)
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