Conversations w Republicans close to WH over last 12 hours indicate it’s been far more dire than WH has said. Before being taken to Walter Reed, Trump kept asking aides, “Am I going out like Stan Chera? Am I?” (Chera was Trump’s NYC friend who died of Covid in April)
Just watched Trump hospital video a second time. His breathing is clearly labored. He seems to be leaning on table for support. And there’s so much fear in his eyes.
Incredible how competitive Trump is with 230K+ covid deaths and kids being locked in cages and everything else. Even if Biden wins he will have to govern in a Trump country. This is who America is.
Been thinking a lot about why Trump will survive impeachment when Nixon didn’t. For 20+ years Fox News (and rightwing talk radio) has told GOP voters that Democrats are evil. As lawless as Trump is, Republicans believe Dems are worse. That’s the power of propaganda.
Romney rejecting donors’ calls for him to primary Trump, but he’s planning to rally Senate Republicans to vote against Trump in impeachment trial. My latest:
Just finished reading the shooter’s purported manifesto. The depth of his hate is terrifying. America has a white nationalist domestic terrorism crisis.
Chaos inside Fox News as impeachment looms. Mgmt told Smith to stop attacking Carlson. Hannity privately says whistleblower is really bad for Trump. Paul Ryan has told Lachlan to plan for a post-Trump future.
Sources: Trump had heart palpitations on Friday, a possible negative side effect of Regeneron antibody treatment. His fever reached 103. And a G7 ally wonders if he’ll appoint Ivanka president instead of Pence. My latest:
Per source, White House counsel Pat Cipollone told west wing staffers today not to help Trump stage a coup or else they could be prosecuted for treason. My latest:
For the last 4 years, Trump bullied and humiliated his staff in meetings. Now that he’s lost, they’re turning on him. “Why put up with it anymore?” one outside WH adviser said.
Media should remember not to normalize the President of the United States calling someone who cooperates with law enforcement “a rat.” Language of organized crime debases the office.
I obtained Trump’s 1993 prenup with Marla Maples that provides a new look at his finances. Plus documents show he would cut off child support payments if Tiffany joined the military or the Peace Corps (!)
Chris Cuomo says on CNN that his coronavirus fever was so bad last night he shivered, chipped his tooth and hallucinated so much that he saw his father Mario
Per source, lot of west wing anger at Jared right now over how embarrassing Trump’s legal fight has so far been. “Jared is running everything and it’s a disaster!”
Trump is compiling a post-impeachment enemies list and Bolton is at the top of it. Trump had told people he wants Bolton criminally prosecuted. My latest:
White House shocked by Avenatti claims. Privately aides involved in nomination saying “this could be end of the line” for Kavanugh, per outside adviser briefed on discussions.
Serious question for Trumpers: why would Obama “SPY” on Trump campaign but not do anything with the info? Put another way, why would Obama WH go to extreme lengths to break the law but not help Hillary win? That’s the dumbest conspiracy of all time.
Epstein is dead less than 24 hours after documents unsealed showing inner workings of his vast sex trafficking operation. What else did Epstein know was going to come out? A lot.
Trump has done more call-ins and remote TV interviews than any president in history. The idea that a virtual debate is somehow unfair to him is absurd. Only reason to bail is if you’re scared.
Unredacted version of Bolton book reveals what Trump told President Xi last year when Trump asked China to help his campaign: “Make sure I win... Buy a lot of soybeans and wheat and make sure we win.”
Trump is literally turning all 3 cable news networks into State TV. Live daily campaign rallies for the president to strengthen his hold on power. Unprecedented departure from American norms.
Wow. Maddow telling O’Donnell Parnas is talking now because he’s worried about his physical safety and wants truth out in case something happens to him
Trump seems to be pivoting to starting a rightwing media company since he’s blowing the election. Only way to explain what he’s doing. If he’s going to lose big he needs to salvage a “win.”
Wow, Porter’s ex wife Jennie Willobough tells Anderson Cooper that Porter called her a few days ago and asked her to “downplay” the allegations she made against him.
Multiple sources I’ve interviewed for my Epstein reporting stress this is not the end of the story. Victims deserve justice. Focus now turns to Maxwell. And how Epstein was allowed to commit suicide (if it was a suicide and not a hit...)
Fox ad execs are having difficulty selling ads for Hannity and Laura Ingraham. “The pro-Trump thing isn’t working,” one staffer says. “We can’t monetize DACA and the wall and that right-wing shit.”
One reason Trump could be withholding truth of his condition: he doesn’t want calls for transfer of power to grow. At what point does Cabinet consider 25th amendment?
Question for law enforcement experts: Why would it ever be justified for a cop to put a knee on a person’s neck after the person is handcuffed? What policing policy could ever allow this?
Trump is manipulating the media once again. Staging this exit from Walter Reed ensures he gets maximum free coverage. It’s redux of airing his 2016 rallies.
If Barr believes in “traditional values” why is he working for a thrice married man who’s been credibly accused of rape and more than a dozen sexual assaults?
Barr, overlooking separation of church and state.
“Secularists and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and academia in an unremitting assault on religion and traditional values.”
I hope the press corps today asks John Kelly and
@PressSec
why they defended an accused serial wife beater on the record. What message does that send to women and girls?
Character assassination has never been easier in America. Accusations have become convictions, fodder for late night comedians and cable news yakkers. It's a deplorable situation and at this point, there is no way to stop it.
Been off grid for a few hours, has onetime newspaper publisher Jared Kushner released a statement about growing evidence that he propped up a leader who had a journalist tortured, murdered and dismembered?
Serious question: why doesn’t the NYT have every investigative reporter on the Pentagon maybe found aliens story RIGHT NOW? One of NYT reporters said on MSNBC that the Pentagon recovered metal alloys they don’t recognize!!!
Wow, that Fox is making a big deal of Obama era intel officials having TV contributor deals is rich. Ailes basically put half the George W Bush administration on the payroll after 2008 election
Hannity carries a concealed gun and gets driven to NYC in a limo from his Long Island mansion. Rush Limbaugh lives/broadcasts from a Palm Beach compound he rarely leaves. The guys yelling about “opening” the economy live paranoid survivalist lifestyles.
remember when Republicans freaked out and stormed town halls bc Obama said you could keep your doctor? Trump said coronavirus would go to zero and now 50K Americans are dead. Where is GOP outrage?