Yesterday was a remarkable day, but also a perfect encapsulation of Trump's Presidency.
Trump started his day by tweeting out how awful FISA is. This was a mirroring of what he had just seen on Fox and Friends. The problem is, the WH has been supporting the passage of FISA reauthorization and the House was voting on it with the expectation the WH supported it. Per reports, this stirred up a shitstorm of calls until Trump added to the tweet by saying the exact opposite - as if the previous tweet hadn't happened, even though he tagged it (or whatever you do in the Twittersphere).
It later came out he referred to a number of poorer countries as "shithole countries". The rest of the day the WH clarified by not saying he didn't say it, but by saying it's okay to disparage allies and other nations because his base will like it. (As Cilliza stated, it was an appalling and remarkable stance and admission.) It should be noted that after a day of taking flack, but defending the comment, Trump is now saying he didn't say it.
And of course Trump ended the day by saying he wasn't going to visit our strongest ally because he didn't like where the embassy had been moved to and how the move had gone down. He amazingly blamed Obama for himself not visiting London. This peeved the Brits and was followed with numerous reports that the real reason he didn't want to go was because there would be a lot of protestors. It should also be pointed out that, per usual, Trump was wrong and the decisions about the Embassy came from Bush, not Obama. Either way, whether it was the moving of the embassy or fear of seeing people not like him, the decision not to visit our staunchest ally is fairly shocking, especially given the reasoning.
A really full day for a President used to making news.
Trump started his day by tweeting out how awful FISA is. This was a mirroring of what he had just seen on Fox and Friends. The problem is, the WH has been supporting the passage of FISA reauthorization and the House was voting on it with the expectation the WH supported it. Per reports, this stirred up a shitstorm of calls until Trump added to the tweet by saying the exact opposite - as if the previous tweet hadn't happened, even though he tagged it (or whatever you do in the Twittersphere).
It later came out he referred to a number of poorer countries as "shithole countries". The rest of the day the WH clarified by not saying he didn't say it, but by saying it's okay to disparage allies and other nations because his base will like it. (As Cilliza stated, it was an appalling and remarkable stance and admission.) It should be noted that after a day of taking flack, but defending the comment, Trump is now saying he didn't say it.
And of course Trump ended the day by saying he wasn't going to visit our strongest ally because he didn't like where the embassy had been moved to and how the move had gone down. He amazingly blamed Obama for himself not visiting London. This peeved the Brits and was followed with numerous reports that the real reason he didn't want to go was because there would be a lot of protestors. It should also be pointed out that, per usual, Trump was wrong and the decisions about the Embassy came from Bush, not Obama. Either way, whether it was the moving of the embassy or fear of seeing people not like him, the decision not to visit our staunchest ally is fairly shocking, especially given the reasoning.
A really full day for a President used to making news.
