Day: May 19, 2017
Majority of Americans Think Trump has Mental Problems
56%
A new SurveyUSA poll finds that 56% of Americans (including 1 in 4 Republicans) say President Trump “sometimes loses touch with reality.” Also interesting: 37% say Trump “is unable to distinguish between what is true and what is made up.”
Trump Advisors had 18 Contacts with Russians During Campaign
18
“Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race,” current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.
Tapper Takes Issue with Trump’s Self-Pity
“Every single one of the president’s wounds is self-inflicted. Every single one. I don’t really understand the propensity for self-pity at a time like this.” … “My second reaction is, four U.S. presidents have been actually literally assassinated and killed. But more broadly speaking, when it comes to a president that has been treated unfairly, I mean that president led the charge claiming that the first African-American president was born in Africa. Which is not only a charge that is false, but is not a little bit racist.”
— Jake Tapper, taking exception on CNN at President Trump’s claim that he’s been treated more unfairly than any other president in history.
Kelly Suggests Trump Use Sword on the Press
“You can use that on the press, sir.”
— Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, after President Trump was presented with a ceremonial saber at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement, according to ABC News.
It’s Going Around
As I read the daily Twitter aggression,
Or witness the endless pundit progression,
The more I watch the news,
The more I get the blues.
I got a bad case of that mean old Trumpression.
