Still raining and very windy here on the Central Coast of California.
Tiffany Trump
Seriously, folks, taking out your anti-Trump feelings on Shame on all of you who are jerk asses. My hat is off to Whoopi Goldberg for extended a friendly hand and standing up to those who are too full of hate in their hearts.
Trump's lack of strong leadership
Trump is blaming the leaks on pro-Obama people still working in the various agencies and departments. He is acting like he is not in charge. He is and needs to start acting like it or these leaks will keep occurring.
Russia
Russia is upset about Trump not warming up relations like he promised. Spicer, in a presser, said the Admin says Russia needs to deescalate the violence in Ukraine and give back Crimea to Ukraine. Russia is also saying it did nothing wrong with their warplanes in flying them near US waqrships. Russia also tried to lay the blame on the US. We all need to remember one thing, Russia is not an ally or friend and with Putin in charge, will never be.
Jake Tapper
Susan Wright at Redstate is to be thanked for this story. She points out how Jake Tapper at CNN schools Trump on the difference between news and conspiracy theories. It is well worth the read.
Peter Wehner
If you don't know who he is, he is a former adviser to 3 Repbulican presidents (Reagan and both Bushes). In a great interview with CBS, he says Trump has some very disturbing relationships with Russia. It is an article everyone should read. In a related article, USA Today has an excellent article on Trump's ties to Russia going back 30 years.
Trump rallies
Trump is still holding political campaign rallies. Remember when the Right criticized Obama for doing the same? Where is that criticism now> Oh, wait, it's all a double standard, hypocrisy and the jersey being worn.
Faith leaders disappointed with Trump's LGBT agenda
Who didn't see that coming. These so called people of faith sold out their beliefs for worldly power. They abandoned their principles and are now reaping the whirlwind. Faith and the moral and ethical foundations that are related to it are suppose to know no political boundaries. These people need to be reminded of that.
Trump will pass up Obama by the end of the year
In what it will cost taxpayers to protect him on his vacations. Per Judicial Watch, a Right leaning watchdog group, it will cost taxpayers more than $200 million this year alone at the pace he is going. Obama cost taxpayers $97 million in his entire 8 years in office. Trump is living an extravagant lifestyle on our dime. Trump is a business man who knows the cost of a plane flight and vacations. Add in his weekend getaways to Mar-a-Lago are severely hurting the small businesses there thousands of dollars already in just the past 3 wseekends and you can see he is no champion of the forgotten blue collar/working class.etc person. He is a liar and a huckster and a con man.
Trump deletes a tweet
Yes, Trump deleted a tweet that went too far. Not only did he call out certain news outlets, he called them enemies of America. It's one thing to say the media is biased (all of media has some biased) but to declare those you don't like enemies of the state is going way too far and shows how he wants to be an autocrat and beyond questioning and criticism. The same goes for those in his Admin.
Sanford and McCain
Both have been severe critics of Trump and are not afraid to take him on. Sanford has never given to Trump and has shown a political bravery that needs to be emulated. McCain is reminding me of his younger days when he would stand for principle over party. Now, more on the Right and in the Republican party need to do the same.
Jewish reporter
Trump berated a Jewish reporter who is a supporter by not letting him finish his question. Trump's thin skin is going to get him into bigger trouble. He needs to grow up. The Reporter was merely asking a question about the rise in racist attacks, in particular, anti-Jewish attacks. Now, considering Jared Kushner is his son-in-law and key adviser, Ivanka has converted to Judaism and his grandchildren are ethnically half-Jewish, you would expect Trump to be considerate and have an interest in this. Instead, he has turned a blind eye and really has not spoken out.
G. O. JUB
Miller originally wrote to journalists on Inauguration Day that the bust of King had been removed from the Oval Office (after checking for it twice, he later wrote). Forty minutes after a pool report based on his observation was sent to other journalists, Miller found a White House aide who confirmed to him that the bust was still in the office. Miller then spent the night, and much of the weekend, apologizing for his error and sending corrections to reporters.
"The President and White House aides have cited this mistake as an example of 'deliberately false reporting,'" Gibbs' note read. "It was no such thing,"
Gibbs also wrote that over the weekend Miller asked a White House advisor to pass an apology on to President Donald Trump. That contradicts Sean Spicer’s position in a press briefing Monday.
“Where was the apology to the president of the United States?” Spicer asked on Monday, after referencing Miller’s erroneous report. “Where was the apology to millions of people who read that and thought how racially insensitive it was? Where was that apology?”
In fact, Spicer himself had accepted Miller's apology on his Twitter account three days earlier:
Apology accepted twitter.com/zekejmiller/st…
On Monday night, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway also blamed Miller for her need for Secret Service protection.
"Because of what the press is doing now to me, I have Secret Service protection," she told Sean Hannity. "We have packages delivered to my house with white substances. That is a shame and yes I hold him into account for it.”
G. O. JUB