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Not to defend him, or excuse him when he does the inexcusable, but Trump isn't the master of his faculties (and hasn't been for a long time). You can see it in how he frequently isn't able to engage with things, in this case evidently not understanding the question. He's very close to the end of his tether and apparently recently had his first semi-public breakdown in an interview that was not broadcast. He's not well, and I imagine he hasn't been since before his election campaign, although the level of stress he was under was obviously less then. His constant contradictions and U-turns are key symptoms, too. Obviously, you shouldn't diagnose people at a distance, but the symptoms are really quite striking.

I'll just put this here, for those interested

link for when Robert Mueller Testifies Before Congress

Ivanka in United Kingston toplels...

he clearly isn't listening.

He rarely does, I would love for an interviewer to ask him to repeat what the interviewer said to him.

So what has been going on with Mueller? Any good summarys?

Same as it ever was.
Ad infinitum

Absolutely nothing will come of the Mueller thing. It's not worth wasting your time on.

This is a nice idea:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/pink-seesaws-reach-across-divide-us-mexico-border

Renato Mariotti on Mueller's testimony to congress.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/25/robert-mueller-hearing-was-awesome-227478
If Mueller had said directly that Trump had committed a crime it would prejudice any charges laid against Trump after leaving office.

Quite. Stand on the seat in Mexico, get a fat friend to jump on the U.S. seat, bingo.

Next we have some racism and threats of violence by people who use 'cometh' as the third person plural form ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/01/gun-shop-billboard-the-squad-aoc-omar-tlaib-pressley

https://twitter.com/jdeangordon/status/1157105820917805056?s=21

Incredibly, this is purported to be a photo of the Trumps with the baby whose parents were killed, whilst shielding her, in the El Paso massacre.

Apparently, the child was brought back to the hospital for their visit, having been discharged the day before.

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The family are Trump supporters.

Supporting a political party who want to deport you to own the libs

This was grossly patronising. The installation - not you.

The family are Trump supporters.

Point. Missed.

If they had been Obama supporters would he (Obama) have done this?

No, I got that. Neither the former pres nor his supporters would have indulged.

This was grossly patronising. The installation - not you.

Why do you think the installation was patronising?

I thought it was a nice symbolic way of connecting people across the border. Perhaps I didn't look carefully enough.

So, 11 days without comment - he can do or say anything and we don't even notice anymore.

The Tlaib/Omar Israel thing passed us by. Overnight, he's scrapped any talk of background checks for gun sales after a call with Wayne Lapierre, cancelled a visit to Denmark because they won't sell him Greenland and called Jews who don't vote for him traitors. Far-right propagandising and megalomania on spring-loaded stilts is the unquestioned norm - this is how we live now.

The buying Greenland thing ... Can it get any more absurd?

He's now refusing to visit Denmark over it. I think they're happier without him

we should start a go fund me and try and outbid him
target £500,000,001

So, 11 days without comment - he can do or say anything and we don't even notice anymore.

Yup, the tactic is starting to work. We've become jaded. He seems to have shifted up a gear on the far right talking points, they are seeping trough less and less filtered by the day. But we've already spent all our energy discussing his grammar and what he likes to eat.