Daca floppa blame
Donald Trump tweeted a full-throated defense of the continued presence of Daca recipients in the country just hours after it was reported that the president had reached a tentative deal with Democratic leaders to cement their legal status. Initial reports suggested that the deal was not attached to any funding for a border wall, one of Trump’s keystone campaign promises.
I have something to tell you about your base ...
Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017
Another brick in the wall
The news was followed by utter panic from Republicans and a confusing volley of reports throughout the day on exactly what had been agreed to and what was and wasn’t on the table, with Trump later specifying that any deal would have to be connected to assurances about wall funding.
'Trump base is blown up'
@RealDonaldTrump If AP is correct, Trump base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair. No promise is credible. https://t.co/uJjxk6uX5g
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) September 14, 2017
The art of the deal as applied to walls
Via WH pool, Trump says there has to be "an understanding" about wall financing as part of any final agreement on DACA.
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) September 14, 2017
What do they think amnesty is, then?
WH spox: Trump 'will not be discussing amnesty' but will discuss 'legal citizenship over a period of time'
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) September 14, 2017
Are you following this?
Everyone is confused pic.twitter.com/xr0s6sshzL
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) September 14, 2017
2. Ivanka be left alone
Ivanka Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times that liberals were harboring “unrealistic expectations” of her as a moderating influence on her father’s presidency.
'It’s not going to happen ...'
Some people have created unrealistic expectations of what they expect from me. That my presence, in and of itself, would carry so much weight with my father that he would abandon his core values and the agenda that the American people voted for when they elected him. It’s not going to happen. To those critics, shy of turning my father into a liberal, I’d be a failure to them.
– Ivanka Trump
3. The gov't is my aeroplane
It was reported Thursday that the US treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, requested the use of a government jet for his European honeymoon at reported taxpayer cost of about $25,000 per hour.
He called it a matter of national security
4. Not seeing stars
Amazon is redacting most one-star reviews of Hillary Clinton’s new memoir What Happened on the suspicion that most were fraudulently posted by people who merely don’t like Clinton and hadn’t actually read the title.
5. Can't teach an old Trump new tricks
A spokesperson for the Republican senator Tim Scott, who met with Trump yesterday, said “Rome wasn’t built in a day” in response to a question about him nudging the president to a more enlightened place on issues of race. “To expect the president’s rhetoric to change based on one 30-minute conversation is unrealistic,” the aide said.
6. You used to call me on my cell phone
Trump has offered condolences to Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, one week after the country’s worst earthquake in a century, claiming he was unable to get through for several days because of bad mobile phone reception.
The earthquake killed more than 98 people.
Poor Marco :-/
When Marco Rubio hears Trump’s White House say "it’s not amnesty” it’s “a responsible path forward." pic.twitter.com/ZAFY8tKdOZ
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) September 14, 2017
Wait, what changed, though?
When Obama was in office, only 30% of white evangelicals would forgive a president's immoral behavior. Now it's 72%. https://t.co/c6FlHbziMi pic.twitter.com/VTNov7TJRk
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) September 14, 2017
... Lastly, this
Fun fact: Jon Bon Jovi is mentioned twice in index of Clinton's memoir. @KatyTurNBC mentioned once. Martin O'Malley isn't mentioned at all
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 14, 2017
