“but this spat is highly unusual,”
Not unusual in a world where Trump exists.
How dare Roberts contradict Dear Leader!!
At this point I would hope (though it is unlikely to happen) that Roberts would just tell him to Fuck off.
I bet Justice Roberts would love to continue to engage Trump. But can he afford to? Sooo tempting.
Winning!
(dropping a dime here): “Um, SC Mueller? Wanted to be sure you saw these tweets. Thanks for your attention.”
So many people living rent-free in tRUmp’s head. It’s a veritable housing project.
Let’s say one of the many indictment or subpoena laying about gets appealed up the the Supreme Court and the majority rules against him (because of this pissing contest).
Who is fat Nixon gonna blame then?
The only person who could make Roberts sympathetic.
And this petty, narcissistic man who must get the last word in thinks he’s a big strong alpha male. What a joke.
Four of the Justices are “Trump Judges”, he thinks he can bully Roberts into compliance. The wingnut sites are already attacking Roberts, and you will see Fox News doing it as well. We will find soon enough what Roberts is made of, he doesn’t strike me as the valiant type.
Roberts can certainly afford to piss of Trump; he has a lifetime appointment. However, Roberts is an adult. He is not going to stoop to Trump’s level.
Preshitident Skanky-Manslut is giving the game and pretense away. Sleazy Johnny Roberts, like Preshitident Skanky-Manslut, also sees the Supreme Court as the legal division of the virulent christian conservative movement and Republican Party, to be used as a weapon for constitutionally-rationalized conservative tyranny.
Crooked Johnny has just welcomed with open arms Skanky-Manslut’s Bret Kavanaugh, the first Rapist-Boofer-American Supreme Court justice and rabid christian conservative warrior, to his christian army. Johnny is messaging to his conservative base that he gets his mission, but that he wants Skanky-Manslut to hush for the charade to continue.
If Johnny has any spine, he should continue to engage Preshitident Skanky-Manlsut in the media, on twitter and elsewhere. He should not hide behind his black cloak and the safety of his life time appointment. Silence is complicity.
One thing you will lose at with Trump is name calling (Hillary, Rubio and others tried). Don’t engage him in that. Trump looks the fool now, Roberts should not drag himself into such childish nonsense. He maturely said his piece, and now will let Trump be the fool. Remember, Roberts has the ultimate weapon. His vote. In fact, I’d say Kav and Thomas are the only people on Trump’s side on the Mueller probe, being subpoenaed, etc.
Poor poor emperor sugar plum. He can’t fire a SCOTUS Justice who rebuked him. The man is there for life. Let us hope he does not call Vlad for advice.
A housing project with awful plumbing, cheap fixtures and thin walls. In other words, a typical Trump property.
Trump is causing a change of heart with another base, i.e. those who think comparing him to Adolf Hitler is over the top, unfair, a false analogy, or reckless.
Much of the weird and objectionable stuff that Mr. Trump does seems to driven by his sheer ignorance of how the U.S. government is supposed to work.
This man has never had a scintilla of impulse control, a disease that afflicts those born with lots of money. Go ahead, Trump, attack the chief justice - it’s very smart strategy. You’ll win over so many with your razor-sharp observations. I suspect Neil and Bro Brett might not like it much, as they have to live with their moniker of “Trump appointees,” which I’m sure they’d prefer to run from now that they’re settled.