Trump is a poor judge of character, Iâd say⊠Bwahahahaha! Got git 'em, Rudy!!
⊠reeling âŠ
⊠hope theyâre getting dizzy. 
Donât be misled by what you are seeing: complete chaos, every lawyer for himself and White House staff kept in the dark. Itâs a deliberate strategy. So not to worry.
IIRC Cohen said he was not reimbursed by the Trump Organization nor by the Trump campaign which would allow room for repayment by Trump personally.
Trump had no choice but to reveal this given that the Feds have all Cohenâs records. Possibly a payment to a lawyer is covered by attorney client privilege unless made illegally or as part of breaking campaign reporting laws.
That Trump did pay Cohen for Stormy was apparent to any reasonably objective observer such as Chalie Dent so I fail to understand why the White House staff is so shocked.
They believed Trumpâs denials? They are accustomed to seeing Trump get away with his lies?
But none of them can leave, because they have nowhere else to go.
Itâs like being in Hitlerâs bunker during the final days. How do you put THAT on your resumĂ©?
They believed Trumpâs denials? They are accustomed to seeing Trump get away with his lies?
These seem like contradictory views, however amidst the vortex of the mind-bending of a cult, followers can be conditioned to hold both of those positions simultaneously. So it depends how deeply each staffer (or Trumpster voter) is besotted in the thrall of the cult of the golden calf cheetoh as to whether they just believe the latter (not nec. cultist), or believed both (cultist.)
Aside from Ghoulianiâs remarks, Millerâs statement is one of the dumbest things Iâve read lately!
âŠand I have also decided that when Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a âpress conferenceâ, the only response from anyone in the non-FoxNews/RW media should be, âBitch, please!â
entertaining myself. lol
Honey badger rudy going rogue:
Ole rudy ends up:
But then again, rudy could be up to something for being dismissed by trump in the beginning.
Oh, Jason Miller! That guy is a walking Comedy Store. Every time he is on one of the news talk shows, all the pundits he is screaming at - and the mofo ALWAYS ends up screaming to get his point across - end up making him look like the fool he is. I donât think Iâve ever seen him win an argument yet when he has lamely tried to defend Trump. But he is good for entertainment value, and if April Ryan tells you âHoney, donât go there!â, then honey, I suggest you donât go there!
In Russian.
I love this. Headlines everywhere â Rudy and Donny throw the WH legal team under the bus. Oh, sooo clever.
With friends like thisâŠ
Letâs assume Giulaniâ's disclosure was deliberate and planned. He and Trump (and maybe one or two other of Trumpâs attorneys) decided taking this hit now was the least damaging of the alternatives. What does that tell us? Some of the alternatives now eliminated include:
-Cohen was not being reimbursed.
-Trump not knowing about the Daniels payoff.
-Learning of the Daniels payoff any later than the reimbursement.
(edited to add this does seem similar to the time Trump Jr published his emails leading up to the Russian agent meeting in Trump Tower. He felt he had to.)
Canât we get back to talking about how mean Michelle Wolf was to Sarah?
FEGELEIN!!!
Der Truer Heinreich!!!
Goering!!
Spe-e-e-er!!
Betrayal!!! Everywhere Betrayal.
Again a song to help us all along.
Your everlasting summer
You can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something
That you think is gonna last
But you wouldnât know a diamond
If you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious
I canât understand
Are you reelinâ in the years
Stowinâ away the time
Are you gatherinâ up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
Are you reelinâ in the years
Stowinâ away the time
Are you gatherinâ up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
You been tellinâ me youâre a genius
Since you were seventeen
In all the time Iâve known you
I still donât know what you mean
The weekend at the college
Didnât turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge
I canât understand
Are you reelinâ in the years
Stowinâ away the time
Are youâŠ
I can see why WH staff is purportedly shockedâtheyâve been working for Fat Nixon for awhile, they know heâs a deadbeat who doesnât pay his bills.
Trump himself was happy with Giulianiâs performance, according to a person familiar with his views but not authorized to speak about them publicly. And Giuliani told The Washington Post the president was âvery pleased.â
Quite plausibly, Rudy did exactly what he and Donald had agreed. It wouldnât be the first time Drumpf initiated a major policy change without notifying even a minority of concerned staff members â it rather seems like s.o.p. in this White House. Moreover, if the whole thing had bombed, it gives them plausible deniability while they usher Ghouliani to the door â which isnât happening yet.
In support of that, last night I saw an analysis which pointed out that Ghoulianiâs new story for firing Comey brings the White Houseâs mythology more in line with the former FBI directorâs testimony and memos. We, or more likely Drumpfâs base, are supposed to forget about, ââŠthis Trump-Russia thing is a made up storyâŠâ and, ââŠa real nut jobâŠâ and go with the new version of the precedentsâ state of mind.
So, Iâm going with Ghouliani was to float the new line and legal strategy and, if it sunk, he would go down with it. If it floated, as it appears to have from the Drumpfâs perspective, they would move it forward, the feelings and understanding of the rest of the staff be damned, as usual.