1. Just realized I haven& #39;t done one of my This Week In Trump threads for a while. I know y& #39;all miss that special feeling of choking, helpless fury! So let& #39;s take a glance at the last week or so of news & see what our Dear Leader has cooked up for us. Buckle up.
7. Against the advice of everyone in the medical profession, Trump has been hyping -- & apparently taking! -- the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Now a new study finds that it *increases* mortality risk from the virus. Oops. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/22/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-study/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...
8. The State Dept& #39;s Inspector General was investigating Pompeo& #39;s sale of billions in arms to Saudi Arabia, which (likely illegally) bypassed Congress. Trump fired the IG. (You& #39;ll recall that the Saudi gov& #39;t is bankrolling several Trump properties.) https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/18/state-dept-ig-trump-fired-was-investigating-saudi-arms-sale.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/1...
9. It& #39;s not an isolated incident. Trump is waging war on IGs across the gov& #39;t -- thwarting their efforts & replacing them w/ loyalists. He explicitly rejects the very notion of independent oversight. His gang won, they get the spoils; that& #39;s how it works. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/politics/trump-inspectors-general.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/2...
10. Trump alleged massive fraud in the 2018 elections in Florida. The state just concluded a 17-month investigation. Guess what? Nothing. No fraud, just a fevered conspiracy theory. Keep this in mind as November approaches. https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/05/21/a-trump-election-conspiracy-collapses-1285442">https://www.politico.com/states/fl...
11. Trump blamed his failure to appreciate the virus earlier on intelligence services. But current & former intel officials say he was briefed on it plenty -- he just won& #39;t read briefings & won& #39;t pay attention. He prefers to get info from cable news. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/politics/presidents-daily-brief-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/2...
12. This last onehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☝️" title="Up pointing index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing index">needs emphasis. Trump is incapable of focusing long enough to read a short briefing. He won& #39;t/can& #39;t absorb objective information from experts. He can ONLY pay attention to RW media, which is packaged to play on his prejudices. It& #39;s a nightmare. </fin for now>
13. The Paycheck Protection Program has been riddled with incompetence & cronyism, but now, finally, Trumpkins have found some PPP loans they can& #39;t abide. They want Planned Parenthood clinics to return their PPP loans. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes"> https://www.vox.com/2020/5/23/21268539/planned-parenthood-80-million-ppp-loans-coronavirus">https://www.vox.com/2020/5/23...
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