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- "I'm gonna do this terrible, destructive thing!...Eh, maybe I won't do it" - Trump's great dealmaking
- "As @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social noted Monday, Trump could ask his allies in Congress to make an exception—it’s allowed!—for this very special plane. That would be an interesting vote." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu...
- Trump: "Some people say 'Oh, you shouldn't accept gifts for the country.' My attitude is, 'Why wouldn't I accept the gift?'"
- Trump complaining about Air Force One: "When you land and you see Saudi Arabia, and you see UAE, and you see Qatar and they have these brand new Boeing 747s mostly. And you see ours next to it, this is like a totally different plane. It's much smaller. It's much less impressive."
- "While Trump is scanning the social media feeds of existing visa holders for thought crimes and cutting off refugee programs for our Afghan allies, he is extending refugee status to white South Africans."
- "'We don’t win by throwing vulnerable people under the bus! Why punch down on the very people we’re trying to protect?' It’s hard to argue with that moral sentiment. But ultimately, the debate before Democrats is about not just ethics but politics."
- “I'm going to show you Donald Trump on camera demonstrating that he is unable to recognize or comprehend the damage he's doing to the economy and to millions of Americans.” @saletan.bsky.social breaks down Trump's lies on prices and more:
- Actual reporters by and large are doing their jobs and informing the public. The same can’t be said of the Republican Congress. There’s no outrage dark or damaging enough to spur it to action. It is an epic, ongoing institutional failure.
- "The racism dog whistle here is a bullhorn." Trump said he wants a refugee policy in America's interest, which just happens to be nobody except...white South Africans? @timmiller.bsky.social:
- "The real question is: what are congressional Republicans going to do about it?" Well, we all the know the answer to that. But don't stop noticing Congress's dereliction of duty, or Trump's brazen, sweeping corruption. New from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu...
