Had to share this. You have to wonder how much longer Republican senators can keep ignoring Trump's delusional behavior.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... conference
Trump repeatedly insisted that his administration is off to a smooth and effective start while airing his grievances against the intelligence community, the political press and Senate Democrats, whom he slammed for blocking his Cabinet picks.
... This week has been a particularly tough one for the Trump White House, which saw national security adviser Michael Flynn resign under pressure and Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder withdraw his controversial nomination because of Republican objections.
"Tomorrow, they will say, ‘Donald Trump rants and raves at the press,’ the president said, mocking reporters. “I’m not ranting and raving. I'm just telling you. You know, you're dishonest people. But I'm not ranting and raving. I love this. I'm having a good time doing it.”
Trump needled a number of news outlets, criticizing the BBC and joking with CNN reporter Jim Acosta, whom he angrily shut down last month at a press conference in New York. Trump said he had made sure that his new Labor nominee, Alexander Acosta, was no relation.
He tossed out plenty of head-scratching lines, such as when he asked a veteran African-American radio journalist to arrange a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus.
Trump brushed aside arguably the biggest controversy of his presidency, the botched rollout of his travel ban. He chastised the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a court order blocking it, as being wracked by “chaos” and “turmoil.”
But as many presidents before him have, he placed the blame on his predecessor.
“To be honest, I inherited a mess. It's a mess. At home and abroad, a mess,” he said. “We'll take care of it folks; we're going to take care of it all. I just want to let you know, I inherited a mess.”
And here's the full story behind the weird interaction with the African American reporter:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... ack-caucus
In which Trump also claims that he was planning to meet with a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, but Rep Cummings backed out:
"“[Cummings] was all excited and then he said, ‘Oh, I can’t move it,’ ” Trump said. "'It might be bad for me politically. I can’t have that meeting.’”
Which Cummings denies.
Oh, and this - no idea whether this is normal for a new administration or not.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... cks-report
Six White House staffers were removed from the administration on Thursday for failing an FBI background check, according to Politico.
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The Hill asked the White House for comment.
I can't wait to see what Trump says. Morbid curiosity, I suppose.