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Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:05 PM Jun 2017

Trump, furious and frustrated, gears up to punch back at Comey testimony

Alone in the White House in recent days, President Trump — frustrated and defiant — has been spoiling for a fight, according to his confidants and associates.

Glued even more than usual to the cable news shows that blare from the televisions in his private living quarters, or from the 60-inch flat screen he had installed in his cramped study off the Oval Office, he has fumed about “fake news.” Trump has seethed as his agenda has stalled in Congress and the courts. He has chafed against the pleas for caution from his lawyers and political advisers, tweeting whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

And on Thursday, the president will come screen-to-screen with the former FBI director he fired, James B. Comey, who has consumed, haunted and antagonized him by overseeing an expanding Russia investigation that the president slammed as a “witch hunt.”
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“He’s infuriated at a deep-gut, personal level that the elite media has tolerated [the Russia story] and praised Comey,” former House speaker Newt Gingrich said. “He’s not going to let some guy like that smear him without punching him as hard as he can.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-furious-and-frustrated-will-join-allies-in-attacking-comey-testimony/2017/06/06/171e6d00-4acf-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html

Hang onto your hats, folks. I don't know how this is going to go down, but I have a feeling we're going to see something the likes of which we've never seen before with Trump live tweeting during Comey’s testimony.

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Trump, furious and frustrated, gears up to punch back at Comey testimony (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jun 2017 OP
Lol...The unhinged trump will come off as 100% whacko..NICE beachbum bob Jun 2017 #1
Too late - Coates, Rogers and Comey malaise Jun 2017 #2
I've read that Coates is supposed to be as big as Comey ... any thing Coates will say new? I thinkin YCHDT Jun 2017 #4
I agree, malaise. gademocrat7 Jun 2017 #9
Once the Con tried to shut down the FBI investigation malaise Jun 2017 #12
Hmmmm, I change my mind based of this info ... if true it looks like Trump wants to take the fight YCHDT Jun 2017 #3
Good. C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #5
Trump "wishes Comey luck". Sugar Smack Jun 2017 #6
Sounded like a threat to me. furtheradu Jun 2017 #15
And you have the staff flapping their arms & acting helpless. Sugar Smack Jun 2017 #18
HA! Funny You said that! furtheradu Jun 2017 #27
Obama watched sports and read books in his spare time BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #7
Please proceed, Mr. President! alterfurz Jun 2017 #8
I read he is benld74 Jun 2017 #10
Poor Donald. Push the "beautiful chocolate cake" button a few times. tanyev Jun 2017 #11
Won't his eyeballs fall out? Putting a 60inch flat screen in HipChick Jun 2017 #13
He's liable to break Twitter with this rapid Twits! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #14
Comey is expert at his craft. amerikat Jun 2017 #16
Excellent post! orangecrush Jun 2017 #26
This bdamomma Jun 2017 #17
I Hope the Dump Does His Worst Leith Jun 2017 #19
Eye-of-Newt says, GallopingGhost Jun 2017 #20
Wipe Trump's scat off your nose, Newt. n/t BlueStater Jun 2017 #21
Great! H2O Man Jun 2017 #22
I'm ready. 47of74 Jun 2017 #23
"Baited with a Tweet" As Hillary said of Trump. He is juvenile. nikibatts Jun 2017 #24
I can't remember the guest's name on Mondays Last Word nadine_mn Jun 2017 #25
He can't invoke EP on Comey..... Persisted Jun 2017 #34
BOOFuckingHoo.. LOL@Fuckinguy Cha Jun 2017 #28
"Some guy like that..." RE: Comey. Some guy like that who has dedicated his life to public service TeamPooka Jun 2017 #29
Comey is a smart man. MontanaMama Jun 2017 #30
like a five year old with a squirt gun spanone Jun 2017 #31
So, he's not a liar; he's actually insane and believes his fictions. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #32
At this point, I find it impossible to predict what tRump will Grammy23 Jun 2017 #33
Wonder if there will be a network camera crew or a WH staffer equiped with democratisphere Jun 2017 #35
He's going to run Comey over with his golf cart Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #36

YCHDT

(962 posts)
4. I've read that Coates is supposed to be as big as Comey ... any thing Coates will say new? I thinkin
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:13 PM
Jun 2017

... not because the Trump admin isn't preempting

malaise

(268,898 posts)
12. Once the Con tried to shut down the FBI investigation
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:23 PM
Jun 2017

this was obstruction of Justice - Comey doesn't have to say so explicitly.

YCHDT

(962 posts)
3. Hmmmm, I change my mind based of this info ... if true it looks like Trump wants to take the fight
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:11 PM
Jun 2017

... public and if Comey wasn't coming out with anything new there wouldn't be a fight.

Prolly worth looking at

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
15. Sounded like a threat to me.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:26 PM
Jun 2017

Though everything he says or does is a lie or threat, seems to me.

Freakin weirdo.

Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)
18. And you have the staff flapping their arms & acting helpless.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:39 PM
Jun 2017

Running around, but letting that freaking weirdo do what he does. It's amazing how much of this is allowed. The threats & the tantrums & the lies. Anyway, aren't you glad you and I don't have to put up with that on a daily basis? They couldn't pay me enough.

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
27. HA! Funny You said that!
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:44 PM
Jun 2017

"threats, tantrums, & lies"..
I just quit my job.. my trumper-boss made every day HELL. Ever'body walked on egg shells, catering to that freak's moods & insanity. The day he HUMILIATED a coworker(Latino)I was DONE.

Although it was more $ than I'd made in years, after 60 days,of his crazy, & THAT happened, I gave notice. Boss was a sick, wealthy, abusive bastard. No amount of money was enough.
I'm unemployed, & FREE. The Universe will provide, cuz I know to keep my Heart in the Right place.
Yes! Not enough money in the World! 💖

BeyondGeography

(39,368 posts)
7. Obama watched sports and read books in his spare time
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:16 PM
Jun 2017

He also looked a damned sight healthier, and it had nothing to do with the age gap.

amerikat

(4,909 posts)
16. Comey is expert at his craft.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:26 PM
Jun 2017

Trump is not. Comey will say just enough to piss him off and lead him to more mistakes.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
20. Eye-of-Newt says,
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:51 PM
Jun 2017

"some guy like that." Wonder what that means in their twisted minds.

Undoubtedly Trump thinks he is smarter than Comey, but I'm pretty sure Comey will have the last laugh.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
25. I can't remember the guest's name on Mondays Last Word
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:30 PM
Jun 2017

last word with Lawrence O'Donnell, but they were talking about why trump didn't push executive privilege. The guest said that it is because trump is looking for a fight...he wants to go to battle against Comey, because he has always "won" and a court battle over privilege would just stretch out the time until what Trump sees as his victory.

So when I read about the live tweeting that could occur Thursday I was thinking that guest was spot on. Trump doesn't see this as an investigation - he sees it as some type of reality show match up. He knows his base is going to cheer him on and boo and hiss at Comey and he needs that to feed his sad little ego.

He has no idea what this is all really about...he just sees it as one more person being "mean" to him and he needs to get revenge. He is such a sad petty man

TeamPooka

(24,218 posts)
29. "Some guy like that..." RE: Comey. Some guy like that who has dedicated his life to public service
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:59 PM
Jun 2017

even if he's a Republican he has dedicated his life to governmental service.
Some guy like that....everything Trump can't stand.

MontanaMama

(23,302 posts)
30. Comey is a smart man.
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 12:10 AM
Jun 2017

He's not my favorite guy but he's no idiot. AND, he's probably got rock solid legal counsel advising him. He'll go just far enough to sent FF45 into a Twitter freaking meltdown but not so far as to appear pissed off and petty. This has the potential to be an EPIC tweet storm.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
33. At this point, I find it impossible to predict what tRump will
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 01:20 AM
Jun 2017

do to distract or distort what's happening all around him. The White House is in flames, his whole administration is running around with their hair on fire. A saying I heard a few thousand times fits this situation. They don't know whether to sh*t or wind their watches.

I think making guesses, educated or not, is kinda fun. Definitely fun to poke fun at tRump. But I think we're just gonna have to watch and see how this plays out. And then we'll have to see where it all leads. I am pretty sure most of us want tRump gone. Depart from me, I know ye not! We really need to hope that cooler heads prevail and proceed with caution so that tRump can't be in a position to pardon those around him. He needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for every single crime he committed. While he is the President in office, he could pardon. And then there is the matter of Pence pardoning him, as happened with Nixon. Do we really want to see tRump get off scot free? I think not. Humiliation is not enough. He must be punished.

So let us hope that things ignite tomorrow and Thursday to get the ball rolling for trump's removal, along with a whole bunch of other bad apples. Meanwhile---pass the popcorn. Things are starting to look and sound real interesting.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
35. Wonder if there will be a network camera crew or a WH staffer equiped with
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 02:06 AM
Jun 2017

a Go Pro to capture drumpf bouncing off the walls and ceilings of the oval office while blaming everyone else for his collusion with the Russians.

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