Trump: Supreme Court Can Stop My Impeachment

By NCD on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:27am |

Defying Congress, Trump vows Supreme Court fight over any impeachment

“If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I would first head to the U.S. Supreme Court,” the Republican president, who is seeking re-election next year, wrote on Twitter, without offering details about what legal action he envisioned.

Maybe it would be a good idea? Push him over the edge, although isn't he already way over the edge?

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/defying-congress-trump-vows-supreme-court-fight-over-any-impeachment-idUSKCN1S01KA?il=0

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This one floors me - amongst so many strange statements, perhaps Trump's most bizarre statement yet. No, the Supreme Court is not his personal guard, and I'm pretty sure *none* if them are so far gone as to believe they are.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:33pm

Reminiscent of his advice to May, "The EU? Take my word and just sue them!"

by NCD on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 5:54pm

Within the context of the full half-day of tweets, which I have pasted below, that tweet just seems average. It was actually not easy to pick it out. It's simply another morning of ranting all his fantasies and greatest hits with the fans, just blowing off steam:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is correct, the VA is not broken, it is doing great. But that is only because of the Trump Administration. We got Veterans Choice & Accountability passed. “President Trump deserves a lot of credit.” Dan Caldwell, Concerned Veterans of America

12:54 PM - 24 Apr 2019

I didn’t call Bob Costa of the Washington Post, he called me (Returned his call)! Just more Fake News.

10:09 AM - 24 Apr 2019

....Congress has no time to legislate, they only want to continue the Witch Hunt, which I have already won. They should start looking at The Criminals who are already very well known to all. This was a Rigged System - WE WILL DRAIN THE SWAMP!

9:52 AM - 24 Apr 2019

No Collusion, No Obstruction - there has NEVER been a President who has been more transparent. Millions of pages of documents were given to the Mueller Angry Dems, plus I allowed everyone to testify, including W.H. counsel. I didn’t have to do this, but now they want more.....

9:47 AM - 24 Apr 2019

Can anyone comprehend what a GREAT job Border Patrol and Law Enforcement is doing on our Southern Border. So far this year they have APPREHENDED 418,000 plus illegal immigrants, way up from last year. Mexico is doing very little for us. DEMS IN CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW!

9:34 AM - 24 Apr 2019

.....are there no “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” there are no Crimes by me at all. All of the Crimes were committed by Crooked Hillary, the Dems, the DNC and Dirty Cops - and we caught them in the act! We waited for Mueller and WON, so now the Dems look to Congress as last hope!

8:18 AM - 24 Apr 2019

The Mueller Report, despite being written by Angry Democrats and Trump Haters, and with unlimited money behind it ($35,000,000), didn’t lay a glove on me. I DID NOTHING WRONG. If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I would first head to the U.S. Supreme Court. Not only......

8:10 AM - 24 Apr 2019

Mexico’s Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers, probably as a diversionary tactic for drug smugglers on the Border. Better not happen again! We are now sending ARMED SOLDIERS to the Border. Mexico is not doing nearly enough in apprehending & returning!

8:00 AM - 24 Apr 2019

A very big Caravan of over 20,000 people started up through Mexico. It has been reduced in size by Mexico but is still coming. Mexico must apprehend the remainder or we will be forced to close that section of the Border & call up the Military. The Coyotes & Cartels have weapons!

7:25 AM - 24 Apr 2019

The American people deserve to know who is in this Country. Yesterday, the Supreme Court took up the Census Citizenship question, a really big deal. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

7:18 AM - 24 Apr 2019

“Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson accuses United Kingdom Intelligence of helping Obama Administration Spy on the 2016 Trump Presidential Campaign.” @OANN WOW! It is now just a question of time before the truth comes out, and when it does, it will be a beauty!

7:04 AM - 24 Apr 2019

Last one was a hoot--Larry Johnson--once an acquaintance of Josh Marshall, who gave him a regular blog @ TPMCafe, until he showed his wack Trump-like tendencies. Very Trump like behavior with the commenters, I recall.

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 1:38pm

He's a victim, victim, victim, in solidarity with all his fans who are innocent victims of the elites and the rigged system, except he has the power to fight back for them, fighting back against the man, gonna right the wrongs:

Rigged system

Fake News

Witch Hunt

THE SWAMP

I didn’t have to do this, but now they want more..

Crooked Hillary (note capitalization)

Dirty Cops (note capitalization)

I DID NOTHING WRONG

pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers

The Coyotes & Cartels have weapons!....

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 1:55pm

Mother Trump told him to stop being weak or she would never love him....PSYCHO!!

by NCD on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 6:04pm

And being Scottish she knew that while you might marry a German, you should never trust them, they won't have your back:

Deutsche Bank has begun turning over documents in New York attorney general's Trump probe. https://t.co/JCwdgW07gA pic.twitter.com/C6gMdSJ8NI
— ABC News (@ABC) April 24, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 9:50pm

Partisan RATS!! Unfair! Hillary!

by NCD on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 9:56pm

DOH!

Fights for him are fuel. Always have been. https://t.co/d8iVCCpYuy
— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) April 25, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:08pm

New proverb for the 21st century? To troll is glorious ~ att. to Donald J. Trump aka @realDonaldTrump

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:12pm

Always to keep in mind: as president or not, he and his diehard fans are not going away until he dies. To me, this is the highest and best argument for voting him out of office as imposed to premature removal from office.

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:29pm

DOUBLE DOH!

Trump’s Twitter Problem? He Has Less Followers Than Obama

The president met with CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday to discuss … why his metrics aren’t better

@ Mashable.com, April 24.

I had already seen the news on this that said bitched about losing yuge numbers of followers when Twitter deleted the bots.But this is the first I've seen anyone point out what may be the crucial angle: less than Obama.

Which made me think how almost all his bitter tweetstorms, they are not just doing the victim/persecution thing, they always include: I did this, I am doing that, I am the greatest president evah and I don't get no respect for it. For this Rodney Dangerfield, respect = ratings. Note any bashing of another person or entity, it is almost always about how they are causing themselves lousy ratings because of what they do or how they are.

Thinking of it this way, makes more sense where I've seen leaks from White House aides who insist that he's not angry, not on a tear, when we see these tweetstorms, I have a tendency now to believe that. It's more like he's cackling while he's doing it, which is exactly how I've envisioned the true internet trolls I got to know personally in the past. They just really enjoy riling people and becoming famous doing it, i.e., causing fights that get "ratings."

I think it may a good idea to remember how shallow a person we are dealing with here. He probably doesn't have a lot of the motives we attribute, the things he did and does may not involve the kind of breaking moral codes for motive that a normal crook or con man would simply because: he's not even that sophisticated, but truly very shallow and dumb in many ways and focused only on a few things. And yes, that fighting is something he likes to see and do. (Liked pro wrestling! Liked beauty pageants where there was competition on a very simple ratings scale. Cheats at golf. Etc.)

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 3:13am

details, petty details, such as dates and times, these are the foolish consistency of little faux news minds who do not know the ~~ratings~~ glory of ~~grand~~ yuge Trumpian grievance narratives that stir the emotions and are the real speaking of truth to ~~power~~ ~~Democrats~~ ~~deep state~~ ~~Trump enemies~~ enemies of the people:

You're claiming credit for the Veterans Choice and Accountability Act of ... 2014? https://t.co/xfkSpJ8dRm
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 24, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:24pm

Interesting that the #1 most popular story @ Politico.com right now seems to be a version of "let's enjoy schaudenfreude while we watch him hang himself"?

LEGAL: ‘This is risky’: Trump’s thirst for Mueller revenge could land him in trouble

Team Trump’s bellicose rhetoric could expose the president to fresh charges of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice.

By three-person reportig team, 04/24/2019 05:08 AM EDT

I note this story was published before this morning's presidential tweets!

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:48pm

He's not going to hang himself. Only the republicans in the senate can hang him and so far far too few of them are willing to hold him accountable for his actions.

by ocean-kat on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 11:00pm

No slam dunk?

https://www.pointoforder.com/2019/04/24/trump-v-cummings-may-not-be-a-sl...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:27am

Dems may get access to Trump's dry cleaning bills, most other requests will be rejected by Roberts court in October, 2020.

It's looking like 16 months of impeachment hearings, with impeachment 1 week before election day may be the best strategy. Gotta play hardball.

by NCD on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:36am

That might be enough. Everything he does is a scam. He probably was getting his dry cleaning bills paid through his charitable foundation or some such nonsense.

by ocean-kat on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:41am

"Impeachment voided by Roberts court!" "Unprecedented judgment! Trump claims exoneration!"

Majority opinion said as there was no dry cleaning in 1782, the Founders text could not have meant that as an area Congress could deem as an impeachable offense."

by NCD on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 1:00am

Founders may have appreciated your dry humor. Gotta droll with the punches.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 2:29am

Very good one! You would certainly be my choice of lawyer for any cases I might have before this majority originalist court.

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 3:17am

Rick Wilson has some interesting thoughts on the latest developments as an expert on Trump and GOP political ops:

Democrats have a narrow window in which to demonstrate seriousness over the subpoena question.

Trump is calling their bluff, and unless they take trophy very soon now, he'll set a precedent.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 24, 2019

The category error Democrats are making here is the belief that impeachment *matters* without the ability to convict. You cannot shame the shameless, and in this reality show, he knows that.

If the goal is to hold Trump to account, impeachment alone won't do it. https://t.co/wUIMPha0mU
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 24, 2019

I agree with the utility of hearings, but they don't have to start as impeachment hearings. A death of a thousand cuts is far superior than trying for a one-off one-shot deus ex machina. https://t.co/A7iyk27mJ8
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 24, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 4:04am

Interesting that this was retweeted by David Frum, it is Jeff Goldberg recommending an Atlantic piece which stresses the foreign interference angle:

"Trump is declining to protect the United States from foreign interference in its elections, because it’s politically inconvenient and personally irritating to him." -- @GrahamDavidA:https://t.co/3tnYEvrJH1
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) April 25, 2019

At first I thought: kind of ironic for those sympathetic to neo-conservatism with its interventionism. But then I thought again: the whole idea of: neo-conservative theory was originally supporting interventions to promote democracies

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 4:58am

Good point here @ NYTimes; as he flip flops on everything else, why not this? You've got to shake up your narratives to keep the yuge ratings:

Victor or Victim? Trump Shifts Response to Mueller Report

Mr. Trump once welcomed the report as “total exoneration.” Now he calls it a “hit job,” vowing today to resist related subpoenas by Democrats.

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 5:45am

George Conway lashes out at 'Deranged Donald' on Twitter @ TheHill.com - 04/25/19 07:33 AM EDT

Including starting the hashtag #DerangedDonald which is currently #2 on "United States trends" on Twitter, after #Biden at #1. So really catching on, lots of peeps contributing...

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 3:18pm

That #DerangedDonald is still trending, comes to mind that this is definitely a twofer for George. He is proving himself much more adept at modern spinmeistering and meme spreading than wifey!

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 3:40pm

He thinks of the fans as even dumber than himself:

After receiving a loud round of applause for un-signing the treaty, Trump said "I’m impressed I didn’t know too many of you would know what it is."
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) April 26, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 1:08pm

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