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Bob Woodward reports John Kelly said this of Trump: “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.” washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
Per Bob Woodward, Gary Cohn "stole a letter off Trump's desk" to prevent Trump from pulling out of a trade agreement w/S.Korea. He repeated the practice with Nafta. washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
Per Woodward, Trump wanted to "fucking kill" Assad. Mattis, after talking to Trump, said, “We’re not going to do any of that. We’re going to be much more measured.” washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
Per Woodward, Former Trump lawyer John Dowd told Trump that if he testified on Russia probe he'd end up in "an orange jumpsuit" washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
Per Woodward, Priebus described the Trump White House as a "zoo without walls" and that "things start getting nasty and bloody" when "you put a snake and a rat and a falcon and a rabbit and a shark" together cnn.com/2018/09/04/pol…
Bannon to Ivanka: "You're nothing but a fucking staffer!"

Ivanka: "I'm not a staffer! I'll never be a staffer. I'm the first daughter"

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Trump on Sessions, per Woodward: "This guy is mentally retarded. He's this dumb southerner" cnn.com/2018/09/04/pol…
Trump referred to himself as the "Ernest Hemingway" of Twitter. His aides warned that "Twitter could get us into a war." Priebus referred to Trump's bedroom where he tweeted in the early hours as "the devil's workshop" cnn.com/2018/09/04/pol…
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JUST IN: @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer say in joint statement that "Democrats must immediately be given equal airtime" to address the country now that networks are airing Trump's border security address tomorrow.
Full @SpeakerPelosi / @SenSchumer statement here: “Now that the television networks have decided to air the President’s address, which if his past statements are any indication will be full of malice and misinformation, Democrats must immediately be given equal airtime"
No word -- yet -- from the big four broadcast networks on whether they will provide Pelosi/Schumer the equal time requested.
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New: Gary Schreier, senior vice president of programming for Fox Business, has just released a statement on this segment: “We condemn the rhetoric by the guest on Lou Dobbs Tonight. This episode was a repeat which has now been pulled from all future airings.”
I just called the guest, Judicial Watch's Chris Farrell, to see if he had any comment. He said he did not, and then hung up the phone on me.
Of note: This is not the first time this particular guest has talked about the "Soros occupied" State Department. He made a similar comment earlier this year in May.
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Fox Business host Lou Dobbs has deleted this tweet in which he asserted it is “fake news” that mail bombs were sent to high-profile Democrats and CNN's offices.

"Fake bombs," he called them, in his tweet.
Dobbs has now posted this tweet, after deleting his previous tweet in which he called the explosive devices mailed to high-profile Democrats "fake bombs."

He now says "fake news has just successfully changed the narrative," sort of implying the same thing his prior tweet did.
I reached out about an hour ago to Fox spokespeople asking about Dobbs' tweets, and whether they are in accordance with Fox Business Network standards. Haven't heard back yet.
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If you read this description it is so clear that Russia was successful in installing chaos in the White House. The danger that a fractured US poses is almost unquantifiable. washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
Kelly said of Trump: “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”
Mocking Sessions’s accent, Trump added, “This guy is mentally retarded. He’s this dumb Southerner. … He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.”
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Meanwhile “Crazytown” WH per new Woodward book: After a mock Mueller interview in which Trump stumbled, contradicted himself and lied about the Russia investigation, Trump lost it and started ranting “This thing’s a goddamn hoax. I don’t want to testify” washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
🤭Chyrons on Woodward’s bombshell book FEAR on the nervous breakdown of Trump’s presidency

Trump lawyer told him: Don’t testify. It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit

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🔥 From Bob Woodward’s new book: Current and former WH staffers, officials & lawyers describe Trump as an “idiot,” “unhinged,” “liar,” “moron,” “erotic,” “incapable of telling the truth,” “off the rails,” “has the understanding of a 5th or 6th grader”… w/ and w/o expletives.
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After one discussion about North Korea, Defense Secretary Jim "Mattis was particularly exasperated and alarmed, telling close associates that the president acted like — and had the understanding of — ‘a fifth- or sixth-grader.’ ”
"In one small group meeting, (chief of staff) Kelly said of Trump: 'He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.'"
"Mocking Sessions’s accent, Trump added, 'This guy is mentally retarded. He’s this dumb Southerner. … He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.'"
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Bob Woodward’s new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency wapo.st/2LVev45?tid=ss…
John Dowd was convinced that Trump would commit perjury if he talked to Mueller. He staged a practice session to try to make his point. Dowd peppered Trump with questions about the Russia probe, provoking stumbles, contradictions and lies until Trump eventually lost his cool.
A central theme of the book is the stealthy machinations used by those in Trump’s inner sanctum to try to control his impulses and prevent disasters, both for the president personally and for the nation he was elected to lead.
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Trump is upset he wasn't interviewed by Bob Woodward for his book "FEAR” coming out Sept 11th.
Woodward tried, the interview never panned out.

Imagine how ‘exasperated’ Trump will be when Mueller’s report comes out & he wasn’t interviewed.
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Per Woodward book ‘Fear”, Dowd did a practice session with Trump to prepare him for Mueller interview, peppering him with questions about Russia investigation and “provoking stumbles, contradictions and lies until the president eventually lost his cool.” washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
From Woodward’s book ‘Fear’, Sept 11th release date :

Kelly said of Trump to others in one meeting, “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here.” washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
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