Trump lied but his tweets show the truth

How dumb does Trump think we are? (Don’t answer that.) He encouraged congress to pass an immigration bill and now, three days later, lies and said he didn’t. There’s a tweet to prove he did. He lies every day.

Seems fair to say Trump lied today. Unless he completely forgot what he tweeted 3 days ago? https://t.co/TnedJCto9H

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2018

I know nothing seems to matter sometimes but remember this tweet from THREE DAYS AGO IN ALL CAPS since Trump is saying he never pushed Republicans to vote for the Goodlatte bill that failed. https://t.co/VsFOP9VGSo

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) June 30, 2018

Trump has a pattern of dishonestly distancing himself from political failures – Ed Gillespie, Roy Moore, Obamacare repeal and more – but this is next-level gaslighting.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 30, 2018

update:

Dear @SpeakerRyan: Last week @realDonaldTrump screamed this:

"HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE"

Today he threw you & GOP Members under the bus. Good luck negotiating a budget with this man in Sept https://t.co/ivI3otcWeW

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 1, 2018

Covers: White Freightliner Blues

Townes Van Zandt wrote and recorded “White Freightliner Blues”. I’m not sure when. I know the song best from two recent covers by Lyle Lovett (2012) and Steve Earle (2009).

Townes Van Zandt

Steve Earle

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett on Letterman

Austin City Limits Hall of Fame

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

North Korea has increased nuclear production

Trump said N. Korea wasn’t a nuclear threat anymore. Was he stupid or just a liar (or both)?

NBC News EXCLUSIVE: North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say officials https://t.co/DUk029DSyo

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 29, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells US lawmakers that North Korea remains a nuclear threat, but defends President Trump for tweeting earlier this month, "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea" https://t.co/Vj58PuQJ2m pic.twitter.com/lLdUIFUY8b

— CNN (@CNN) June 27, 2018

At best, Trump got played by a dictator making the same empty promises.

At worst, Trump is looking away as he hopes to destroy the Western alliance and align with Russia, China, NK, etc.

Either way, he's frighteningly incompetent. #Resist https://t.co/lWcCJLsB3O via @NBCNews

— Ryan Gillespie (@AStableJeenyus) June 29, 2018

The Trump administration promised Congress a window into, and even say in, the North Korea nuclear talks. So far, lawmakers have gotten virtually nothing, reports @desiderioDC https://t.co/mCWxpJZvqn

— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 27, 2018

Trump breaks nuclear deal with country where it was working; then cuts nuclear deal with another country that doesn’t work. https://t.co/dnco88ovyt

— Richard Yeselson (@yeselson) June 30, 2018

The @washingtonpost confirms our @NBCInvestigates reporting that US intelligence shows North Korea trying to deceive the US about its nuclear program. https://t.co/dvj1hazFxk

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 1, 2018

This suggests 12 officials were worried the White House would bury the intelligence https://t.co/Ms1FiE836Q

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) June 30, 2018

Who knew negotiating nuclear weapons with a cruel, paranoid, lying authoritarian could be so complicated? https://t.co/1d2hWEP4ir

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 1, 2018

Trump uses evidence that North Korea is cheating not as leverage for bargaining with Kim Jong Un, but instead as leverage for attacks against the US news media. https://t.co/JDzIHg9cve

— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 3, 2018

UN migration agency votes down Trump nominee who made anti-Muslim tweets

Another Trump bigot

BREAKING: Member states reject candidacy of U.S. evangelical to lead UN migration agency, in major snub to Trump administration.

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 29, 2018

This is the only the second time since the organization's founding 67 years that an American won't lead the International Organization for Migration. It's an absolutely huge rejection for the Trump administration. https://t.co/8QTZY18wjQ

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) June 29, 2018

UN migration agency rejects Ken Isaacs, Trump's nominee to lead the group. CNN's KFile previously reported on Isaacs' sharing of anti-Muslim tweets https://t.co/JcTDKQyvEa pic.twitter.com/3EyFFsU3n6

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 29, 2018

The UN migration agency chose a new leader. Trump’s pick was forced to withdraw. https://t.co/TCwV6rkpVm

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2018

Huge defeat for the United States. An American has led @UNmigration for 59 yrs of its 67 yr history. This isn’t just about bad tweets. Our human rights abuses at home & habit of quitting (rather than fighting for what we want) have gutted our leadership internationally https://t.co/cst0XoFaOg

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) June 29, 2018

.@jessbrandt: UN migration body’s rejection of Trump nominee is a risky move that causes fear Trump could retaliate by slashing funding. https://t.co/P1MCK2Ods7

— Axios (@axios) June 30, 2018

Important Supreme Court case will be heard this fall

If Trump pardons himself or others, state AG’s could still prosecute for state crimes as I explained: https://t.co/XP7wDST8Sj. BUT this new case the Supreme Court took yesterday may slam that door. Trump’s nominee to replace Kennedy must agree to recuse. https://t.co/qP4lFmRaEg

— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 29, 2018

Trump wants to withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Putin must love this.

1. America designed the WTO
2. America benefits massively from the WTO

Withdrawal cuts off American farmers, workers and companies from 7 billion consumers in countries growing much faster than America can/will

Disinform. Demonize. Destroy. This is LAZY policy. And so, so scary https://t.co/T9Evu31mHT

— Chad P. Bown (@ChadBown) June 29, 2018

Aka — for the Twitter users going berserk — Mnuchin LIED. Trump has explicitly told his adviser he wants to withdraw from the WTO many times. Mnuchin has been in the room when he has said this. Every sentence in our story is accurate, including the way we framed the plausibility. https://t.co/drvJQqoAPZ

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) June 29, 2018

U.S. joined the WTO in 1995 pic.twitter.com/8FykhkyW5I

— Fishbones (@Fishbones2017) June 29, 2018

The dangers of projection. Now that he's @potus, Trump confuses his situation with America's. Because he always thinks he's being screwed, he thinks the US is being screwed by NATO, the EU, the WTO, everybody. Sorry, that's just wrong.

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) June 29, 2018

Trump’s self-destructive WTO takedown was clear to observers weeks ago. He is the economic version of a Luddite; smash the machine that has brought our prosperity to save a small group that could be helped better in other ways. https://t.co/5HE3wsaKJc

— David Ignatius (@IgnatiusPost) July 1, 2018

Axios has obtained a leaked draft of a Trump bill that would abandon key World Trade Organization rules.

"The bill essentially provides Trump a license to raise U.S. tariffs at will, without congressional consent and international rules be damned." https://t.co/gYnpUuypqx

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 1, 2018

Trump threatens action on WTO after reports he wants to withdraw https://t.co/7IGeEYCrKu pic.twitter.com/FalQ1RhEDm

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 2, 2018

17 maps and charts about gun violence

America has 4.4% of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world. https://t.co/AJcdxvfbCe

— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 29, 2018

“Agents Seek to Dissolve ICE in Immigration Policy Backlash”

At least 19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators are seeking to dissolve the agency https://t.co/suXEWcMe3K

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 28, 2018

“At least 19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators are seeking to dissolve the agency, concerned that the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal migrants has limited their ability to pursue national security threats, child pornography and transnational crime.”

Trump is interested in withdrawing US troops from Germany

Putin will like this.

Trump was taken aback to learn there were 35,000 U.S. troops in Germany and expressed interest to aides in removing them, @John_Hudson @PaulSonne @karendeyoung1 & @jdawsey1 report https://t.co/f13Y4tmf2Z

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 29, 2018

What Trey Gowdy got wrong about the Mueller investigation

Gowdy is anxious for the 13-month Mueller investigation to end. The analysis notes that the Benghazi investigation lasted 25 months, the Whitewater investigation lasted 80 months, and the Iran-Contra investigation lasted 80 months.

Facts are facts https://t.co/U7dCsCwjFr

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 29, 2018