Trump only cares what people think about him

He’s a narcissist. If you praise him, he likes you, even in the NFL which he has attacked.

The issue of Canada's Super Bowl ads was one of the very weirdest parts of the NAFTA talks. As the LA Times reported, its resolution — and, specifically, Goodell supposedly praising Trump over this — seems to be responsible for Trump warming to the NFL: https://t.co/otDlK0OE2X
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 1, 2019

Trump on the bad call: “I feel badly, it was a great state that voted for me, Louisiana.”

Trump on the Pats: “Belichick endorsed me, you remember that?”

Trump on Goodell: “I was very pleased that he called me to thank me for helping him with Canada.” https://t.co/yOtlyBoDL1
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 31, 2019

Northam should resign

BREAKING: Gov. Ralph Northam yearbook page shows blackface and Klan photohttps://t.co/6A89ejp5Ho
— The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) February 1, 2019

Northam apologizes but suggests he may fight calls for his resignation. It’s also unclear which person he was in the racist photo https://t.co/pXAFGKU2OB
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2019

Listen, if Democrats want to torch Northam over this, okay by me. This wasn't some teenage prank.
But the people supporting the Trump GOP suddenly developing a conscience about racism are not people to be taken seriously.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 1, 2019

Northam is an easy call. Racism has to be disqualifying for public service and the definition of racism has to include far, far less egregious stuff than KKK robes and blackface. This one should be automatic. He should resign immediately.
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 1, 2019

Quite a lot of voices on left saying Northam should go. Irony for him: The knowledge that he will be replaced by a black LG (Justin Fairfax) who’s already a rising star makes Northam easier to cut loose. https://t.co/qsvNMEaA70
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 1, 2019

If you are a conservative condemning Virginia Governor Ralph Northam for the blackface/KKK photo, we Democrats agree with you. Now do Donald Trump, Steve King and all the other Republican racists.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) February 1, 2019

On the first day of #BlackHistoryMonth, Northam should accept responsibility & resign paving the way for Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax to become the second African American governor in Virginia’s history. That is the type of restorative justice that our nation cries out for at this time https://t.co/twRh9hANeZ
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 2, 2019

Reporters tweeting about how the Perriello and Gillespie oppo folks missed the Northam yearbook: you are telling on yourselves.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) February 1, 2019

If you're wondering how reporters who wrote profiles of Northam or oppo research firms/Gillespie missed this. Ask yourself something. How many of you knew before today that medical schools even had yearbooks?https://t.co/jtcimpIJDb
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 1, 2019

One can simultaneously think Northam should step down and think Republicans can go screw themselves with their nonsense hypocrisy at the same time. https://t.co/WWZqMzJVU0
— Alex Leo (@AlexMLeo) February 1, 2019

The House should obtain Trump’s tax returns

The House should get Trump’s returns as soon as possible. His behavior toward Russia has been very odd and we need to see if he gets income from them. We also need to see if he even pays taxes – we know he has avoided them before and used shady techniques to pay less. We need to see if how much he profited from his tax cuts for rich people.

I don’t want any crap from Trump about he supports the military if he won’t pay the taxes that pay for their salaries and weapons.

If Trump didn’t want to reveal his taxes or get rid of his properties, he should not have run for president. It’s that simple.

Republicans have done nothing about Trump’s taxes or possible emoluments violations so Democrats will have to do it now.

House Ways and Means Chairman plows ahead with plans to request President Trump's tax returns https://t.co/3qLEVwZ5Yv pic.twitter.com/I5LXfoEP4n
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 30, 2019

CREW’s @noahbookbinder will testify in front of Congress next week on Trump’s tax returns. https://t.co/joszTnm1L5
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 1, 2019

Finally.
Congress should subpoena Trump’s tax returns— his personal and corporate returns going back at least 10 years — NOW.

Democrats target Trump's tax returns, audit claims loom large | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://t.co/LzP6QAb4Yj
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) February 1, 2019

2/ 26 U.S.C. § 6103 permits the House Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee, and Joint Committee on Taxation to obtain tax returns of any citizen in closed session. They can do so without a vote of the full House. https://t.co/w38sH7eZab
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 1, 2019

3/ The Committee could then submit the tax returns to the full House if there's a legitimate legislative purpose. One can imagine many legitimate purposes, given the need to ensure that presidential candidates do not receive special treatment or have conflicts of interest. /end
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 1, 2019

.@RepTomReed defends keeping Trump's tax returns from House Dems: "This is the slippery slope. Where do you draw the line? Just the president? The Speaker? Majority Leader?… the American people elected him." pic.twitter.com/JrckADcdCF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 1, 2019

This is wrong – just get the president’s returns. He’s just trying to muddy the waters. The only other one I would consider is the vice president’s returns.

ICYMI: We are still demanding @realDonaldTrump's tax returns and we won't stop until we get them.

Americans deserve the truth.https://t.co/PQihjvIDbs
— Tax March (@taxmarch) January 29, 2019

Your daily reminder that Trump is the first president elected since Nixon to refuse to release his tax returns, and any payments from Russia remain secret
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 1, 2019

"Do you think Robert Mueller already has Donald Trump's tax returns?"
"Absolutely. No question in my mind" – Chuck Rosenberg w/ Nicolle Wallace pic.twitter.com/daoIHpGjP3
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) January 30, 2019

As Democrats target Trump's tax returns, audit claims loom largehttps://t.co/uy3QxCJfI2
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 31, 2019

NEW POLL: Most Americans say new Dem majority should publicize Trump tax returns https://t.co/jn1fwQblpY pic.twitter.com/VP0dzYFuLP
— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2019

Trump lies about the trade deficit with China for the 100th time

MILESTONE: Trump just lied about the trade deficit with China for the 100th time as president. "We lost $500 billion a year with China for many years," he says, and there has never once been a $500 billion trade deficit with China, and one day I will not tweet about this.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 1, 2019

Fix ICE, don’t get rid of it

ICE obviously has problems but there is still a need for its function. It just needs to have the right priorities concerning illegal immigration. Encouraged by Trump, who opposes immigration in general, it has become excessive.

Monsters. All horrible monsters. https://t.co/fJxwj9Ip7w
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 9, 2019

28 women may have miscarried in ICE custody over the past two years.

ICE has force-fed detainees on hunger strike in El Paso.

At least three people — two of them children — have died in Border Patrol custody in recent months. https://t.co/dVvMmtis8c
— ACLU (@ACLU) March 2, 2019

The moral stain on our nation grows with each day these innocent children are held by the Trump administration. https://t.co/V4KNkhNHmz
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 28, 2019

Pennsylvania judges are calling ICE on Hispanics who go to the courthouse for traffic hearings and marriage licenses https://t.co/vmWUPmPSSK @Slate pic.twitter.com/OQORcjrKA9
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 1, 2019

People being held in ICE detention sites are going on hunger strikes to protest conditions. ICE is force-feeding them. None of this should be happening in America. https://t.co/y7wdN0IyzL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 1, 2019

One of ICE's favorite tricks is to arrest immigrants at the courthouse right before a scheduled hearing. When the immigrant don't appear in court, the judge issues a bench warrant—and ICE uses that warrant to help justify deporting him. https://t.co/vmWUPmPSSK @Slate pic.twitter.com/bREeXAHkSi
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 1, 2019

Correcting this: ICE reportedly created and sent fraudulent immigration court documents, packing courthouses Thursday with immigrants arriving for fake court dates, but the reports don’t connect it to detentions. https://t.co/wvSk7e0noQ
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 1, 2019

ICE also colludes with probation officers to get information about probationers' immigration status. When an undocumented probationer shows up for a regular check-in, ICE ambushes them at the courthouse and throws them in detention. https://t.co/vmWUPmPSSK @Slate pic.twitter.com/SHjrhKXndC
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 1, 2019

"Mass chaos" erupts at immigration courts after ICE hands fake hearing dates to migrants https://t.co/trTnad0AvE pic.twitter.com/B4t58g072t
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 1, 2019

Carmen Puerto Diaz and her husband were at the end of their marriage interview with Citizen and Immigration Services when an officer walked in with handcuffs: "I have an order to detain you" https://t.co/QVlC4yH3De
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 28, 2019

ICE put fake dates on deportation court summonses (known as a Notice to Appear, or NTA.) This is the second time this has happened since the Supreme Court ruled last summer NTA's must contain the time and date of the appearance.https://t.co/8GwcmHs7Tj
— Hassan Ahmad 🇺🇸 (@HMAesq) February 1, 2019

60 second fact check: Is ICE really a deportation force? https://t.co/yhY4XAOWJq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 1, 2019

22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years, according to an @NBCNews analysis; half were under 45 years old. https://t.co/yNAbdNqYDn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 6, 2019

Trump helps Putin again

Trump has done so much to support Putin’s goals.

Trump also pulls out of treaties without having a plan to replace them.

Trump gifts to Putin:
— End INF Treaty, so Putin can move ahead with medium range nuclear weapons.
— Threaten NATO pull out.
— Leave Syria.
— End sanctions on RUSAL, giant Russian aluminum firm under control of oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
— Let Putin encroach on Ukraine.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 1, 2019

Dem criticism over Trump decision to pull out of INF treaty is building. House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff: “Unilateral American withdrawal from the treaty allows Putin to expand without constraints development of a class of weapons he has coveted.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2019

In fact, the Russian military has wanted out of the INF Treaty ever since Gorbachev signed it. Trump’s abrogation doesn’t penalize them at all – quite the contrary. https://t.co/D6eT0SPw8n
— Fred Kaplan (@fmkaplan) February 1, 2019

Trump: “We will move forward with developing our own military response options . . . to deny Russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct.” If you think DJT didn’t clear this statement with Vlad in advance, I have a penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow you can buy cheap.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 1, 2019

Here are all the treaties and agreements Trump has abandoned https://t.co/eSpEy5BWsc pic.twitter.com/JcD9r4JKkf
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 1, 2019

Trump's written statement on suspending the U.S. commitment to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: pic.twitter.com/zvGYivk4GY
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 1, 2019

Pelosi on INF move: “The Trump Administration is risking an arms race and undermining international security and stability.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2019

Leaving the INF Treaty Is a Gift to Russia https://t.co/am1hUl9n3S
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 1, 2019

The @realDonaldTrump Administration withdrawal from the INF Treaty will encourage an arms race.

Scared yet? If so, support HR 669 / S 200 from Sen @EdMarkey and me that requires @POTUS to have Congressional authorization before launching a nuclear first strike. https://t.co/9c1JAfE7HJ
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 1, 2019

Colin Powell to @jaketapper in December: "There are a lot of people now saying… The Soviets have been cheating on the INF Treaty, so let's get out… You do that and guess what? The Soviets aren't cheating anymore, because there is no treaty to cheat. It doesn't make any sense"
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) February 1, 2019

Andrea Mitchell reports on why the US decision to suspend participation in the INF Treaty with Russia will cost the global economy billions.https://t.co/ADP9sYPhpd
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 1, 2019

Decisions like INF make me wonder: Does Putin ever think that maybe he'd be better off with a president less beholden to him, but more in control of the US government?
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 1, 2019

In short, we're dumping INF because of crazy stuff *we* want to do, including in Asia, rather than anything the Russians are doing. We could have mounted a better, integrated, US-led NATO response, but we didn't want to, so now we've given Putin a gift, again. /8
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 1, 2019

Why would we withdraw from INF allowing Russia to proliferate nukes w/ impunity rather than impose economic sanctions on Russia for non-compliance? https://t.co/BpYVpD8d6y
— Susan Solomon (@SusanSolomon) February 1, 2019

This reminds me of Trump

This reminds me of Trump's position on the congressional negotiations on border security:https://t.co/MojO6wQZl3
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) February 1, 2019

It would also apply to his position on NATO, the Iran deal, intelligence agencies, and basically everything that doesn’t help his base and/or Putin.