Trump only cares about his base

How much clearer can it be? He’s only showing the poll numbers among Republicans. Sad!

Thank you very much, working hard! pic.twitter.com/cSzbFfq2NW

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018

Trump won’t attack Putin

Blaming Obama for Russian interference in 2016 is like blaming a bank for being robbed instead of the robber.

Donald Trump has attacked:

Amazon
NFL players who kneel
Judges
Robert De Niro
Harley Davidson
Mitch McConnell
The Red Hen
Jeff Sessions
UCLA basketball players
Oprah
Maxine Waters

But nary a negative word about Vladimir Putinhttps://t.co/A4hCw8eHQ6

Shouts to @gelles!!

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 23, 2018

Trump lies again about FBI and Michael Cohen

Multiple outlets (MSNBC, CNN, Buzzfeed) are now reporting that the Trump/Cohen tape was deemed privileged by the special master but then Trump's team waived the privilege, supporting my change-the-topic-from-Russia theory. 1/ https://t.co/5nSgr8Q3vK

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) July 21, 2018

UPDATE: The Cohen-Trump tapes seized by FBI were among the items shielded by attorney-client privilege. But it was Trump side that waived the privilege, not Cohen. Not sure I understand this strategy; seems to have backfired on WH.

— Anthony Cormier (@a_cormier_) July 21, 2018

"The (Cohen) tapes matter, but not as much as what is happening with Russia and I don't think the timing of the tapes is a mere coincidence. The President would rather have his playmate peccadillos in the air than have Russia on your mind. … Don't fall for it." – @ChrisCuomo pic.twitter.com/LpzYFGWLxt

— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) July 21, 2018

So many lies, so little time.

1. The FBI had a search warrant.
2. A judge approved the search warrant.
3. No office was “broken into”
4. The subject of search said the FBI was professional and courteous.

Everyone knows you’re lying.
So why lie, Duplicitous Don? https://t.co/uh7bbXMMR2

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 21, 2018

After learning about the tape, the Times approached Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer. They chose not to assert attorney-client privilege over the recording. https://t.co/2bhGqWxuvf

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 21, 2018

When I texted with Michael Cohen earlier today, he declined several opportunities I gave him to disagree with the way friends were characterizing his thinking. https://t.co/6kx1UMex8s

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) July 21, 2018

Former U.S. attorney Harry Litman on the possibility of the existence of a Trump-Cohen tape: “Tapes are always the strongest kind of evidence. To hear the president contradict his previous public statements really matters.”https://t.co/AdqWEp2Lhs

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 21, 2018

Trump lie (or false statement) about NATO

NATO members don't owe money for failing to meet the NATO guideline of spending 2% of national GDP on defence. That's not how it works. You can argue, if you want, that they've been metaphorically delinquent, but Trump regularly suggests they're in actual debt, which is not true. pic.twitter.com/ucAFSzOOTv

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 10, 2018

Once again, the 2% commitment is a goal set by NATO allies for 2024. https://t.co/0fIiCfyP5a

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 10, 2018

Once again, Trump has this wrong. The 2% spending target is not a current commitment but a goal set for 2024, still six years away. No one is "delinquent" or owes the US any payments. https://t.co/cmWjSPZBKk

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 10, 2018

Just for context, pls remember that “delinquent for many years in payments” does not apply to any real occurrence in the real world.
-NATO does not have “dues”
-Its “collective defense” clause has been invoked only once in history: for *other nations* to help the US after 9/11 https://t.co/WmiF59ZMjm

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 10, 2018

There are no accounts by which the U.S. is "paying for 90% of NATO." In terms of total defence spending by members of the alliance, the U.S. is paying 72%, according to NATO's most recent annual report. And the U.S. pays an agreed-upon, consistent 22% of NATO's actual budget. pic.twitter.com/IXg9yEOUUs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 9, 2018

The only way it's "Not fair to the U.S. taxpayer" is if Trump thinks that if European countries spent more on their militaries, we'd spend less on ours. Given that he wants US military spending to be as large as possible, that seems unlikely. https://t.co/efb6Jnhykn

— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) July 10, 2018

What if Trump isn't trying to get NATO to pay more for defense? What if he's trying to precipitate a split? https://t.co/KSSseBSIG5 pic.twitter.com/3LCU95HW3R

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 10, 2018

update 7/12 – almost identical to Trump’s lie documented by Dale on 7/9. Trump lies endlessly.

Daniel Dale has to be one of the most exhausted people on the planet. https://t.co/2iX26M7yBm

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) July 12, 2018

Great article on too much Trump coverage

I totally agree. Everyone has made up their mind on whether or not Trump is a liar and bigot so we don’t need to hear the same stuff over and over. Let’s hear more about Democratic policies. Trump uses the media because he knows how to get attention by saying outrageous stuff.

The lies and other stuff should still be documented, just not given as much TV time.

"What are we crowding out when we let [Trump] decide what we cover, every time he does a rally?" @ezraklein asks on our podcast. If the U.S. knows less about Scott Pruitt than Trump's rally remarks, "I don't think we did a good job at our jobs," he says. https://t.co/iJ0OsnLnVq

— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) July 7, 2018

"Rethinking how Trump rallies are covered" — I'm seeing lots of Twitter chatter about @EzraKlein's comments on today's @ReliableSources — so here's the full segment https://t.co/KTml3cOPZn

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 8, 2018

Conspiracy theory greatest hits

This tweet is unhinged, even by Trump standards.

As a former prosecutor, I know that when the facts and evidence don't look good for the defendant, that person invariably resorts to attacking law enforcement.

Exhibit 97 by @realDonaldTrump is below. https://t.co/z0rQoRubAn

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 7, 2018

Trump lies about a lawsuit ruling

The judge did not say there was no collusion. Just another Trump lie!

Wrong. This was a jurisdiction issue. The judge herself wrote: "This Court’s ruling is not based on a finding that there was no collusion between defendants and Russia during the 2016 presidential election." https://t.co/QTm74XcIJI

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 6, 2018

Lawsuit was filed by donors to the DNC and a former staffer, not the DNC itself. More importantly, judge's decision was about jurisdiction, not collusion. The judge wrote: "It bears emphasizing that this Court’s ruling is not based on a finding that there was no collusion…" pic.twitter.com/b2GtV9BGmL

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 6, 2018

The lawsuit wasn't filed by the DNC, and the judge dismissed it because it was brought in the wrong courthouse. The plaintiffs can just file the lawsuit in another jurisdiction. https://t.co/tMYOZwBMXa

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 6, 2018

CNN’s Jim Acosta on reporting about Trump

The conundrum: Fact-checking Trump's fictions is necessary, yet it leaves many people with the impression that "all we're doing all day long is bashing the president," @Acosta says. "We have to be fact-checkers." https://t.co/fLU94PbdYV

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 4, 2018

I have said this before. Trump makes it look like the media is against him by lying and then having them fact check him. By now, everyone has decided if he is a liar or if he tells the truth. I would still like the media to fact check him but de-emphasize it; just post the results online. Then they will have time to run stories on people who do tell the trust.

Trump’s tweetstorm of garbage

More lies and insults

A good @juliehdavis read on Trump's posts yesterday morning, filled with inaccuracies, innuendo and insults. See below what happened when government was asked to explain one of them. https://t.co/piWLYgykX4 pic.twitter.com/5jFngBvRMJ

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 4, 2018

Trump’s attacks on Maxine Waters are disgusting

Maxine Waters (like millions of us) has been tough on Trump. First, he said she had a low IQ. Now, he says many say she is corrupt. He has supplied no proof for either statement. Sad!

wow … https://t.co/JgBc2RsofX

— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) July 3, 2018

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an extraordinarily low IQ person, has become, together with Nancy Pelosi, the Face of the Democrat Party. She has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the Make America Great Again movement. Be careful what you wish for Max!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2018

"I did not call for harm for anybody, the President lied again."

— Rep. Maxine Waters responded to comments from President Trump who called her a "low IQ" person on Twitter. https://t.co/i4ySf8DzZR

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 26, 2018