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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-cal...ents-raided-paul-manaforts-home-7c702db9ab82/

On Wednesday, the Washington Post broke news that “FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.”

The New York Times confirmed the report, adding that the agents were looking for “tax documents and foreign banking records” when they conducted a pre-dawn raid on the morning of July 26. The news was also confirmed by a spokesman for Manafort.

In light of the news about the raid of Manafort’s home, Trump’s tweets on the day of July 26 are of renewed interest. That was the day Trump abruptly posted a string of tweets announcing “that the United States government will not accept or allow [t]ransgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” Last Friday, Politico reported that Trump’s declaration stunned White House and Department of Defense lawyers who had warned him against such a ban.

But more directly of interest are factually inaccurate tweets Trump posted later that day asking why Attorney General Jeff Sessions hadn’t moved to replace then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.

 

[Your Entertainer]

Lol

 

[cameron]

What a coinkydink.

 

[Madness]

Trump is acting like a dictator and wanting total control over everything, what's new? Hasn't shithead learned yet this isn't his company? That not everyone will bend the knee for him?

 

[HotHamBoy]

 

[Shauni]

Yeah, this was pointed out in the other thread about the raid. Really makes those tweets make a lot more sense in retrospect knowing what we know now. That tweet specifically weird just out of nowhere like that

 

[Garlador]

Trump is acting like a dictator and wanting total control over everything, what's new? Hasn't shithead learned yet this isn't his company? That not everyone will bend the knee for him?

Until he gets real comeuppance, he has no reason to act or believe otherwise.

 

[Random Human]

This is good.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Oh.my.god.

Trump still doesnt understand the separation of powers and chain of command

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

Of course. That wasn't very loyal of Comey! Trump probably wondered why that guy was so in love with the public.

 

[shawnbuddy]

That don't mean nothin'!

 

[theWB27]

Until he gets real comeuppance, he has no reason to act or believe otherwise.

His failures say otherwise.

 

[Imperfected]

I feel like I could write a program to do Trump's job in under ten lines of code. The flowchart for his heuristics couldn't have more than two branches.

 

[Garlador]

His failures say otherwise.

He failed upwards to the presidency... Sure, he sucks, but he got bailed out of every trouble he ever had.

 

[RawNuts]

You brought a smile to my face with this.

 

[zeemumu]

Man, Trump would be terrible at Mafia.

FBI Director: Well I think Trump's scum

*The Following Round*

FBI Director has been killed!

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Trump's brain has pockets of mush in it. It the only way to explain how he continues to do avoidable dumb shit.

 

[Gattsu25]

He does this shit as a deflection every time (regarding the transgender ban announcement) without caring about the trauma and danger he puts those very same servicemen and servicewomen through. He's a menace. We know it's a deflection because nobody else, in a position of power, had any idea what the fuck the prick was talking about and everyone proceeded to ignore him.

And then, he goes off and spits out a lie filled attack on the head of the FBI that same day.

I'm sorry but the dude is an asshole. I can't.

 

[theWB27]

He failed upwards to the presidency... Sure, he sucks, but he got bailed out of every trouble he ever had.

And its looking like Thats because he launders money. I was just saying even without the comeuppance...he has every reason not to feel like a dictator when facts are applied.

 

[darklin0]

Oh.my.god.

Trump still doesnt understand the separation of powers and chain of command

It is damn hilarious as much as it is depressing.

 

[Guevara]

So I think the question I have is: who was with Trump that day, who would have convinced him to ban transgender people from the military??

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

And its looking like Thats because he launders money. I was just saying even without the comeuppance...he has every reason not to feel like a dictator when facts are applied.

Ironic from such an opponent of free trade.

 

[Feep]

This makes me happy.

 

[Loudninja]

So follow the outbursts.

 

[whyamihere]

lololol

 

[theWB27]

Ironic from such an opponent of free trade.

It's the good advice that you just didn't take....

 

[BigBeauford]

It's also the same day he said transgender troops can't serve. That was definitely a big "squirrel!" Move.

 

[kitsunelaine]

KUMA SHOCK.

Not really shocked. But it's a shame that this is the norm now.

 

[Shauni]

He does this shit as a deflection every time (regarding the transgender ban announcement) without caring about the trauma and danger he puts those very same servicemen and servicewomen through. He's a menace. We know it's a deflection because nobody else, in a position of power, had any idea what the fuck the prick was talking about and everyone proceeded to ignore him.

And then, he goes off and spits out a lie filled attack on the head of the FBI that same day.

I'm sorry but the dude is an asshole. I can't.

It wasn't a deflection in this case because no one knew about the raid until weeks later. Unless you mean he was deflecting for himself, which I guess is... possible?

 

[Kaban]

OK, someone has to explain that psd.jpg to me. Is it to do with multi-dimensional chess?

 

[Random Human]

OK, someone has to explain that psd.jpg to me. Is it to do with multi-dimensional chess?

He's transparent

 

[cameron]

OK, someone has to explain that psd.jpg to me. Is it to do with multi-dimensional chess?

Gold and white dress.

Spoiler

transparent.jpg

 

[RoboPlato]

Isn't this even more evidence of obstruction of justice? Threatening an FBI director AGAIN because of them doing their job in regards to the Russia investigation

 

[Imperfected]

OK, someone has to explain that psd.jpg to me. Is it to do with multi-dimensional chess?

It's the way a transparency layer is represented in most image editors.

 

[VariantX]

This is fucking elegant.

 

[Blader]

I think this is actually kind of reaching. If Trump was actually calling for McCabe's firing over the Manafort raid, he would've flat out tweeted something in Manafort's defense and/or complained about the witch hunt, not an unrelated complaint about Comey/Clinton ties.

 

[Gattsu25]

I think this is actually kind of reaching. If Trump was actually calling for McCabe's firing over the Manafort raid, he would've flat out tweeted something in Manafort's defense and/or complained about the witch hunt, not an unrelated complaint about Comey/Clinton ties.

Trump has largely distanced himself from Manafort whenever his name comes up.

(March) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-tries-to-distance-trump-from-paul-manafort-michael-flynn/
(October) http://www.latimes.com/nation/polit...n-tries-to-maintain-1477958220-htmlstory.html

 

[Hylian7]

At the risk of sounding like a dingus, is the joke here transparency?

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

At the risk of sounding like a dingus, is the joke here transparency?

Nailed it. Took me a while tbh lol

 

[andythinkpad]

Loving it.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

At the risk of sounding like a dingus, is the joke here transparency?

20D chess

 

[jellies_two]

Now that the news is out is it a coincidence that trump influenced national enquirer has dumped the story of manaforts sex perversions - that they had for ages, thanks to his daughters phone hack?

 

[Earendil]

Those who understand transparency are in awe of HotHamBoy the master.

 

[TAJ]

20D chess

wrong.gif

 

[Psychoward]

jesus christ just someone impeach this motherfucker already

 

[Flux]

At the risk of sounding like a dingus, is the joke here transparency?

Well... I am on mobile with spotty coverage and thought an image was loading. Then I realized thats the joke.

 

[rokkerkory]

All connected aren't they

 

[ZeoVGM]

 

[Random Human]

Those who understand transparency are in awe of HotHamBoy the master.

This is very good too.

 

[akira28]

I thought the joke was 24 dimensional chess.