Embroiled in controversies, Trump seeks boost on foreign trip

Like he isn't likely to annoy someone on the road as much as he annoys his home crowd.......????

If he needs a boost he can have my step ladder. It hits my knees when I use it.

All smoke and mirrors. Luckily his recent treasons will not be swept under the rug and he will be brought to justice and pay for his crimes. His troubles haven't even begun yet and he'll have hell to pay once the Comey memo is subpoenaed

National Security Council officials have strategically included Trump's name in "as many paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if he's mentioned," according to one source, who relayed conversations he had with NSC officials.

Reminds me of those customizable books for children where a child's name could be inserted into the text to make him/her a protagonist.

Talking to reporters this morning, national security advisor H.R. McMaster brushed off questions about Trump’s sharing of classified information with Russian officials, focusing instead on the trip’s purpose to “highlight the need for unity among three of the world’s great religions” and further “an agenda of tolerance.” 

How did McMaster say that without bursting out into laughter?

If i was a hack writer working on a script for a comedy film about an imbecilic man who accidentally becomes president of the United States and then hilarious hi-jinx ensues when he takes office and does nothing but blunder, I would definitely write a scene in which his first foreign trip was to the Middle East.

The opportunities for comedy gold would be too tempting to pass it up. I will be eagerly watching this trip.

I have the highest expectations. Maybe he can outdo George HW Bush, the first sitting president to vomit on a head of state. Aim high Drumpf!

Reuters seems to have it all covered here--the short attention span, the visual aids and short paragraphs uniformly starting with the word Trump to jolt him awake, and finally these breathtaking lines from the administration:

"He likes to visualize things," said a senior administration official. "The guy's a builder. He has spent his whole life looking at architectural renderings and floor plans."

"This is their time to shine, to show Americans and the world that the White House isn’t becoming a circus of errors.”

Too late. The WH became a circus of errors shortly after the ringmaster took up residence this past January.

"Conversations with some officials who have briefed Trump and others who are aware of how he absorbs information portray a president with a short attention span.

He likes single-page memos and visual aids like maps, charts, graphs and photos."

2 year olds also have short attention spans and like visuals.

No doubt a warm welcome now awaits in Israel, following the revelations, both by him and about him, of the last few days.

theeastisred, no doubt. They'll probably limit his visit to main tourist attractions (at least those that don't require climbing stairs). Meanwhile, we're all waiting for some sort of Trumpism along the lines of 'Nobody knew Mideast peace could be so complicated'.

Frankly, all will heave a sigh of relief if he manages to return with such an innocuous idiocy.

We’ve got this perverse situation in which the vast analytic powers of the entire world are being spent trying to understand a guy whose thoughts are often just six fireflies beeping randomly in a jar.

“If the White House is looking for this international trip to turn the page, then it really needs to come off well without any balls dropped or serious mistakes," said the strategist, who requested anonymity.

There's probably a 25% chance of that. And maybe that's generous.

“If the White House is looking for this international trip to turn the page, then it really needs to come off well without any balls dropped or serious mistakes,"

Look at that, the lowest bar ever set!

the trip could take him out of his comfort zone. He generally prefers his own bed to hotel rooms.

The president of the United States is afraid of sleeping outside of his own bed and this may impact his ability to conduct diplomacy on behalf of the most powerful country on Earth. That is literally what this is telling us.

Its so easy to miss these little nuggets buried amongst the backdrop of much more worrisome stuff about the guy, but I thought this was also worth drawing everyone's attention to.

Even Ann Coulter is dissing Trump now. The rats are jumping ship...

If i was a hack writer working on a script for a comedy film about an imbecilic man who accidentally becomes president of the United States and then hilarious hi-jinx ensues when he takes office and does nothing but blunder, I would definitely write a scene in which his first foreign trip was to the Middle East.

The opportunities for comedy gold would be too tempting to pass it up. I will be eagerly watching this trip.

Donald Trump is Forrest Gump. Run, Donald, run!

@MrBum

Wow. Am astonished. When even hardline loyalists like Coulter put the knife in - you realise his days are numbered.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/coulter-disappointment-donald-trump_us_591a4014e4b07d5f6ba578e4

Here's wishing that President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho was real and we could have voted for him instead of the last group of choices.

I'm waiting for Chump to seek asylum in Russia, next time he travels there.

He might as well get a one-way ticket. Hell, let him keep Airforce One so he can live in it.

When popular vote loser Trump took office, y'know what I thought: Character is destiny. And just when it can't get any worse, it will.

This s^&r show has only just started.

Thank you Republicans. Thank you for ruining our country.

Thank you Republicans.

Who were aided by the paid keyboard warriors pushing to expand their great leader's empire, in addition to the international greed-is-good-we-need-a-businessman crowd, among others.

Welcome back from your self-imposed exile. You're a man of your word.

Even Ann Coulter is dissing Trump now. The rats are jumping ship...

She didn't diss him, she has always been a strong border person and wants that wall, that's her utmost top priority, she still has hope, but is concerned. Also, Trump has plenty of time in the fall to work on the budget for that and then Coulter should run back to his side. No worries.