Inside the Trump bubble, 'Sympathy for the Devil' but no talk of Cohen

[DonViejo]

The president's West Virginia rally was business as usual even as courtroom events in Washington and New York escalated the legal and political threats he faces.

By LORRAINE WOELLERT 08/22/2018 01:04 AM EDT

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — My window seat on Air Force One was like a prison. It was late afternoon, and all day major news had threatened to come crashing down on President Donald Trump. But here we were, headed to a campaign event in West Virginia. Business as usual.

As the plane throttled for takeoff, everything hit: Trump’s former campaign manager had been convicted of a felony and the president’s onetime fixer was turning against him in a campaign corruption case.

We were wheels up. Our phones blinked out. No Instagram-addicted teen has felt withdrawal the way I did at that moment.

The rumors had started before lunch. A verdict was due any minute in the prosecution of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. And reporters in New York were picking up signs that the president’s longtime buddy, Michael Cohen, was about to betray him. Barricades had gone up outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

As the threat of major news simmered, thunderclouds rolled in over Washington and unleashed an epic downpour, flooding the roads around Joint Base Andrews, where we waited for the president.

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[uponit7771]

1. K&R, A Red Hatter ... LITERALLY ... posted of forgiveness for the infant snatcher yesterday.

[underpants]

2. Life in a bubble

There was a really sudden massive rainstorm here (2 hours down 95) just after 4 yesterday. Hilarious timing.