He's fucking losing it

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Fact-checker shreds Trump's newest excuse for stashing classified documents

On Monday, FactCheck.org deconstructed a particular claim from former President Donald Trump — that other presidents had stashes of government documents comparable to the one the FBI raided his home in Mar-a-Lago to seize — and revealed it to be completely false.

"Trump accused several of his presidential predecessors of storing White House documents, including ones that were classified, in unsecured warehouse spaces," wrote Robert Farley and Lori Robertson. "For example, Trump said, 'George H.W. Bush took millions and millions of documents to a former bowling alley pieced together with what was then an old and broken Chinese restaurant, they put them together. And it had a broken front door and broken windows. Other than that it was quite secure. And there was no security.'"

This prompted a tweet from Jeb Bush, who replied, “I am so confused. My dad enjoyed a good Chinese meal and enjoyed the challenge of 7-10 split. What the heck is up with you?”

The problem with Trump's claim, is that "all of the examples Trump mentioned were cases of the National Archives and Records Administration — not the former presidents themselves — storing documents in secure facilities, while permanent presidential libraries were being built." For example, in the case of Bush, "none of the presidential records, including classified documents, were in Bush’s possession or in his personal residence," and the former bowling alley was specifically retrofitted as a storage space to securely hold classified material.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-checker-shreds-trump-s-newest-excuse-for-stashing-classified-documents/ar-AA12OCJC

[Aristus]

1. When Jeb Bush is the good guy in a story, you know the country has gone around the bend.

n/t

[The_Counsel]

2. That, and Where Was All This JEB Snark in 2015/16?

Seems he could have used it then.

[jcgoldie]

15. Trump has done more for the Bush family than they ever could have

They all look like noble aristocrats by contrast... hard to imagine W ever being so endearing its amazing what a really good villain can do to some sketchy folks reputations.

[LisaM]

24. Oh, I am going to laugh about this for days

It's so true.

[cyclonefence]

3. A kernel of truth

at the heart of a pile of horseshit.

I looked up Trump's accusations. None of them, of course, involved intentional removal of classified documents. Bush's records were indeed "stored in a bowling alley"--a bowling alley that had been converted to a secure storage facility and was routinely used to store sensitive materials.

The "documents" in Bill Clinton's sock drawer were personal audiotapes Clinton made during his presidency, for his own use. The Washington Times, rw "journalism" personified, sued to have them returned; the judge found that the tapes were indeed personal and the property of Clinton.

Jimmy Carter left a small card, called the "biscuit," in a suit pocket which did indeed go to the dry cleaner. This was not "the nuclear codes;" the "biscuit" is a cheat sheet condensing the steps the president has to take to use the nuclear codes.

Funny that Trump didn't mention that Ronald Reagan's biscuit ended up in a plastic bag in the hospital when he was shot.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. NARA has called TFG's claims false and misleading

Link to tweet

[Ray Bruns]

8. Geez us Christ on a cracker. Why can't people call this sad pile of dung

A fucking liar?

[chriscan64]

5. Trump is not even pretending that all these documents are headed to his "library".

I anticipate a "museum of memes".

[FakeNoose]

23. You mean like this one? Future site of the Trump Presidential Library

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Don't you mean LIEberry

[Evolve Dammit]

29. good one

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Trump is like a 3 year old who's figured out that if he pulls his wiener out

people pay all sorts of attention to him.

So he does it, again and again.

Except in his case, it's just 'flat-out lying and gaslighting at EVERY opportunity'.

He's found that has a very similar effect to the 3 year old's actions.

He does it because, mentally ... he is a fucking 3 year old.

[calimary]

18. Yep. That pretty much sums it up.

An adult-size three-year-old.

[Martin Eden]

7. He's just lying like he always has.

Doesn't matter what the facts are or what he actually believes.

The false claims and rhetoric are intended to form the narrative echoed by rightwing media that feeds his base and, to the extent possible, gaslight others who are insufficiently informed.

[Jack the Greater]

9. I think the term "fucking losing it" has a different meaning for you than it does for Him Whose Name

Shall Not Be Written, or HWNSNBW, as I like to refer to him. It works in both the objective and subjective form. For HWNSNBW and his devoted fans, "fucking losing it" means "winning".

[LymphocyteLover]

10. I hate his dumb stories and his dumb voice and his endless bullshit!!!

[Lonestarblue]

11. Trump isn't smart enough to find any information on his own. Who feeds this crap to him?

[sop]

12. How many of these other presidents' documents contained top secret nuclear weapons info?

[mn9driver]

13. This fetid bucket of crazy is now established reality in Trumpworld.

Somebody had better indict him soon. There is no telling what the next spew will yield.

[Skittles]

14. cannot lose what you never had

he is and always has been....crazy

[Hassler]

16. The one thing I want Chump to lose is his freedom.

[Straw Man]

17. What is and isn't true doesn't matter ...

... in the slightest in Trumpworld. All that matters is what the rubes want to believe.

[ZonkerHarris]

19. The Donald J Trump Presidential Library, Strip Club, Car Lube, and Time Share.

[NJCher]

26. I can see it now!

It will be in huge gold letters, and “trump” will be larger than all the other letters. There will be a border of flashing lights.

[yellowdogintexas]

31. don't forget the Garden Center and the Sex Toy Shop nt

[NullTuples]

20. Here's where the bowling alley & chinese restaurant part comes in

Please note that the materials were being categorized and organized by staff from the National Archives.

The stuff of George Bush’s life--an old infielder’s mitt, the door of a Kuwaiti palace, even a huge likeness of Bush’s head from a Republican convention--is being sorted in an old bowling alley. Of course, there’s not enough room in the old Chimney Hill Bowl for 36 million pages of documents, a million photos and 40,000 objects. So some of it is crammed next door, in what used to be the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant. Someday, this will be the treasure of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M; University. But for now, it’s just pile upon pile of Bush fodder for the archivists.

“Our job is to preserve, arrange and review and ultimately try to make as much available as we can to the American people,’ said David Alsobrook, acting director of the Bush Presidential Materials Project.

The actual library and museum--an $83-million project--is about 90% complete on an engineer’s drawing board. Groundbreaking is planned for November with dedication in 1997. That means Alsobrook and his staff of 10 researchers from the National Archives have three years to catalogue and organize items that filled four C-5A cargo planes in the days just before Bush vacated the White House in 1993.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-26-mn-8638-story.html

[marmar]

21. We're about an hour past "losing it"

[tecelote]

22. Trump spoke

Therefore, he lied.

It will be breaking news if he tells the truth.

[NJCher]

27. If he does

It will be by accident.

[The Jungle 1]

28. His own fools no longer believe him.

That folks is a huge problem. So his lies need to get better and more frequent.
I can't wait until he gets a cavity search. That guard better has a security detail.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. Jeb lashes out...sort of? Finish your broccoli Jeb...

[Boomerproud]

35. I read some of the replies to Jebby's "smackdown " and folks

were not impressed. Most tweets said ,"if I defended my dad as weakly...:. Pretty funny stuff.

[BlueIdaho]

32. Worst former President ever.

Sadly that’s right on form for this sad POS.

[Pepsidog]

33. Will TFG really have a Pres. library or will he spend all the money on lawyers, KFC, and McDonalds?

[G2theD]

34. F-ing loser is never at a loss of a good tale.

The most shocking thing is his lemming followers take it as gospel - no questions asked!