Is it a coincidence that this is happening while trump* is out of the country, or is it strategic?

[Siwsan]

The timing just seems so strange. You have to know if he holds any public appearances with any heads of state, and is put in front of a microphone, all he is going to do is whine and play the victim. I can just imagine that most of his conversations are going to be about how he is being picked on. This just might end up as being the most strange and uncomfortable foreign trip, ever.

[rzemanfl]

1. All I can say is here at home we don't clean out the cat box while the cat is

in it.

[Siwsan]

2. Great Answer!!

[herding cats]

3. Oh, that was excellent!!

[Lisa0825]

17. DUzy!!! LOL

[Atman]

23. BWHAHA!

:ROFL:

[cannabis_flower]

29. Wouldn't it be great...

If everyone was arrested while he was away and when he got back he was impeached and then hauled out of the White House in handcuffs.

We can only dream!

[BigDemVoter]

32. I'm sitting here just laughing my ass off. . . .

Thank you!

[Rhiannon12866]

41. Well done!

[burrowowl]

42. Good one!!

[DonViejo]

4. Every evening this week, the WaPo and the NYT have

dropped bombs on Trumpty Dumpty. Reuters, the AP, Bloomberg, and countless other news agencies have been bombing as well. Trump's WH is leaking like a submarine made of screen doors. Why would you think there's some sort of conspiracy motivation behind today’s bombing?

[Siwsan]

8. A strategy doesn't necessarily constitute a conspiracy.

But announcing the appointment of a special prosecutor just before he takes his first international trip just seems surreal, to me. And oh so inconvenient for those in the spotlight. If it was any other POTUS, this wouldn't seem to be such a gigantic disaster about to happen, but trump*'s anger and behavioral issues make me think that things are going to be getting really, really internationally bad and more embarrassing the usual.

I really expect this trip will be cut short.

[TheDebbieDee]

30. I think we should seal ALL our borders tonight and not let the Orange POS back into the country!

And if VP Pence is with him, so much the better! And with regard to all the other POSs traveling in the Trump entourage, they shouldn't be allowed back in the country again either...

But what if the people in his entourage are innocent, you may ask! Well, then they're just making a sacrifice for the rest of the American people!

[Generic Brad]

33. Didn't he run on the promise of keeping America safe from those hell bent on destroying it?

Him and his jet full of reprobates should not be readmitted to the country. That will truly make America safer than it was this morning.

[TheDebbieDee]

34. I can't refute a word that you've typed...

[brush]

5. Seems it was done to cause the greatest embarrassment

The foreign reporters will know what he said about Comey and will be on his as_ about it.

Who knows how he'll respond.

Get your popcorn ready.

[Siwsan]

11. I'm thinking about buying one of those big popcorn wagons

And lots and lots of beer!

[brush]

39. Yes, plenty of beer. Isn't schadenfreude glorious?

[TheDebbieDee]

31. +1,000

Payback is a 8itch, Mr. President!

[lindysalsagal]

37. Harder to dodge reporter's questions when you're not hiding in your own private resort.....

I can't wait to see his blunders....

[brush]

40. Feel the burn...the karmic burn.

[Docreed2003]

6. Either way...I'd love to be a fly inside Air Force One tonight!!

[Ilsa]

7. I don't think the media cares where he is hiding, they're going to publish. nt

[monmouth4]

9. My favorite pic today was the balcony full of people at the Eisenhower building appearing to

be celebrating. Hope it wasn't the Onion or photoshopped...LOL.

[central scrutinizer]

24. It's always been this way

Publish now before somebody scoops you. It's like those old movies where the reporters all rush to the nearest phone booth to call the scoop into their editor.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Oh, please don't tell me he's going to go and whine to the Saudis, the Israelis and

the Vatican. What an embarrassment that would be! Does he really think that would make us look strong?

[Siwsan]

12. Whining is his first language.

I think it is going to be bad. Very bad.

[superpatriotman]

13. To the whole goddamn plane...

Bye!
Don't come back, we're changing the locks.

[Siwsan]

15. I keep coming up with 'worst case scenarios', I mean other than his coming back

The least worst case is him acting like a petulant pre-pubescent brat, when ever he's in public.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. The NYT/Washington Post waited until AF1 took off to release their stories

it's not coincidence at all. The story has time to grow legs and it goes without any substantiative White House response because most of the key players are on a plane to Riyadh until something like 5am.

[Siwsan]

16. Yea - my gut says he will be heading home, early

Not sure what his excuse will be. Sure won't be that he needs to save his ass.

[Yorkist]

36. Mine....

.....says he might seek asylum whilst abroad.

[wishstar]

18. I had thought new leaks and bombshells would wait until his return, not day he leaves on trip

Situation definitely is bad for him to make good impression with foreign dignitaries

[ananda]

19. All the key WH players are with Trump, including Kushner.

For 9 days.

I wonder if they'd return to the USA if there were potential indictments
or charges.

[central scrutinizer]

26. Do we have extradition treaties with all these countries?

Just asking.

[wishstar]

20. Things must be exploding because Trump & Co want to shut down investigations

Seems like bombardment of news may be insurance by putting out enough bad stuff so crooked Trump and Repubs can't continue downplaying and blocking investigations

[BigDemVoter]

21. I've seen that orange, pathetic, piece of shit sulk. . .

Think of that pouty, sulky look on that fat, saggy, orange-tinged face with those startled, raccoon-eyes from the sun glasses that pig wears in the tanning bed.. . .

I bet his lower lip is stuck out. . . What a tiresome man bitch he is. . . Good god-- he's an incompetent fool, but he's ALSO a total and complete WASTE of space. He's utterly devoid of ANY redeeming value, whatsoever.

[LOL Lib]

25. ...

[Princess Turandot]

22. It might have been motivated by the intro memo DAG Rosenstein gave out yesterday in the hearings...

In which he supported Trump's firing of Comey. (It came out late yesterday online.) It seemed to go quite beyond Comey's HRC email actions. In fact, it almost sounded like he still thought that Comey should go, even if he had never spoken about Hillary at all.

Now, earlier this week, there were reports that Comey thought that Rosenstein might have an ambition-situation that would affect his independence. I think that his statement to Congress just may have been impacted by that.

When the Russkis in the Oval story came out, there were quotes from a few unidentified sources - Buzzfeed had this - that what the Washington Post had revealed was not the worst of what had happened in the meeting. I'd say this qualified. And then some. His former colleagues might be protecting Comey's reputation re: honesty by revealing this today, and making sure that his words about Trump were not dismissed because of Rosenstein's remarks.

[roamer65]

27. Definitely strategic.

[Hekate]

28. There are no coincidences

[JustAnotherGen]

35. I can't wait

Until he goes to Italy.

[rufus dog]

38. Coordinated Shock and Awe

Look how they come out in drips. Let team tRump and the repukes deny, then drop a bit more and prove that the response was bullshit.

They are poking the tangerine from all sides.