What planet is Our Dear Leader living on?

Trump Doesn’t Seem To Know What Health Insurance Is, How It Works Or What It Costs

The president suggested it costs $12 a year.

President Donald Trump’s interview with The New York Times generated plenty of headline-making comments. But his remarks on health insurance, the biggest topic of the week, suggested he didn’t know how it works or how much it costs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-health-insurance-cost_us_597042f3e4b062ea5f8f2430?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Donald Trump: L’état, C’est Moi

 The Big One isn't a crook, just doing business his way

In his bizarre New York Times interview, Donald Trump expresses his characteristic assortment of fever-dream assertions. The president believes Hillary Clinton “was totally opposed to any sanctions for Russia,” that a properly amortized health-insurance plan would cost “$12 a year,” that Napoleon’s “one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities,” and that Trump has somehow either carried out or reversed sweeping land reforms (“I’ve given the farmers back their farms. I’ve given the builders back their land to build houses and to build other things”). Yet a consistent idea manages to poke through the delirious rambling. Trump repeatedly affirmed his conviction that the entire federal government ought to be operated for his personal benefit......

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/donald-trump-ltat-cest-moi.html

Deutsche Bank expects subpoenas over Trump-Russia investigation

Deutsche’s relationship with Trump and questions about hundreds of millions in loans have dogged the German bank and the White House for months.

Execs inside Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump’s personal bankers, are expecting that the bank will soon be receiving subpoenas or other requests for information from Robert Mueller, the special counsel who is investigating possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.....

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/19/deutsche-bank-donald-trump-russia-investigation-subpoenas

A picture is worth a thousand words ...or in this case maybe twenty

Aide sneaks ‘germaphobe’ Trump a bottle of hand sanitizer

President Trump, a self-described germaphobe, was caught on camera receiving hand sanitizer from a White House staffer, according to an image tweeted out by a C-SPAN editor. In January, Trump referred to himself as “very much a germaphobe” while dismissing salacious claims made in an unverified Russian party-hearty dossier....

Trump Reveals Start to Nafta Talks as Canada, Mexico Huddle

If big mouth  screws this up we're all gonna be hurting

The U.S. is kicking off negotiations on a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement as soon as possible. Three-way talks will be held Aug. 16 to Aug. 20 in Washington, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s office said in a statement Wednesday. The details were revealed two days after Donald Trump’s administration unveiled its negotiating objectives for Nafta...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/date-for-nafta-talks-is-said-to-be-released-as-soon-as-wednesday

Grim News: Senator McCain Diagnosed With Brain Tumor After Clot Removed

Senator John McCain was diagnosed with a type of brain cancer that was discovered when doctors removed a blood clot above his left eye, his office said Wednesday night.

Tissue tested after the procedure last Friday revealed a glioblastoma, the statement said. Scans done afterward showed the cancerous tissue was removed and the 80-year-old Arizona Republican has been recuperating at home since the procedure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-20/senator-mccain-diagnosed-with-brain-tumor-after-clot-removed

He isn't happy unless he's messing things up!


Trump’s Honeymoon With China Ends as Dialogue Turns Frosty

The brief honeymoon between the world’s two largest economies appears to be over.

Three months ago, President Donald Trump had warm words for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after the two leaders bonded at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Within weeks, the Trump administration was touting early wins in talks with China, including more access for U.S. beef and financial services as well as help in trying to rein in North Korea. Now, the two sides can barely agree how to describe their disagreements.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/trump-s-honeymoon-with-china-ends-as-economic-talks-turn-frosty