Here we go again.  Look, I know it’s a crime in Illinois, but I’m still going to subject people to Trump’s tweets.  I know they’re not pretty (or well punctuated), but they are surprisingly entertaining.  The modern American President is just spinning away.  Maybe he’s feeling especially vulnerable, but there is far too much free time in that man’s mornings.  I thought he had a job?  Anyway, Trump repeats all his favorite lies, then throws a few new ones for garnish.  (I’ve moved the tweets to run down the page in time-order.)

So here’s where I’m starting today:

If the FBI or DOJ was infiltrating a campaign for the benefit of another campaign, that is a really big deal. Only the release or review of documents that the House Intelligence Committee (also, Senate Judiciary) is asking for can give the conclusive answers. Drain the Swamp!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2018

Um, “No,” pretty much across the board.  The FBI informant isn’t a spy and they weren’t embedded in the Trump campaign, which wasn’t infiltrated.  The information wasn’t shared with any anyone (unlike Comey opining about Hillary).  No, it isn’t unusual for the FBI to question people with known Russian connections during a counterintelligence investigation about Russian actions.  No, none of that is a big deal.

What is a big deal is how Congressional Republicans will leak everything they get.  The current Republican excuse for today’s unprecedented breach of democratic norms is that, hey, the informant wasn’t really that secret, so exposing him isn’t a big deal.

And that nonsense is complete bullshit.  Leaking the name of a confidential informant is a fucking big deal.  This is singularly putrid.

And the entire GOP is going along with it.  Remember that.  Trump isn’t an outlier: he’s the natural and correct leader for today’s GOP.

Anyway, back to President Spooky Pants:

Things are really getting ridiculous. The Failing and Crooked (but not as Crooked as Hillary Clinton) @nytimes has done a long & boring story indicating that the World’s most expensive Witch Hunt has found nothing on Russia & me so now they are looking at the rest of the World!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

….At what point does this soon to be $20,000,000 Witch Hunt, composed of 13 Angry and Heavily Conflicted Democrats and two people who have worked for Obama for 8 years, STOP! They have found no Collussion with Russia, No Obstruction, but they aren’t looking at the corruption…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

…in the Hillary Clinton Campaign where she deleted 33,000 Emails, got $145,000,000 while Secretary of State, paid McCabes wife $700,000 (and got off the FBI hook along with Terry M) and so much more. Republicans and real Americans should start getting tough on this Scam.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

It’s like watching a parade of Trump screaming out his greatest lies.  I’m not sure if there’s a real fact anywhere in there.  Well, other than Trump’s spit-flecked outrage, of course.

Now that the Witch Hunt has given up on Russia and is looking at the rest of the World, they should easily be able to take it into the Mid-Term Elections where they can put some hurt on the Republican Party. Don’t worry about Dems FISA Abuse, missing Emails or Fraudulent Dossier!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

Or, you know, maybe we found out there was another — another — undisclosed meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and representatives of hostile foreign nations?  And that they offered another social media campaign led by foreign actors who are adversaries of the US?  Damn, I’ve lost count: would that be the second or third illegal social media campaign?

What ever happened to the Server, at the center of so much Corruption, that the Democratic National Committee REFUSED to hand over to the hard charging (except in the case of Democrats) FBI? They broke into homes & offices early in the morning, but were afraid to take the Server?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

….and why hasn’t the Podesta brother been charged and arrested, like others, after being forced to close down his very large and successful firm? Is it because he is a VERY well connected Democrat working in the Swamp of Washington, D.C.?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

Hillary and Podesta?  Really?  I can’t believe these are still in Trump’s playlist.  I swear, even Trump must get tired of this noise at some point, right?

The Witch Hunt finds no Collusion with Russia – so now they’re looking at the rest of the World. Oh’ great!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

Did Trump forget he already did his “rest of the World” tweet?  Maybe it’s just his memory rusting out.  (And what’s with that last apostrophe?)

I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

“I hereby demand…” is a wonderful phrase to see in Trump’s personal Twitter account.

I ask Senator Chuck Schumer, why didn’t President Obama & the Democrats do something about Trade with China, including Theft of Intellectual Property etc.? They did NOTHING! With that being said, Chuck & I have long agreed on this issue! Fair Trade, plus, with China will happen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2018

Dementia creeps in on little cat’s feet.  Either that or Trump forgot he shiv’ed the TPP himself.  I’m not going to pretend I liked the TPP.  It would have locked our Pacific trading partners into the destructive US model of perpetual copyright and weaponized idiot patents.  But shit, you can still see its bloodstain on the oval office carpet.

If the person placed very early into my campaign wasn’t a SPY put there by the previous Administration for political purposes, how come such a seemingly massive amount of money was paid for services rendered – many times higher than normal…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2018

…Follow the money! The spy was there early in the campaign and yet never reported Collusion with Russia, because there was no Collusion. He was only there to spy for political reasons and to help Crooked Hillary win – just like they did to Bernie Sanders, who got duped!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2018

Every time Trump capitalizes “Collusion,” I read it as “Coliseum” the first time through.  And now I want to build him one, just to piss him off.  Maybe we could put “Trump” over the main entrance, too.  Have t Michael Cohen sue me, ya bahstad!

And Trump wants us to believe he knows what informants are paid?  Really?