Wanna list how many crazy and chaotic things President Trump has done, just over the last four weeks? You’re going to need a glass of water.
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin took a courageous plunge attempting to list chaotic Trump moments over the last four weeks in office. It took her three minutes and she had to pause for water while trying to read through the bullet points.
About a minute into reading a list of Trump’s chaotic, significant events during the last four weeks on air, Baldwin on CNN’s Newsroom had to stop to hydrate, noting, “Sorry, this is long.”
“In no particular order, President Trump in the last four weeks has: Fires his chief strategist, fires his chief of staff, hires a new one, hires a new communications director, fires him — ”
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“It has been a chaotic four weeks even by these White House standards,” Baldwin said. “Lets all just take a moment to remind you of what has happened, incredibly significant events one after the other.”
Here’s Donald Trump’s last four weeks in bullet points, per CNN and Baldwin’s on air reading:
Fires Reince Priebus
Hires John Kelly
Hires “The Mooch”
Fires “The Mooch”
Hires fourth communications director
Publicly shames Attorney General Sessions multiple times
Loses a healthcare bill
Publicly shames Republicans who voted against it
Bans transgender individuals from the military without telling the military
Ticks off the Boy Scout speech
Makes up Boy Scout leader call
Makes up Mexican President call
Thanks Vladimir Putin for expelling Americans – hundreds of them
Begrudgingly signs Russia sanctions, then blasts Congress for it
Condemns leaks, but then says he likes the leaks because he says it shows people love him –
“Hold on a second, this is long,” Baldwin says, taking a sip of water.
Encourages police officers to rough up suspects
Publicly shames Mitch McConnell
Embraces unpassable immigration plan
Threatens North Korea with nukes
Tells Guam it’ll help tourism
His own Chief Strategist says no military option
Threatens Venezuela
After a Nazi rally in which someone was murdered, President blames “both sides”
Denounces white supremacists
Hours later, makes everything worse by going back to blaming both sides
Says “fine people” at Nazi rally
Suggests there is no difference between George Washington and Robert E. Lee
Shames CEOs who ditch business councils
Two business councils disband
Retweets right-wing conspiracy theorist
Considers pardoning Sheriff Arpaio
Promotes his Charlottesville winery when asked if he will visit Charlottesville
Tells the world to study a lie during terror attack
Receives condemnations from:
Democrats
Republicans
Former Presidents
World leaders
Allies
His own staff
And the Pope
“And still. Still, has no regrets.”
That’s President Trump.
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