So basically Trump's confessing here, right? Can we all agree? Yes?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Link to tweet

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Remember when they were saying, during the campaign, that Donald Trump is giving great speeches and drawing big crowds, but he is spending much less money and not using social media as well as Crooked Hillary’s large and highly sophisticated staff. Well, not saying that anymore!

3:40 AM - 22 Mar 2018

Jesus shit, he's like a fucking Bond villain at this point.

[poboy2]

1. We just put information into the bloodstream to the internet and then watch it grow

“We just put information into the bloodstream to the internet and then watch it grow, give it a little push every now and again over time to watch it take shape. And so this stuff infiltrates the online community and expands but with no branding – so it’s unattributable, untrackable.”

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... Mr Turnbull described how the company created the “Defeat Crooked Hilary” brand of attack ads, that were funded by the Make America Number 1 super-PAC and watched more than 30 million times during the campaign.

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In one exchange Alexander Nix revealed the company used a secret self-destructing email system that leaves no trace. He said: “No-one knows we have it, and secondly we set our… emails with a self-destruct timer… So you send them and after they’ve been read, two hours later, they disappear. There’s no evidence, there’s no paper trail, there’s nothing.”

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Mr Nix also belittled representatives on the House Intelligence Committee to whom he gave evidence in 2017. He claims Republican members asked just three questions. “After five minutes – done.”

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The report reveals that Cambridge Analytica was behind everything on the Trump campaign, from the research to the ad campaigns.

It shows that Cambridge Analytica was actively planting false stories and using false fronts to disguise the source of information.

It confirms what Republican Representative Mike Conaway already let slip—that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee actively avoided finding any issues.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/20/1750614/-Part-three-of-Cambridge-Analytica-report-makes-a-liar-out-of-everyone-on-the-Trump-campaign?detail=emaildkre

[MineralMan]

2. Trump is a pawn in a much larger game, I think.

His incompetence and inability to understand thing serves whoever put him in the White House very well. When he is no longer useful, or becomes a liability, he'll be gone. Until then, he distracts nicely from the real shenanigans that are going on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. I think it's pretty obvious who put him in the White House.

It rhymes with "Vladimir Putin."

[Arkansas Granny]

5. I've suspected as much for some time now. While so much attention is focused on his outrageous

behavior, the Republicans in Congress are getting many of the things they've been working towards for a long time. They can talk him into signing anything if they appeal to his ego.

[mopinko]

10. just like st ronnie.

[Kirk Lover]

4. Well I don't remember folks saying he's not using social media well but yeah the rest of it...

why in the world is he sending out this tweet? I mean I know he likes to tweet out the "incriminaters" but this is nuts.

[Phoenix61]

6. Textbook example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. nt

[GoCubsGo]

7. He's more like an Austin Powers villain at this point.

If he were a movie character, it would be hilarious. But, since it's reality, it's not funny.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Reminds me of a scene from the 90s movie "My Fellow Americans"

Jack Lemmon and James Garner play former Presidents who uncover a conspiracy which ultimately leads to the current Vice President, played by John Heard. At the time, I think they were channeling Dan Quayle but I think Trump's more apropos now:

[Raster]

9. He's like a *BAD* Bond villain at this point...

...and I don't mean *BAD* in a good way... I mean *BAD* in a smarmy, cluster-fucky, idiotic kind of way. I picture a cross between Fat Bastard and Dr. Evil, and again, NOT in a good way.