Ted Lieu: "Tomorrow I'm going to order my staff to line up and tell me..."

[Miles Archer]

Ted Lieu
@tedlieu

Tomorrow I'm going to order my staff to line up and tell me what a calm, stable, & very smart person I am.

Awww, just kidding. I'm not a #stablegenius & my staff are not sycophants like @KellyannePolls.

Also, why is Trump suing to eliminate coverage for pre-existing conditions?

Link to tweet

[Pachamama]

1. That was the most bizarre thing I have ever seen....

Watching the POTUS on live tv call out to staff to tell him how stable he is....

[gratuitous]

4. The most bizarre thing since . . .

Let's just pick a date out of the air, shall we? Say, June 12, 2017:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-cabinet-meeting

TRUMP APPOINTEES TAKE TURNS PRAISING HIM IN BIZARRE CABINET MEETING
One reporter called it “the most exquisitely awkward public event I’ve ever seen.”

The public portion of the Cabinet meeting would, in more ordinary times, have ended at that point. Instead, the event remained open as each member of the Cabinet attempted to outdo the president’s praise for himself, thanking him profusely and occasionally genuflecting before the press as they described what a humbling, life-changing privilege it was to be a part of Trump’s efforts to Make America Great Again. It was, New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush tweeted, “the most exquisitely awkward public event I’ve ever seen.”

“Start with Mike,” Trump said, referring to Vice President Mike Pence, after instructing each Cabinet member to say a few words about the good work his administration is doing. Pence set the tone for the bizarre 11-minute spectacle that followed, heaping praise on the president while he sat quietly nearby, smiling. “It is the greatest privilege of my life to serve as the vice president to a president who is keeping his word to the American people,” he said.

And, if you can stomach it (I can't), the video from CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/06/12/president-trump-full-cabinet-praise-bts-orig.cnn

[Miles Archer]

7. I saw the video on the day it happened

It brought a whole new level to the term "squirm-inducing."

[Pachamama]

8. Yes, since that cabinet meeting and the only one who wouldn't crawl up his ass was Mattis....

I guess what made it so bizarre to me was that it looked like it was a presentation for something else and quickly changed to him being insecure and needing everyone to tell the Emperor had clothes on....

[smb]

14. How Many More Auditions Is He Holding For The "Groom of the Stool" Job? nt

[lunatica]

42. A coveted position I'm sure!

That and the hickie kisser of the ample ass!

[emmaverybo]

52. I remember that. Sickening show of sycophants

[uponit7771]

5. There was worse !!!

[Chin music]

28. That's a kim jong un move.

Even putin wouldnt do that.

[UpInArms]

40. you must have missed this, then

[emmaverybo]

2. Love Lieu. Why Trump suing? He's lavishing gifts on his party, the Republicans. nt

[MFGsunny]

3. Yawza. Even the cuckoo has gone cuckoo. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

6. Here's a thought.

Larry Kudlow said that Trump laid out his case to Nancy Pelosi and to Schumer. He did it in less than 3 minutes? Really? And then walked out?

[True Blue American]

47. Were any of them

In the room?

[madaboutharry]

9. It is downright frightening.

What is wrong with these people?

How could any person with a sense of dignity behave like this?

He is the President of The United States and he wastes time gathering aides to stand there and repeat a lie about how he was calm and didn't throw a temper tantrum. You can see by the body language of these people that they seem to be dying a little inside. How could they not quit? I would rather work at Burger King than debase myself like that. (Not that there is anything wrong with working at Burger King. )

This is the sickest thing I ever saw.

You know that he must have been completely off his corker and scared the crap out of everyone in the room.

[spooky3]

10. I don't get it, either. If they aren't being paid by outsiders,

Their WH salaries are likely barely high enough for a middle class existence in DC. Surely they could find less demeaning jobs that paid as well or better, maybe in another city.

[Fritz Walter]

24. Well, they get their knee pads at no cost

So there’s that...
🤔

[Mr.Bill]

32. I wouldn't do that

with a gun pointed at my head. Seriously.

[msongs]

11. gee are those all country singers lined up behind dumpster? nt

[warmfeet]

13. Yes, they are a group known as

the asshats.

[erronis]

21. +1 - So many possibilities but you chose a great one.

[Chin music]

29. Heard of them.

I'm told they really stink.

[True Blue American]

49. All Hat

No Cattle!

[suffragette]

50. DUzy!

[True Blue American]

48. The one on the right laughed when Trump announced he was a stable genius

He was already rolling his eyes.

[smirkymonkey]

12. That was just surreal.

I can't believe this is the President of the United States. He is a sick, sick man and everyone who props him up is sick as well. WTF!

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Yep!

You got THAT right!

He's gotta' go - RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Kookoo for CocoPuffs minimally. Utterly insane another possibility. Can we take the nuclear codes??

[MyOwnPeace]

19. Isn't THAT a terrifying thought...........

MY GAWD, what that idiot could unleash.............

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

17. Is stupidity a pre-existing Condition?

Just Saying . . . .

[DinahMoeHum]

15. Oh. . . .Snap!

[pdsimdars]

20. The idea that comes to my mind is how does a calm stable person call an important meeting

and then walk in and out in 3 minutes if they are calm and stable? The timing doesn't fit.

[erronis]

22. These theatrics are just warm-ups for the real production.

See how the histrionics play in small. And then bring in the big ones. Along with the implosion/explosion of US society.

Well planned, whoever you may be.

[keithbvadu2]

23. Line up

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/06/donald-trump-hosts-propaganda-cabinet

Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying, "On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people and we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals."

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[alfredo]

25. A Stable Genius is someone very good at shoveling $hit

[lunatica]

43. LOL!

[crazytown]

26. Rosenstein (not so secret) tape of Trump cabinet meeting

[Poiuyt]

27. I made it until 2:35

Then I threw up.

How embarrassing for all the people in the room. Even if you support him, I can't imagine that they don't think his crying for affirmation is pathetic.

[George II]

30. That man (Lieu, not trump) has the most wry sense of humor of any member of congress EVER!

[LudwigPastorius]

31. He is clinically insane.

Speaker Pelosi and the House Democrats must impeach, even if it doesn't lead to his removal.

History is watching.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

33. He is emulating the North Korean Kims

First they had the Great Leader, followed by the Dear Leader, and then, in a fit of unoriginality, another Dear Leader.

[cannabis_flower]

34. You know...

I didn't see the meeting with Pelosi and maybe he didn't yell. But there are ways to have a temper tantrum without yelling. For example saying something ridiculous and then saying you are taking all your marbles and going home is also a temper tantrum.

[Botany]

37. You mean like having pre printed up signs for his "impromptu" rose garden talk?

After he walked out of the meeting w/Pelosi and others.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Didn't they know

One of the job's requirements was kiss Trump's immense ass?

[Botany]

36. Good God in Butter

The man is batshit crazy. I made it to about 5 minutes and I saw the tall man in the
glasses two persons to the right of Trump look down and rub his hands in a sign of
discomfort when Trump was doing his "Crazy Nancy" bit.

[yuiyoshida]

38. JUST love TED....

Link to tweet

[pangaia]

39. Who was going to go against Mao Zedung either ?

or Saddam Hussein, or Pol Pot,or Joseph Stalin, or Adolph Hitler.. ?

And who ARE those people? Just think the kind of sick depraved inhuman monster that would even stand there behind that sick depraved inhuman monster !!! And they probably have reproduced already !!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

41. The a$$holes that pose with him...

Smdh

[Mr. Evil]

44. You gotta just love the two shitkicker props behind him.

"Look at me y'all. I'm a cowboy! Howdy, howdy, howdy!"

[Progressive2020]

45. It Is Bizarre

He is like some Dictator/Dear Leader type with these sycophants. Having to say he is a "stable genius" is like saying "when did you stop beating your wife?" If you have to assert that you are not out of your mind, you probably already are.

[The Wizard]

46. Like Kim Jong Un

but without the wit, charm and personality.

[WheelWalker]

51. Their souls have been eaten.