White House aides "put Trump in a better mood" by going over plan to ban suffering refugees

[Miles Archer]

White House aides ‘put Trump in a better mood’ by going over plan to ban suffering refugees



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/white-house-aides-put-trump-in-a-better-mood-by-going-over-plan-to-ban-suffering-refugees-report/

Trump was reportedly upset over the way that lingering questions about Russia’s involvement in the U.S. election overshadowed what he considered to be a perfect performance at his speech to a joint session of Congress last week.

“That night at Mar-a-Lago, Trump had dinner with Sessions, Bannon, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly and White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, among others,” the Post noted. “They tried to put Trump in a better mood by going over their implementation plans for the travel ban, according to a White House official.”

Vox’s Matthew Yglesias pointed out that Trump advisers were trying to cheer him up “by reminding him of their looming plan to endanger the lives of some of the most desperate and vulnerable people on earth.”

“And there’s no denying that the vast majority of the hardship will be inflicted on people who are not terrorists and who pose no national security risk to the United States,” Yglesias wrote. “Most of all, there will be intense hardship visited upon refugees who would, if not for Trump, be candidates for resettlement in the United States of America.”

[uppityperson]

1. I thought this would be Borowitz

[Miles Archer]

2. I'm sure we ALL thought it would be Borowitz

I've mentioned this before on DU, but one of the Facebook pages I follow is Conservative Clown Car. I don't know if it's run by a DUer or not, but the tone and content is very similar to DU.

They regularly post Borowitz, and after Trump was elected, I found myself thinking on occasion "This guy's not funny anymore," and "He's just phoning it in."

And I realize that's not true. It's simply a matter of the lines between satire and reality being blurred, and the bar has been raised to the point where satirists like Borowitz are hard pressed to come up with any imaginary scenario more outrageous than the reality that is being played out before our eyes and ears.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Same-same with the Onion.

He has ruined good satire.....

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Why not waterboard an entire family for His Lordship's pleasure?

Betcha it'd give him a stiffie.