Steve Bannon is, among other things, calling the president’s son “treasonous.”
President Trump says his former top adviser has “lost his mind."
Paul Manafort is suing Bob Mueller.
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s home in Chappaqua is on fire.
It’s only the third day of 2018.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 3, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump statement on Bannon after Michael Wolff book quotes Bannon calling Don Jr, Manafort & Jared meeting at Trump Tower "treasonous" pic.twitter.com/1uOVd1tKJU
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 3, 2018
Bannon: "Zero chance" that Trump did not know about son's meeting with Russians: report https://t.co/OTYw4Kg8vH pic.twitter.com/x6k8Ti2Cgw
— The Hill (@thehill) January 3, 2018
Sam Nunberg tells Wolff he tried to teach Trump the Constitution: “I got as far as the Fourth Amendment before his finger is pulling down on his lip and his eyes are rolling back in his head.” https://t.co/jiG6MypZMd
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 3, 2018
Steve Bannon has a record of lying, and his primary interest is Steve Bannon.
Michael Wolff has a record of lying, and his primary interest is Michael Wolff.
Trump has a record of lying, and his only interest is Trump.
Take everything with a grain of salt…
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 3, 2018
How will Trump’s vanguard at Fox decide who the enemies are, when the enemies are everyone in the room? Some tight sledding ahead for state TV… pic.twitter.com/PcaunVkvfo
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 3, 2018
Bannon, billionaires and burgers: six claims from the Trump book https://t.co/E1PqYms2ip
— Financial Times (@FT) January 3, 2018
Wolff book on how top aides regard Trump: “For Steve Mnuchin and Reince Priebus, he was an ‘idiot.’ For Gary Cohn, he was ‘dumb as shit.’ For H.R. McMaster he was a ‘dope.’ The list went on.”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 3, 2018
Trump ranted about Bannon in conversations with advisers on Wednesday, at one point telling aides he is “not well” https://t.co/gmM05cWvmg pic.twitter.com/uSOwyaV3Bs
— POLITICO (@politico) January 3, 2018
Trump's take-down of Bannon overlooks the fact that, as president, he cooperated with Wolff and encouraged WH staff to be sources for his book, per Wolff's sourcing note.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 3, 2018
SIREN: "Steve Bannon was certain that after the (July 2016 Trump Tower) meeting, Trump, Jr. had taken the participants to see his father," per excerpts from new Michael Wolff book, "Fire & Fury."
Trump has claimed he was unaware any meeting with Russians took place.— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) January 3, 2018
Opinion: What did Trump know about Russia, and when did he know it? https://t.co/v7zKGAj0qF
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 3, 2018
This Wolff excerpt has a 500-word-long chunk of recreated verbatim dialogue between Bannon and Ailes.
Come on.— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) January 3, 2018
Andrew Breitbart would be ashamed of the division and lies Steve Bannon is spreading!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 3, 2018
From Fire and Fury, here's Trump on his friends' wives –> pic.twitter.com/9imNBaSqm1
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 3, 2018
“You realize where this is going. This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose Andrew Weissmann first & he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.” Steve Bannon
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 3, 2018
One thing should be, and evidently is, perfectly clear to Donald Trump after today: either Steve Bannon has already cut a deal with Bob Mueller, or he is—and with *great* enthusiasm—100% ready to do so.
The only question now is whether Mueller asks him—or *already* asked him. pic.twitter.com/8Zd1Byl9zu
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 3, 2018
Oh, and…
Trump claimed undocumented people committed voter fraud in election so he created a commission to prove it. Failing to prove it, he has dissolved the commission. pic.twitter.com/0KJO3dvLus
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 3, 2018
#BREAKING: Deputy AG meeting with Ryan about Russia probe https://t.co/cvsipJ554y pic.twitter.com/IrurRNWqBG
— The Hill (@thehill) January 3, 2018
Former fed prosecutor Patrick Cotter: "This seems like a PR move made to continue the 'Mueller is somehow illegitimate (so pay no attention to any evidence of crimes he finds)' strategy. I do not think it is a serious legal motion." https://t.co/LkJXj9rxSp
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 3, 2018
🙂
Blair ‘warned Trump’ that UK may have spied on him.
New book claims former PMwas angling for a job. #TheTimes. pic.twitter.com/QLovUs8GJ2
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) January 3, 2018
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WORLD
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbeds https://t.co/xAVruGMH1X
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 3, 2018
After days of unrest, tens of thousands of Iranians rally in support of the government https://t.co/Md4qgB8EjQ
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) January 3, 2018
Trump's bellicose, imprudent tweets are convincing the world, and South Korea, that the United States is unreliable ally, argues @DavidFrum: https://t.co/Cbnt1Wogc7 pic.twitter.com/NenpddgmD4
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 3, 2018
Asked about the president's fitness given his nuclear tweet, @PressSec said "the President and the people of this country should be concerned about the mental fitness of the leader of North Korea."
That's the 2nd time today the WH assailed someone's mental fitness
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 3, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Tories want UK to leave the world’s biggest market where we shape the rules to join a smaller one on the other side of the world where we don’t. Bonkers #Brexit https://t.co/CvadKYwJIL
— Geraint Davies MP (@GeraintDaviesMP) January 3, 2018
Theresa May believes Michel Barnier is bluffing when he says there will be no special deal for financial services https://t.co/cs0vp1mXb5 pic.twitter.com/Fo8QhjRBQn
— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) January 3, 2018
Crisis? What Crisis? asks Theresa May, about the Winter War being waged on NHS.
You’ve gotta hand it to her. She seems to have an infinite capacity for failing to grasp the seriousness of latent problems. pic.twitter.com/3LeCfqRKZu— John O'Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) January 3, 2018
Labour ended 2016 12pts behind the Conservatives. They end 2017 2pts ahead.https://t.co/L3pXa1IVfj pic.twitter.com/lOMhq7o9n1
— Britain Elects (@britainelects) January 3, 2018
There are 3 possible paths for Brexit in 2018 https://t.co/R0xFqD0dOp pic.twitter.com/r5yTFonI01
— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) January 3, 2018