One of the few remaining high quality people in this White House jumps ship. A little more than a year in, Trump is left with a motley crew.
How Trumpβs trade war finally broke Gary Cohn https://t.co/xJ4Bo5RRhz via @politico
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) March 7, 2018
Going, going, Cohn https://t.co/BDCrPtViuT via @FT
— Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) March 7, 2018
Gary Cohnβs departure could further rattle investorshttps://t.co/aWjK5897R5
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 7, 2018
Trump Confronted Cohn on Trade Hours Before Resignation, Sources Say https://t.co/ahNKykuRfg
— Victoria Young – ππ·πΊπ¦βπΎπ³οΈβπ (@toriyoung22) March 7, 2018
Some in Trump's circle not shedding tears over Cohn's departure.
Former admin. official tells me: "Gary's entire job was predicated on trying to convince [Trump] to go against his gut instincts and I think he found out that you can only survive doing that for so long."— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) March 6, 2018
So now we know: Paul Ryan and Gary Cohn draw the line not at neo-Nazis, or sexual assault, or climate change, or Russia, but trade. That is, money.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 6, 2018
"Mr. President, your top economic adviser just quit. And that's very bad. The good news is it couldn't possibly get worse tonight. I mean, it's not like you're going to get sued by a porn star."
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"Shit. You're being sued by a porn star."— Jarrett Bellini (@JarrettBellini) March 7, 2018
Since Sam Nunberg:
-Trump says no CHAOS
-North Korea talks
-Kellyanne violates Hatch Act
-Trump admits Russian interference
-Trump likes watching aides fight
-Trump promises "very loving" tariffs
-Gary Cohn resigns
-UAE adviser cooperates with Mueller
-Stormy Daniels sues Trump— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 7, 2018
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Former adult-film actress Stormy Daniels says Trump lawyer forced her to sign false statement over alleged sexual encounterhttps://t.co/QEcFvixrBQ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 7, 2018
Kushner to visit Mexico after Trump tirades, testy phone call https://t.co/eR69Oj9P1W
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 7, 2018
Trump polled Mar-a-Lago guests about Kushner's scandals: report https://t.co/OmWykTL6wU pic.twitter.com/r2nfhGC0d7
— The Hill (@thehill) March 7, 2018
Trump has encouraged Scaramucci to continue attacks on Kelly: report https://t.co/oDKSrKlKj4 pic.twitter.com/drzxplemEU
— The Hill (@thehill) March 7, 2018
This is one of the reasons America hates the media. Our entire industry lit itself on fire because a troubled Trump hanger-on made an ass of himself β live. https://t.co/pWJGKtCZDZ
— Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/971262347284271104
https://twitter.com/APCentralRegion/status/971206967829127168
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN (AND NORN IRON)
The EU has criticised Theresa May's latest speech on Brexit, describing it as "long on aspirations" but "short on workable solutions" https://t.co/jKrZEGt3k8
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 7, 2018
Senior EU diplomat: "Perhaps we have missed something in the speech and there are concessions in there that havenβt been spelled out β but we canβt see it at the moment. On Ireland, we are at square one again. There was nothing new.βhttps://t.co/CcSbPNkOkJ
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) March 6, 2018
Euroclear to move its holding company from the UK because of Brexit. A report by EY last year concluded that the loss of euro-denominated clearing could cost 83,000 jobs. (https://t.co/KxB6kLR0LI). pic.twitter.com/m6J0e07RTU
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 7, 2018
Really pleased to have signed this cross-party letter to the Foreign Secretary about the language of Brexit. The tone of what we as a country say matters. https://t.co/YBF013GEMJ
— Seb Dance (@SebDance) March 6, 2018
Labour MP brands Brexit 'the s*** icing on the s*** cake' https://t.co/S3WEalbUx0
— Standard News (@standardnews) March 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/Hayleeee1848/status/971195740390338560
The βsmartβ solution to the Irish border: a Venn Diagram. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/tJlY7a8Ii8
— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) March 6, 2018
Remember this for the BBC section of the Folly of Brexit documentation centre. https://t.co/BMecjgpfWt
— Clay Harris πͺπΊππππππ· (@mudlarklives) March 6, 2018
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WORLD
https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/971225017982754816
"Despite his reputation as a liberal and reformer, he is the figurehead for a regime with one of the worst human rights records in the world."
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman begins official UK visit with protest expected outside Downing Streethttps://t.co/7I9UMqDnjM pic.twitter.com/MYohbXQ9ML
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) March 7, 2018
Royal welcome and noisy protests await Saudi crown prince on UK trip https://t.co/hrPF7FjLiM pic.twitter.com/o57a15d7ku
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 7, 2018
and here’s why…
https://twitter.com/SullyCNBC/status/971084245237039104
#Londonβs best argument for staging #Aramco IPO: It is not #NewYork || https://t.co/4vShDgp595@LSEplc @Saudi_Aramco @frankkanedubai pic.twitter.com/plYn2hL7hX
— Arab News (@arabnews) March 6, 2018
The @nytimes put Β―_(γ)_/Β― in a headline https://t.co/vtypRwVfCF pic.twitter.com/Amy0JbPOnk
— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) March 6, 2018