"Hellooo . . . Hellooo?": An awkward phone call with the Mexican president becomes part of the Trump spectacle, in which everyone around him is conscripted into his reality show presidency.https://t.co/vm7Ljonw30
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) August 27, 2018
Reporter: Mr. President, any thoughts on John McCain? Any thoughts on John McCain, sir?
President Trump did not answer this question, or any others after his trade announcement with Mexico. https://t.co/MKggitgOVx pic.twitter.com/jhWIk2OON3
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 27, 2018
WATCH: Flag over White House lowered again to half-staff amid intensifying scrutiny of Trump Administration, including from veterans groups. https://t.co/AhLwaK1z2n pic.twitter.com/sscJSebQQW
— ABC News (@ABC) August 27, 2018
Watching the American flag go up and down the White House flag pole over whether and how to honor the life of John McCain is a perfect symbol for an administration morally and emotionally adrift from common decency.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 27, 2018
There was no way President Donald Trump could sustain a fight with the American Legion over Old Glory and Sen. John McCain for long. https://t.co/flYX6lKM3m
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) August 27, 2018
"there were a number of people within the White House who were disgusted, upset and dismayed. So I think in addition to all of that public pressure there was also some private pressure" – @AshleyRParker on Trump's reluctance to issue a statement on McCain
w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/YaPNW5cbgu— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) August 27, 2018
Desk of Senator John McCain in the U.S. Senate. pic.twitter.com/6lYavn3ujf
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 27, 2018
Roger Stone says in an Instagram video that a story is coming in The New Yorker which says Stone explicitly told Trump in October 2016 that WikiLeaks had/was going to dump the Podesta emails. pic.twitter.com/GrQC8eIB8c
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 27, 2018
New cracks emerge in Trump's legal foundation@NicolleDWallace w/ @harrylitman @esglaude @TheRickWilson @AliciaMenendez https://t.co/CokBmgwT2J
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) August 27, 2018
Trump has praised him for not flipping. Turns out he tried to. https://t.co/vKiNr57NuM
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) August 27, 2018
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WORLD
US warns Saudi Arabia it may withdraw support over civilian casualties in Yemen https://t.co/SWNyT3tSgE
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) August 27, 2018
BREAK: Northern Ireland matches Belgium's record for longest period of time with no government. 589 days. pic.twitter.com/A08GVjZ8S3
— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) August 27, 2018
why is it in blood font
WHY IS IT IN BLOOD FONT pic.twitter.com/uDzCUOfVQ7
— jae kaplan (@jkap) August 26, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Macron: Brexit “is a sovereign choice, which we must respect, but it can’t come at the expense of the European Union’s integrity”. The French president not remotely hinting at compromise with @theresa_may https://t.co/7LUOo2xs4B
— Robert Peston (@Peston) August 27, 2018
“People don’t really believe that at the end of March 2019 there will be no food in the shops, hospitals will be running short of medicines and that planes will be prevented from flying. A no-deal Brexit is seen as another millennium bug.” https://t.co/H5zyglgwZD
— Owen Paterson MP (@OwenPaterson) August 27, 2018
Labour's @tom_watson is right: there's enough evidence for a Mueller-style enquiry into Brexit rule-breaking. https://t.co/AXMRxriqB3
— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) August 27, 2018
Brexit is our last chance to restore trust. If we fail, we will never be forgiven https://t.co/nEfs8HlrVn
— Bernard Jenkin (@bernardjenkin) August 18, 2018
The word ‘dangerous’ is much overused about politicians. But Mr Rees-Mogg falls into the category. He’s a reckless zealot drunk on unjustified self belief. Astounding, as a unionist, that he knows so little about N Ireland’s past & seems to care so little about its future. https://t.co/5TORLNH4V4
— JOHN NICOLSON (@MrJohnNicolson) August 25, 2018
Rather than be a fucking grownup and try and deal with your own ridiculous mess you quit the government so that you can whine from the sidelines and pretend it all went tits up because nobody did what you said.
You are Nigel Farage but with slightly shittier hair. https://t.co/fr9uOuMVoC
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 27, 2018