“Invite the Taliban to Camp David for 9/11,” they said.
“What could possibly go wrong?,” they said.#TalibanTrump pic.twitter.com/woOEO0x0cj

— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) September 8, 2019

It was the President's idea. If Obama had even *considered* this you'd have filed articles of impeachment at the speed of light. https://t.co/hwFPggawCy

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2019

You ask, What kind of people would kill so many American soldiers? The kind of people who have been killing American soldiers since 9/11, which they supported. And you invited them as a reward to Camp David three days before the 9/11 anniversary. https://t.co/ZBF3uQlZp6

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) September 8, 2019

This is a great thread, but Rube Nation is still going to believe that Trump was on the verge of solving the Afghan war by inviting the Taliban – ! – to Camp f'n David. https://t.co/BQlSHTckXd

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2019

If it was in the guise of peace talks, that shows how desperate he is to get a Nobel Peace Prize (because Obama received one), because he is convinced he can broker a "deal." He probably thinks that will be his sure ticket to re-election.

— Suzanne Matthiessen (@suzmatth) September 8, 2019

Pompeo going down with the ship. https://t.co/FUdIyCy5VM

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 8, 2019

Remember when Obama invited the head of the terrorist organization that attacked us, to #CampDavid ….

oh wait that didn’t happen…..we went to his house instead, and it wasn’t by invitation #TrumpTaliban #TalibanTrump #TalibanInvitedToCampDavid pic.twitter.com/j3mrQaMuBa

— Joshua Goldstein (@Joshuaseth73) September 8, 2019

#Corruption on steroids.

After the #TrumpDoral scandal and the #TrumpDoonbeg scandal comes the #TrumpTurnberry scandal: “Probably one of the most remarkably brazen instances of this kind of self-dealing and grift that we’ve seen in the Trump era,” @NatashaBertrand tells @maddow. pic.twitter.com/Zf92lfrv8u

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) September 7, 2019

THREAD: Here’s a primer on gift rules related to @NatashaBertrand’s scoop on USAF routing flights through Prestwick airport near Trump Turnberry. (Won’t draw conclusions about violations yet—too soon, plus want to see what folks where I work think.) /1 https://t.co/OExkquW6Cc

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 7, 2019

917 purchases over not quite two years. At that rate, the US Air Force must be the only thing keeping Prestwick in business, the net operating deficit = about 7 million British pounds https://t.co/P4WCFikbc3

— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 7, 2019

This is a photo of four C-17 Globemasters lined up to get overpriced fuel at tiny Prestwick airport so the crews can then go to Turnberry and shovel US taxpayer money into the pockets of the Dear Leader. https://t.co/JfGdQPWmxw

— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) September 7, 2019

One of my sharp eyed followers said there was a USAF transport in the latest Google Earth image on #Prestwick airport. Its true. It’s a KC-135 Stratotanker. #PerDiemGate #Scotland pic.twitter.com/OFJXt2BQQ5

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) September 7, 2019

I wrote in June about the £9m Defense Logistics Agrncy deal with the airport. Its custom with US military dates back decades, but it has escalated significantly in the past couple of years. A new, even more lucrative contract, will kick in later this year. https://t.co/rfxfWZ5Emd

— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) September 7, 2019

The relationship between Trump Turnberry, the USAF, and Prestwick airport goes even further. Prestwick offered free rounds of golf at Turnberry to visiting US military and civilian air crews. This is an insightful piece: https://t.co/gDEkIVUVEy

— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) September 7, 2019

The problem with Mike Pence’s stay at Doonbeg was not the “appearance of self dealing.”
The problem was ACTUAL self dealing.https://t.co/03ZmPuBlOg

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 6, 2019

Russians vote in local elections amid anger at Kremlin https://t.co/CwzYxnO3KN

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 8, 2019

Thousands of protesters, some carrying American flags, marched through central Hong Kong calling on U.S. lawmakers to pass a bill defending the city's autonomy https://t.co/fR5GlmLvWF (via @TicToc) pic.twitter.com/xnjSLauFu2

— Bloomberg (@business) September 8, 2019

Police approved march to the US consulate today to petition for the Hong Kong human rights and democracy act – lots of chants in English today – “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong” and “Resist Beijing, Liberate Hong Kong” pic.twitter.com/VLYebddvjn

— Erin Hale (@erinhale) September 8, 2019

Why does the European far-right produce men with heads that are three times as large as their American counterparts? This seems like a real failure of American exceptionalism. https://t.co/BHANotATnv

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 8, 2019

Sajid Javid: “Of course” government will obey the law… but PM “absolutely will not ask” for further #Brexit delay#Marr: “How does this work? It's completely baffling”

Chancellor is challenged on Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan

[tap to expand] https://t.co/6p5XNL0Fpr pic.twitter.com/4EO4vnKojz

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 8, 2019

BREAKING

FRANCE ISN'T PREPARED TO POSTPONE THE OCT 31 deadline for the UK departure from EU “in the current state of things” as British authorities aren’t providing evidence that they’ll offer new solutions to end #Brexit deadlock, Foreign Minister Le Drian said (Bloomberg)

— Antonello Guerrera (@antoguerrera) September 8, 2019

Very good question: "what's their objective?" Brexit is not their end, it's only their means. The real end is radical right wing transformation of UK society through assault on institutions and values of liberal social market democracy (an agenda they long blamed EU for stopping)

— Michael Dougan (@mdouganlpool) September 7, 2019

Another belter. Brexit never failing to disappoint.

In case you didn’t notice, his grandson is 9. https://t.co/G10NBBmq6s

— Didn’t Happen of the Year Awards (@_DHOTYA) September 8, 2019

Everything this is wrong with British journalism in a single story. Rees Mogg didn’t ‘clash with’ David Nicholl he smeared him by comparing him to charlatan Andrew Wakefield. Journalism like this corrodes democracy pic.twitter.com/cv0eE2wDVi

— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) September 8, 2019