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You are here: Home / Politics / Trumpery / Dolt 45 / Late Night Open Thread: Are We Sure Trump Doesn’t Drink?

Late Night Open Thread: Are We Sure Trump Doesn’t Drink?

by Anne Laurie|  July 20, 20172:51 am| 37 Comments

This post is in: Dolt 45, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Russiagate, Assholes, Clown Shoes

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Trump said Mueller's team "would cross a red line if they delve into Trump family finances unrelated to Russia." https://t.co/KfmMVcySSo

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 19, 2017

Even by ‘narcissist who’s never been told no’ standards, this is… special. Last time a Republican president started saying stuff like this in public, he was suffering from encroaching Alzheimer’s (And, yes, I do remember Dubya’s losing battle with the English language, but I don’t remember him telling a reporter that he certainly hoped no judge would get their hands on the contents of Cheney’s man-sized safe.)

The tape is so real. pic.twitter.com/VBqJkOcmcr

— On Trial for ?????? (@ZeddRebel) July 20, 2017

tfw you tell the special counsel exactly which areas he shouldn't investigate pic.twitter.com/y6iCTUqvO8

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 20, 2017

Of course, there’s a core of Trumplodytes who’ll be with him to the bitter end…

I have found it, the hottest of MAGA takes pic.twitter.com/QZtRRmWLXv

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 17, 2017

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  1. 1.

    TenguPhule

    July 20, 2017 at 3:08 am

    Not booze, but there are drugs which could explain some of his paranoia and insanity.

    LSD and PCP come to mind.

  2. 2.

    JAFD

    July 20, 2017 at 3:11 am

    New York is The City That Never Sleeps. This is a greeting from The City Of Irascible Old Men Who Fall Asleep At 9:30 And Wake Up at 2:30 And Can’t Get Back To Sleep (one reason why they are Irascible)

    If you have any advice for us in this predicament…

  3. 3.

    joel hanes

    July 20, 2017 at 3:14 am

    This doesn’t look like LSD to me. At all. Uh .. a friend told me what LSD was like.
    Yeah. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.

    Hmm. OTOH, The Donald does rather resemble a President drawn by S. Clay Wilson.

  4. 4.

    M. Bouffant

    July 20, 2017 at 3:20 am

    He’s taken Propecia:

    “Users report that its side effects — inability to orgasm, painful erections, chronic depression, insomnia, brain fog, and suicidal thoughts — can last long after patients stop taking the pill.”

    Less serious Propecia side effects may include:
    impotence, loss of interest in sex, or trouble having an orgasm; abnormal ejaculation; swelling in your hands or feet; swelling or tenderness in your breasts; dizziness, weakness; feeling like you might pass out; headache; runny nose; or skin rash.

    The runny nose part may explain the sniffing heard on the interview recording.

  5. 5.

    M. Bouffant

    July 20, 2017 at 3:23 am

    @joel hanes: S. Clay, baby!

  6. 6.

    columbusqueen

    July 20, 2017 at 3:23 am

    Something tells me that Bobby Three Sticks is not going to take this kindly. . .

  7. 7.

    Steeplejack

    July 20, 2017 at 3:24 am

    @M. Bouffant:

    Jesus, what do you take Propecia for?

    ETA: Hair loss?! Fuckin’ A, I’ll go bald.

  8. 8.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    July 20, 2017 at 3:34 am

    Trump is a lifelong gluesniffer.

  9. 9.

    joel hanes

    July 20, 2017 at 3:35 am

    @M. Bouffant:

    The way I figure, Bannon is just The Checkered Demon in disguise.

    Nice day for somethin’

  10. 10.

    sukabi

    July 20, 2017 at 3:36 am

    @M. Bouffant: maybe. But I’m sticking with my theory, tertiary syphillus with a side of coke.

  11. 11.

    piratedan

    July 20, 2017 at 3:38 am

    @JAFD: i’ve found having the weather channel on puts me right out….

  12. 12.

    M. Bouffant

    July 20, 2017 at 3:40 am

    @Steeplejack: No sheet. I got permanent tinnitus from a few months on a starter/sampler antidepressant. (Lexapro, if anyone would like to avoid it.) Didn’t make me any less depressed, either.

  13. 13.

    eemom

    July 20, 2017 at 3:57 am

    @M. Bouffant:

    Remember the sniffling in his debates with HRC? Carrie Fisher, may she rest in peace, confidently diagnosed him as a coke addict at the time.

  14. 14.

    Viva BrisVegas

    July 20, 2017 at 4:03 am

    @Steeplejack: The Don’s doctor also takes Propecia:

    Dr. Bornstein said he also took finasteride and credited it for helping maintain his own shoulder-length hair and Mr. Trump’s hair. “He has all his hair,” Dr. Bornstein said. “I have all my hair.”

    Have you seen Bornstein? He has all his hair in the same way a beach at low tide has all its water.

  15. 15.

    Aleta

    July 20, 2017 at 4:19 am

    Cry Me A River, Tania Maria

  16. 16.

    Patricia Kayden

    July 20, 2017 at 4:23 am

    @TenguPhule: Or he’s just an egomaniacal idiot. Given the conduct of Donny Jr., idiocy appears to run in that family.

  17. 17.

    Poop golem

    July 20, 2017 at 4:27 am

    @TenguPhule: Jenkum & ketamine. A pinch of “bath salts”.

  18. 18.

    Spaniel

    July 20, 2017 at 6:00 am

    Yesterday was one of those days that I would visit websites like “Powerline”, “Redstate”, “The Blaze”, “Gateway Pundit”, and such to just read the comments section. Just to read what the pulse is of the so-called conservatives, at least in hopes those were not bots and Russian agents posting on those sites. First take, it is still surprising to how adamant these folks are to brush stuff aside — Trump is good, media and all who oppose Trump are bad. Second, the relativism in peoples arguments to which they defend Trump and the Republican party. Third, a continuation of two, on how Obama and Democratic party have done so much worse in eight-years and WILL DO, but had this many stories had been published against Obama, they would have been the first to raise their pitchforks and torches.

    Yesterday’s stories were Dana R., the California congressman, being the Russian stooge in Congress (with ties to the same lawyer that Fredo Trump had met at Trump Tower); as well as the NYT story where Trump “warns” the special prosecutor that the investigation should be limited to only the collusion with Russia allegations — which stories are sprouting on how the Trump family seem to have been party of money-laundering for the Russians (which Josh Marshall first speculated back in July 2016 was happening).

  19. 19.

    satby

    July 20, 2017 at 6:08 am

    @eemom: cokeheads get paranoid too. Though I think the stupid is inborn.

  20. 20.

    Bobby Thomson

    July 20, 2017 at 6:40 am

    @M. Bouffant: and much more likely, so would blow.

  21. 21.

    p.a.

    July 20, 2017 at 7:27 am

    Hmmmm… that MAGA’s tweet… whatEVER could be the reason he has Mexican and Israeli flag icons…? It’s a mystery…

  22. 22.

    SFAW

    July 20, 2017 at 7:51 am

    @p.a.:

    Hmmmm… that MAGA’s tweet… whatEVER could be the reason he has Mexican and Israeli flag icons…? It’s a mystery…

    Never mind the flags: what’s really interesting is that moron seems to be saying, indirectly, is that he’d collaborate with Obama (a “foreigner”) against Trump (a traitor/Benedict Arnold). One would hope that others would point that out to him, on Twitter.

    Nice to see that at least one fellater of Preznit* Lying Littledick is starting to come around.

    PS: Of course, if people actually DID point that out to him, his head be a-splodin’. Win-win-win!

  23. 23.

    SFAW

    July 20, 2017 at 7:53 am

    @Viva BrisVegas:

    Dr. Bornstein said

    Given that dipshit’s history and propensity for prevaricating, one wonders from which mail-order shop he got his degree.

  24. 24.

    Jeffro

    July 20, 2017 at 8:06 am

    @M. Bouffant: I think the sniffing is from the pseudo-ephedrine or “baby speed” that he takes

  25. 25.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    July 20, 2017 at 8:37 am

    @Jeffro: Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant that is taken to treat sniffling. I’ve never had it cause them.

  26. 26.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    July 20, 2017 at 8:41 am

    Oh my, Trump threw Sessions under the bus…

    President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged his presidency, calling the decision “very unfair to the president.”

    Amazing, evil people can’t trust other evil people these days. tsk tsk

  27. 27.

    kindness

    July 20, 2017 at 8:41 am

    wrt that last tweet, clearly Trump (& Republicans) are on the Benedict Arnold side on this one though. It’s food for thought. If only it was a last meal food for thought thing for them. Ah well, we’ll always have Lafayette.

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    July 20, 2017 at 8:47 am

    @Aleta:

    Good take on that song.

  29. 29.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    July 20, 2017 at 8:52 am

    @SFAW: Apparently the little dear forgets Arnold is an American hero and a traitor at the same time.

  30. 30.

    BubbaDave

    July 20, 2017 at 9:23 am

    You know why I’ sure Trump isn’t a cokehead? He never accused Clinton of using cocaine.

    Seriously, think about it. He accused her of being corrupt and unhealthy. He accused Obama of undermining our relationships with our allies and showing weakness to our adversaries. He accused Alicia Machado of having a sex tape. He accused Jeb Bush of being low-energy. The man has nothing except projection. So if he’s not accusing people of coke use, he’s almost certainly not using himself.

  31. 31.

    rk

    July 20, 2017 at 9:43 am

    Why look for explanations other than that the man is a moron. He’s barely literate, has never had anyone say no to him and has always been rewarded for bad behavior. Combine this with an oversize ego and you get a horrible human being. No drugs needed.

  32. 32.

    sheila in nc

    July 20, 2017 at 9:48 am

    @BubbaDave: Amen. Consider the moniker of “Lyin’ Hillary” when T himself was and is the absolute liar in chief, and all the shade on the Clinton Foundation when in actuality we saw the reporting about the shenanigans of his own Trump Foundation. It has totally got to the point that any time he accuses anyone of anything, I automatically assume it’s because he’s doing it himself.
    Gotta wonder about the whole “rigged voting” allegations.

  33. 33.

    Kenneth Kohl

    July 20, 2017 at 11:38 am

    @JAFD: I’d suggest a mid-afternoon nap

  34. 34.

    Matt McIrvin

    July 20, 2017 at 12:00 pm

    @eemom: She recognized his foul stench when she was brought on board.

  35. 35.

    JDM

    July 20, 2017 at 1:06 pm

    When the suspect says “Don’t look over here!”, where should one look. Look REALLY hard.

  36. 36.

    Moops

    July 20, 2017 at 1:56 pm

    @Spaniel: hey! I called out Russian money laundering back then also! I still believe that is the primary crime RM is investigating and bring charges on

  37. 37.

    quakerinabasement

    July 20, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    Because V. Putin is just like Lafayette, right?

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