Game of Thrones

Лучшее объяснение "fire and fury" Трампа в комментариях к моей прошлой записи предложил misha_b:

Про fire and fury Трамп очень мощно сказал. Думаю, он еще под впечатлением от последнего эпизода The Game of Thrones про Daenerys с ее драконами.

Я не знаю про Трампа -- не знаю, смотрит ли он, вообще, "Game of Thrones", но, пользуясь случаем, хочу сказать, что мне кажется совершенно ridiculous, когда ведущие программ новостей и политические комментаторы ссылаются на "Game of Thrones".

Если бы это было изредка, то и ладно, но сейчас я постоянно слышу такие ссылки.

Интересные новости

FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home

FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Federal agents appeared at Paul Manafort’s home without advance warning in the predawn hours of July 26, the day after he met voluntarily with the staff for the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The search warrant was wide-ranging and FBI agents working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III departed the home with various records. Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort, confirmed that agents executed a warrant at one of the political consultant’s homes and that Manafort cooperated with the search.

Manafort has been voluntarily producing documents to congressional committees investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. The search warrant indicates investigators may have argued to a federal judge they had reason to believe Manafort could not be trusted to turn over all records in response to a grand jury subpoena. [...]

The documents included materials Manafort had already provided to Congress, said people familiar with the search.

“If the FBI wanted the documents, they could just ask [Manafort] and he would have turned them over,” said one adviser close to the White House. [...]

Manafort’s allies fear that Mueller hopes to build a case against Manafort unrelated to the 2016 campaign, in hopes that the former campaign operative would provide information against others in Trump’s inner circle in exchange for lessening his own legal exposure.

Update: tijd обратил внимание на твиты Трампа в день обыска. Особенно показательными мне кажутся твиты, упоминающие исполнявшего обязанности директора ФБР в то время Andrew McCabe.

Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

...big dollars ($700,000) for his wife's political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

И добавлю, что твиты про "transgender ban" Трамп тоже в тот же день запостил.

Тоже смешно

Started with Hannity last night and now it's on to Scavino pic.twitter.com/ThNxGK9dxn

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 9, 2017

Комментарий к этому твиту:

Next it will be tweeted by Donny.
We are witnessing in real time, the life cycle of stupidity.

— #DonTheCon (@BloatedPOTUS) August 9, 2017

And what do you know -- через несколько часов:

Senator Mitch McConnell said I had "excessive expectations," but I don't think so. After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace, why not done?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 9, 2017

"Fire and fury like the world has never seen"

К прошлой записи. Поклонники Трампа постят в комментариях в его твиттере. Возможно, и Трамп перепостит.

North Korea messed with the wrong President pic.twitter.com/EsVpr2sAj7

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) August 9, 2017