Генерал Келли навел порядок

Перепостив вчера представителя то ли alt-right, то ли alt-light, Трамп не остановился. Отсюда:

Before going to bed on Monday night, President Trump retweeted an alt-right activist who has promoted numerous conspiracy theories.

When he woke up, the president retweeted a cartoon showing a man labeled "CNN" being hit by a train labeled "Trump." Within minutes, he deleted it, perhaps realizing that the meme portrayed vehicular homicide just three days after an alleged vehicular homicide in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Several hours later, an anonymous White House official told CNN that the retweet was "inadvertently posted."

On Tuesday morning the president also retweeted a Fox News tweet reporting that he's "seriously considering" pardoning ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently convicted of criminal contempt by a federal judge.

The strangest moment of the morning came when the president then retweeted a user who said "He's a fascist, so not unusual."

This was apparently an accident, as well. Trump undid the retweet, but the user, Mike Holden, celebrated the sudden burst of attention.

Вот эта картинка, которую Трамп перепостил, а потом удалил.



P.S. Тем временем уже четвертый CEO объявил о том, что покидает трамповский Manufacturing Council -- Merck, Under Armour, Intel, Alliance for American Manufacturing.

Последний заявил, что уходит практически сразу после этого твита Трампа.

For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2017

"Incapable of making alright decisions and having bad ideas"

Посмотрел пресс-конференцию (или что-то подобное) Трампа.

Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa https://t.co/tTESdV4LP0

— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 15, 2017

Update: Это Glenn Thrush из NYT запостил прямо перед пресс-конференцией Трампа.

Per sources: Ivanka/Jared among those pushing Trump to more forcefully denounce neo-Nazis, KKK and white nationalists over the weekend...

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 15, 2017

Иванка и Кушнер, как силы добра. Сколько можно продвигать эту ерунду и, главное, зачем, непонятно.

Законы Шариата

Из других новостей немного.

Сегодня в Алабаме проходили республиканские праймериз. Голосовали за кандидата от республиканцев на выборах в Сенат на место Сешнса.

В первом туре с результатом в 43% (будет второй тур) победил Judge Roy Moore.

Roy Moore считает, что некоторые communities в США, то ли в Иллинойсе, то ли в Индиане, христианские communities, вынуждены жить по законам Шариата.

Отсюда:

Jeff Stein: Some right-wing conservatives think Sharia law is a danger to America — do you?

Roy Moore: There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. Christian communities; I don’t know if they may be Muslim communities.

But Sharia law is a little different from American law. It is founded on religious concepts.

Jeff Stein: Which American communities are under Sharia law? When did they fall under Sharia law?

Roy Moore: Well, there’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana — up there. I don't know.

Jeff Stein: That seems like an amazing claim for a Senate candidate to make.

Roy Moore: Well, let me just put it this way — if they are, they are; if they’re not, they’re not.

That doesn’t matter. Oklahoma tried passing a law restricting Sharia law, and it failed. Do you know about that?