The White House is currently surrounded by thick concrete barriers and 10-foot metal fences.
Thanks to Donald Trump's "baby gate", 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now resembles "the monarchical palaces or authoritarian compounds of regimes in faraway lands".
Analysis from @JakeGodin estimates that a total of 1.7 miles of fencing now surrounds the White House.— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 4, 2020
Officials are currently adding thick white concrete barriers to reinforce the roughly 10-foot metal fences. (I just watched them do it.) https://t.co/hbSnupWn2A
That's more fence than he put up on the Mexican border so far.— President Bleach (@kurtogrinc) June 5, 2020
More fortifications are being added around the White House as I type.— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 4, 2020
A large concrete arm is lifting massive concrete slabs from truck beds and depositing each one inside the fenced-off White House area, evidently to reinforce the fencing. https://t.co/LMUxdmwmht pic.twitter.com/V3TJ7Bisud
White House bureau chief @PhilipRucker writes with such clarity about the times we’re in: “The White House is now so heavily fortified that it resembles the monarchical palaces or authoritarian compounds of regimes in faraway lands” https://t.co/llfkzdTRZ4— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) June 4, 2020
Donald Trump is building his presidential palace fortress all the way out to Constitution Ave! For those not from DC, this is several blocks from the WH. A leader doesn’t hide, they listen & respond with the change demanded and needed for a better tomorrow. He’s scared shitless. pic.twitter.com/F7jjmGTF6b— FEMMA Fatale 💁🏼♂️😷 (@jakeklee23) June 5, 2020
Something like a small makeshift village has sprung up outside the White House. There are:— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 4, 2020
- snack tents
- a drum set
- medic stations
- handmade trash cans
- voter registration tables
- 2 sisters offering chalk to anyone who wants to draw pic.twitter.com/j7SyXOObl5
The same streets on which I watched protesters flee from mounted officers, flash grenades and tear gas — crying and screaming “I can’t see!” “I can’t breathe!” — just four days ago: pic.twitter.com/4S0o3jgNYl— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 5, 2020
My first thought was Trump is making the White House into a fortress because he does plan to leave office in January 2021 if he loses the election. These fences and concrete slabs will make it extremely difficult for American "terrorists" (in Trump's words) to ensure a peaceful transfer of power.“Seven days after protesters first descended on the nation’s capital for moments like this, the uprising of the angry, exhausted and fed up showed Thursday that they are far from finished.” https://t.co/XLrnzfQmpn— Samantha Schmidt (@schmidtsam7) June 5, 2020
There has always been plenty of protection at the White House. This is for later.
Meanwhile, venturing out of his bunker, Trump blurts out an incoherent, deranged word salad:
Trump's ad libs about medical science continue to make no sense pic.twitter.com/zO4HWJCAXK— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
"We went into a ventilator period the likes of which nobody has seen since the second World War" -- Trump is out here just incoherently rambling on about any and all topics pic.twitter.com/1geZeTmgQ3— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
TRUMP: "We built a tremendous thing, a tremendous power platform. So when it got ill, when we had a problem, we were able to cut it off, stop it, just like this, stop it. Keep everyone inside. Keep em away. Keep em together, away, uninfected. And we saved millions of lives." #wut pic.twitter.com/kLfaG3Oz3z— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Trump is more than 15 minutes deep into one of his most incoherent rants. Get a load of how many different topics he touches upon in this one clip. He had no remarks prepared and so we're just getting a stream of consciousness. pic.twitter.com/OFGV1UVvTN— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Trump to governors: "Don't be proud. Get the job done. You'll end up looking much better in the end. Call in the National Guard. Call me. We'll have so many people -- you have to dominate the streets. You can't let what's happening happening. It's call 'dominate the streets.'" pic.twitter.com/NPCM0A2nPg— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Trump on George Floyd, who was killed by Minneapolis cops: "Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying, 'this is a great thing that's happening for our country.' This is a great day for him." pic.twitter.com/LDl4V9Phzg— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
In a single statement, Trump manages to denigrate the memory of George Floyd and his experience, while also showing an utter lack of sympathy for the plight of millions of Americans still struggling through and economic crisis.— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) June 5, 2020
A truly stunning level of tone-deafness. https://t.co/h8051QrCVx
Already there are folks trying to gaslight people into thinking he didn’t say this. pic.twitter.com/amKwnnUu74— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 5, 2020
Some things are hard to forget. pic.twitter.com/6ftK0EwNJx— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) June 5, 2020
TRUMP: "Today is probably, if you think of it, the greatest comeback in American history." (The unemployment rate is 13.3 percent) pic.twitter.com/E33heI59A0— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Chris Wallace on the jobs report: "I think it shows two things: The resilience of the American economy and the political resilience of President Trump" pic.twitter.com/eftVKHLuXp— Lis Power (@LisPower1) June 5, 2020
Hyping a 13.3 percent unemployment rate as a major accomplishment when you inherited a 4.7 percent rate explains how Trump bankrupted casinos https://t.co/g9yJ99DrSJ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Trump has now been ranting and raving for more than a half hour, nonstop pic.twitter.com/iEq3AQj4bt— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Trump, sweating profusely, can't remember what an RV is called pic.twitter.com/rxbPZwaRO0— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Melania at the thought of being cooped up with Trump in an RV pic.twitter.com/PqpypsIuRG— djkocisi politics (@djkocisi2) June 5, 2020
Trump on Covid: "If you have diabetes, or you have a bad heart -- it's like a magnet. They say if you're heavy -- so I say, thank goodness I'm in perfect shape -- but if you're heavy it's not good." pic.twitter.com/PqEoAjCxhb— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
Trump claims no president has accomplished more than him (lol), then lists among his accomplishments Veterans Choice legislation that was actually signed into law by President Obama in 2014 pic.twitter.com/MmiCahl2Kk— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
In response to a question from @Yamiche, Trump suggests his plan to solve systemic racism is to have a good economy. As she tries to follow up, he admonishes her, "you are something." pic.twitter.com/54q5SCKNb0— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2020
My Q to President Trump just now: Overall, U.S. unemployment rate fell by 1 %. Black unemployment rate went up .1%. Asian American rate went up by .5%. How is that a victory?— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 5, 2020
His response to me: “You are something.”
Note: It’s a crucial question.
CNN is not airing Trump’s Rose Garden statement and MSNBC just pulled away, noting that the president has been veering off into tangents.— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 5, 2020
"incoherent word salad" gave me an idea :
ReplyDeleteDump Salad - the salad you get, when you just grab any old shit from anywhere & mix it together !!!
For me that may well be the Creature's only legacy