So far, the GOP has tried to sound forceful in their desperate defense of him, but... they just sound so TIRED. I don’t think they have the energy left to pay the piper.

Absolutely! This is just the amuse-bouche. We haven’t even gotten all the appetizers out yet. It’s gonna be hard to be patient.

And notice how the Mueller hearings made Trump feel like he can just get away with any ol’ crimes, and he’ll be Totally Exonerated[tm]..... He did this the DAY AFTER the hearings. Rotten.to.the.core.

“Nice country you got there. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

Exactly. He has the same mindset as the internet trolls who installed him in office— he honestly thinks “I didn’t say the exact words! Therefore, TOTALLY EXONERATED! Nanny nanny poo poo!” will stand up in court, because it works for him and his fans online. He thinks the “technicality” trick will work, he thinks the…

Don’t you mean “Expletive Deleted” Nixon?

They’re busy, that paint isn’t going to huff itself.

These are all trial balloons, folks. When he gets skunked in November 2020, he will not leave and claim that the 1. the election was rigged and 2. there is no power to actually remove him.

Ah, I remember the halcyon days when Nancy was a goddess in the Splinter community because she put Trump in his place by mocking him with her clapping during the State of the Union address.

Mmmmm, strudel

Hey what did people call people who supported Hitler but didn’t hate Jews?

And steps like a goose...

OMG SO MANY THEORIES. I’ve been collecting them all day. My original inkling-of-idea was “evidence of his interfering in the tax probe!”, but that seems to be fading off into obscurity. So far I’ve heard:

OK, this story is what I’ve wanted to talk about all morning, but I can’t stop laughing at THIS answer to Trump’s question of whether anybody would believe that he blurts out sensitive information. I’m dying. I’ll come back later with my corkboards-and-string to freak freely over the IC IG mess more coherently, but…

HE DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT POLLUTION OR THE HOMELESS. HE’S DISTRACTING YOU.

They’re to bribe the grocery store cashier in case he forgets his ID when he goes to buy cereal.

She’s shielding her eyes from the sight of some Russian oligarch’s mushroom dick.

He must be shielded from the populace at all times! Otherwise he'll hear and see how badly everyone hates him. He'll never set one hoof outside of his protected bubble.

I thought Silicon Valley was what Trump calls Melenia’s cleavage.