Scotland: Glasgow, the Trump Turnberrry Club, then on to the #HelsinkiSummit with Russia.
(2) As usual, the photos of the couple looking relaxed and happy are tucked away and harder to find, while the negative ones are front and center. They've been travelling and carrying out events nonstop all week, but they still look energized. Positive attitude.
(3) POTUS and team pointing and laughing at something, possibly the asinine Greenpeace stunt, because "below par" is a good thing in golf. LOL
Very very stupid idea to risk getting shot... a POTUS is one of the most well protected persons in the world.
(4) Trump Turnberry appears to be a beautiful place, even when surrounded by hundreds of Police officers, snipers, and security guards.
(5) Godspeed, officers. I wish you every success in keeping all these people safe, and thank you for your work.
(6) The Trumps are now in Helsinki, the night before the USA-Russia meeting of 7/16/18. I'm not calling it a summit anymore, because its not one. Just a meeting, business as usual for governments.
(7) On Friday night, Piers Morgan interviewed POTUS on board AF1 to Glasgow.
Morgan is a good example of the President's approach to interviews. 30% of the time, he argues against Trump on policy. Trump still gives him interviews, because he is REASONABLE and not rude to him.
(8) I LOVED seeing so many photos of the President on the golf course. Since becoming President, he never plays golf near a beach, because it's so hard to provide security. Yes it cost the UK a lot of money... BUT the increased tourism revenue for the UK far outweighs that.
(9) Waving and smiling at the handful of protesters on the beach was EPIC. Trump and everyone else on the golf course with him laughed at the protesters. He is the greatest benevolent troll of all time, online and offline.
(10) Good times.
(11) So great to see him enjoying his hobby, and taking some time off from one of the toughest jobs in the world. It's been a hectic trip, but hey, isn't every day like that back home anyway? The man's energy & optimism are amazing. Success breeds success.
(12) Trump putting the ball then willing it toward the hole, lol. Glad to see him having fun out there.
(13) A happy President playing golf at Trump Turnberry in Scotland.
(14) Far more supporters and curious locals came out to watch the Presidential motorcade on its way to the airport near Glasgow than those who tried to protest on this leg of the visit.
The Brexit vote was strongest in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & rural England. #Freedom
(15) Hello, Helsinki!
(16) Plenty of support for Trump in Finland. Like US & UK, Europe's anti-Trump protests tend to be in the major cities only. Maximum attention for minimal genuine support. Every country seems to have a silent majority who use the ballot box to express their view, with dignity.
(17) Sec Pompeo leaving his hotel in Helsinki for the breakfast meeting with the President of Finland today. Between the #NATOSummit and the #HelsinkiMeeting, he led a delegation to Mexico as well!
(18) Beautiful sunny morning for breakfast with the President of Finland, and meeting with the Finnish First Lady.
(19) The USA and Finland: Allies.
(20) At the residence of the President of Finland, Helsinki.
(21) Very interesting architectural design for the residence of the President of Finland.
(22) The two Presidents chatting outside the residence.
(23) Bilateral working breakfast between the US and Finland delegations.
(24) POTUS always gets people laughing.
(25) Putin's plane has just touched down and he will virtually go straight from the airport to the meeting.
(26) POTUS and FLOTUS are escorted into the Presidential Palace for the meeting with Putin.
(27) It begins.
(28) Godspeed, Mr President.🇺🇸🦅
(29) TFW the Dep WH Press Sec tweets exactly the same words as you, at the same time.
(2) Brett M. Kavanaugh will soon be the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the USA. He has earned this highest honor throughout his life, inspired by his trailblazing mother, Judge Martha Kavanaugh.
His title for these few hours is Associate Justice Designate.
(3) This statement from the Supreme Court explains the two ceremonies:
(2) This WaPo reporter is incorrect about the vote being "scheduled for" Saturday. The earliest time a vote COULD be held is Saturday pm. There's no reason not to hold it on Sun/Mon IF we need Daines. I think we won't. Read my 5 tweets about him here:
(1) A directory of my Kavanaugh threads since July 9, 2018.
I never planned more than a couple of threads about him this year but, I shoulda known the Dems would try to destroy whoever was the nominee this time.
(2) Like Democrats, I'd already decided how I felt about him before his nomination was announced. I live-tweeted the announcement, which was a great event in itself.
(3) I followed Kavanaugh's progress over the summer and on September 22nd, I finally wrote a thread about the preparations for the all-important hearing on September 27th. It covers the hearing before the next thread started the day after.
(2) Mitch laughing to himself about how absurd it is that he has to push his way through the crowd of reporters on 9/25/18.
(3) Sen Grassley is 85 years old. (Democrats have senators around that age, too.)
Today he had to hold onto a Capitol Police officer to reduce the risk of a reporter knocking him over. This has to stop. Senators must return to being able to walk around freely at work.
(2) First Lady Melania Trump is a natural in this important role.
She's one of those women whose face lights up whenever she is around children. God Bless our great First Lady.
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(3) FLOTUS left Joint Base Andrews in her trademark high heels and arrived in Ghana wearing practical flats. She still looks sensational, whatever she happens to wear!
(2) Cloture in the Senate is a procedural step that you can learn more about at the link below. The senate.gov website is the best resource for learning about Senate procedure and a lot more. Same for house.gov.
(3) Watching live Senate floor proceedings is boring as hell, as they pass bills for naming Post Offices, & so on. But every now & then, they confirm a SCOTUS judge. And this time, they will affirm our great #BillOfRights#DueProcess & the hard-won #RuleOfLaw. Seriously. 🇺🇸🦅