WTF Just Happened Today

Monday, June 4, 2018

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1/ Trump tweeted that Robert Mueller's appointment is "totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!" and asserted that he has the "absolute right to PARDON myself."

2/ Trump's lawyers sent a 20-page letter to Mueller's office asserting that Trump cannot be compelled to testify.

3/ Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to answers about her August 2017 claim that Trump "certainly didn't dictate" the Trump Tower statement.

4/ Giuliani bragged that Trump could shoot James Comey in the Oval Office and still wouldn't be indicted for it.

5/ The White House ordered Cabinet members to publicly support Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate deal last year.

NOTABLES.

• Trump's phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on trade and immigration was described as "terrible" after Macron candidly criticized Trump's policies.

• The White House is "very concerned" about Trump's base showing up for the midterm elections in November, according to Rick Santorum.

• The Koch brothers unveiled a multiyear, multimillion-dollar campaign to oppose Trump's tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

• Scott Pruitt tasked an EPA aide with finding a discount on a used "Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro Pillow Top" mattress for personal use from the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

• The Pentagon's Inspector General is investigating Ronny Jackson, Trump's one-time personal White House physician.

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple based on his Christian beliefs.

• Melania Trump will skip the G7 summit in Quebec and does not plan to attend the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea.

• Trump to Kim Kardashian: You and Kanye West are boosting my popularity with African-Americans.

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