Trump Watch 20180616

• No big new stories from the great Trumpster Fire that is our current government.  I did come across an article which quoted Trump as saying:

"I may stand before you in six months and say, 'Hey, I was wrong.' I don't know that I'll ever admit that, but I'll find some kind of an excuse."

According to the article, that was basically his take on what could happen with regards to Kim Jong Un's promise to denuclearize. 

• The DHS denies claims they took a baby away from a mother while the mother was breastfeeding.

• Apparently some of the detainees who have been separated from their children are asylum seekers, not people that were caught trying to sneak into the country.  This is a distinction, in that there is no crime involved here, which gets even more interesting, since it apparently winds up going into a different court system.  There is some nuance to this analysis I guess, but even if this was about clearly criminal prosecution, I would say that separating parents from their children was indefensible, but there really doesn't seem any good way for this to be spun.  Trump continues to say that the separations are due to actions/laws passed by the Democratic party, and that only the Democratic Party can change those laws.

• Giliani was speaking to the Trump Base, basically looking to "get out the vote" and saying that "Let's keep this seat Republican.  Let's stop the possibility of a ridiculous impeachment."

Survivor White House watch.

Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff
Jeff Sessions still there as Attorney General
Sarah Huckabee Sanders still there as Press Secretary, rumors continue to be denied.
Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State

John Bolton - National Security Advisor
Marc Short - White House Legislative Affairs Director - no denial of plans regarding his departure prior to the 2018 midterms.