[URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-trip-idUSKCN18D0C7"]Embroiled in controversies, Trump seeks boost on foreign trip[/URL]

When informing the president about issues, another trick to keep his attention focused:
[QUOTE]National Security Council officials have strategically included Trump's name in "as many paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if he's mentioned," according to one source, who relayed conversations he had with NSC officials.[/QUOTE]

It is less than one month until the president's birthday on June 14th. Time to start selecting appropriate gifts.

[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/27/personalized-books_n_8050776.html"]Personalized Books: 10 Best Story Books That Feature Your Kids![/URL]
[QUOTE]One of the most special gifts you can give a child is a personalized name book. Not only this encourage them to read, but it will make them feel like a star. With so much selection, how do you know which personalized stories are worth the cost? We found the 10 best stories your kids will want to read over and over again.[/QUOTE]

If he likes to read his own name, perhaps in the spirit of Sam I Am,
someone can pen a copy of "Trump. I Ump."

[QUOTE=davar55;459290]If he likes to read his own name, perhaps in the spirit of Sam I Am,
someone can pen a copy of "Trump. I Ump."[/QUOTE]
ROFLMAO!

[QUOTE=only_human;459224][URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-trip-idUSKCN18D0C7"]Embroiled in controversies, Trump seeks boost on foreign trip[/URL]

When informing the president about issues, another trick to keep his attention focused:
[quote]National Security Council officials have strategically included Trump's name in "as many paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if he's mentioned," according to one source, who relayed conversations he had with NSC officials.[/quote][/QUOTE]

Somehow, this reminds me of the Gary Larson "The Far Side" cartoon, shown, for example, [url=https://desertdemocrat.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/blah-blah-blah-blah-ginger/]here[/url].

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;459338]Somehow, this reminds me of the Gary Larson "The Far Side" cartoon, shown, for example, [url=https://desertdemocrat.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/blah-blah-blah-blah-ginger/]here[/url].[/QUOTE]
That article is interesting to me about a dog's head turning direction being influenced by word recognition. Tails have a wag asymmetry based on a familiar individual vs. a stranger [URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131031124916.htm"]Dogs know a left-sided wag from a right[/URL].

Both of these are affected by brain organization but only the tail motion is mentioned in this wiki: [URL="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_communication"]Dog communication[/URL] (ref. 18)

I haven't delved into president Trump's tells very much. I started watching his hands only after noticing the SNL parody first. That is despite my having extra attention on hands from ASL lessons. Lately I've noticed a head tilt with Kellyanne Conway when something pisses her off.

[QUOTE=only_human;459066]...
Today Politico is talking more about how Trump reacts to things placed in front of him:
"[URL="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/donald-trump-fake-news-238379"]How Trump gets his fake news[/URL] - The president rarely surfs the web on his own, but his staff have made a habit of slipping news stories on to his desk—including the occasional internet hoax."


[QUOTE]White House chief of staff Reince Priebus issued a stern warning at a recent senior staff meeting: Quit trying to secretly slip stuff to President Donald Trump.

Just days earlier, [B]K.T. McFarland, the deputy national security adviser, had given Trump a printout of two Time magazine covers. One, supposedly from the 1970s, warned of a coming ice age[/B]; the other, from 2008, about surviving global warming, according to four White House officials familiar with the matter.

Trump quickly got lathered up about the media’s hypocrisy. But there was a problem. The 1970s cover was fake, part of an internet hoax that’s circulated for years. Staff chased down the truth and intervened before Trump tweeted or talked publicly about it.
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Finally K.T. McFarland has been sidelined.
[URL="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/334331-trump-nominates-mcfarland-for-singapore-ambassador"]Trump nominates KT McFarland for Singapore ambassador[/URL]
[QUOTE]Reports circulated last month that McFarland had been asked to step down from the National Security Council (NSC). She has been the rumored pick for the Singapore ambassadorship for over a month.

McFarland was tapped for the No. 2 job on the NSC in November, shortly after Trump's electoral victory. She served under former national security adviser Michael Flynn until his controversial ouster in February.[/QUOTE]
edit: add wiki.
[url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._T._McFarland[/url]
[QUOTE]On April 9, 2017 it was reported that McFarland had been asked to step down from her position as Deputy National Security Advisor, after serving for less than 3 months, and had been offered a position as the United States Ambassador to Singapore.[48] The move came about as the result of the desires of both McMaster and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly.[49] According to an unnamed administration official, McFarland had proved to not be a good fit for the role she was in.[49] However McFarland said she viewed the move in a positive light, as a "promotion".[42] She would remain as Deputy National Security Advisor for some amount of time,[48] although probably not all the way until her planned ambassadorial confirmation.[50] McFarland was hardly alone, as an unusually large number of higher-level appointees failed to maintain position during the initial months of the administration's existence.[51]

The shuffle was supposed to take place in a fortnight, but that intention did not work out,[52] and after a month went by the shift had still not happened, reportedly waiting for McMaster to select a replacement for McFarland.[53] McFarland continued to perform some duties during this time, such as meeting with the Prime Minister of Australia.[54] By at least one early-mid May report, the timing of her departure was less certain than ever.[54] And according to another report, McFarland was still in favor with the chief executive, who did not understand why it was needed for her to depart.[55] Her activities during this period included slipping the chief executive an identified Internet hoax and purporting it as reality.[56] But then it was reported that Ricky L. Waddell would be her successor; like many of the admin's other national security appointments, he is a general of the military.[57] Finally on May 19, 2017, the nomination of McFarland to be Ambassador to Singapore was officially announced.[58][/QUOTE]

Trump's guestbook message at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum [URL="http://www.politico.com/gallery/2017/05/22/photos-donald-trump-israel-visit-002438?slide=0"][1][/URL]:
[QUOTE]IT iS A gReAT
HONOR TO Be HeRe WiTH
ALL OF MY FRienDS —
SO AMAZiNg + WiLL NeVeR FORGeT!
[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/donald-trump-makes-the-wrong-impression-yad-vashem"][2][/URL]
[QUOTE]Raoul Wootliff, a reporter for the Times of Israel, posted on Twitter, “He forgot: ‘See you next summer.’”

It wasn’t long before observers started comparing Trump’s “so amazing” message with the one Barack Obama left when he visited the memorial in July 2008.

“I am grateful to Yad Vashem and all of those responsible for this remarkable institution,” Obama’s note in the guest book read. “At a time of great peril and promise, war and strife, we are blessed to have such a powerful reminder of man’s potential for great evil, but also our capacity to rise up from tragedy and remake our world.”

Obama’s message continued: “Let our children come here, and know this history, so that they can add their voices to proclaim ‘never again.’ And may we remember those who perished, not only as victims, but also as individuals who hoped and loved and dreamed like us, and who have become symbols of the human spirit.”[/QUOTE]

Ah yes, the O-man was always a master of the soaring rhetoric™. Not to mention the practical aspect that by international law, crimes against humanity must be forgiven when couched in such.

My personal fave wacky pic from DT's serial-ring-kissing trip was the glowing-orb one with the Saudis. That one prompted an [url=http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/05/200pm-water-cooler-5232017.html#comment-2820239]amusing discussion on NC[/url].

Joseph Stiglitz on Trump's budget
 

[QUOTE]You could say it’s a collection of lies put together.[/QUOTE]
Additional comments by me would be repetitive.
[url]https://www.democracynow.org/2017/5/24/economist_joseph_stiglitz_trumps_budget_takes[/url]

The news is playing up that president Trump rode a golf cart at the G7 summit:
[URL="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/335424-trump-rode-golf-cart-while-g7-leaders-walked-through-siciliy"]Trump rode golf cart while G7 leaders walked through Sicily[/URL]

With this distinguished gentleman, news cycles date faster than dog years but I still remembered that president Trump also rode another golf cart on another non-golfing excursion earlier during this overseas journey:
[URL="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/334421-trump-stops-by-toby-keith-concert-in-golf-cart-with-saudi-king"]Trump stops by Toby Keith concert in golf cart with Saudi King[/URL]

I think the president is missing a prime branding opportunity for golf carts manufactured in the USA. A cursory search tells me that the second largest golf cart manufacturing facility is in Georgia, USA:
[url]https://www.golfcartsforsale.com/blog/worlds-largest-manufacturer-golf-carts/[/url]
[QUOTE]NUMBER TWO

Yamaha has been headquartered in Cypress California since its inception in 1976. In 2011 the Yamaha Motor Corporation USA was transferring the majority of its manufacturing to a new state of the art facility at Newnan, Georgia. The 1.3 million square foot factory (120,000 square metres) employs nearly fifteen hundred people. Although it is not only making golf carts, the factory also makes personal watercraft and all-terrain vehicles. The factory has produced in excess of three million vehicles.[/QUOTE]

Despite liking his steaks cooked well-done with ketchup he still made a Trump branding foray into steak sales so golf carts are actually a better fit with his properties and lifestyle.