Trump’s Lawyers Are Researching Impeachment Right Now, And 15 Other Facts You Need To Know Immediately

Trump and Erdogan at the White House May 16. Alex Wong / Staff / Getty

1. Came under fire for disclosing classified information from Israel regarding ISIS in his meeting with the Russians.

To summarize, in the space of 24 hours last week, Trump: pic.twitter.com/3EhY1y51Dy
— David Mack (@davidmackau) May 15, 2017

"President Trump boasted about highly classified intelligence in a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week, providing details that could expose the source of the information and the manner in which it was collected, a current and a former American government official said Monday," The New York Times reported. "The intelligence disclosed by Mr. Trump in a meeting with Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, and Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, was about an Islamic State plot, according to the officials."

Why on earth would any country give us secrets, when a rival nation can get them out of our @POTUS with flattery? https://t.co/HobhTqD5F6
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 15, 2017

The most damaging aspect of Trump's leak is it will weaken intel sharing among allies, Five Eyes. Which means Russia wins another victory.
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) May 15, 2017

It's simple: Individuals who are ‘extremely careless’ w/ classified info should be denied further access to it. https://t.co/XWuvfDugly
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) July 7, 2016

lol.

2. ...Information that he apparently did not know came from Israel.

🚨 McMaster: “The president wasn’t even aware of where this information came from.” pic.twitter.com/Q9C7FT62mz
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 16, 2017

Trump gave highly secret Israeli intel to Russia, a major ally of Iran, which will now receive it. Iran is Israel's greatest enemy. Get it?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 16, 2017

3. And in that same meeting, bragged about the "relief" firing Comey — who he referred to as a "nut job" — brought him.

As controversy swirls, James Comey's dad says of @RealDonaldTrump: 'I'm convinced that he's nuts.' https://t.co/quXSmAnb0i via @NorthJersey
— Rick Green (@NewJerseyRAG) May 19, 2017

4. Faced harsh criticism for asking Comey to end his investigation into Mike Flynn.

Comey left a paper trail on what he considered Trump's improper attempts to influence the FBI, his associates said https://t.co/Wchft03MF5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 16, 2017

"The documentation of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia. Late Tuesday, Representative Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, demanded that the F.B.I. turn over all 'memoranda, notes, summaries and recordings' of discussions between Mr. Trump and Mr. Comey," the Times reported.

5. And for telling him he should jail reporters.

This is one hell of a buried lede in the latest @NYTimes story on Comey and Trump https://t.co/jPBUeB7D54 pic.twitter.com/gJan8TCjF2
— Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) May 16, 2017

6. Met with Turkish authoritarian and journalist persecutor Erdogan at the White House.

President Trump welcomes Turkish President Erdogan, repeatedly mispronounces his name https://t.co/Rf0lXLUUko
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) May 16, 2017

7. Gave a commencement speech at the Coast Guard that was all about him.

Trump ends his commencement address by saying, “Enjoy your life."
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) May 17, 2017

8. Failed to acknowledge that his Toronto hotel was bailed out by a Russian state-run bank.

Ok wow --> Russian state-owned bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) essentially bailed out a Trump hotel in Toronto, via a Trump business associate. https://t.co/GBa7OJvz8x
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) May 17, 2017

9. Announced he'll give a speech on Islam and terrorism in Saudi Arabia.

@lsarsour A speech evidently also largely written by former Sessions lackey & conspiracy theorist Miller, as well...
— Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) May 17, 2017

Orchestrating a $110B arms deals with Saudi Arabia while they bomb & starve Yemeni civilians is reprehensible. https://t.co/gM6CdRfArw
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) May 19, 2017

This isn't an Onion article but I thought it was https://t.co/KVgJWKZ374
— Alanna Vagianos (@lannadelgrey) May 18, 2017

10. Said he's the most unfairly treated politician of all time.

No one has been treated more unfairly than the billionaire white guy who inherited money and became President despite having no experience.
— Noah Garfinkel (@NoahGarfinkel) May 17, 2017

11. Tweeted, "this is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"

Don't 👏🏼call👏🏼it👏🏼a👏🏼"witch hunt"👏🏼unless👏🏼you👏🏼are👏🏼a👏🏼teen👏🏼girl👏🏼whose👏🏼burgeoning👏🏼sexuality👏🏼scares👏🏼male👏🏼town👏🏼elders
— Erik Hinton (@erikhinton) May 18, 2017

12. Appointed worst sheriff ever David Clarke to the Department of Homeland Security.

Last year, the DOJ was going to investigate Sheriff David Clarke. Now, he's going to help run the DHS. pic.twitter.com/RdrbA4mkO0
— ACLU National (@ACLU) May 17, 2017

13. Got really nervous about going to the Middle East.

Trump apparently lacks the *stamina* to go on long trips.

Also, the longer he's gone, the more he can screw up. https://t.co/UM52YmhC7E pic.twitter.com/pUZ3yGXw25
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 17, 2017

14. Told his aides he wants Flynn back in the White House.

FLAG: Daily Beast reports that Trump is telling aides he hopes Flynn can come back to a post in the White House. https://t.co/l5kWC4RHsd pic.twitter.com/TtTAjgVpx0
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2017

Ol' boy (and whoever in the WH who said this) is banana nut cake sandwiches. pic.twitter.com/r1BgRKHO8O
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) May 18, 2017

This isn't an Onion article but I thought it was https://t.co/KVgJWKZ374
— Alanna Vagianos (@lannadelgrey) May 18, 2017

15. Considered Joe Leiberman for FBI Director.

Lieberman has no federal law enforcement experience and works at the law firm defending Trump. This would be a horrible choice. https://t.co/0NX3yw0pez
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 18, 2017

16. Found out that his lawyers are googling "impeachment."

First on CNN: White House lawyers are researching impeachment, sources say https://t.co/qvHo2vyvDx pic.twitter.com/JKhTWaPI11
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2017

is anything happening in politics lately pic.twitter.com/nYm0muc16P
— darcie wilder (@333333333433333) May 18, 2017

Bonus: Trump truly believes bodies are like batteries and exercising is bad.

POTUS rationalizes every bad thing he does, even the fact that he's too lazy to exercise. https://t.co/eNAVkypViX
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) May 14, 2017