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<p>As unpredictable as Donald Trump&#39;s moods may be, a year into his White House stint, the president&#39;s routine is pretty predictable. Trump starts his day by rising and shining and getting some positive affirmation from his friends on <em>Fox and Friends, </em>tweeting out what he learned from television rather than a presidential daily brief.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt=" " data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/3ohhwwPmqN0FOhIwIE/giphy.gif" /></div> <figcaption>Don&#39;t talk to me until I&#39;ve had my morning tweetstorm.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><p>This morning, while tweeting out what he&#39;s seen and heard on TV, the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/trump-took-to-twitter-to-assure-america-that-hes-a-stable-genius">very stable genius</a> unwittingly contradicted his own administration&#39;s position on the reauthorization of a program that allows the government to conduct <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/key-nsa-surveillance-programs-reauthorization-hits-roadblock-in-congress/2017/12/20/0640980e-e5b7-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html?tid=a_mcntx&amp;utm_term=.35e2c78aa5dd">foreign surveillance on US soil. </a></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/951431836030459905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>He tweeted it out after Fox Friend Andrew Napolitano delivered a statement right to the camera like someone on <em>The Office. </em></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Judgenap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Judgenap</a>, looking straight at Fox &amp; Friends cameras today at 6:47am, urged Trump to not back FISA reauthorization: <br>&quot;Mr. President, this is not the way to go. Spying is valid to find the foreign agents among us. But it&#39;s got to be based on suspicion &amp; not an area code.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/npfzlJFT9O">pic.twitter.com/npfzlJFT9O</a></p>&mdash; David Wright (@DavidWright_7) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidWright_7/status/951463217326448640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The conspiracy mongering and third person perspective aren&#39;t the craziest parts of Trump&#39;s tweet&mdash;what&#39;s wild is that Trump contradicted his own White House&#39;s position.</p><p>The White House put up a pro-mass surveillance statement last night, urging the House to reject an amendment known as<a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/bipartisan-coalition-introduces-usa-rights-act-to-reform-secretive-warrantless-spy-program"> &quot;USA Rights&quot;</a> that would reform the government&#39;s ability to spy on Americans.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="NBC News" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/951454676884606976" height="377" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dtq-acjxkaelcei-z30NQb.jpg" width="827" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/951454676884606976">NBC News</a></div></figure><p>Somewhere between 7:13 AM and 9:14 AM, Trump must have gotten the news that he supports FISA reauthorization.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/951457382651056128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Get smart!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="the day the earth stood still GIF" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/P0v5IgXo2lgLC/giphy.gif" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><p>Oopsie!</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/951458176725069824</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And for something other than nuclear war threats, Trump&#39;s flip flop through <em>Fox and Friends </em>is having actual consequences.</p><p>Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked Speaker Paul Ryan to cancel today&#39;s vote, because this mishmash is pretty darn confusing.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has asked Speaker Paul Ryan to pull the FISA bill (cancelling today&#39;s vote) in light of President Trump&#39;s tweet, a senior Democratic aide tells <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a></p>&mdash; NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/951474269254508549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Presidential live-tweeting can certainly have an impact on the world and the legislative process.</p><p>Now, who wants to go on <em>Fox and Friends </em>to directly tell trump to <a href="https://slate.com/business/2018/01/chip-is-about-to-run-out-of-funding-again.html">reauthorize healthcare for nine million children? </a></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Did Trump just accidentally oppose his own bill because of something he saw on Fox News?

As unpredictable as Donald Trump&#39;s moods may be, a year into his White House stint, the president&#39;s routine is pretty predictable. Trump starts his day by rising and shining and getting some positive affirmation from his friends on Fox and Friends, tweeting out what he learned from television rather than a presidential daily brief. Don&#39;t talk to me until I&#39;ve had my morning tweetstorm. giphyThis morning, while tweeting out what he&#39;s seen and heard on TV, the very stable genius unwittingly contradicted his own administration&#39;s position on the reauthorization of a program that allows the government to conduct foreign surveillance on US soil. “House votes on controversial FISA ACT today.” This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018 He tweeted it out after Fox Friend Andrew Napolitano delivered a statement right to the camera like someone on The Office. .@Judgenap, looking straight at Fox &amp; Friends cameras today at 6:47am, urged Trump to not back FISA reauthorization: &quot;Mr. President, this is not the way to go. Spying is valid to find the foreign agents among us. But it&#39;s got to be based on suspicion &amp; not an area code.&quot; pic.twitter.com/npfzlJFT9O&mdash; David Wright (@DavidWright_7) January 11, 2018 The conspiracy mongering and third person perspective aren&#39;t the craziest parts of Trump&#39;s tweet&mdash;what&#39;s wild is that Trump contradicted his own White House&#39;s position.The White House put up a pro-mass surveillance statement last night, urging the House to reject an amendment known as &quot;USA Rights&quot; that would reform the government&#39;s ability to spy on Americans.NBC NewsSomewhere between 7:13 AM and 9:14 AM, Trump must have gotten the news that he supports FISA reauthorization.With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2018 Get smart!giphyOopsie!https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/951458176725069824And for something other than nuclear war threats, Trump&#39;s flip flop through Fox and Friends is having actual consequences.Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked Speaker Paul Ryan to cancel today&#39;s vote, because this mishmash is pretty darn confusing.BREAKING: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has asked Speaker Paul Ryan to pull the FISA bill (cancelling today&#39;s vote) in light of President Trump&#39;s tweet, a senior Democratic aide tells @NBCNews&mdash; NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) January 11, 2018 Presidential live-tweeting can certainly have an impact on the world and the legislative process.Now, who wants to go on Fox and Friends to directly tell trump to reauthorize healthcare for nine million children? 

As unpredictable as Donald Trump&#39;s moods may be, a year into his White House stint, the president&#39;s routine is pretty predictable. Trump starts his day by rising and shining and getting some positive affirmation from his friends on...