Rain pouring, Trump rages on Twitter and hangs with bikers

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Don't mess with us! :: "Bikers for Trump."


Rain pouring, Trump rages on Twitter and hangs with bikers

U.S. President Donald Trump stands in the rain with members of Bikers for Trump and supporters after saying the Pledge of Allegiance, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)


Jill Colvin and Jeff Horwitz, The Associated Press

Published Saturday, August 11, 2018 7:04PM EDT

BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- As rain dumped on his New Jersey golf club, U.S. President Donald Trump raged on Saturday, lashing out at his Justice Department on Twitter before welcoming members of a "Bikers for Trump" fan group to the manicured grounds.

Dozens and dozens of gleaming Harleys, Hondas and other motorcycles descended on the central New Jersey property for what had been billed as an outdoor photo-op with Trump. But pouring rain and flash-flood warnings scrambled the plan, sending soggy bikers inside a crystal-chandeliered club house ballroom, where Trump signed autographs and posed for selfies and his guests booed reporters.

It was a classic, chaotic Trump scene reminiscent of his ramshackle early campaign. The president was continuing an extended working vacation away from Washington.


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U.S. President Donald Trump meets members of Bikers for Trump and supporters, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, outside the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)



Motorcycles are parked in front of the clubhouse of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, before President Donald Trump met with members of the Bikers for Trump group and supporters. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)


The day began on Twitter at 8:36 a.m. with a broadside against the FBI, which Trump accused of stonewalling a public records request for former Deputy Attorney General Andrew McCabe's text messages.

"What are they hiding?" the president asked, threatening that he "may have to get involved" personally in internal FBI business and warning, "DO NOT DESTROY."

Trump appeared in a better mood when he greeted the bikers, who chanted "Four more years!" and "USA!" as he entered the ballroom. Rain streamed down the windows and pools formed on the empty golf greens outside.

He quickly pointed out the sopping-wet media, which sparked jeers and calls to "tell the truth." And he thanked the group, saying they'd been with him since the beginning and calling their motorcycles "the most beautiful bikes anyone's ever seen."

He later walked into the crowd of supporters, shaking hands, posing for selfies and signing autograph.

At one point, Trump returned to the podium to poll those in the crowd on their views of the press, prompting more jeers. One joked that the press pool should be thrown out in the rain.


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[Dragonlady]

I had no idea that keeping those loons from the Westboro cult from disrupting the funerals of veterans and victims of school shootings is a “liberal thing to do”. I thought it was a matter of common decency.

But when I read “God bless the Hell’s Angels” I’m reminded of how many people they’ve murdered and how many lives they’ve destroyed dealing meth and heroin. So no. I’m not asking for God’s blessings for them. I’m asking for God’s protection from them for the people and lives they’ve destroyed.