If it weren’t so deadly serious, I’d burst out laughing at this idiotic remark from our “President:”

“The President also slammed reporters who include the phrase “sources say” in their stories.”

Way back in June of 2016 the Post analyzed a certain way of speaking candidate Trump used to avoid accusations of lying:

Trump frequently couches his most controversial comments this way, which allows him to share a controversial idea, piece of tabloid gossip or conspiracy theory without technically embracing it. If the comment turns out to be popular, Trump will often drop the distancing qualifier — “people think” or “some say.” If the opposite happens, Trump can claim that he never said the thing he is accused of saying, equating it to retweeting someone else’s thoughts on Twitter.

I also have to marvel at this piece of self-delusion from a flunkie:

A senior administration official told reporters on Air Force One returning from Sicily this weekend that Trump had established an “extraordinary rapport” with his fellow leaders, and that his foreign tour “will shape, I think, history for generations to come.”

Seriously, Mr. or Ms. SAO? When even as you’re flying home Angela Merkel says Europe can’t rely on others: those days are “over to a certain extent. This is what I have experienced in the last few days.”

Merkel’s comments were similar to some she made shortly before Trump’s inauguration in January. But they carry extra heft now that Trump is in office — and after Trump had a days-long opportunity to reset relations. Instead, by most European accounts, he strained them even more.

How does one manage to ingest the amount of Kool-Aid that senior official did in order to make that claim? If we manage to dump this idiot after one term it’s going to take ten years of hard work to get back the trust and good will he’s destroyed in just the first four months, let alone the next 3 1/2 years.