A Song for Our Times
Now that Trump has fired the sane voices in his circle and hired two right-wing loonies in Pompeo and Bolton, this song seems prophetic, fifty-plus years after it was originally written about a different war.
Archive of posts filed under the Donald Trump category.
Trump is getting worse
As bad as we thought he might be, he’s becoming infinitely worse. So writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post, and it’s impossible to disagree. What’s really terrifying is that the Republicans in Congress are mostly quiescent. They’re either afraid of Trump’s 35%-of-voters base or they really don’t give a damn about what Tillerson’s done …
In fundraising speech, Trump lied
In a fundraising speech in Missouri this evening, Trump says he made up a trade claim with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump makes up dialogue from Trudeau: “‘Donald, we have no trade deficit.’ I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know. … I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You …
Trump and North Korea
What do you bet that Trump is sitting in the residence at the White House dreaming of himself as the Great Peacemaker, about to resolve the Korean War by meeting with the DPRK’s young dictator and congratulating himself for doing what no other President has ever done? He’s not smart enough to figure out that …
30? THIRTY?
Headline: More Than 30 Trump Aides Lose Top-Secret Clearance, Sources Say Jeebus. “All the best people,” he said. “The highest ethics,” he said. “Everybody wants to work in the White House,” he said. This is the most inept and dangerously-stupid President and Administration in American history.
A compendium of greed
The Boston Globe’s columnist Michael A. Cohen has compiled a list of some of the more egregious instances of corruption in the Trump Cabinet. It’s got the highlights, from the first-class plane tickets to the dining room set to the excessive use of security details. It’s instructive to see them all laid out in one …
Trump’s corruption
Forbes magazine has done a deep dive into the President’s real estate holdings and discovered that he’s getting paid approximately 175 million bucks a year in rent from tenants like the government of China and major banks like UBS, Barclays, J P Morgan and Bank of America. Coincidentally (or was it?) In December, Trump tenants …
A dry wit
Ladies and gentlemen, the senior Senator from Hawai’i, expressing an opinion about the indictment of 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies today. This is a VERY well done hoax. — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 16, 2018 That’s MY Senator, folks.
I am now convinced Trump is a Russian agent
News Headline: White House to Congress: Russia sanctions not needed now This was the vote on Russian Sanctions: House: 419-3Senate: 98-2 Today, Trump said he won't impose the sanctions despite a veto-proof majority. Congratulations, America. Laws are meaningless now. — Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 30, 2018
Seen on Facebook
In light of the news that Trump demanded Mueller be fired last summer, one can only imagine that he wakes up each day seeing this image in his head: Posted by Mark Fey in comments to a Patrick Coyne post.