This is personal, but some of you asked to know how it went.  It was lovely.

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Thank you for your support and thank Ben for not dropping the Bible. He was very proud of himself for that.

Last night, Jimmy Kimmel compared Barack Obama’s announcement of the killing of Osama Bin Ladin with Trump’s announcement of the killing of Al Baghdadi.  Obama took 9 minutes.  Trump took 48.  As you can imagine, the comparison is jaw dropping.

Donald Trump went to the World Series last night.  He was not invited at any time to throw out the first pitch or to sit in the owner’s box.  And he wore a suit. Who wears a suit to a baseball game.  Who does that?

His entry into the stadium was not announced.  They waited until about the third inning, when they traditionally show the military and veterans in attendance, to show him on the big screen sitting in the stadium.

He was booed.  Loudly.  The boos were followed by chants of “Lock him up.” Two or three large banners – one directly behind home plate – were unfurled in the crowd that said “Veterans For Impeachment.”

All over the internet machine today, there are pictures and movies of Trump waving broadly to the crowd until he realizes he’s not being cheered, but booed.  I will not take away your opportunity to find those for yourself because exploring is half the fun.  Google Trump booed.  And enjoy yourself.

The Russians aren’t backing Trump on his story of getting Al Baghdadi, calling his announcement “propaganda”.  The Russian defense ministry says that Russia was not involved and even doubted that the raid killed the actual Al Baghdadi saying that Syria has claimed several times to have already killed him.  The shifting stories between the Pentagon, the White House, and His Orangeness’ mouth has added a lot of doubt to whether the entire tale is actually true or not.

Typical in Trumpland – nothing is clear, and everything is loud.

You knew it was going to happen – after wrecking millions of Americans’ quiet Sunday morning with an almost hour long display of boasting and lying, the truth about the raid is coming out.  The truth is that the Pentagon has been planning a raid to kill the ISIS leader since last summer after the Kurds had captured one of his wives and a courier who talked.  Those detailed plans were completely disrupted with Trump’s sudden pullout of Kurdish territory allowing Turkey, Russia, and Assad’s forces to rush in.

Rather than wait and risk Trump stupidly pulling everyone else out, a risky night raid by Delta Force was hurriedly put together.  Also, in spite of Trump abandoning the Kurds, they continued to assist US forces prepare for the raid.  They got lucky and got Al Baghdadi in spite of Trump’s incompetence, not because of his leadership.  Oh, and all the dramatic account of hearing Baghdadi’s screaming and crying that he heard on the feed?  That’s a lie, too.  No other person has confirmed that, and, as JJ pointed out, Trump was on the golf course during the raid, not in the situation room.

Are we great yet?

Former White House photographer Peter Souza used the time stamp on Trump’s official photo of the raid to determine … it is staged.

Another hint:  they all couldn’t agree where to look.  By the way, Trump was on the golf course when the raid happened.

People are teasing him again.

Thanks to Kary for the heads up.