Trump Unhinged
Trump was on Faux and Friends this morning spouting lies and nonsense. But that’s just everyday Trump. Afterwards he did a remarkable press gaggle on the North Lawn and it was an episode of Trump Unhinged. Some tidbits:
On Faux and Friends: Kim Jung Un – “Hey, he is the head of a country and I mean he is the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.”
In the gaggle: “You don’t understand sarcasm. I was kidding.”
On the inspector general’s report of the Comey and the Clinton email scandal, he said the report (which was not about him or his campaign) “completely exonerated” him and his campaign, even though it did nothing of the kind. The he repeated the “no collusion” mantra about 30 times while insulting the CNN reporter in front of him.
On separating children from their parents at the border, he repeated the already debunked falsehood that “the Democrats” passed the horrible law to separate kids at the border and that the press should ask “the Democrats” to change the law. When it was pointed out that the GOP had control of both houses and the White House he deflected. When asked why he didn’t sign an executive order to stop the separations, he lied and again and said an executive order can’t change it. Of course THERE IS NO LAW that forces separation of families at ports of entry. That’s a new policy STARTED BY TRUMP.
It went on and on. It was like watching a morphing of Bullworth and Wag the Dog. The lies, insults, and personal attacks just came in a continuous stream. Here’s what’s crazy – it’s pretty clear now that Comey’s actions, against FBI policy, at the very least shaved points off of Hillary’s numbers. And Donald Trump just called for the jailing of the very guy who helped put him in office.
We are clearly in an episode of the Twilight Zone in high repeat.
And the hear nothing, speak nothing and see nothing congress stands by doing nothing… Vote them all OUT!
1Trump unhinged? What else is new?
2The report show how Comey, reacting to pressure from Repugs, defied FBI policy and made public statements about a pending investigation of Hillary Clinton. When it resulted in no charges, he felt he had to make a public statement embarrassing and scolding her for using a private server. Turns out he used private email accounts for FBI business as well. all of his public pronouncements so close to the election undermined support for Sec.Clinton and helped to cause her defeat.
3Somehow Comey felt it wasn’t important enough to let us know that Russia was interfering in the election process.
Sorry, but I think there was definite political bias on Comey’s part for not informing American citizens. He helped Dump win.
Of all the Twilight Zone intros, that one was my favourite!
4As was said on Morning Joe today (paraphrased): “Fact checking Donald Trump is like peeing into a hurricane.”
5Not unexpected to attack (or kill) the person who opened the door to your power. First, because– like Trump– you can’t admit that you needed the help. Second, to prevent them from talking about how you were helped. Third, to prevent them from helping anyone else.
6Current wager on the streets of Dee Cee: will it be Mueller Time that takes out Donnie or will it be a butterfly net. Odds favor the net 7:1 over Mueller.
Dotard45 is ***king nutz, while the snacilbupeR around him pretend the emperor isn’t stark naked and flinging his own poo, while pounding on his high chair tray. Kim Jong-Un commands respect and Donnie wants the same. Oy vey!
7“He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.”
NO Donnei Dinkydong! Not me, not now, not ever, you lying treasonous son of a bitch.
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BTDT
If y’all will look at the weblink I put in my Salon ID some time ago you’ll find this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%27s_Alive
“”He’s Alive” is episode four of the fourth season of The Twilight Zone. It tells of an American neo-Nazi who is inspired by the ghost of Adolf Hitler. Writer Rod Serling scripted a longer version of the teleplay to be made into a feature-length film, but it was never produced.
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Opening narration
“ Portrait of a bush-league Führer named Peter Vollmer, a sparse little man who feeds off his self-delusions and finds himself perpetually hungry for want of greatness in his diet. And like some goose-stepping predecessors he searches for something to explain his hunger, and to rationalize why a world passes him by without saluting. That something he looks for and finds is in a sewer. In his own twisted and distorted lexicon he calls it faith, strength, truth. But in just a moment Peter Vollmer will ply his trade on another kind of corner, a strange intersection in a shadowland called the Twilight Zone.”
Unhinged? When the hell was he ever “hinged”?
9I’m hoping the tax fraud stuff from the Trump Foundation takes over the news cycle – it’ll give Mueller some cover, and the evidence is clear as can be.
10Ten Hutt!
11Paul, was that autocorrect on Tin Mutt? Cadet Bone Spurs isn’t exactly prime military material worth a salute or even prime kobe beef. A jerk yes, beef jerky not so much for the unrendered adipose Orange Foolius.
12He was kidding? Yeah, right. He’s always ‘just kidding’ whenever someone calls him out. How long will it take for the 40% (or 30% or whatever it is) to find the intellectual integrity to see him for what he is?
Oh, right. Intellectual integrity does not belong in the same sentence with the NSGOP. My bad.
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