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Conventional wisdom says that impeaching President Trump will not only cause Democrats to lose control of the House of Representatives but guarantee his reelection to the White House to boot. But Trump himself has demonstrated time and time again that it makes no sense to apply conventional wisdom to his presidency. Indeed, “unprecedented” is the… Read more.
‘The world is laughing at us’ says Trump. (The BBC, February 6, 2018) He says this all the time, of course. It’s like a Tourette vocal tic. More to the point, though, it betrays his clinical projection. That said, some of us were laughing at Donald Trump long before he launched his laughable presidential bid… Read more.
But, if you thought Blair was Bush’s poodle, watch how Johnson laps it up with Trump. Boris Johnson will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a convincing victory over Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative party leadership race. … Saying ‘some wag’ had pointed out that [deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn]… Read more.
Donald Trump has not missed a single opportunity during his presidency to make any event a vainglorious homage to himself. This is why nobody should be surprised that he’s turning America’s birthday celebration into a self-aggrandizing tribute – with all hailing how he has already made America great again. Mind you, he has done little… Read more.
President Trump kicked off his state visit to the United Kingdom on Tuesday by tweeting that the mayor of London “is a stone cold loser.” This, because Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted that ‘racist groups across the world have been normalised and mainstreamed because of Donald Trump.” As they are wont to do, Trump’s apologists insisted… Read more.
Washington was all atwitter this morning after the Department of Justice announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller would be meeting the press to issue a statement on his famous report. Never mind that, ever since the DOJ released his reports six weeks ago, Mueller has been telegraphing his intent to never say anything more than… Read more.
At this point, nobody should be surprised that Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself. After all, even before he scammed his way into the White House, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post was telegraphing his intent to do just that. In a detailed series of articles, he found that many of Trump’s… Read more.
The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type “RAT.” But I allowed him and all others to testify – I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide…… — Donald J.… Read more.
The world had come to expect only North Korean President Kim Jong-un to bluster about nuclear strikes. Then came US President Donald Trump blustering about raining down nuclear “fire and fury.” And now comes Russian President Vladimir Putin blustering about this: Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can’t be intercepted,… Read more.
Donald Trump is scheduled to get his first physical exam as president tomorrow. Americans are waiting for the results with baited breath, which rivals their waiting for the verdict in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. But I find the interest in this exam stupefying. After all, it is self-evident that Trump’s physical shape is… Read more.
