Freak Out Friday – February 24th

A slow but nevertheless interesting week in Trump land:

1) Swedish Fish–Did you hear about the horrible things that happened in Sweden? Yeah, neither did we. But according to Trump. something catastrophic had happened in the fairly benign country that had everyone in a tizzy. Which nobody was until Trump claimed they were, and they then indeed were immensely confused, wondering what in God’s name he was talking about. Apparently he had heard, or more correctly misheard, some comment on Fox and that caused him to fabricate yet another non-existent terrorist attack. And speaking of Fox…

2) How far off the reservation has he gone?–Fox mainstays Shephard Smith and Chris Wallace apparently have had enough. Both of them went off on Trump, deploring both his incessant lies and his constant dumping on the press. Seriously? FOX is attacking Trump? That’s like Breitbart launching a five part positive story on the wonders of the UJA. Considering how Fox consistently supported him in the past, one has to be simply stunned at this turnaround.

3) Depends what you mean by “Very Few”–In his incessant endeavors to gut Obamacare, Trump declared at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the health plans covers “very few people.” So to a billionaire, twenty million people is “very few.” I suppose that makes sense. It would have to cover a billion people to penetrate his bubble.

Did he do anything right? His appointment of General Herbert McMaster as the new National Security Adviser was well received. Of course, it’s entirely damage control since Flynn was dumped in record setting time, and Trump’s next choice passed on the assignment. What’s interesting is that McMaster has a tendency to question authority, which likely won’t go over well in a White House where such behavior is not tolerated or instead rewarded with firings. So this could be interesting.

PAD

14 comments on “Freak Out Friday – February 24th

  1. I can’t read a thing after Brietbart and UJA, I’m laughing too hard. #3 Could be how you’ve changed your mind and 45 is a cool dude, and I just wouldn’t know right now.

  2. I don’t know why you’re treating the event in Sweden as insignificant, Peter. Three times as many people died in it as were killed in the Bowling Green massacre.

    1. When it was revealed that the biggest thing happening on the day Trump was referencing was a horse called Biscuit falling in a well, J.K. Rowling had the best hashtag response: #MakeBiscuitDryAgain .

  3. The defamatory attacks on “media” remain disturbing. Attacking the press has always been the first step toward we-know-what.
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    I don’t think we’re at the soldiers-taking-the-radio-stations and mobs-burning-the-newspaper-offices stage or even close to it.
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    Things can change more quickly than one thinks, though

  4. 1) Trump didn’t talk about any specific attack or incident, and later clarified that he was talking about a news report about how bad things are in Sweden. Days later, Sweden had yet another riot from Muslim refugees. Advantage: Trump.

    2) The Flynn story has completely fallen apart. Turns out that the only illegal aspect of it was the recording and leaking of the calls — which were very serious violations of the law. Flynn’s sin was, apparently, not being fully candid with Pence.

    As far as Trump goes, he saw a problem and quickly addressed it with Flynn’s dismissal, then replaced him with someone that even PAD has to agree seems like a solid choice. Advantage: Trump.

    Currently, I could 9 shows on TV based on comic books. Supergirl, Gotham, Lucifer, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Legion, Arrow, Powerless, and Riverdale. PAD, this should be right up your wheelhouse. I’d love to hear your takes on these shows.

    Politics… not so much.

    1. A president should think about what he says BEFORE he says it, not toss off half assed comments that have foreign governments demanding to know what the hëll he’s talking about. How in the world you can chalk that idiocy up as an advantage shows how up his buttocks you are. But I do appreciate your patronizing comment as to how I should stick to talking about matters you feel I am more qualified to discuss.
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      PAD

      1. Me thinks Joe’s poor brain works like Trump’s: when you’re qualified for nothing, you somehow think you’re overqualified for everything.

  5. Two more to add to the list :

    First, there’s the fact that CNN and the NY Times have been both not invited to a press conference. And second, Donald Trump has declined to appear in the Correspondants’ Dinner this year. Thin skin or what ?

    1. Which is counter-intuitive, really, considering he’s clad head-to-toe in orange leather. Probably couldn’t cut the guy with an obsidian steak knife, but a little fact-checking and the guy squirms like a salted slug?

    2. They were apparently bumped to make room for some more of Trump’s buddies who don’t spout that Mass Media “fake news” – you know – where they quote him verbatim?
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      From more than one speech?
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      And it contradicts itself?

      1. You can add this : some customs officials have taken Trump’s order as a reason to be more obnoxious than before. They even detained Muhammad Ali’s son and a 70 years old australian children’s author :

        http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/24/muhammad-ali-jr-detained-immigration-officials-fla-airport/98379082/

        http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/australian-childrens-author-mem-fox-detained-by-us-border-control-i-sobbed-like-a-baby/news-story/8232effc3566c821dbfceb9ba35ce0f2

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