One of the key responsibilities of the President of the United States is to be the face of America to the world. Trump endeavored to undertake that task this week and, no surprise, has consistently made a bølløçkš of it. Whether he was touching the Queen–something that the Right Wing went batshit over when Michelle Obama did it but shrugged in indifference with Trump–or denying the presence of thousands of protestors (this from the same guy who claimed that his inauguration crowd was larger than Obama’s when it was demonstrably much smaller) Trump was his usual idiot self.
Where to begin…
- OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE. Trump’s track record with the military is legendary. Whether he’s dissing the parents of dead soldiers, announcing he wants to spend millions of tax dollars on an unnecessary army parade, or declaring that trans people can’t serve, Trump has proven no supporter of the US military. So his behavior on the 75th anniversary of D-Day was naturally no exception: He dismissed Robert Mueller as “a fool.” Yes, the man who stated he had no respect for John McCain because he was captured labeled Mueller a fool. Let us keep in mind that this fool received a Bronze Star and a Navy Commendation medal for his service in Vietnam, the war that Cadet Bone Spurs came up with five deferments to avoid. Oh, and he also claimed that the fake news never reported the letter that Mueller had to write to “straighten out his testimony.” What testimony? No clue considering Mueller never testified. The only letter we know about was the one he sent blockhead Barr to complain about how Barr characterized his report. Yet again the most powerful man in the world lies and makes no sense.
- “LOCK HER UP”. He also didn’t hesitate to slam Nancy Pelosi for allegedly claiming (her office hasn’t verified it) that she didn’t want Trump impeached, she wanted him in prison. This was naturally echoed by professional presidential ášš-kìššër Sean Hannity who declared that wanting a political opponent in jail was something that happened “in banana republics.” So according to Hannity, every single Trump rally that had Trumpers loudly declaring “Lock her up!” in reference to Hillary Clinton must have been happening in a banana republic. So say nothing of Trump’s own repeated tweets asserting that Clinton should be prosecuted and jailed.
- THINGS OF BEAUTY. Trump has an astounding litany of things that he describes as beautiful, and now he has added “tariffs” to that copious list. Specifically, it was how he described his proposed tariffs on Mexico in retaliation for immigrants. Five percent a month until Mexico manages to…well, we don’t know what. He’s provided no specifics other than they should “stop” the immigrants without providing the slightest guidance as to how they would do that. Of course, if the tariffs do go into effect, they will be paid for by Americans and very likely tank the economy. It’s almost worth it because if the economy goes off the rails, it will likely sink his 2020 reelection bid. But the GOP doesn’t see it that way, and there is actual talk of them growing a spine and standing up to the lunatic. It’s fascinating to see that, in the face of all the šhìŧ they have stood by and supported, this may be the thing where they draw the line.
- A PRINCE OF A GUY. Prince Charles sat down with Trump for ninety minutes to explain to him why climate change is a genuine problem that threatens mankind’s continued existence on this planet. Yet despite all this, plus the concurrence of just about every scientist on the planet, Trump still doesn’t believe it. At least various states around the country are stepping in where Trump is falling down and making their own endeavors to clean up the country.
- ABORTIVE RESEARCH. Scientists use fetal tissue from elective abortions to investigate infectious disease, human development and eye disorders. Well, no more, if those scientists work for the government. According to Nature.com, “US President Donald Trump’s administration is ending fetal-tissue research by government scientists and placing restrictions on academic researchers seeking grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for studies involving fetal tissue.” It’s bad enough that individual states are intent on eliminating a woman’s right to choose; now the US government is endeavoring to curtail scientific research that could potentially improve millions of lives. Naturally.
- WAIT, WHAT? Trump posted a Tweet that I have read repeatedly and still don’t understand it: “For all of the money we are spending, Nasa (stet) should NOT be talking about going to the Moon – We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things that we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part) Defense and Science!” No matter how long I ponder that statement, I can’t discern what the hëll he’s talking about. The Moon is our single satellite; Mars is another planet. How in the name of God the Moon a part of Mars? This Tweets are typically either lies or nonsensical, but this one goes to a new level of incomprehensible idiocy. That’s the thing about Trump: No matter how stupid he is, he always manages to attain new lows.
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Poor Prince Charles, didn’t anyone tell him that talking to Trump about climate change was like talking to a brick wall? That’s 90 minutes he will never get back…
It’s too bad that Charles is a class act. I’d have loved it if, at the end of their chat, Charles had said to Trump, “By the way, Diana would’ve never given you the time of day.”
Although I think it is now physically impossible for Trump stupidity to surprise me, I think I understand this one. I believe he’s attempting to say that going to the Moon in some fashion would be part of a Mars mission. I think I can see him saying that talking about going to the Moon is talking too small. “Talk about Mars! Moon missions will be part of that!”
If it wasn’t him just talking out of his ášš about some grandiose scheme that he’ll have forgotten about my Monday, it would be half-way intelligible .
If only this was something he said, and not something he typed, where he had plenty of time to think about the meaning of that message before he clicked the “Tweet” button.
All these years of that fancy book learning stuff and until now I never knew the moon was a part of Mars. Thank you, President tRump!
Prince Charles trying teach a pseudoscience-pusher that his pseudoscience is pseudoscience is rather ironic.
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I’d love it next month, Charles meets with another world leader who tries to convince him that Charles’ own pet pseudoscience — homeopathy — is just a much bunk as climate change denial.
And now, your moment of comedy.
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Under Trump, conservatism has become a parody of itself. It’s literally impossible to tell the difference between actual conservative discussion and a skit making fun of what it has become.
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I give you Tucker Carlson on Fox News discussing the greatest tyrannical threat of the moment to American and perhaps mankind- the metric system.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cPeZLCVWTw
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Someone call up Tucker and let him know he missed April 1st by a couple of months and change.
It seems that eyebrows were raised over Michelle Obama because she outright hugged the Queen (a violation of protocol that the Queen for her part, returned), and later put her arm around her, while Trump merely shook her hand, and at one point lightly put his hand on her back as she rose to give a toast. This article on The Hill seems to reflect the comparative levels of criticism over both acts, and I’ve never gotten the impression that The Hill is a right-wing website:
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/447155-president-trump-balanced-etiquette-with-charm-on-united-kingdom-visit
Luigi, that IS an opinion piece (it even says so in the URL) and the article IS prefaced with the standard “The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill” disclaimer.
Plus, the “opinion” was provided by Peggy Grande, a woman who acted as “the executive assistant to President Reagan from 1989 to 1999” (as noted in the bio blurb at the end of the piece) so I wouldn’t read too much into the site’s being a “right-wing” one. More likely, the woman was simply doing her (Republican) best to further a “both sides do it” thing to shield Trump from any (rightly deserved) criticism.
Let us also note his deep understanding of the current imbroglio we face in the UK politically, and I’m not even intending to mention the twitter spat with the Mayor of London.
He publicly praised Nigel Farage, said Boris would make a fine leader, then praised Jeremy Hunt, and said he did not know who Michael Gove is – the guy who interviewed him last year…
And then there was his visit to Ireland, where he met the Taioseach at the VIP reception at Shannon Airport, and offered his views on Ireland and the UK withdrawal. I quote from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/05/ireland-visit-donald-trump-arrives-leo-varadkar-discussions
“I think it will all work out very well, and also for you with your wall, your border,” he said at a joint press conference. “I mean, we have a border situation in the United States, and you have one over here. But I hear it’s going to work out very well here.”
Varadkar interjected that Ireland wished to avoid a border or a wall, a keystone of Irish government policy.
“I think you do, I think you do,” Trump said. “The way it works now is good, you want to try and to keep it that way. I know that’s a big point of contention with respect to Brexit. I’m sure it’s going to work out very well. I know they’re focused very heavily on it.”
I guess we truly do get the leaders we deserve…
Heard on “Mock the Week” the other day : “British soldiers are really bad shots. They welcomed president Trump with twenty-one gunshots, none of them hit the target.”
Glad to see your site’s back up, PAD.