It’s weirdly entertaining watching as Trump unspools all over the White House floor. I mean, sure, someone’s gotta clean that mess up, but until then, it’s almost a work of art.
Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017
There are several things that elevate this administration out of the normal trough of tawdry politics and up into something new and fresh.
It is about time that Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017
Yeah, the spittle-flecked tweets. Always a sign of rational dignity.
You can suck at a new job in lots of ordinary ways, but Trump is so blindly incompetent, it’s like a whole new category. It’s just breathtaking. It’s not just that Trump has no idea what he’s supposed to be doing. George W. Bush softened us with his own persistent lack of curiosity, but Trump, though…. I mean, Jesus! He carries his aversion to reality like it’s a virtue! When Trump’s ‘vision’ and reality disagree, this is a guy who blames the world for getting it wrong.
I’ve had just about the most legislation passed of any president, in a nine-month period, that’s ever served. We had over 50 bills passed. I’m not talking about executive orders only, which are very important. I’m talking about bills.
— Donald J. Trump, Oct. 6, 2017
Nope.
Trump isn’t just an ordinary liar, he’s a fabulist. It’s completely compulsive. Everything’s the best, or the worst, or most ever. Even when he has real accomplishments, he lies about those, too, because real life just isn’t shiny enough without them.
And for a guy who lies about everything, Trump really, really, really sucks at lying. Every time he opens his mouth without a teleprompter, it’s popcorn time. He’s just too dumb to do it right. They guy is one big, raw, completely insecure id trying to hiding under an orange rodent.
The real world is constantly triggering his anxiety, because… well, it’s real, and he can’t make it stop. No matter how much he tries.
To the people of Puerto Rico:
Do not believe the #FakeNews!#PRStrong????????
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017
Who you gonna believe, me or your lyin’ eyes? And Trump tweeted this when 95% of Puerto Rico didn’t have power to read it. Which almost makes sense, since Trump doesn’t really care about brown people, so long as they keep quiet and keep the hedges clipped.
He can’t stop himself.
Reporter: You wouldn’t benefit under your tax plan?
Trump: No, I don’t benefit. I don’t benefit. In fact, very very strongly, as you see, I think there’s very little benefit for people of wealth.
It’s not that Trump holds some ideological positions; it’s that he doesn’t seem to hold any position that isn’t dragged out of some extreme ideology. (Other than his own short-term profits, I suppose.) Look at any of his ‘policy’ positions: health care, tax cuts, immigration, patriotism, diplomacy, macroeconomics, free speech, international finance, climate change, and on and on.
Each political declaration isn’t just partisan and wrong — of course they were — but they’re all so blindly terrible and demented, they’re howlers.
I believe in clean air. Immaculate air…. But I don’t believe in climate change.
— Donald J. Trump, 2015
Come on. You’re snickering at least a little, right?
My Administration will continue to work around the clock with Governor @RicardoRossello & his team. Great progress being made! #PRStrong???????? pic.twitter.com/1aL9YrwTvC
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2017
What makes Trump’s ineptitude so special is how he actually pretends he’s doing a totally bang-up job of it! He’s constantly making everyone around him tell him how wonderful he is, over and over, but all the indications are that Trump actually believes that toad piss. Swear to god! I know that at some level it’s heartbreaking, and he understands how empty it all is, but holy shit, on a practical level, it can be fuckin’ hilarious to watch.
So now we have Rex Tillerson’s “moron” quote. No, sorry, that should have read, “a fucking moron”. It’s nothing we didn’t already know. Trump was shown a chart tracking total US nuclear bombs, and our master noticed we have fewer now than after all those arms limitation treaties, and so Trump lamented that we should try to have more bombs. Because, you know, more is always better, right?
So yeah, moron. Seriously. NBC has at least three sources who verify that quote.
Trump made Tillerson actually held a press conference about it. (Tillerson famously refuses to talk to the press, because it’s none of our business what he does.) So Tillerson stalks out and insults everyone who might deign to question his loyalty to the job he clearly hates, but doesn’t exactly, openly deny calling Trump a moron, because there was testimony from three people making that impossible.
And Trump was screaming furious that Tillerson didn’t openly lie anyway. Hell, being an obviously and bad liar never stopped Trump! And that level of blind subservience is Trump’s total and complete definition of loyalty (ref: Jeff Sessions).
Instead, Trump had to settle on the State Department spokesperson — who wasn’t there — denying Tillerson ever called Trump a moron because, “he does not use that type of language.” Trump swears they’ve kissed and made up.
We have a ramped-up Bob Corker, one of the few Republicans who’s not a complete embarrassment to the Party of Lincoln. That’s great news, if only because John Kasich must have been getting lonely. And Corker actually talks about Trump using plain English.
I know for a fact that every single day at the White House, it’s a situation of trying to contain him.
— Bob Corker, Oct. 2017
We were all waiting for the explosion. Gleefully. You know Trump has to escalate the culture wars. He has no other response.
Well, other than posting mean tweets, I suppose.
Senator Bob Corker “begged” me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said “NO” and he dropped out (said he could not win without…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017
..my endorsement). He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said “NO THANKS.” He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017…Hence, I would fully expect Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. Didn’t have the guts to run!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2017
Wow. A triple tweet! Trump is seriously frosted. Corker’s response?
It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.
— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) October 8, 2017
Yes, I’m loving life. Trump is shrieking about the NFL, because he’s such an athlete and such a fan. He’s holding rallies about patriotism, because Trump is dedicated to his country above all other concerns. He’s ranting about health care, because he’s so deeply concerned about…
Wait. He’s cutting health care.
And the Clean Power Act, because Trump is deeply concerned about the environment being…
Um, too clean? And Trump decided to strip women’s birth control, because….
Um. Well… because? Still can’t figure that one.
Yesterday, Vanity Fair has this great story titled “I Hate Everyone in the White House!”: Trump Seethes as Advisers Fear the President Is “Unraveling”. It wins the ‘Great Title’ award, and it’s a good story as well.
But the LA Times gets the last word:
Trump’s tiny vocabulary reveals an uncomplicated intellect. For him, things are good, bad or “sad” (one of his favorite words). If you are not on his side, you are an enemy to be belittled in terminology fit for a junior high playground. If you are with him, you are the best, most capable and accomplished person ever, until you fail him in any tiny way. Then you are a loser.
Priceless. I can’t wait to hear Trump’s reasoned response.
