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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill The Trump Show End As Farce Or Tragedy? - Gene Lyons
January 29, 2019 9:19 pm
Recent events in Washington inspire nothing so much as sheer disbelief. Is this a government or a sitcom? Impeach Trump? Why not offer him a prime time gig on Fox News instead?
For the right price, he might take it.
The Trump Show could qualify as a brand new genre: unreality TVwhining, boasting, empty threats, laugh track and all.
Recently humiliated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the President of the United States has taken to feuding with far-right insult comic Ann Coulter. Until recently his championTrump seemingly shut down the U.S. government because she demanded itCoulter reacted to its reopening by tweeting: Good news for George Herbert Walker Bush. As of today, he is no longer the biggest wimp ever to serve as President of the United States.
In the real world, the recently deceased President Bush flew 58 combat missions in the Pacific during World War II, before and after being shot down and rescued by a U.S. submarine. Later in life, however, he was often polite to Democrats, making him a coward by Coulters reckoning.
No less an authority than former Speaker Newt Gingrich rose to Trumps defense, pointing out that the blonde ectomorph had no clue how to put together a congressional majority. Because when it comes to shutting down the government and throwing public tantrums, nobody knows better than Newt.
Coulter responded rudely: To those who would attack Newt, please remember that just as collusion is not a crime, kissing the emperors ass violates no federal law.
Meanwhile, Emperor Trump broke into rhyming couplets that sounded like nothing so much as O.J. Simpsons late defense attorney Johnny Cochrane.
Cochrane: If it doesnt fit, you must acquit.
But, hey, it worked for OJ, right? Perhaps Trump can come up with a fitting trope for his old pal Roger Stone, busted last week for lying to Congress about his 2016 dalliances with Wikileaks, Russia, and the Trump campaign.
Striking Nixonian poses outside his Florida home, Stone whined that FBI storm troopers had treated him more harshly than Osama bin Ladenwho, readers may recall, was shot to death in Pakistan by U.S. Navy Seals.
Somebody should familiarize Stone with special counsel Robert Muellers won-loss record as a prosecutor. Mueller doesnt fool around. He indicts you, hes got you. Better make a deal.
As for the FBIs pre-dawn raid, thats what the Feds do when they think a criminal suspect might destroy evidence. Stone alibis that if he were guilty of wrongdoing hed already have done so. Judging from the indictment, however, thats far from clear.
After all, what halfway rational person would threaten to kill a witness (and kidnap his dog) in a high profile federal investigation and do so via text message? Thats what the indictment says Stone did to one Randy Credico. While endlessly duplicitous, the man may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier.
Indeed, the dirty tricksters latest pratfall reminded me of the time he accused Bill Clinton of making improper advances toward his wife at a funeral. It turned out that somebody paying with Stones credit card had been taking out ads in swingers magazines: Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband seek similar couples or exceptional muscular well-hung single men. Shes 40DD-24-36; hes 195, trim, blonde, muscular and 8?+. Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.
Stone later admitted to The New Yorkers Jeffrey Toobin that the swinger was him.
Hes one of Donald Trumps oldest friends. What, then, do you think are the odds that he and Trump never discussed Stones communications with Wikileaks regarding stolen Democratic emails, as the president supposedly told Special Counsel Mueller in a written interrogatory? They two spoke on the phone constantly during the 2016 campaign but never about that. Trump reportedly also denied that he was ever told about the infamous June 6 meeting between his son Donald Jr. and Russian operatives at Trump Tower.
Yeah, right.
If you believe all that, then youre probably also taking seriously the presidents latest made-for-TV vows to shut down the government again in two weeks unless Congress funds his nonsense wall. Thats not going to happen, because if he tried it, Congress would override him overnight. The smarter GOP senators have clearly figured out that if Trump goes down to thunderous electoral defeat in 2020, he takes the Republican Party with him.
Somewhat more likely is a phony emergency declaration giving Trump the authority to raid the Treasury on behalf of his fixed idea. A congressional majority can reverse that too. So can the federal courts. Again, clever Republicans understand that abandoning the constitutions separation of powers for Trumps short-term political convenience could prove disastrous long term.
How The Trump Show ends, none can say; hopefully less in tragedy than in farce.
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Will The Trump Show End As Farce Or Tragedy? - Gene Lyons (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2019
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FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)1. This show needs to be cancelled
planetc
(7,858 posts)2. At last! A practical idea for Trump-removal.
We should make him an offer he can't refuse, like promise we won't try him for treason if he will abdicate in favor of Mrs. Clinton. He won't even have to admit she got more votes than he did. Yes, it might work!