President Donald J. Trump’s bravado act is beyond stale.
His first of his second term prime-time speech last night was not just a snoozer, it was full of lies, half truths and, well, bravado as his polling numbers continue to sink, whether he accepts that fact or not.
Most everyone expected a speech that would give a timeline for the war in Iran to end. The best we got was his standard “two weeks or so” prediction. He’s in charge, he can end it today if he wanted to.
Instead, we are watching even more troops being sent to the region as we hear rumors of special operations that could go (on the ground) after Iran’s uranium stash or Kharg Island.
Trump laid out the time lines we’ve experienced for world wars and other “conflicts” – Vietnam, Iraq -- over the years trying to put his month-old war into a context, that he didn’t enter another quagmire.
But none of those commanders-in-chief thought that’s what they were doing either.
What will happen? Tune in next week, or the week after!
Trump is running the country like it’s his old weekly game show on TV: Build the drama, watch the audience reaction, shift gears without saying you’re shifting gears.
Hocus pocus., they’ll lose their focus!
Likely, though, not this time.
At least for that “base” that voted for someone else plus that slice of swing voters who went his way in 2024 but are peeling off after just a year of his second presidency. Young people, Latinos, people unhappy with the Democratic Party's results.
No predictions here on the mid-terms – it’s too early – but at this moment, it’s not looking good for the President’s team. The good news for them is that the opponent is the Democratic Party and they could blow an election at any time as quickly as you need to blow your nose.
Stay tuned!!!
Trump already was forced to switch up some of his immigration battle in Minnesota and, finally, ditched Kristi Noem at the Department of Homeland Security because he either realized she was the disaster most people anticipated or that she was starring in her own multi-million-dollar ads campaign instead of focusing them completely on Donald J. Trump.
Goodbye Kristi, hello MarkWayne!
Today, rumors are all over that Attorney General Pam Bondi will be the next to go. Why? Not because she isn’t doing things she’s there to do for the American people but because she’s failing Trump’s agenda when it comes to the (shhh) Epstein Files and getting indictments against Trump’s enemies, both of which were the charge given her by the President.
Not to make America great, but to satisfy his selfish goals of punishing his “enemies” and apparently hiding some of his secrets.
Speaking of which, the President will soon be clearly viewing the Supreme Court as even more of an enemy, despite his appointing what gave conservatives what they thought was a super majority. While he’s kinda-sorta won some support at the court (through semi-but-not-really court decisions) even his presence in the court yesterday couldn’t stop the justices from pointedly questioning his executive order to end birthright citizenship which has a century-and-a-half of precedence in the country.
Trump has succeeded in creating so much activity and chaos in the country and world that people aren’t even remembering that today is the anniversary of his “Liberation Day,” when he began issuing tariffs against friends and foes to better Americans' life, supposedly to improve our quality and cost of living.
A year later, prices, as predicted by most legitimate economists on both the right and left, are up, and that was before his war of choice in Iran which has sent gas prices soaring. That has created problems not just for people who need to commute to work but just as the warmer, travel months are arriving. (Not that taking out Iran's leadership and nukes isn't a fine goal but, as with Trump on most things, his execution was horrible.)
His promises of a return to manufacturing? Manufacturing jobs are down. And that is during his term, not because of Joe Biden, whatever his faults might have been. His inflated claims of, now, $18 trillion dollars in announced potential investment in the USA? Even his own people say the announced promises amount to half of that and even if the $18 trillion was true, you wouldn’t see a job created by that investment for years.
Bravado. Lies. Fantasy. Gaslighting.
That’s what we’re getting from the Trump presidency. Not to mention higher prices, war, and Cabinet members chosen for their appearance (men and women) rather than for their competence.
Chief Justice John Roberts put things in some perspective yesterday when he said, “it’s a new world, but the same Constitution.”
That seemingly off-the-cuff comment came during the birthright citizenship case yesterday and one hopes is also the view of the entire court as we look to survive another three years of bravado and lies.
A President is elected to protect that Constitution not to walk on it.
His first of his second term prime-time speech last night was not just a snoozer, it was full of lies, half truths and, well, bravado as his polling numbers continue to sink, whether he accepts that fact or not.
Most everyone expected a speech that would give a timeline for the war in Iran to end. The best we got was his standard “two weeks or so” prediction. He’s in charge, he can end it today if he wanted to.
Instead, we are watching even more troops being sent to the region as we hear rumors of special operations that could go (on the ground) after Iran’s uranium stash or Kharg Island.
Trump laid out the time lines we’ve experienced for world wars and other “conflicts” – Vietnam, Iraq -- over the years trying to put his month-old war into a context, that he didn’t enter another quagmire.
But none of those commanders-in-chief thought that’s what they were doing either.
What will happen? Tune in next week, or the week after!
Trump is running the country like it’s his old weekly game show on TV: Build the drama, watch the audience reaction, shift gears without saying you’re shifting gears.
Hocus pocus., they’ll lose their focus!
Likely, though, not this time.
At least for that “base” that voted for someone else plus that slice of swing voters who went his way in 2024 but are peeling off after just a year of his second presidency. Young people, Latinos, people unhappy with the Democratic Party's results.
No predictions here on the mid-terms – it’s too early – but at this moment, it’s not looking good for the President’s team. The good news for them is that the opponent is the Democratic Party and they could blow an election at any time as quickly as you need to blow your nose.
Stay tuned!!!
Trump already was forced to switch up some of his immigration battle in Minnesota and, finally, ditched Kristi Noem at the Department of Homeland Security because he either realized she was the disaster most people anticipated or that she was starring in her own multi-million-dollar ads campaign instead of focusing them completely on Donald J. Trump.
Goodbye Kristi, hello MarkWayne!
Today, rumors are all over that Attorney General Pam Bondi will be the next to go. Why? Not because she isn’t doing things she’s there to do for the American people but because she’s failing Trump’s agenda when it comes to the (shhh) Epstein Files and getting indictments against Trump’s enemies, both of which were the charge given her by the President.
Not to make America great, but to satisfy his selfish goals of punishing his “enemies” and apparently hiding some of his secrets.
Speaking of which, the President will soon be clearly viewing the Supreme Court as even more of an enemy, despite his appointing what gave conservatives what they thought was a super majority. While he’s kinda-sorta won some support at the court (through semi-but-not-really court decisions) even his presence in the court yesterday couldn’t stop the justices from pointedly questioning his executive order to end birthright citizenship which has a century-and-a-half of precedence in the country.
Trump has succeeded in creating so much activity and chaos in the country and world that people aren’t even remembering that today is the anniversary of his “Liberation Day,” when he began issuing tariffs against friends and foes to better Americans' life, supposedly to improve our quality and cost of living.
A year later, prices, as predicted by most legitimate economists on both the right and left, are up, and that was before his war of choice in Iran which has sent gas prices soaring. That has created problems not just for people who need to commute to work but just as the warmer, travel months are arriving. (Not that taking out Iran's leadership and nukes isn't a fine goal but, as with Trump on most things, his execution was horrible.)
His promises of a return to manufacturing? Manufacturing jobs are down. And that is during his term, not because of Joe Biden, whatever his faults might have been. His inflated claims of, now, $18 trillion dollars in announced potential investment in the USA? Even his own people say the announced promises amount to half of that and even if the $18 trillion was true, you wouldn’t see a job created by that investment for years.
Bravado. Lies. Fantasy. Gaslighting.
That’s what we’re getting from the Trump presidency. Not to mention higher prices, war, and Cabinet members chosen for their appearance (men and women) rather than for their competence.
Chief Justice John Roberts put things in some perspective yesterday when he said, “it’s a new world, but the same Constitution.”
That seemingly off-the-cuff comment came during the birthright citizenship case yesterday and one hopes is also the view of the entire court as we look to survive another three years of bravado and lies.
A President is elected to protect that Constitution not to walk on it.
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