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Peter Summers's avatar

Everything this incompetent boob touches, he destroys, ie US brand, standing in the world, etc, etc. Just because he is laughed at doesn’t mean the US has to be. He does one thing well, grift. It’s a family trait that “the boys” will try to carry on assuming they’re not in orange jumpsuits. 31/2 more years of this incompetence. Will we make it or is it time to move to Canada?

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Diane Battista's avatar

Everything is about TV personalities or hosts

Does anybody remember this in 2015?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqW_2G-wqM

Then in 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CbYj4K-S2U

And then just recently

https://www.facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive/videos/if-dr-phil-says-donald-trump-is-a-man-of-deep-faith-then-it-must-be-true/2182000412248386/

As Charlie says just remember we are not the crazy ones

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Eva Seifert's avatar

We are now at war. MSNBC is now saying that US has bombed Iran NOW.

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LeftCoastReader's avatar

Thanks. Just checked the NY Times and NPR.

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Ray's avatar

In fairness to the Mango Mussolini, the War of Independence was also the first civil war. Families were torn apart and American Loyalists, with British regulars, fought against American Rebels. But I do agree that I think he confused it with the bloodier second civil war. 😉

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Jeff Lazar's avatar

The world's crappiest deal maker always blinks. A L W A Y S

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Peter  V's avatar

I am reminded of a very early Tom Hanks movie where he has bought a "fixer upper north of NYC and it is falling apart. The movie uses every sight gag possible from the horrors of remodeling. At one point, there is a pile of extension cords in the middle of the room and Hanks and spouse have decided to divorce. They want to know how long it will take to finish. The pile of extension cords is about four feet tall going in every imaginable direction. Workers are everywhere. So when Hanks looks at the contractor and says "How Long?" the sight gag is universal. The contractor looks around at the chaos, turns and says, "A couple of weeks".

Trump could have been that contractor. Between "We'll see what happens" and "Two weeks", the movie confirms the gag line but in the real world, it's not funny. It certainly is overused but EL TACO is an old dog with very limited tricks he thinks we'll all fall for. MAGA will fall for it.

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Conor Gallogly's avatar

At least in this case, his two weeks means avoiding doing something that is probably rash

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Emily's avatar

Regarding the “birthday spectacle” costing enormous sums of money and time which could have been spent for the good, I refused to watch on tv or social media. However, those tanks rolled by yesterday at the Alexandria Amtrak station where I was waiting to board after taking my grandsons to the Air and Space. I suppose the tanks were heading back to Ft Bragg/Liberty/Bragg (whatever the name is now). It was eye opening to actually see how many tanks were on that train. Car after car after car…..🤦🏼‍♀️

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Diane Lee's avatar

Great article 🙏. Love Eli & Auggie 💕🐾💕

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Christie Manussier's avatar

Well, ain't Tangerine Mussolini's brain a chronological oddity: two weeks from everything! 😉 #IYKYK

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Julia's avatar

Great points about Trump and war. He definitely does not want the responsibility. His answers are mercurial, and it’s clear he doesn’t want to be pinned down. After many points and paragraphs about Trump’s lack of clarity in not taking a stand on Iran, it was rather hilarious that Schumer’s unclear answer about Iran was generalized to Dems as a whole being criticized for a lack of clarity on issues. No such accusations seem to have been generalized to Republicans based on their supreme leader’s views.

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Mark Rodin's avatar

Donald Trump loves to hear himself talk and be the center of attention. Would he authorize the use of American aircraft and military personnel to drop a bunker buster bomb on Iran's nuclear site? Yes, IF he was convinced that would help his dropping poll numbers

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Peter  V's avatar

I think it's to be a distraction from the giant tax con he has congress doing.

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William Whitman's avatar

Don't ever lose sight of the fact that only two things matter to Trump - money and stroking his ego, i.e. power. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS - not human life, not impovershed people, not health care for Americans or anyone else in the world, not the planet earth, not the U.S. economy, not the future for our children - NOTHING! If it doesn't scratch those two itches immediately, it doesn't matter.

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Mark Rodin's avatar

On target

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Strong & Free 🍁's avatar

Was MAGA divided when Trump threatened war with Greenland or Canada or are they perfectly fine with him invading and plundering allies?

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Peter  V's avatar

If there's money in it

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Grumpy Liberal's avatar

Someone pointed out to him that Iran’s Navy is still very much in tact and can mine the Strait of Hormuz.

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Cascadian's avatar

"But he also very much wants to win a Nobel Prize, because he really does fancy himself as peacemaker."

But mostly because Obama got one. Trump really wants at least two of them.

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