Brutal Publicist

Most people realize that Donald Trump is a master of projection – whatever he is guilty of, he projects onto others.  Whether this is an unconscious psychological mechanism or he is deliberately doing it according to the advice of Nazi master propagandist Joseph Goebbels (“Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty”) is…

Recently, three of the conservative Christian evangelical leaders most tied to Donald Trump’s presidency, Jerry Falwell, Jr., Franklin Graham, and Robert Jeffress, gathered together in Orlando for a discussion of the Theology of Trump, whom they have called a “godly man.” Falwell: Lookit the **** on that waitress! Graham: I’d sure like to *** on…

John Kelly has said he wouldn’t call ripping apart children and parents who illegally cross the southern border “cruel,” famously stating “The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever.” Here are some other things he “wouldn’t call”:  “I wouldn’t call the hiring of the President’s daughter and son-in-law,…

Many people are wondering how and why President Trump produces so many tweets but keeps returning to the same themes and using the same phrases over and over again.  Some think this is based on some instinctive or deliberate PR/marketing strategy, to hammer home the same simple thoughts to his base until they internalize them. …

Shocking revelation in leaked tapes of a secret conversation between Candidate Donald Trump and CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker (former President of NBC Entertainment who signed Trump up for The Apprentice).  Here is the heart of that discussion: Trump: Here’s the deal — you give me kid glove treatment during the campaign and hold me…

Many people are saying it was terrible that President Trump skipped the funeral of former First Lady (and First Mother) Barbara Bush to go golfing.  But, as he promised, he did view it on TV, and it had a profound impact on him, as he explains below. “I was so moved and so inspired by…

Reports are circulating that Trump “fixer” and part-time attorney Michael Cohen recorded his phone calls with various people, including Keith Davidson, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal relating to the payoffs to keep them quiet. These reports have naturally sent into a panic anyone who’s had a phone conversation about sketchy subjects.  And…

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt presents a big dilemma for President Trump.  His ethical lapses are a continuing source of bad publicity for the Administration, and he could easily be fired for them.  Yet Trump also speculates about the possibility of installing Pruitt at DOJ after pushing Attorney General Jeff Sessions out.  Here are Trump’s musings…

Donald Trump has actually nominated his White House physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson, to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.  No doubt, he believes that, if Jackson reports on the VA’s finances the same way he reported on Trump’s weight, the Department’s budget will be trimmed by 1/3 without taking any cost cutting measures.  Trump has…

President Trump is apparently having a difficult time finding new lawyers to represent him in the Russian probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.  John Dowd quit, and Trump has reportedly been turned down by Republican superlawyer Ted Olson, as well as Tom Buchanan and Dan Webb, Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing.  Here are a few…

Lost in the whirlwind of Presidential firings, lawyer threats & suit against a porn star, is that the White House has to prepare for actual diplomacy that relates to the small matter of the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and its lunatic leader, Kim Jong Un.  Key among the preparations is where to hold…

With President Trump having such great difficulty finding qualified people to take White House positions, he needs to expand his search beyond his go-to employment pools: family, those seeking to gain revenge for being picked on in high school, and those who seem to have gotten rich for no apparent reason.  The country would certainly be better…