Don’t Worry, the Fate of the World is in the Hands of a Master Negotiator

Ever wonder where Donald Trump, with no government or diplomatic experience, practiced and honed the renowned negotiating skills he has used to such great effect in the confrontation with North Korea?  It all hearkens back to his childhood, in car rides in the back of the family sedan with his younger brother Robert. Donnie: Stay…

Trump’s Always Been a People Person

60 years ago in Queens, NY “Donnie, take this casserole I made to that nice Puerto Rican family down the street.” “Why should I do that?” “They’re a very nice family and they need our help.” “Why can’t they cook for themselves?” “Normally they can, but their house suffered terrible damage during the storm.  It…

Trump’s Plan to Take America Back

The White House and Department of Interior jointly announce a new policy: “The Federal government will take back valuable land and mineral rights from Indian reservations.  These tribes should be glad we gave them this land in the first place! “We could take it all back, so just taking back the mineral rights, easement rights…

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Trump’s New Rallying Cry

  Trump advance team for his Missouri rally is working overtime on preparations, primarily to teach rally leaders the new chant the President wants to lead: “What are we gonna do?” “Build the Wall!” “And who’s gonna pay for it?” “Mexico, eventually, through reimbursement/other, and if Congress doesn’t authorize funds to pay for it now,…

The Best Genes

Donald Trump has long contended that he possesses “superior genes.”  While this may seem to be just another one of his idle boasts, let’s see just what his supposedly superior genes have bestowed upon him: — A compulsion to lie –A hair-trigger temper –The inability to speak with any semblance of coherence for more than…

Mirror Images

The situation with North Korea, which seemed to be spiraling out of control on Monday seems to have stabilized a bit.  Unknown to most observers is the fact that the ratcheting back of the tensions and threats was the result of a direct conversation between the two antagonists, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. White…

Reasonable Accommodation for a Sick President

Trump lawyer and self-proclaimed “clever guy” Jay Sekulow is preparing a novel defense for the President to advance in response to the bill of particulars citing Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors likely to be compiled and released by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. In short, Sekulow urges the President to assert that, under the Americans with…

Russian Roulette – White House Style

White House departures have been predicted in one form or another almost since President Trump took office.  Washington insiders have participated in the spectator sport of watching who’s up, and who’s down, and who’s aligned with whom in the West Wing with the vigilance of veteran horse race handicappers.  However, the determination of who is…

How to Select a President

Many people are saying that there is something wrong with the way we select our President. We now have a paranoid, unstable, incompetent narcissist as President, and people wonder what is wrong with our process that we could wind up with someone so clearly incapable of holding the office.  The fact that he fell nearly…

I of NEWT

  Newt Gingrich has been splashed across TV screens and bookstore displays recently as a modern day Trumpsplainer.  It’s almost as if he is auditioning to be the President’s spokesman.  And with rumors swirling about Sean Spicer’s impending demise, why not?  As Bannon has quipped, “Newt’s already fat.”  He could serve as Trump’s bloated alter…

The Ice Man Comey

The Trump Administration has apparently abandoned, for now, attempts to build up a White House “war room” for preemptive strikes and instantaneous responses to combat new allegations and evidence in the ongoing Russia probes.  Nonetheless, the Trump team is not just sitting back and waiting for it.  They’re in the full throes of combat preparations…