Off the Rails

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Trump has had a bad week for speaking to the public.  After Tuesday, when he became a literal laughingstock in front of world leaders, the very next day, he held the press conference that may define this era of his presidency.  It was bizarre, y’all.  Like, it had so many twists and turns that I honestly didn’t know what to focus in on when coming up with ideas.  To call Donald Trump an embarrassment of riches in terms of trying to find a bit of absurdity in the world would be an understatement, but this press conference was something else entirely.  He downplays his own sexual assault allegations (He seems to remember only 4 or 5 out of the 19 that are actually known), lies about recantations, calls women liars, and democrats con artists.  And that’s covers like 2 minutes of the event.  He talked about George Washington and how the Democrats wouldn’t confirm him, talked about an imaginary war with North Korea that definitely would have happened if wasn’t elected, and his “very, very large brain.”  It was…an event.  I don’t know how anyone could watch him speak at this point and think he’s operating at full capacity.

The Clean-Up Crew

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Trump’s strategy of backing up the wrong side of history, which has been surprisingly successful, thus far, will eventually fail him if he finds himself offending a position even his base holds.  I don’t know if that’s going to be the #MeToo movement or it’s like, but his aides are certainly working extra hard to clean up after him following his infamous “due process” tweet.  It’s at times like these that I imagine the stress and heartburn that job must entail.  The job of wrangling Trump would age a person more than being President would any other person other than Trump.