Spin Cycle

I wonder if it’s ever going to be too much for Sarah Huckabee Sanders, aka The Huck. I mean, the questions she’s forced to contend with are genuinely unlike anything any other press secretary has had to deal with. I imagine even Bill Clinton’s Press Secretary after the Lewinsky scandal broke wasn’t as bad, because at least in that case, the number of terrible things that were being discussed were limited to one. With Trump, it’s any number of 50 things. This week it’s what Trump meant when he suggested the so-called sanctuary cities as “breeding concepts” . Because obviously there is a racially charged connotation if he was suggesting that said cities were breeding grounds for the Hispanic community. And stuff like this feels almost day to day, where the Huck is out tap-dancing around Trump’s words, and trying to deflect by calling everyone else racist for suggesting Trump meant something racist. There has to be a breaking point, yeah?

Poaching Talent

Weirdly, one of the first public acknowledgements Trump has made about the whole Stormy Daniels affair, to my knowledge, was to call her a liar over the sketch of the guy Daniels says threatened her. And honestly, Trump should have probably decided not to weigh in on this one, because Michael Avenatti is proving to be the Anti-Trump, using Trump’s favorite tactics to combat him. In this case, Avenatti jumped on Trump’s tweet to suggest that what he said was tantamount to defamation, and it would totally make sense to come after him for that. Trump has to feel weird for once being on the receiving end of that threat.

Trump’s Fiery Vengeance

So, Trump’s epic, scheduled, Twitter blowup session was as entertaining and kind of horrific as usual. It’s like that car crash you can’t look away from. On one end, his ability to just say slanderous things about James Comey unimpeded is sad, and isn’t right. On the other hand, I think he might have just been the very best promotion for Comey’s upcoming book release, which was the target of Trump’s ire on Sunday. Interest in Comey’s book seems to have skyrocketed, from most people not knowing the book even really existed to every one and their mother curious about what he might say about his time working with Trump. I can’t speak to how Trump will effect Comey’s credibility, but he’s certainly helping to line Comey’s pockets.

The Hard Fight Against Cyber-Bullying

So, a young woman, Lauren Hogg, called out Melania Trump, suggesting that if she aims to combat cyber bullying, a good place to start would be at home, where Donald Trump, Jr. called her and her family “Crisis Actors”, effectively putting a target on her and her brother’s back. It’s a tragic outcome, and Don Jr. should be ashamed of himself, even though he obviously isn’t. And it really, again, brings into stark relief the irony of Melania Trump’s campaign.

Eric Trump Exposes the Deep State

So, Eric Trump, the perpetual genius that he is, decided that the “Deep State” is behind the suggestions of who he should follow on Twitter, because it recommended Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and *gasp* Ellen DeGeneres. Clearly Ellen is behind this shadow conspiracy government, and they are secretly running everything…except congress, who managed to pass the widely detested Tax Bill.