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Rick Wilson, Never-Trumper Extraordinaire, has another piece up, a thank you to The Donald for all he’s done to ensure world peace. Did you know that there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea because . . .
Little Kim promised while dreaming of future condos and mini Trump Towers.
So, we’re good. As are our Asian allies who are waiting for the flowers to drop from the sky.
BTW, Wilson’s piece was written in response to all the MAGA folks distressed by his lack of gratitude to the Great Man’s accomplishments. Thus, the proper response and gushing compliments. Here’s a sample:
Thank you, Mr. President, for reminding us that Kim Jong Un is talented. I couldn’t agree more. He’s talented at killing his uncles, half-brothers, cousins, and countrymen with poison, anti-aircraft guns, chemical weapons, and flamethrowers. He’s talented at starving his people, systematically reducing their life expectancy, health, and even height because of the chronic malnutrition his evil policies entail. He’s talented like his father and grandfather before him at rooking Western leaders. They’re talented at proposing deals they never had the slightest intention of keeping.
Enjoy!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-negotiating-style-is-pure-art-of-the-moron?source=twitter&via=desktop
Leni Riefenstahl Lives!!
Did you realize that Leni Riefenstahl--Hitler's favorite film maker--had been reincarnated for the Trumpster/Kim Jong un Summit? Because what could be better for a scam/photo-op negotiation than a film to make everyone feel warm and fuzzy and even make Dennis Rodman weep with joy?
Prepare to be amazed:
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/12/17452876/trump-kim-jong-un-meeting-north-korea-video
It’s worth noting that when journalists first glimpsed this clip they thought it was North Korean propaganda. But no. This is pure Trumpian, taking notes and lessons from the Master Propagandists of the past.
Oh Leni! We hardly knew ye.
Diversity is A Bunch of Crap, so says NJ Congressional candidate Seth Grossman
I’ve had the pleasure of watching a lot of good news come out of New Jersey, my native state, since Chris Christie left the building. This headline is the opposite of good.
Grossman, running in South Jersey, has doubled down on his earlier statements about diversity, equating it with:
an excuse by Democrats, communists, and socialists, basically, to say that we’re not all created equal; that some people, if somebody is lesser qualified, they will get a job anyway, or they’ll get into college anyway, because of the tribe that they’re with, what group, what box they fit into.
And he dearly yearns for the days when women did not work outside the home, when a single salary could support the family. You know those BIG families because the bare foot and pregnant era was just so-o-o good for women. Just conjure up the ghost of my dead mother; she’ll tell you all about the Happy Days of the 1950s, how blissful and satisfied she was.
And really when are African Americans going to get with the program, realize all those dirty Mexicans are gobbling up jobs?? Hop on the immigration gravy train, today!
Americana! Nostalgia. Rewritten history. Gotta love it.
I for one hope that Seth Grossman continues to double down, hug the Trumpster’s knees and spout this garage to the heavens.
And while he’s doing that I encourage my Democratic brothers and sisters to rally around Jeff Van Drew, Mr Grossman’s opponent. Then Democrats will take back the South Jersey district from the Neanderthals who simply cannot accept the concept of extinction.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/elections/seth-grossman-jeff-van-drew-new-jersey-congressional-election-primary-20180611.html
Germany Had Its Own Malignant Narcissist at the Helm and His Name Wasn't Hitler
Not sure if this article at the New Yorker, an historical touchstone, has made the rounds at DU. However, the parallels of the non-leadership and narcissistic antics of Kaiser Wilhelm and Babyfingers Trumpster is remarkable, sobering.
The Kaiser ruled Germany from 1888-1918. He was finally forced to abdicate and lived out his life in the Netherlands but not before causing considerable havoc and outrage on the world stage. His petulant and inconsistent ravings are very reminiscent, as is his fondness for all things military and aversion to any and all criticism.
This paragraph caught my eye for its gobsmacking familiarity:
In fact, Wilhelm didn’t accomplish very much. The general staff of the German Army agreed that the Kaiser couldn’t “lead three soldiers over a gutter.” He had neither the attention span nor the ability. “Distractions, whether they are little games with his army or navy, travelling or hunting—are everything to him,” a disillusioned former mentor wrote. “He reads very little apart from newspaper cuttings, hardly writes anything himself apart from marginalia on reports and considers those talks best which are quickly over and done with.” The Kaiser’s entourage compiled press cuttings for him, mostly about himself, which he read as obsessively as Trump watches television. A critical story would send him into paroxysms of fury.
Can’t say this information provides any great comfort. Wilhelm’s tenure includes the Great Slaughter, aka WWI. But we have certainly been here before. Sadly, on multiple occasions.
Interesting piece and a clear warning. The good news is that the Trumpster is not a monarch, despite his on-going delusions.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-happens-when-a-bad-tempered-distractible-doofus-runs-an-empire
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