The Self-Inflicted Crisis Presidency

Weds., Jan 25  "I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD..." --PGIC

Tues., Jan. 24  With the south trying to recover from more than 20 tornadoes, no federal help is forthcoming, according to officials.  Spicer reconfirms PGIC's doubts about the election process, but offers no evidence.

Mon., Jan 23  Having won the electoral vote, Darth wants more.  Meeting with Congressional leaders, Trump renews bogus claims of widespread voter fraud. He says up to 5 million illegal votes give Hillary Clinton the winning popular vote margin. 

Mon., Jan 23 "I think sometimes we can disagree with the facts." --Spicer

Sat., Jan. 21 "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period." Sean Spicer's first appearance in the WH press briefing room goes over like an anvil dropped from a cliff.

(also: PGIC himself gives ill-advised, self-focused political speech at CIA.)

Fri., Jan. 20 "American carnage." Darth Trump presents history's gloomiest inaugural address.  

Pussy Grabber in Chief

Congratulations, 77,000 Americans in PA, MI and WI (who tipped the "yuge" electoral margin), and the millions more who stayed home in November!

In return for your toddler tantrum, you've handed absolute power to the oldest baby in America:  the quick-to-anger, reality-challenged Pussy Grabber in Chief (PGC).

I could explain, again, how and why you've made a needless, terrible mistake that you will soon regret, if you don't already.  But I'm exhausted by the thought of a man who should be occupying a rubber room sitting in the Oval Office.

So, please read these passages from the experts: the people who know the issues, who understand science, who deal in fact, and those know the PGC best.

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PGC taking office amid ethical minefield that traces to the Kremlin, via @nytimes:

Mr. Trump will take the oath of office on Friday with his associates under investigation and after the intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government had worked to help elect him. As president, Mr. Trump will oversee those agencies and have the authority to redirect or stop at least some of these efforts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-abc-region&region=span-abc-region&WT.nav=span-abc-region

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Author and Trump expert Wayne Barrett (who died yesterday at 71):

No one in American public life, other than perhaps their kindred spirit Newt Gingrich, has ever mastered the art of a bad divorce like Rudy and Donald, carrying on as if spousal humiliation was the point.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/wayne-barrett-donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-peas-pod-article-1.2776357

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David Fahrenthold (@fahrenthold), Washington Post:

“It’s hard to make an IRS auditor laugh,” (a tax expert) told me. “But this would do it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/david-fahrenthold-tells-the-behind-the-scenes-story-of-his-year-covering-trump/2016/12/27/299047c4-b510-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html?utm_term=.5021059470f4

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