Now we have Citizen Trump's slo-mo train-wreck presser on Feb. 16 for the record. One day that disturbing performance may have historians somewhat at a loss to explain to anyone who didn't live through this ongoing interregnum of presidential sanity.
Sheltered from push-back, in a world of artifice, Trump has been a little king. That changed on inauguration day. Less than a month into his presidency the stress of having to answer for his blunders is obviously weighing on the president. Forced to endure criticism, he has appeared to be semi-delusional at times.
It's not going to stop. If nothing else, in the weeks to come we're going to see just how healthy Trump's ticker is.
Bottom line: The Republicans in Congress who can see what's going on are riding on the horns of a dilemma: How long can they wait to pull the plug?
Meanwhile, there's an aspect of President Trump's bullying that overlaps with his dishonesty -- cheating at golf. Trump doesn't just want to cheat to win a hole. He wants to do it so you can see him doing it, but you're too scared of causing a scene, intimidated, or whatever, so you just don't call him on it.
It's a variation on his claim that he grabs crotches with impunity, because he's Donald Trump and thus he's entitled to humiliate you. He doesn't cheat to enjoy his victory. He knows it's tainted. He cheats to deprive his opponent of victory and to prance ... he enjoys prancing.
The foreboding sense in the air that we're all hurtling toward a crisis is expanding. After all, being president all day long, every damn day, would be exhausting enough for any 70-year-old man. But especially one who's avoided scrutiny of his methods and associations in much of his life's doings. His so-called "deals."It's a variation on his claim that he grabs crotches with impunity, because he's Donald Trump and thus he's entitled to humiliate you. He doesn't cheat to enjoy his victory. He knows it's tainted. He cheats to deprive his opponent of victory and to prance ... he enjoys prancing.
Sheltered from push-back, in a world of artifice, Trump has been a little king. That changed on inauguration day. Less than a month into his presidency the stress of having to answer for his blunders is obviously weighing on the president. Forced to endure criticism, he has appeared to be semi-delusional at times.
It's not going to stop. If nothing else, in the weeks to come we're going to see just how healthy Trump's ticker is.
Bottom line: The Republicans in Congress who can see what's going on are riding on the horns of a dilemma: How long can they wait to pull the plug?
-- Art and words by F.T. Rea
