He's got the gold; he's got the girls; he's got the power, and he exacts vengeance on all of his enemies. He carries the cross like a scepter, sells his own Bible and coins his own national currency.
Another Trump hater. Do you Einstein's really think that America would be better off with the corrupt, illegal, immoral and irrational left? Open the boarders and provide safe haven for countless criminals and provide benefits and voting rights to anyone who crawls or walks across the boarder? Would America be better off with Kamala being fronted for the President like Briben was? Most of America sees through you Trump haters for what you are. Sad!
How about if I think that America would be better off without EITHER of these dumb sides that have CONSTANTLY pumped the US debt up to the moon--Trump more than any president in history. Bush did a great job ahead of Obama by putting in place nearly all off the deficit spending that happened during Obama's first year as the big bailout plan for the Great Recession.
None of these idiot parties, much less a buffoon like Trump, have done ANYTHING to put America on a stable financial footing. Now we have to deal with Trumpettes who are willing to give Trump a free pass for letting the Clintons off the hook in the Epstain mess (and, himself, of course because he was Epstein's closest friend for year, according to Epstein an based on all the photos that back that up). Sad! They are also willing to give him a free pass for MASSIVE tax increases that they will be paying for through scorching inflation. (See my article posted yesterday: https://thedailydoom.substack.com/p/inflation-comes-in-for-a-summer-scorcher .) And even willing to help sell his lies when he claims that all of his tariffs are paid for by the nations whose products he taxes.
Truly, deeply sad, that people will bend over so far to stand by their man. That's why we are always in this mess--party politics standing by their own team, no matter how much wrong it does and blaming the other team. I prefer to blame anyone who is responsible for the wrongs of the moment and not focus the blame backward in history to the time when the other team was in charge because we can't do anything about that. Until party members are willing to beat up their own team captains for running as far astray as Trump has, that is all we'll ever have is one big corrupt mess after another.
Get a spine. Drop the party politics and BEAT YOUR GUY UP for being such a liar about Epstein and for probably participating himself in the rape parties with young women and, in the very least, for coving for all his rich friends who did participate in those parties next door to Mar-a-Lago where the Epsteins lived, INCLUDING the Clintons whom he called "good people" after the last time when he threatened to lock them up but then did nothing.
It is WAY past time to stop excusing one's own side by blaming the other and to realize both parties have been in power throughout the time that the US piled up tens of trillions of dollars in debt that now imperil the nation and have downgraded its credit, while neither party did anything about it. They all kicked the can down the road by continuing the big spend. The only difference between the Welfare Party that you hate and the Warfare party is what they were willing to spend those mountains of debt on--people or the machinery to blow up people.
One of your best columns. You nailed trump perfectly! I agree the best strategy is to give him enough rope to hang himself and watch his administration implode.
Welcome back! While you were away we also bought a new vehicle. Well actually my wife bought it, I just went along to keep them as honest as possible. It’s been 20 years since we bought new, but we couldn’t locate what I wanted at a price I wanted to pay for used. So we traded in the aging Buick and got a loaded Subaru Forester. It’s our 10th Subaru, some new, some used over the years. There were times we had 5 Subarus in our driveway.
Anyway, Gail is enjoying her new safe ride. I’ve got some additional accessories ordered and we will get it all set up before we head south.
Re: Trump. Mostly I agree. The only pushback (mild pushback) I would have is to ask, what is he supposed to do. He’s fighting a corrupt court system. Fighting a gutless SCOTUS and a UniParty Congress that could shut down the lefty forum shopping but won’t. The MSM is more aligned against him than ever. The lawfare goons like Elias (who could be indicted for sedition just based on his public statements) are more desperate than ever. And he is fighting a Republican establishment that always fails to circle the wagons and take care of their leaders. The Dems are scum. But I have always admired the way in which they set aside their differences and unify the message. The GOP by contrast sets up the circular firing squad.
The point is, with the exception of a few loyalists in the Administration (and like the 1st term a lot of incompetence and insubordination) the entire DC establishment is aligned against him, and the IC is fighting everything he does.
So what does he have? A huge ego. A very loyal base. And a pen.
That’s not a great formula for good governance. But we havent had good governance since maybe Eisenhower.
And in many ways (although on steroids as you say) he is merely following in the footsteps of all his most recent predecessor. With an economy in the toilet a declaration of ‘war’ is always the default. War on poverty. War on drugs. War on terror. War on a virus. War on the cartels. War on Communism. War on Russia. War on Iraq. Syria. Libya. Endless list. Endless wars.
You would think that the population would eventually wise up. But people never ask the right questions. They buy in to the ostensible reason, while the real reason goes right over their head.
I can go along for the ride with you on the Subaru--well-built, versatile, reasonably safe cars--but I can't go for a ride on the Trump train with you. In some ways, you answered your own question. I cannot believe there are no more sane people like Eisenhower in the world who don't turn government into and endless parade of showmanship.
Trump creates many of the problems you mention for himself because he has always gone by the old ad-man maxim that "all press is good press"--the world where celebrities used to pull "publicity stunts" just to keep their name in the news because, so long as your name is in the news (whether the news is good or bad) people are talking about you, which makes you relevant. I think Trump's entire reign is an ongoing publicity stunt. He tries to be outrageous in what he says and how he says it and does it because he KNOWS it will gin up the press for another day. He knows how to play them.
However, what works for a celebrity playboy is not what some of us, at least, want in a president. And example of what would work much better is a Ronald Reagan--also a playboy, but a man of principle and cunning and humor. I didn't agree with all of his policies. At the time, I thought MAYBE his drug was was necessary but that is because we hadn't gone far down the road of endless tinpot wars for regime change. Outside of Vietnam, the rest had a little more basis and had more clearly desirable outcomes, such as survival and freedom.
Reagan was also a man of bold ideas, but he could sell the idea to many, and he could tame his enemies, such as Tip O'Neal, with humor, actually making them his friends. In the end, I came to loath his "trickle-down economics" because they didn't trickle; but he was, at least, a true statesman, dignified, smart, not pulling endless stunts, and not just doing everything for the sake of self aggrandizement.
Eisenhower is a good example of steadfast and principled--not as flashy, charming and entertaining as Reagan, but principled and common sense and no-NONsense. I went with Reagan, as my example, because he is a celebrity entertainer who shows a whole different way of putting those talents to use. Of course, he had talent.
Another Trump hater. Do you Einstein's really think that America would be better off with the corrupt, illegal, immoral and irrational left? Open the boarders and provide safe haven for countless criminals and provide benefits and voting rights to anyone who crawls or walks across the boarder? Would America be better off with Kamala being fronted for the President like Briben was? Most of America sees through you Trump haters for what you are. Sad!
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How about if I think that America would be better off without EITHER of these dumb sides that have CONSTANTLY pumped the US debt up to the moon--Trump more than any president in history. Bush did a great job ahead of Obama by putting in place nearly all off the deficit spending that happened during Obama's first year as the big bailout plan for the Great Recession.
None of these idiot parties, much less a buffoon like Trump, have done ANYTHING to put America on a stable financial footing. Now we have to deal with Trumpettes who are willing to give Trump a free pass for letting the Clintons off the hook in the Epstain mess (and, himself, of course because he was Epstein's closest friend for year, according to Epstein an based on all the photos that back that up). Sad! They are also willing to give him a free pass for MASSIVE tax increases that they will be paying for through scorching inflation. (See my article posted yesterday: https://thedailydoom.substack.com/p/inflation-comes-in-for-a-summer-scorcher .) And even willing to help sell his lies when he claims that all of his tariffs are paid for by the nations whose products he taxes.
Truly, deeply sad, that people will bend over so far to stand by their man. That's why we are always in this mess--party politics standing by their own team, no matter how much wrong it does and blaming the other team. I prefer to blame anyone who is responsible for the wrongs of the moment and not focus the blame backward in history to the time when the other team was in charge because we can't do anything about that. Until party members are willing to beat up their own team captains for running as far astray as Trump has, that is all we'll ever have is one big corrupt mess after another.
Get a spine. Drop the party politics and BEAT YOUR GUY UP for being such a liar about Epstein and for probably participating himself in the rape parties with young women and, in the very least, for coving for all his rich friends who did participate in those parties next door to Mar-a-Lago where the Epsteins lived, INCLUDING the Clintons whom he called "good people" after the last time when he threatened to lock them up but then did nothing.
It is WAY past time to stop excusing one's own side by blaming the other and to realize both parties have been in power throughout the time that the US piled up tens of trillions of dollars in debt that now imperil the nation and have downgraded its credit, while neither party did anything about it. They all kicked the can down the road by continuing the big spend. The only difference between the Welfare Party that you hate and the Warfare party is what they were willing to spend those mountains of debt on--people or the machinery to blow up people.
One of your best columns. You nailed trump perfectly! I agree the best strategy is to give him enough rope to hang himself and watch his administration implode.
Welcome back! While you were away we also bought a new vehicle. Well actually my wife bought it, I just went along to keep them as honest as possible. It’s been 20 years since we bought new, but we couldn’t locate what I wanted at a price I wanted to pay for used. So we traded in the aging Buick and got a loaded Subaru Forester. It’s our 10th Subaru, some new, some used over the years. There were times we had 5 Subarus in our driveway.
Anyway, Gail is enjoying her new safe ride. I’ve got some additional accessories ordered and we will get it all set up before we head south.
Re: Trump. Mostly I agree. The only pushback (mild pushback) I would have is to ask, what is he supposed to do. He’s fighting a corrupt court system. Fighting a gutless SCOTUS and a UniParty Congress that could shut down the lefty forum shopping but won’t. The MSM is more aligned against him than ever. The lawfare goons like Elias (who could be indicted for sedition just based on his public statements) are more desperate than ever. And he is fighting a Republican establishment that always fails to circle the wagons and take care of their leaders. The Dems are scum. But I have always admired the way in which they set aside their differences and unify the message. The GOP by contrast sets up the circular firing squad.
The point is, with the exception of a few loyalists in the Administration (and like the 1st term a lot of incompetence and insubordination) the entire DC establishment is aligned against him, and the IC is fighting everything he does.
So what does he have? A huge ego. A very loyal base. And a pen.
That’s not a great formula for good governance. But we havent had good governance since maybe Eisenhower.
And in many ways (although on steroids as you say) he is merely following in the footsteps of all his most recent predecessor. With an economy in the toilet a declaration of ‘war’ is always the default. War on poverty. War on drugs. War on terror. War on a virus. War on the cartels. War on Communism. War on Russia. War on Iraq. Syria. Libya. Endless list. Endless wars.
You would think that the population would eventually wise up. But people never ask the right questions. They buy in to the ostensible reason, while the real reason goes right over their head.
Anyway. Good column.
Hi Eric,
I can go along for the ride with you on the Subaru--well-built, versatile, reasonably safe cars--but I can't go for a ride on the Trump train with you. In some ways, you answered your own question. I cannot believe there are no more sane people like Eisenhower in the world who don't turn government into and endless parade of showmanship.
Trump creates many of the problems you mention for himself because he has always gone by the old ad-man maxim that "all press is good press"--the world where celebrities used to pull "publicity stunts" just to keep their name in the news because, so long as your name is in the news (whether the news is good or bad) people are talking about you, which makes you relevant. I think Trump's entire reign is an ongoing publicity stunt. He tries to be outrageous in what he says and how he says it and does it because he KNOWS it will gin up the press for another day. He knows how to play them.
However, what works for a celebrity playboy is not what some of us, at least, want in a president. And example of what would work much better is a Ronald Reagan--also a playboy, but a man of principle and cunning and humor. I didn't agree with all of his policies. At the time, I thought MAYBE his drug was was necessary but that is because we hadn't gone far down the road of endless tinpot wars for regime change. Outside of Vietnam, the rest had a little more basis and had more clearly desirable outcomes, such as survival and freedom.
Reagan was also a man of bold ideas, but he could sell the idea to many, and he could tame his enemies, such as Tip O'Neal, with humor, actually making them his friends. In the end, I came to loath his "trickle-down economics" because they didn't trickle; but he was, at least, a true statesman, dignified, smart, not pulling endless stunts, and not just doing everything for the sake of self aggrandizement.
Eisenhower is a good example of steadfast and principled--not as flashy, charming and entertaining as Reagan, but principled and common sense and no-NONsense. I went with Reagan, as my example, because he is a celebrity entertainer who shows a whole different way of putting those talents to use. Of course, he had talent.