Another day, another day of fake news as per 45. Is it me or is this line getting old? How is it that prior to the election 45 often cited the news as reference for his rise in the polls, and yet, when the press reports, a) his approval rating is the lowest of any incoming president, 2) there were astronomical numbers of people who attended the Women’s March in Washington, and 3) Mike Flynn and other 45 campaign staff may have been meeting with Putin’s posse prior to the election, that all of this is fake news? Me thinks me smells a double standard.
This guy ran a 77-minute, impromptu Q&A session in which he frequently berated the media for fake news, disrespectfully shushed the press when they were in mid-sentence, and repeatedly refused to answer direct questions while simultaneously overpowering reporters with “Quiet, quiet” as he then changed the subject. A couple days later he referenced Sweden and seemed to suggest they had a terror attack, which they did not, and in the process ticked off the Swedish PM. Seriously, quiet and friendly Sweden! What next, Switzerland? His Sweden tweet was based on comments by Tucker Carlson from the ‘reliable’ Fox News where Carlson implied that Sweden accepted numerous Syrian refugees, thus causing a large uptick in the Swedish crime rate. The Swedish Embassy subsequently asked the US to explain 45’s tweet and the former Swedish Prime Minister, Carl Bildt, tweeted that he is wondering what 45 is smoking! OMG I was thinking the same thing!
Well at least we now know that 45 gets his alternative facts from the latest Fox reports. And we also know that Kellyanne Conway did not invent the concept of alternative facts and has been nothing more than 45’s marching band hand puppet. By the way, where in the world is Kellyanne these days? Is band camp having their annual retreat? It seems as though she’s been removed as the White House mouthpiece in favor of Reince Priebus. Now there’s a true wing man. Kellyanne simply can’t compete with his level of whining about the press and his blind reinforcement of 45’s disrespect for the concept of a free press. This is where 45 is becoming more dangerous by the day.
Our society has always supported the need for a free press. I mean, it’s the first amendment in action! But when the press doesn’t agree with 45 or they report something he doesn’t like, 45 goes ballistic and tweets “The press is the enemy of the people.” Seriously? You know things are bad when even John McCain, a politician that I don’t often support or quote, publicly stated that 45 is wrong to ‘dis’ the press and added that we need to have a free press to keep us honest. I guess John isn’t in the market for any of the 515 still vacant White House positions. Apparently neither are a bunch of generals and admirals who declined 45’s offers to replace Mike Flynn. Wow, when Petraeus turns down a job offer you know this job has to suck.
A final note for today. Keep your ears focused on the news in the next 24 hours. Last night MSNBC reported that former 45 campaign advisor Paul Manafort seems to have been involved with Putin’s posse. A former Ukrainian oligarch, Dmitry Firtash, was quickly run out of town by Ukrainians in 2014, and when the Ukrainian people surged into his palatial estate they found numerous documents related to financial transactions that Firtash had with hundreds of people. They also got to view his billion dollar mansion, private zoo, colossal Spanish-style boat that serves as his personal restaurant, his 24 kt gold bathroom fixtures, and the remaining business files that he did not have time to destroy while he was literally being run out of town. One of the names listed on a docket of payments to the tune of 12.7 million dollars was, you guessed it, Paul Manafort. Hmm. Maybe this is why he abruptly quit his job in August 2016. Well the plot gets even thicker. Firtash has been held by Austrian authorities since 2014. Apparently the FBI requested extradition of him but the Austrians initially did not want to part with him. But now they changed their minds and are supposed to have him extradited to the US today. Yes sirree, it will be very interesting to see how the Justice Department, i.e. Jeff Sessions (also a 45 campaigner and millionaire), handles this matter. Could Firtash and all of his million documents be the smoking gun of a US/Russian billion dollar deal? And if it is, will Sessions let justice prevail, or will he let his boss prevail? Stay tuned. This could be very enlightening.
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