Trumpisms

• People say I’m a super genius, the super genius of all time.
• Did you see Pam Bondi’s performance in Congress? Fantastic! Fantastic!

News

• Trump’s solid basis of 25-30% of the electorate might well be reducing to unexpected levels.
• Trump has lost a federal court case around changing US history to exclude mention of slavery.
• Trump is reported to have hated Rubio’s speech in Munich because it was soft on Europeans and not sufficiently insult-ful.

Quotes

• The USA’s foreign policy is being determined by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, on the basis of deals for the Trump empire. Despite his title, Rubio certainly isn’t in charge of foreign policy. Trump regards him as too weak. And, of course, certainly didn’t like him getting a standing ovation in Munich.
• There’s just a delicate balance between stupidity and evil
• .Is the US currently a tragedy or farce? Or both?

Non-comedic Commentaries

Why Marco Rubio’s ‘reassuring’ speech to Europe was nothing of the kind.

A Comedic Commentary

Stephen Colbert goes to town on the appalling Kristi Noem. And talks of that El Paso balloon-shooting incident.