Trumpisms

News

• Buyers’ remorse seems to be highest among the young voters who assured Trump of victory, as there’s been a truly massive swing away from him among these. Well, wisdom has always come from a mixture of age and experience.
• A CNN analyst reports that Trump’s approval rating has hit a new low – an average of -22, adding Folk keep asking ‘Where is the floor?'”
• The new pro-Trump editorial regime at CBS – put in place by David Ellison, son of Trump’s close billionaire mate Larry Ellison – has proven too much for Anderson Cooper, who – after 20 years – has quit his role as the ‘star anchor’.
• Highlighting the fear generated by Trump and his regime, Gallup will no longer track his approval ratings, conscious that government business is at risk of forfeit by order of a madman in the White House furious at his low numbers.
• The lights go down, the score swells, and there she is: sliding through the marbled corridors of power, every frame polished to a shine. It is the image she clearly wants to endure — serene, untouchable, bathed in soft focus. Instead, the legacy of her new documentary so far looks rather different: a bruising mix of ridicule, scepticism and a fast-sinking box office. By last weekend,  Melania had tumbled to 15th among new releases, scraping under $1 million. Its box office stands at c. $15m, a middling figure that looks anaemic when stacked against that $40 million outlay and a glossy marketing blitz. But, having pocketed 28m dollars, will she really care?

Quotes

• Trump’s power has destroyed proper US process in a way that hasn’t happened in other countries. [Where top-level resignations have taken place because of involvement with Epstein.]
• Marco Rubio is in no position to lecture anyone. He is a central part of a policy choice to piss away American greatness. A decade ago, Rubio warned of the “failures” that result from people embracing the authoritarianism he now champions.

Non-comedic Commentaries

Trump’s plot to ‘steal’ the midterm elections is becoming clear. If the results are close, things could turn really dark for the USA.

Comedic Commentaries

Pam Bondi before she crawled up Trump’s fundament . . .