I'm sure some folks who come to this site would rather find a post about comic books or TV or where Frank Ferrante is appearing than more stuff about Trump. I would too and I'm going to try to strike more of a balance. But if Trump's main goal is to have everyone talking and thinking about him — and at times, that does seem to be the only non-monetary thing he craves — he's got to be getting sick of winning. I spend an unhealthy percentage of my life with him in my brain and conversation. And since this blog is about what's on my mind…
(Hey, if you want to know where Frank Ferrante's appearing, I'll tell you where he'll be today at 12:30. He'll be lunching with me at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.)
We're aiming for a Trump-free weekend here at newsfromme.com but first, I feel compelled to do this…
- The best article I can point you to today is Andrew Sullivan's essay on how Trump doesn't really seem to care what happens to health care in this country or to the people who find themselves without it. It's all about the win. I have no doubt that Sullivan is right and that if the Trump Team gets what they want — and they're certainly in a good position to — a lot of Americans will suffer and perhaps die due to being unable to afford needed treatment. Oh, yeah — and a surge of medical bankruptcies. I also have no doubt that the response of the folks who made that happen will never be "We did the wrong thing." It will be to insist that it's a lie; that health care is better and cheaper than ever before and that the statistics about people who have lost their lives are all a hoax. You know, like the Sandy Hook Massacre and all those imaginary dead children…
- And here we have Matthew Yglesias expanding on the same theme.
- Doug Bandow explains how Trump is acting against American interests (and in support of Castro's communist dictatorship) by reversing what Obama did about Cuba. But I guess he can't resist reversing something Obama did. He probably has people working night and day trying to figure out how to bring Osama Bin Laden back to life.
- As Steve Benen reports, Trump continues to tout and brag about supposed job growth where there either is none or where it was achieved during the Obama administration. No doubt Trump will eventually have some legitimate successes in this area but it's too early for that to happen, though not too early to try and set up the narrative that everything he does is wildly successful.
Do you ever get the feeling that I'm not too pleased with this president? Me and, as of today, 55.7% of the country.