Feckless and Un-Elected
To us, he seems like a bit of a bounder,
Though to his dad-in-law he’s a top advisor.
He’ll bring peace to the Middle East!
And he’ll set Russian banks unleashed!
The trouble is, nobody voted for Jared Kushner.
Month: March 2017
Trump Wants $1 Billion for 62 Miles of Border Wall
$1 billion
“The Trump administration wants the first $1 billion of border wall funding to cover 62 miles — including replacing some existing fencing along the southern border,” CNN reports. That comes out to $16.13 million per mile or $32.26 billion to fence the entire 2,000-mile border.
Crist Can Muster No Sympathy for GOP
“I almost feel sorry for them. But I don’t.”
— Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), quoted by Roll Call, on the challenges Republicans faced on health care.
Trump’s Approval Rating Hits Another New Low
36% to 57%
The latest Gallup daily tracking poll shows President Trump’s approval rate crashing to 36% to 57%. “Trump’s current 36% is two percentage points below Barack Obama’s low point of 38%, recorded in 2011 and 2014. Trump has also edged below Bill Clinton’s all-time low of 37%, recorded in the summer of 1993, his first year in office, as well as Gerald Ford’s 37% low point in January and March 1975. John F. Kennedy’s lowest approval rating was 56%; Dwight Eisenhower’s was 48%.”
‘Bathroom Bill’ to Cost N.C. $4 Billion
$4 billion
“Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’ isn’t hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years,” according to an Associated Press analysis.
Government Shutdown Looms Large
12
Playbook: “The government is slated to shut down at the end of April. The House — where funding the government will be most difficult — is only in session for 12 more days between now and then. (The House is out from April 7 through April 25.)”
There’s Unity in Hate
The Trumpcare debacle was a meltdown melodrama,
With the Freedom Caucus dealing Trump an ego-trauma.
Can those Republicans
Ever unify again?
Not without something to hate, like, say, an Obama.
Escape-a-Lago
Following the healthcare debacle, Trumpism’s looking bleak,
Between Comey and Ryan, it’s been a helluva week.
So it’s off to Mar-a-Lago
To give his golf game a go,
For the twelfth time in just nine weeks.
