Author: Buck Banks
Most Loathsome President Ever
“Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Trump’s personality — what more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.”
— Bret Stephens
Drop in the Bucket
Hundreds of thousands more Epstein files released — still just the iceberg’s tip,
And then 16 disappeared overnight — more conspiracy fuel or just a minor slip?
The DOJ seems totally ineffectual to handle
This slow-motion train wreck of a scandal,
So all we can do is watch the slow release, file by filthy file, drip by distasteful drip.
Too Numerous to Name
Politifact’s annual Lie of the Year stands out, impact-wise,
The premier prevarication is usually both shocking and unwise.
But in 2025 the lies came so fast and furious,
And were so widely hurtful and broadly injurious,
Politfact just gave up and called 2025 The Year of the Lies.
It’s Still the Kennedy Center
“Perhaps the board isn’t aware that the Kennedy Center is the memorial to the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Would they rename the Lincoln memorial? The Jefferson? That would be an insult to great presidents. This too is an insult to a great president. Notwithstanding their short-sighted action, it is and will remain the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.”
— Tim Shriver, nephew of President John F. Kennedy, quoted by Deadline.
Trump’s ‘Unhinged’ Second Term
“It all might make more sense if he actually were drinking. By all accounts, President Trump doesn’t touch the stuff. So when his own chief of staff said that he has ‘an alcoholic’s personality,’ she was talking about his larger-than-life nature rather than his consumption. … Yet in some ways, it may be an apt description for a president who seems even less inhibited than ever in a way that has many in Washington and beyond shaking their heads or even wondering if the leader of the free world has lost it. The word often whispered by Republicans and shouted by Democrats and Never Trumpers is ‘unhinged.’”
— New York Times
Factless, Partisan Plaques
Donald Trump has added plaques to his “Presidential Walk of Fame,”
He penned them himself, with two to accommodate his self-acclaim.
Caroline Leavitt calls him a “student of history,”
Though where he get his “facts” remains a mystery;
They’re just the rantings of a weak old man playing the same old blame game.
Massie Calls Out GOP Over Trump’s Comments About Reiner Murder
“Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it.”
— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), on X.
Oh Vanity, Thy Name Is Susie!
Vanity Fair is a magazine that concerns itself mainly with styles,
Its pages abound with celebs sporting collagen lips and botox smiles.
But once in a while a Vanity Fair interviewer
Gets candid quotes from one who should know better,
And this time the bean-spiller was Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
