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Trump’s Emasculation of Ron DeSantis

January 24, 2024 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump plumbed new depths of degradation in his savage takedown of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a yearlong campaign of emasculation and humiliation that helped force one of the party’s rising stars out of the presidential race after just one contest and left him to pick up the pieces of his political future.”

Christie Explains Trump’s Nickname Taxonomy

February 13, 2019 Buck Banks

“If he respects you, you don’t get a nickname, because he’s afraid what’s going to come back. So Cryin’ Chuck Schumer gets a nickname, because he has no respect for Schumer. But Nancy Pelosi’s got no nickname. It’s just Nancy. And if she doesn’t have a nickname by now, she ain’t getting any.”

— Chris Christie, quoted by Axios, on President Trump’s nicknames for his rivals.

If the Kavanaugh confirmation was strictly evidential,
Donald Trump’s interference would not be consequential.
But while he eschews norms,
There’s something about form,
And mocking a sexual assault victim just ain’t presidential.

Most See Trump as a Bully

September 5, 2017 Buck Banks

53%

A new Fox News poll finds that 53% of those surveyed think President Trump is a “bully” while 43% say he’s “unstable.” Fewer voters, about one-third, assign the clearly positive terms “competent” (35%), “strong leader” (35%), and “problem solver” (32%).

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Trump’s Emasculation of Ron DeSantis

— New York Times

Christie Explains Trump’s Nickname Taxonomy

— Chris Christie, quoted by Axios, on President Trump’s nicknames for his rivals.

A Mocking Mockery of a Mocker

Most See Trump as a Bully

53%

A new Fox News poll finds that 53% of those surveyed think President Trump is a “bully” while 43% say he’s “unstable.” Fewer voters, about one-third, assign the clearly positive terms “competent” (35%), “strong leader” (35%), and “problem solver” (32%).

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

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“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen.”

— Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), quoted by NBC News, on Pete Hegseth’s nomination of to be Defense Secretary.

— The New Yorker

Numerati

$30 million

$3.04

$353 billion

Elon Musk’s net worth is now estimated at $353 billion, up $91 billion over the last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

22%

$4.6 trillion

— New York Times

— Chris Christie, quoted by Axios, on President Trump’s nicknames for his rivals.

53%

A new Fox News poll finds that 53% of those surveyed think President Trump is a “bully” while 43% say he’s “unstable.” Fewer voters, about one-third, assign the clearly positive terms “competent” (35%), “strong leader” (35%), and “problem solver” (32%).

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2> Comment »

“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen.”

— Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), quoted by NBC News, on Pete Hegseth’s nomination of to be Defense Secretary.

— The New Yorker

Numerati

$30 million

$3.04

$353 billion

Elon Musk’s net worth is now estimated at $353 billion, up $91 billion over the last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

22%

$4.6 trillion

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

Comment »