Shutdown’s a Win!
All the stuff in Trump’s budget — where to begin?
Though Congress’ heels seem to be firmly dug in.
But if the Hill denies it,
Trump just might not sign it,
Because to his way of thinking, a shutdown’s a win!
Month: April 2017
Majority of Americans Disapprove of Trump
54%
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Americans “have become increasingly dissatisfied with President Trump as he nears his 100th day in office, with views of his effectiveness and ability to shake up Washington slipping. … More than half of Americans — some 54% — disapprove of the job Mr. Trump is doing as president, compared with 40% who approve, a 14-point gap.”
Trump at 100
“The hundred-day marker is never an entirely reliable indicator of a four-year term, but it’s worth remembering that Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama were among those who came to office at a moment of national crisis and had the discipline, the preparation, and the rigor to set an entirely new course. Impulsive, egocentric, and mendacious, Trump has, in the same span, set fire to the integrity of his office.”
— David Remnick
Not One Border Lawmaker Supports Trump’s Wall
0
“Not a single member of Congress who represents the territory on the southwest border said they support President Donald Trump’s request for $1.4 billion to begin construction of his promised wall, according to a Wall Street Journal survey, testing the administration’s ability to reach a deal on government funding next week.”
Dragging Her Heels
Once upon a time, they were a veritable portrait of love,
But now the Trumps seem to be stuck in different grooves.
After school’s out for Barron,
She’ll decamp to Washington,
But apparently Melania is not in a hurry to move.
The Pathological President
Rolling Stone has a brilliant piece on the nutjob in the White House and the overdue end of the “Goldwater Rule” called “Trump and the Pathology of Narcissism” by Alex Morris.
It’s by turns frightening and sad, but mostly frightening, because — and we suspected this all along — the current president is certifiably bat-guano crazy.
It’s well worth a read here.
Pelosi: We Miss George Bush
“Did we ever think we would see the day when we would say, ‘Please bring back George W. Bush?’ We really did work together.”
— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by the Texas Tribune.
Democracy’s Demise Came from Within
“In America, the basic fabric of civic self-government seems to be eroding following the loss of faith in democratic ideals. According to a study published in The Journal of Democracy, the share of young Americans who say it is absolutely important to live in a democratic country has dropped from 91 percent in the 1930s to 57 percent today. … While running for office, Donald Trump violated every norm of statesmanship built up over these many centuries, and it turned out many people didn’t notice or didn’t care. … The faith in the West collapsed from within. It’s amazing how slow people have been to rise to defend it.”
— David Brooks
That Voodoo Trump Do
Gary Cohn and Steve Mnuchin are a pair of mavericks,
Who say they won’t pay for Trump’s tax cuts for the rich.
We’ve got a case of deja vu —
It sounds like 1982,
When Ronald Reagan dabbled in disastrous Voodoo Economics.
