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Why Republicans love Trump
He’s exactly what they want
Another day, another series of Trump outrages.
Just in the past few days, he has attacked the media, fired the Inspector General who pointed out he shouldn’t be extorting Ukraine, directed needed medical supplies away from Democratic states and toward Republican ones, he joked about chasing models of the female kind, not the scientific kind, and he held briefing after briefing that reveal… nothing.
And all the while, we have to watch Mike Pence licking the President’s ass. It’s enough to make Frank Bruni of the New York Times declare that he is filled with “a sorrow and a rage that I quite frankly don’t know what to do with.”
What prompted Bruni to write those words, and set Joe Scarborough off on MSNBC, is the contrast between Trump and Queen Elizabeth. While Trump and his children may confuse him for royalty, nobody else is. The contrast could not have been clearer when we compared the press conferences the two leaders held over the weekend. While Her Majesty stressed unity, showed compassion, and gave hope, Trump attacked his critics and repeatedly urged Americans to take a dangerous, unproven drug. Dr. Fauci appeared to be biting his lip.
In such a time of national need, why can’t we have leadership like the Queen is providing? You don’t even need…
