A terrible example for Donnie Junior
These days Trump is all about the “No YOU are!”
This week, however, the current president seems to have taken his fondness for projection to a new level.
* Friday, March 1: Facing allegations that he’s committed a variety of crimes, Trump insisted “real crimes were committed” by Democrats. He echoed the argument two days later.
* Sunday, March 3: After House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) raised the prospect of Trump running afoul of the law, Trump tweeted that Schiff may have run afoul of the law.
* Tuesday, March 5: Accused of obstructing justice, Trump said via Twitter that Democrats “are obstructing justice.”
You know how it is – he hears an exciting new phrase so he has to try it out a lot, and the Twitter is just lying there so why not use it?
It’s unsettling just how often this comes up.
Take the Russia scandal, for example. Confronted with allegations that his political operation colluded with Russian attackers, Trump said Democrats colluded with Russia. Told that the Kremlin supported his candidacy, Trump responded by saying Russia supported Democrats. Accused of being a manipulated pawn for Vladimir Putin, Trump accused Barack Obama of being Putin’s “patsy.”
As we discussed last summer, like an intemperate child, his I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I instincts are finely tuned after extensive practice.
Well in all fairness it doesn’t take a whole lot of practice to know how to swap “Democrats” for “Trump” in every sentence. Even Trump can figure out how that works without too much brow-furrowing.
Look no further than the 2016 campaign: whenever Hillary Clinton would criticize Trump, it was a near certainty that Trump would then made the identical accusation against Clinton. After a while, as regular readers may recall, this got a little creepy.
Clinton accused Trump of being unstable and reckless, so Trump said Clinton is “unstable” and “reckless.” Clinton said Trump mistreated women, so Trump saidClinton mistreated women. Clinton accused Trump of bigotry, so Trump said Clinton’s a “bigot.” Clinton questioned Trump’s temperament, so Trump said Clinton had a bad “temperament.” Clinton said Trump makes a poor role model for children, so Trump said Clinton sets “a terrible example for my son and the children in this country.”
Hahahahahahahahahahaha that’s genuinely funny.
Until we remember that this overgrown toddler has his little hands all over The Button.
It fits right in with Trumps oft stated preference for ‘someone hits you, hit back harder’. Except, in his case hitting back harder more often than not just consists of this infantile ‘no you are’ business.
Good point. That’s his dopy literal-mindedness at work. Physical hitting back harder does what he wants it to, but verbal? It’s not quite that simple.
Omar – oh, thanks, I never thought of that.
It’s like watching PeeWee’s Playhouse, only in this case, the playhouse has moved to the White House. (Do you suppose he has a chair that talks?)
Don’t know about his chairs, but I’ve heard he gets messages from his television…
YNNB, I’ve heard those messages come from a fox.
YNnB, there is a voice that appears to come from the seat of his chair, but curiously only when he’s sat on it.
A Fox in a Box, and a Chair that Declares (under Hair).
Hmmm.
I do not like Big Macs and Fries,
I do not like them served with Lies.
I will not eat them in your House,
Not with Epstein, or with Krauss.
Please put your fountain pen away,
I will not sign your NDA.
I will not eat them on the Mall,
I will not eat them by your Wall.
I will not load your Smocking Gun,
Or covfefe on Air Force One.
I will not catch your paper towels,
Or Retweet all your Twitter howls.
I will not march in your Parades,
I doubt that you had stellar grades.
You claim the Largest and the Best,
Your Bigliness is manifest.
You find good people on both sides;
(You’re also cool with pesticides).
You’ve never paid the debts you owed
You are Two Scoops shy a load.
All this gold sure hurts my eyes,
I do not like Big Macs and Fries.
(With my aplogies to Theodor Seuss Geisel)
*Standing ovation for YNnB*
YNNB, if Dr. Seuss had still been alive, he probably would have written something similar himself! Great job. Standing Ovation.
Why thank you!
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