Does President @realDonaldTrump control his administration?
New IRS commissioner this week, appointment revoked today.
Declaration of legal war against Harvard last weekend, labeled a mistake today.
Tariffs relaxed, all attributed to absence of one advisor.
Evil and incompetence are hard to disentangle.
Who is in charge?
@MotherJones He already has lots of power. What he really wants is glory. He wants to win the Noble Peace Prize, he wants to go down as the greatest president in US history.
Trump wants to win the Noble Peace Prize. His moves on Ukraine are guided by this goal. He proposed negotiations without Ukrainian participation because Zelenskyy needed to be sidelined so he could be the star peacemaker. He got angry in the WH because Z was resisting his dream.
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
I knew after the Milwaukee season that I couldn’t play basketball anymore.
It was the hardest decision I never had to make—because my body made it for me.
At first, I wasn’t planning to say anything. I figured people would assume as time passed.
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@BulwarkOnline Trump promised to end the war. Zelenskyy isn’t playing along. This explains Trump’s towering rage. Only complete submission by Z will do.
Zelenskyy is the new John McCain: a highly prominent person who is respected around the world. Trump can’t stand it; he hates anyone who is obviously a better person than himself.
The Russian Mafia has obviously decided that their interests will be best served by conducting a complete militarization of society and constant conflict in Europe.
Trump, the man who never allows anyone to get more attention than him is letting Musk do so. Trump, the man who has no ideology (except mob values) is spouting right wing tropes. He’s very tired and is letting Elon take over.
@sahilkapur Keep in mind that Trump’s first priority is to be constantly in the news. He uses radical proposals to keep the attention on himself. He will soon abandon most of his dramatic policies.