President Donald J. Projection Insists Jeffrey Goldberg Is A Con Man

Yesterday, CNN analyst John Harwood wrote that "From the outset of Donald Trump's presidency, Americans have told pollsters they consider him dishonest. That makes his re-election campaign entirely on-brand. In ways large and small, in targeted advertising and public remarks, Trump has made deceit the hallmark of his bid for a second term... Trailing Biden nationally and in key battleground states, Trump casts doubt on the legitimacy of the election by falsely associating mail-in balloting with rampant fraud. That amplifies what his own Department of Homeland Security calls Russian propaganda.

Attorney General William Barr joined him in that effort on CNN this past week by making assertions about fraud that the Justice Department later acknowledged were inaccurate. The president even suggested his North Carolina supporters attempt to vote in person after mailing in absentee ballots, which would be a crime.

American voters have noticed. In a July Quinnipiac University survey, 66% called Trump dishonest; 64% told Washington Post/ABC pollsters they didn't trust the president on coronavirus. Last week, a 55% majority told ABC/Ipsos said Trump's comments made disorder in American cities worse, not better. The recent Democratic and Republican conventions gave Americans a back-to-back opportunity to evaluate the unfiltered message of each presidential candidate. A CNN poll before either one showed that, by 51%-40%, voters preferred Biden over Trump for being 'honest and trustworthy.' After the conventions, the numbers changed. Trump's deficit on honesty had grown to 53%-36%."





Yesterday, in response to the national furor over Trump's latest exposure as an unpatriotic asshole who loves the military and hates the troops, he attacked Steve Jobs' widow, Laureen Jobs. Why? She's a part owner of The Atlantic, the magazine that started the whole furor for the would-be Führer. His pathetic tweet yesterday:

Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote the original exposé, is certainly not intimidated by Trump, generally considered the most despicable con man in American history, calling him a con-man. He was on Reliable Sources yesterday, where he told Brian Stelter that he "would fully expect more reporting to come out about this and more confirmation and new pieces of information in the coming days and weeks. We have a responsibility and we're going to do it regardless of what he says. We're not going to be intimidated by the President of the United States... We're going to do our jobs."

Trump and members of his foul regime are running around like chickens without heads denying his disdain for military service. I hope he read the report by Michael Kranish laying out his long history of disparagement. Big shot always derided men and women committed to any kind of public service-- but military service more than any. Years before he was a national figure and just a despised con man in New York, "Trump had bragged on a morning radio show about avoiding the Vietnam draft, remarking that one of the show’s hosts who had gotten out of service by declaring he had a bad knee had done a 'good job.'... Trump had a long track record of incendiary and disparaging remarks about veterans and military service... [H]e didn’t understand why the U.S. government spent so much effort to find missing soldiers who he believed had performed poorly and were caught. Trump told senior advisers that those who served in Vietnam were 'losers' because they didn’t find a way to avoid service."

Trump, who avoided military service by citing a bone spur in his foot, has disparaged veterans who were wounded or captured or went missing in action and even compared his fear of sexually transmitted diseases to the experience of a soldier, saying in 1993, “if you’re young, and in this era, and if you have any guilt about not having gone to Vietnam, we have our own Vietnam. It’s called the dating game.”

It is a history filled with contradictions, of a man who denigrates his handpicked generals while saying no one supports the military more than he does, and of a commander in chief who questions the bravery of some soldiers even as he reversed disciplinary action against a Navy SEAL over the objections of Pentagon officials. He was raised in a family that criticized the value of military service, according to niece Mary L. Trump, but nonetheless he was sent to a military academy for most of his teenage years.

And now, Trump and his aides are fiercely denying a report in the Atlantic in which the president is quoted denigrating U.S. soldiers, including calling those killed in combat “losers.”

...Trump has had a series of fights with the generals he put in power, some of whom left in anger and dismay. In a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, he called his top generals “losers” and “a bunch of dopes and babies,” according to A Very Stable Genius, by Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig. Among those who have departed include his chief of staff, retired general John F. Kelly, and his defense secretary, Jim Mattis, a McCain favorite.

Mattis said earlier this year that “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.” In response, Trump, who had once lavished praise on Mattis, tweeted: “I didn’t like his ‘leadership’ style or much else about him... Glad he is gone!”

Midnight Meme Of The Day

by Noah

A few days ago, the Diaper Don, also known as Cadet Bone Spurs, was finally shamed into paying a visit to some of our troops overseas. Here is Trump proudly displaying his Fake Bone Spurs Corps patch on his jacket (thanks to photoshop!). The patch signifies an award for heroic draft-dodging. While in Iraq, Trump eagerly lied to the troops about giving them a 10% raise, talked incessantly about himself, and treasonously outed Seal Team 5's identities and location.

Trump's handlers were no doubt surprised that he got through the trip without insulting any Gold Star families or trashing any war heroes or ex-pows.

Those of you who root for Trump's style of sadistic governance can take heart in the fact that Trump still has not appointed someone to fix the unconscionable delays in getting our veterans their benefits; benefits such as housing stipends that are due to them for their service. The result of Trump's unconcern and disregard is that more of our veterans and their families will lose their homes, something that will, no doubt, put a smile on his face and the faces of all of those who want to do away with all earned entitlements.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

-by Noah

When President Bone Spurs announced that he wants an old Soviet-style military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, my first thought was that the only military parade he should get is the one that we may have to resort to. That would be the sad spectacle of the military having to march into the White House and physically remove Trump and all his vermin. If it was up to me, Trump and his staff would all then get new accommodations at GITMO.

Obviously, he's been reading his Hitler and Stalin books again. He fondly hits the playback button in his mind to film of the massive displays of military might that both fellow crazies held. Mussolini did them, too. So does Kim Jong-un and, more recently, the French had one for Bastille Day (Maybe the Trumps should read up on what happened on the original Bastille Day). Seeing truckloads of big, potent missiles no doubt serves a need in the mind of Señor Trumpanzee. Maybe he would have seen enough horror in Vietnam to cure his lust for things that go boom in the night, but, instead he conjured up a case of fake bone spurs and a tiny fistful of deferments and dodged Vietnam. He got a lying note from his doctor, just like he got a note from his doctor that said he was sane and healthy when he decided to run for president.

It's all about his insecurities and his need for expressions of praise and loyalty. He wants to stand there being saluted. I'm sure he'll demand full live TV coverage just like Kim Jong-un enjoys. Any network that balks at that will be called treasonous, as will any politicians that don't attend the festivities. Will he demand that the troops goose step in unison as they parade past his reviewing stand? I'm sure that's how he sees it in his mind's eye. He probably sees a naked Stormy Daniels riding by straddling a rocket with his name on it. Melania will love that one.

Will it be on May 1st, aka May Day. That's when the old Soviet Union had their military parades. He'll want to show his buddy Putin something. In his mind, his parade will be a tremendous parade, the best parade with the best warheads, the best tanks, and the biggest and best military bands. Will he bus in his "very fine people" from Charlottesville so they can march again? Cheerleaders? Do I hear cheerleaders? With Trump-emblazoned sweaters?

If Trumpanzee wants this parade, and he's as damn rich as he says he is, why doesn't he pay for it? He already wants money for "The Wall." Why should we pay for either? Maybe he can split the cost with the Koch brothers. After those heavy tanks chew up Pennsylvania Avenue and all the other costs that will be incurred, the bill to pay for Trump's sick megalomania will be in the tens of millions. Just a small 1991 victory parade after Operation Desert Storm cost us $12,000,000, and that was 27 years ago. Who knows how much the cost of this insanity will set this country back; all to please the insane, out of control ego of a madman.

A final thought: Maybe, Trump should just go visit the Vietnam Memorial and spend some time looking at the names of those who died in his place while he was faking "bone spurs." He could take Dick "I had other priorities" Cheney along for company. Maybe Cheney could accidentally shoot him in the face. Wouldn't that be terrible!