I totally disagree. They have to go after McConnell’s kids. I know that feels awful because they didn’t do anything wrong. But neither did Hunter Biden, and it’s time to attack the Republicans on the only axis that matters to them.
Which, of course, means say something that will crater the stock market.
Trump knows cutting Social Security would be hard, and he knows there’s no political benefit to doing it — that’s why he pledged to protect the beloved program.
So why did Trump admit to wanting to cut it? His answer reveals his truly staggering level of suggestibility — at least around people he believes are his allies. When he hears it asserted that entitlements have to be cut, he wants to agree. This type of reaction bolsters much reporting indicating that Trump often agrees on a matter of policy with the last person who’s in the room with him. It also reflects his insecurity; he’s often not informed or confident enough in his own positions to adequately defend them, especially on technical matters like the national debt, so he’ll just concede the point.
Which should, of course, worry us at least as much as someone who is deeply committed to slashing entitlements. It means, as we’ve seen, that Trump is easily manipulated.
Trump says he’ll be ‘cutting’ Social Security — but here’s what he really revealed - Raw Story
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Considering the people he has surrounded himself with, I would have to say we are screwed.
Ha, fat chance.
Sorry, but I’ve become pretty cynical about Dems in general these days having any push whenever push comes to shove.
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This isn’t the first time I’ve read something like this – most notably after his Revolutionary War airports gaffe at last year’s July 4th wankfest.
Just this past February, in a speech to various assembled governors during a “White House Business Session,” Trump took some time to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping’s aides for wearing glasses.
Now, the mention of glasses paired with the Central Casting comment indicates that Trump was making a racist joke playing on outdated Asian stereotypes, as exemplified by Mickey Rooney’s character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s .* But the fact that Trump locked on to the glasses, specifically, points to at least some degree of preoccupation with corrective lenses.
Because, of course he fucking does. Just like he’s preoccupied with everything else about a person’s appearance – from their height, to their weight, to anything else.
If this fucker manages to get through this entire pandemic without getting sick himself, I may have to seriously reconsider the “favored by God” argument put forward by his most ardent followers.
And then hopefully find a better God.
he’s obsessed with appearances, fusses over his face and clothes every day and still looks like shit
his army of assistants and yes men say nothing
there is seriously something wrong there
It’s quite ironic how for someone so vain that he wears cheap looking ill fitted suits, overly tight collared shirts that exacerbate his neckgina, Bronx Colors orange tint, and his ridiculous hair.
I’m no fashionista, but if Queer Eye has taught me anything, you can be an elderly and overweight man and still look great just by having clothes that fucking fit properly.
That’s a bit of an understatement, isn’t it.
The Emporer’s New Clothes, except not naked. Oh lord god, not naked. Please not naked! 
