April 24, 2019: As Usual, President Trump Doesn't Know How the Constitution Works

 

4/24/19: Someone doesn’t understand how the U.S. Constitution works. It’s President Trump! 

Apparently, if lawmakers in Congress move to impeach him, he has a secret plan to stop them. He will appeal to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his friends PJ, Bernie and Squi. 

Trump says he’ll head to the U.S. Supreme Court, which, last time I taught seventh graders, had no role in the impeachment process, save for the fact the Chief Justice presides over any trial in the Senate.

 

By the way, if you’ve never noticed, the President of the United States has only a passing understanding of numbers. On November 29, last year, he complained that the Mueller probe had wasted $40,000,000. 

This past April 19, he said it cost $30,000,000. 

At this point, Trump could claim that 93 million Americans were unemployed when Obama left office – which he did claim – and then brag that he has added five million jobs since taking office – he has – and his fans would believe Obama left all those people looking for work and now they have jobs! 

It’s loaves and fishes.

 

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Who met with Russians in 2016?

This guy: Jared Kushner.

 

IN OTHER NEWS, White House aide and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner makes a rare public statement. 

Kushner tells Time that the Mueller probe was an awful mistake. “The whole thing is just a big distraction for the country,” he says. “You look at what Russia did – buying some Facebook ads to try and sow dissent. And it’s a terrible thing, but I think the investigation and all the speculation that’s happened over the past two years has had a much harsher impact on our democracy.” 

Yes, indeed. 

We would never want democracy to be impacted, as for example, when Jared, himself, Donald R. (“R” for Russia) Trump Jr. and Trump campaign manager (and now-convicted felon) Paul Manafort sat down with Russians in June 2016, with the understanding that the Russians would help them win the election.