July 27, 2019: Trump Wastes His Day Hurling Insults and Golfing

 

7/27/19: The president wakes up in a sour state of mind Saturday, even though at 11:15 he’ll head for one of his private golf courses and spend his weekend flailing away at the little, white ball. He’s sulky because we still don’t have a border wall to keep all Americans cozy and warm – at least the ones who vote for Trump. Plus, he needs to get busy on Twitter and do some insulting of Rep. Elijah Cummings and pretty much everyone else who lives in Baltimore.

Baltimore, Maryland.

 

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Trump is projecting again. He assumes others have the same morals and ethics – that is, none – as himself.

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Cummings has been critical of conditions under which asylum seekers and others are being held at the border. Trump decides to strike back. 

It’s what Trump does best: insult individuals, and entire groups of human beings. He uses the biggest megaphone in the world to spread hate. 

Alright, then, here we go:

 

6:14 a.m.: 

Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA......

 

For context, Cummings was upset to learn that a secret Facebook group of border agents was advocating rape and violence against Democratic women in Congress. (See: 7/12/19.)

 

6:24 a.m.: 

Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States. No human being would want to live there. Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately! 

 

How much is “stolen?” 

Does the president have evidence that Cummings is stealing money? Once again, Trump of Trump University, Trump of Stiffing Undocumented Polish Workers, Trump of Bankrupting Casinos, Trump of Not Revealing His Taxes and Trump of Paying off Porn Stars, is projecting. He’s a giant orange crook. He assumes others have the same morals and ethics – that is, none – as himself.

 

Finally, just before lunchtime, it’s off to Trump National Golf Club, in Potomac Falls, Virginia. A round of golf is next, then perhaps a shower, and he’s back on the Twitter attack: 

4:35 p.m.: “Elijah Cummings spends all of his time trying to hurt innocent people through ‘Oversight.’ He does NOTHING for his very poor, very dangerous and very badly run district! Take a look.... #BlacksForTrump2020” 

8:50 p.m.: .@RepCummings, why don’t you focus on your district!? (This tweet includes a video clip of a garbage-strewn, abandoned row house in Baltimore.) 

8:54 p.m.: “RT @kimKBaltimore: More trash. More concerned residents. People live in the home with the silver van. This is @RepCummings district. This h…” (It’s another video of a trash-choked neighborhood.) 

9:02 p.m.: .@RepCummings — your district! (Yes! Trump has found another video, an African American woman complaining about Cummings.)

 

Finally, at 10:35 p.m., the president closes with this: 

So sad that Elijah Cummings has been able to do so little for the people of Baltimore. Statistically, Baltimore ranks last in almost every major category. Cummings has done nothing but milk Baltimore dry, but the public is getting wise to the bad job that he is doing!

 

You wonder, if Trump really cared about poor housing in Baltimore, why he didn’t call up Secretary Ben Carson over at Housing and Urban Development. “Secretary Carson,” you think he’d ask, “What can HUD do to help the city of Baltimore clean up those trash-strewn homes?” 

In reality – a neighborhood in the mind that the president rarely visits – we can ask what Trump has done since taking office to help cities like Baltimore. He called for $8.8 billion in budget cuts for HUD for Fiscal Year 2019. Congress refused to go along. He’s trying again for Fiscal Year 2020, asking Congress to cut the HUD budget once more, this time by 16.4 percent. We know he won’t be going to Baltimore to assess the problems this week, because he wouldn’t care if all the people in Baltimore were wiped out by a meteor strike. They won’t vote for him, so why would he help them? 

The man shows no more empathy than a pumpkin, although if you think about it, they do share a similar shape and coloring. 

And he’d rather go golf. (See: 7/29/19.)