11/7/18: Everyone who stayed up late to watch election returns knows Republicans have lost control of the House of Representatives.
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The current American president blames his predecessor because the Russians invaded Crimea
and because the Russians remain there with the current president sitting like a
useless lump in the White House.
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Nevertheless, at 1:27 a.m. the president is still tweeting about how great he did in the midterms.
Apparently, he’s quoting someone he just saw on television:
“There’s only been 5 times in
the last 105 years that an incumbent President has won seats in the Senate in
the off year election. Mr. Trump has magic about him. This guy has magic
coming out of his ears. He is an astonishing vote getter & campaigner. The
Republicans are.........”
Yes! Magic. Trump can turn a beating into a victory in his own mind. And make his fans believe him, too.
He turns in for the night, but he’s up again a few hours later, and tweet-congratulates himself once more. “Those that worked with me in this incredible Midterm Election [emphasis added], embracing certain policies and principles, did very well. Those that did not, say goodbye! Yesterday was such a very Big Win, and all under the pressure of a Nasty and Hostile Media!”
He’s so proud of himself he can’t resist tweeting a second time: “To any of the pundits or talking heads that do not give us proper credit for this great Midterm Election, just remember two words - FAKE NEWS!”
Later that day, the president decides he needs to insult someone new. Insulting immigrants is getting boring. During a post-election White House press conference, he decides to mock GOP candidates who went down to defeat after failing to “embrace” him. Proving once again what a dick he is, Trump calls them out by name. These are members of his party:
Carlos Curbelo; Mike Coffman –
too bad, Mike; Mia Love. I saw Mia Love. She’d call me all the time to help her
with a hostage situation. Being held hostage in Venezuela. But Mia Love gave me
no love, and she lost. Too bad. Sorry about that, Mia.
And Barbara Comstock was another
one. I mean, I think she could have run that race, but she didn’t want to have
any embrace. For that, I don’t blame her. But she – she lost. Substantially
lost.
Peter Roskam didn’t want the
embrace. Erik Paulsen didn’t want the embrace. And in New Jersey, I think he
could have done well, but didn’t work out too good.
Bob Hugin, I feel badly because I think that’s something that could have been
won. That’s a race that could have been won. That’s a race that could have been
won. John Faso.
Those are some of the people
that, you know, decided for their own reason not to embrace, whether it’s me or
what we stand for. But what we stand for meant a lot to most people. And we’ve
had tremendous support, and tremendous support in the Republican Party. Among
the biggest support in the history of the party. I’ve actually heard, at 93
percent, it’s a record. But I won’t say that, because who knows. But we’ve had
tremendous support.
Trump faces a flurry of follow-up questions. What about the Mueller investigation? Is he worried?
He’s not worried, he says. It’s “a hoax.”
Is he going to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions?
Trump says we’ll find out later.
Does he have any concerns about Russia?
Once again, Trump gives Putin a pass.
Trump says he had great time with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this summer. The only real problem between the two nations, he grumbles, is President Obama!
THE PRESIDENT: But the fact is
that I had a very, very good meeting – a very, very good meeting with President
Putin, and a lot was discussed about security, about Syria, about Ukraine,
about the fact that President Obama allowed a very large part of Ukraine to be
taken. Right now, you have submarines off that particular parcel that we’re
talking about. You know what I’m talking about.
Q: That was President Putin who
annexed Crimea, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: That was
President Obama’s regime. That was during President Obama. Right? That was not
during me. No, that was President Obama…
Q: But it was President Putin
who did the annexation.
THE PRESIDENT: No, no. It was
President Obama that allowed it to happen. It had nothing to do with me.
In other words, the current American president blames his predecessor because the Russians invaded the Crimea and because the Russian remain there while the current president sits like a useless lump in the White House.
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Trump can always find a kind word for Putin, left, or Xi Jinping of China. |
Equally stunning, reporters ask Mr. Trump if he has any comments about the defeat his party suffered on Election Day.
Trump proves delusional, as always. “I thought it was very close to a complete victory,” he replies.
On the other hand, multiple sources tell Vanity Fair the president is “very depressed.” In private, he’s furious about the midterms. He also knows Don Jr. may soon be indicted in the Mueller probe.
This explains why Don Sr. fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions less than 24 hours after the people cast their ballots.
Vanity Fair captures the mood in the White House:
Trump’s move against Sessions
today arrives at a moment when Trump allies are increasingly concerned
about Donald Trump Jr.’s legal exposure. In recent days, according to
three sources, Don Jr. has been telling friends he is worried about being
indicted as early as this week. One person close to Don Jr. speculated that Mueller
could indict him for making false statements to Congress and the F.B.I. [emphasis
added] about whether he had told his father about the June 2016 Trump Tower
meeting with Russians to gather “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. This source had
heard that the case could revolve around Trump’s former deputy campaign
manager, Rick Gates, who’s cooperating with Mueller and who was
deeply involved in the campaign at the time of the meeting. Trump, this person
continued, is “very upset” about the risks Don Jr. faces.
In any case, the new acting Attorney General, who can legally fill that post for no more than 210 days without Senate approval, is Matt Whitaker.
A consensus quickly forms: Matt Who?
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