October 4, 2017: Secretary of State Tillerson Calls President "A Moron," or "A F--king Moron."

 

10/4/17: The cringe-worthy moments keep coming. Various sources report that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called Trump “a moron.” It may have been “a fucking moron.” No one is sure. 

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“Those people that help separate our country from chaos.” 

Sen. Bob Corker

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Tillerson is forced to explain during a press conference. Put on the spot, he praises Trump, because anyone who doesn’t praise Trump effusively gets canned. When asked if he did call the leader of the Free World a “moron,” he doesn’t deny it.

 

Senator Bob Corker decides it’s time to defend Tillerson. He tweets: “I think Sec. Tillerson, Sec. Mattis and Chief of Staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos.” 

Speaking of cringe-worthy, Trump’s petulance is on full-blown display all week, regarding Puerto Rico. At a press conference he praises the governor and says the governor isn’t “playing politics.” And what leads the president to this happy discovery? The governor praised Mr. Trump. 

Anyway, isn’t Puerto Rico lucky and isn’t America even luckier to have Donald J. Trump at the helm! Trump riffs on the death toll in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Wow! Only 16 killed. 

In Trump’s warped worldview this proves his administration is fantastic! By comparison, his leadership is way better than President George W. Bush’s, when “hundreds and hundreds” died after Hurricane Katrina. 

Most Puerto Ricans might be without electricity (95%) or cell service (88%). Almost half (45%) might lack access to clean drinking water. In some communities 80-90% of homes were destroyed. But aren’t they blessed to have Orange Leader on the job! Also: they have paper towels! 

In the most cringe-worthy moment of all, the president, who is visiting the island, stands in front of a gathering of first responders, local officials, and ordinary Puerto Ricans. These people have been displaced from businesses, schools, and homes. Gleefully, he tosses rolls of paper towels to the throng. All that is lacking is one of those t-shirt guns they use at sporting events.

 

(The official toll in Puerto Rico was soon raised to 64. An even later study placed it closer to 1,000. Trump only cared, not because people died, but because the higher death toll, he thought, made him look bad.)