September 1-4, 2017: There is a Sick Man in This Story

 

September 1, 2017: The month starts with a fizzle. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tallies jobs created in August. 

A total of 156,000 were added to the U.S. economy, continuing an 83-month trend that began back in October 2010 when the guy born in Kenya got the financial recovery off to a start. 

The jobs report is disappointing to economists and Trump decides not to tweet about such tepid success.

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9/2/17: Texas and Louisiana recover slowly in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. On Fox News, we are treated to extensive coverage of President Trump and the First Lady arriving in Houston for a visit. We see them mingle with flooded out men, women, and children in a crowded relief center. The president hands out hot dogs in white containers carrying a Red Cross. 

 

“It’s been beautiful.” 

Houston TV channel KHOU catches up for a talk. Trump doesn’t focus on the suffering. He focuses on…himself. He wants everyone to know he’s there and he’s doing a fabulous job. He has spoken with families at the center. They’re happy to see him! “It’s been very nice. It’s been a wonderful thing. As tough as this was, it’s been a wonderful thing. I think even for the country to watch and for the world to watch. It’s been beautiful.” 

This seems an odd way to describe massive destruction, since the nation’s fourth largest city is a wreck.

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9/3/17: It took six months to discover that the president was: A) a pathological liar; or B) a paranoid fool. 

We learn that President Obama did not tap his phones at Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign. 

Trump’s original tweet (see: 3/4/17): “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” 

Later he called Obama a “sick man.”  

Now Time magazine has the audacity to quote the Department of Justice. That would be Trump’s DOJ: 

“Both FBI and NSD [Department of Justice’s National Security Division] confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets,” the DOJ wrote in a summary judgment court filing on Sept. 1. “FBI again confirmed that Case 1:17-cv-00718-RCL Document 12 Filed 09/01/17 Page 4 of 39 they do not have any such records by consulting with personnel knowledgeable about Director Comey’s statements and the surveillance activities of the FBI.”

 

There is a sick man in this story. 

It’s Trump.

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9/4/17: Did you know Texans are really conservative? They don’t want the federal government messing in their lives! Ever! Think incredible paranoia! Think Walmart and Jade Helm! Think calls for Texas to secede from the union after Barack Obama won reelection! 

Now, with the Texas coast in ruins, guess who’s clamoring for federal aid! Go ahead. Guess. We’ll give you ten guesses if you watch Fox News. (See: 8/29/17.) 

It’s Texas!!!