9/9/17: Trump spends the day rattling the GOP establishment. Angered by “disloyalty” on the part of lawmakers who fail to do his bidding, he pushes for primary challenges in 2018.
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“It’s a cult of personality. He’s fundamentally, at the core, about Donald Trump.”
Rep. Mark Sanford
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Three moderate GOP members of the House of Representatives decide serving time in the time of Trump isn’t worth the misery and pain. They announce plans to retire. Mark Sanford, a fourth, describes the dilemma his party faces. “It’s a cult of personality.” Trump doesn’t care about party or principles. “He’s fundamentally, at the core, about Donald Trump.”
True that.
BLOGGER’S NOTE: As far as that “cult of personality goes,” it’s not even a good personality. (See: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 10/25/17.)
White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly will later describe Trump as the “most flawed” person he ever met.
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9/10/17: Hurricane Irma flattens the Florida Keys. It moves north slowly, pulverizing homes and bringing storm surge and flooding all the way up the coast to Jacksonville. Damage estimates range from $50 billion to $100 billion. (See: 8/31/17.)
At one point, Irma is 420 miles wide, more than twice as wide as Ohio.
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9/11/17: The United States marks sixteen years since the attacks on New York and Washington and the downing of Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Trump speaks at a memorial service and manages not to insult anyone.
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Trump vs. Jemele Hill. |
Meanwhile, ESPN host Jemele Hill excoriates him in a series of tweets. “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/other white supremacists,” reads one.
“Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime. His rise is a direct result of white supremacy. Period,” she tweets again.
“He is unqualified and unfit to be president,” a third reads.
Well, at least we still live in a country that honors free speech. (See:
9/13-14/17.)
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