Cornyn and Tillis were fools to believe Blanch's flimsy UNofficial statement.

Or was it on purpose just to cover their ass?

Did the contractor still get paid?

Nice of the welcoming party to show up. Their problem is, Trump doesn't give a damn.

DONNER

"Like all kings who would be a god he can buried him in the Great Tomb of the Ballroom that he is building for himself."

Great idea. Give him a fake plastic crown and bury him in the place that he built to hold his Coronation.

QCP

"America's ship of state has never been controlled by pirates like the Trump family before"

True, but they do have their weaknesses. Snake biting the very voters they depend on to stay in power is one of them, along with over confidence and hubris.

What we just witnessed in Dallas the past couple days was Trump in desperation mode. Sweating blood, so to speak. I doubt if anybody was fooled.

JPW

Sorry if I misunderstood you. My point has always been that America has always, somehow, managed to upright it's ship of state when the chips are down.

As for illegal profiteering from times of distress, I don't recall that ever happening under Democrat presidents like Carter, Clinton, Obama or Biden.

JPW

I never said, or even thought that change back to normalcy was going to happen overnight.

In fact, I doubt that even impeachment will stop Trump from trying to hang onto control . . . much like he did when he lost the election to Biden.

The damage is deep and unfortunately, world-wide. It could take years to rebuild.

JPW

Trump's once formidable base has been snakebit.

According to numerous polls, they already made their decision long before Trump's "convention" which stank of desperation.

JPW

"He's not the one in control."

I don't think there's ever been any doubt about that. Trump can be clever sometimes but that's not the same as being smart. A "smart" person would hire a smart staff. Trump falls way short in that department . . . which falls in line with his God complex.

"Those around him"

I'm betting that the impeachment, following investigations + indictments and plea deals will make short work of them.

Trump's fear of death has been textbook material for quite some time. He's terrified, much like other despots in the world who preceded him, that his name will be relegated to the dustbin of history with the one label he's always feared the most . . LOSER!

Trump is right about one thing though. Losing power in the November '26 midterms is the beginning of the end for him. So . . .

GO MIDTERMS!

HELLO IMPEACHMENT!

I switched to the local Farmers Market myself because of contaminated lettuce from Mexico.

"I can't even imagine what he has planned for a "national emergency."

On second thought, Yes I can. Remember the Reichtag?

With that Nazi Stephen Miller all up in Trump's ear, now I wonder if the Capital Building and the White House are covered by fire insurance.

The bottom must be falling out of all Trump's grand schemes for winning the midterms.

I can't even imagine what he has planned for a "national emergency."

"Worst deployment we've ever had."

That's quite understandable.

They had the worst president we've ever had doing the deploying.

"What is the rationale in charging $61 for $25 worth of currency?"

None ~ or maybe a collector's item a thousand years from now. Right now it's just Trump on one of his ego trips.

Truth is, I think Trump is terrified of dying and being tossed without ceremony into the dustbin of history. That's why he's creating all these lavish monuments to himself.

Certainly, no one else is going to do it when he's gone.

I don't suppose this case will ever make it to the U.S. Supremes.

THAT would be interesting.

The local yokel doesn't seem to think that "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" covers safe, uncontaminated drinking water.

Not an alligator but once here in South Florida I had a huge male iguana sitting on the hood of my car and he wouldn't move no what. He was busy making goo-goo eyes at a young beauty (iguana) shamefully sunning herself on a nearby stone wall.

I went back into the house and left them alone, feeling lucky it wasn't a boa constrictor this close to the Everglades.

According to Census.gov 82.0% of residents in Jackson, Mississippi are black or African American.

I wonder if that federal judge is racially biased. Ya' think?

At one time Trump wondered out loud whether or not women should be allowed to vote.

Knowing Trump, that's probable still on his To-Do list

Perhaps he'll use the Declaration of Independence phrase "All MEN are created equal" as his grounds to prevent women from voting.

A lot of stupid U.S. Citizens bought a pig-in-a-poke in 2024.

I suppose there's a long-term lesson that's been learned. If so, it's been an expensive one and maybe, if there's a bright side to be found, it will end up, in the long run, for a good cause such as , . . . NEVER AGAIN!

Hope springs eternal.

This can't be the first time for his girlfriend. Why is she even within 1000 miles of this violent piece of sh**.

I don't understand why some women just keep hanging on until one day they're found beaten to a pulp or dead.

HUGH

Or any other state for that matter. A court order has been issued, and even an extension, but Trump doesn't seem to care about court orders. He just carries on, regardless of the Constitution.

The normal remedy would be to send the U.S. Marshalls with an arrest warrant for contempt of court, but Trump's "bought and paid for" majority in the U.S. Supreme Court has taken care of that option.

"Get a gun, shoot a fascist."

Oh Good Grief NO!

Shooting the opposition is likely going to be Trump's m.o. as his desperation reaches the boiling over point.

Anybody who has gold in their investment account would do well to follow suite, at least until Trump is permanently put out of commission.

Left to his own greedy whims and obsessions, I figure it won't be long before Trump declares the private/investment ownership of gold to be illegal AND anybody who doesn't turn it into the government (for $0.10 on the dollar value) will be arrested and charged with subversion.

Wild guess? Don't count on it. We all know how Trump covets anything gold, even moreso if he sees it leaving the country.

DOC

"Parthian Shot"

You got me on that one, DOC. I had to look it up.

But to the point, I wouldn't count on Trump to retreat, leaving with only a cutting remark in his wake. If he ever does retreat, it'll be with some devastating blow to reduce Iran to ashes. He'll need something like that to try and cover his political a** so he doesn't appear to be the loser he really is.

I have a feeling a lot of innocent Iranian civilians will have to die to feed Trump's ego.