Like in Trump's driving range golf analogy, perhaps he expects pilots to shout "FORE"when they approach.

I'm surprised Zelensky is walking in into the lion's den. Bad idea.

Knowing how deceitful Trump is, I have my doubts about the tenuous "rich earth" story ~~ plus the fact that Trump is taking Putin's "word" that Russia won't continue to attack Ukraine. Putin's "word" means the same thing as Trump's "word." NOTHING, as both of them has proven in the past.

For days Trump has been pushing the false idea that Zelensky started the war. Using that as an excuse, Trump could just as likely have Zelensky arrested as a "war criminal" and held in prison for extradition to Russia.

What's to stop him?

PETE @ #5

Trump needs $4.5 TRILLION and he needs it NOW!

There's not a thought in his head about who he has to trample to get it. Trump is just living in the moment.

The budget showdown is March 4th and he's sweating bullets.

The country is finally getting the lowdown on Trump which will probably put GOP congresscritters skating on thin ice in the midterms ~~ that is, if we still have a congress in two years.

Three smackdowns won't phase Trump one bit. He's just testing his boundaries. The Ace he has up his sleeve is the U.S. Supreme Court. If they dare.

Hold on tight. The real war to save democracy isn't even off the launch pad yet.

LEGALLY

"Is the fat idiot golfing again?"

I hope so. That's where the Secret Service say he's the most vulnerable for assassination.

Count me as one of the drop offs. But only because I couldn't stand to look at Trump's fugly mug.

By denying Trump a few "wins" to demonstrate their bipartisanship, I have a feeling the U.S. Supreme Court is setting us up for THE BIG ONE that will give Trump the unlimited power he's sought after his entire mentally deranged life ~~ including the authority to nullify States' Rights, thereby avoiding a Constitutional Convention normally needed to alter (in Trump's case, re-write) the U.S. Constitution. (With the assistance of the Heritage Foundation, of course.)

JPW

"Did they vote for him?"

Probably.

I don't "do" TicToc and I keep it away from children.

Reid seemed to know her "stuff" but the real reason I couldn't watch her show was because I couldn't stand to look at her. She always reminded me of a circus wagon. Loud, gaudy and unserious. It was too distracting for whatever message she was trying to deliver.

I watch MSNBC but when Joy Reid came on, I reached for the remote.

I hate to admit it but in this case only LFTHNDTHRIDS is right. It was his choice. He DID beat two people to death with a baseball bat. That was a harder way to die than the one he chose for himself.

I'm not feeling any sympathy here.

The real atrocities will happen when Dictator/King Donald Trump gets to exercise his kingly right to choose the punishment.

I think we all know what that means.

TRUTHY

Fortunately, Executive Orders are not acts of Congress and can be overturned. The bad part is that it could take years, especially to build back the trust of foreign alliances.

It has to start somewhere, no matter how long it takes.

About the most we can hope for (other than a Second Amendment solution) is Trump's betrayal of his voters will reflect badly on spineless Republicans in the mid-terms. Perhaps even an Articles of Impeachment and a conviction by a newly minted Senate majority.

I don't see that as an impossibility since Trump has another two years to run roughshod over those disenchanted voters who, by then, will have learned the lesson of their mistake the hard way. They'll take out their anger and frustrations on their elected members of Congress who, even at this early stage, are already getting a firestorm of backlash.

Actually, it's not uncommon for Congress to change hands in the midterms.

When Congress doesn't work, voters have their own system of checks and balances. They throw the bums out.

JPW

"They're just redirecting where it flows."

Which is the whole point.

I never said a word about cutting spending. By now we all know that cutting neither waste nor inefficiency was ever the object.

Trump has to cut $4.5 Trillion from the budget by next month to justify the tax cut for those who invested in his election. He DID promise them a return on that investment after he got elected.

Now he sounds desperate.

Could it be that he's coming up short of $4.5 Trillion and anointing himself "king" is just an end run (another Hail Mary) to put himself above any control Congress has over the budget.

Not to dwell too long on the obvious but wasn't it Joseph Goebbels who said, "If you tell a lie often enough people will begin to believe it's true." (or something along those lines)

And isn't also said that the bigger lie the easier it is to believe? (Like the ones he told to get elected.

In my opinion, the people of NYC come first. I hope the Governor cans his ass.

Not only for other crimes but also for the rest of their life.

when????

It's hard to say. Trump keep holding out for more money. Treason doesn't come cheap. Maybe the question will come up at Trump's impeachment.

MODER8

Considering that Trump has been emotionally retarded since his childhood, of course it's always going to be somebody's else's fault.

Trump is incapable of taking responsibility for anything. He's a self-perpetual victim

The same will hold true on the day of his impeachment.

I'm looking ahead two years for a big change of leadership in both the House and the Senate and hopefully an Articles of Impeachment against Trump to put an end to his carnage.

All Trump had to do is ask. However, in case Musk's personal wheeling and dealing on the taxpayer's dime comes back to bite him, I think we can be assured that there are some things Trump doesn't want to know

As I said before. With budget negotiations already underway for a vote in March, Trump is in a bad spot. He's desperate to offset that tax break for the wealthy people who invested in his election. They're demanding a return on that investment.

Every spending cut Trump is making is because of that and he doesn't care who or how many he has to hurt to get it. Not to mention that his tariff scheme is losing ground and some of his other big ticket cuts is running into resistance from the federal courts.

And then there's the mid-terms to worry about and Trump's slim margins in both the House and Senate are on shaky ground.

What you're seeing before your eyes is Trump running out of time to keep that promised tax cut in the budget and in the process of slowly unraveling.

PRIOUSO4

"It was idiocy."

Unfortunately for their 12-year-old daughter, yes.

As well as every other brainwashed anti-vaxxer who will suffer the same consequences.

I'm also wondering if future insurance carriers will pick up on this and add anti-vaccines to their list of exclusions after Trump destroys Obama's Affordable Care.

""Why? Why do this?"

Answer to that question:

It's Donald Trump. The word "Ethics" should have been Feliz's first clue.

To Trump, that word alone is like sunlight to a vampire in a syfi movie.