2017 Apr 17^th

President Trump has decided to react to the protests against him conducted in various cities around the country.  He has decided that these are all Democrats, that they are paid, and that someone should tell them the election is over. These are all things that would make him feel good if they were true so that’s why he asserts them. He claims the world is the way he wants the world to be; it isn’t of course as he will eventually learn.

The election he claims is over is certainly over and he won it, at least he won the electoral vote. He claims he would have won the popular vote except for all the votes of illegal aliens. Note, once again, his claims are for an imaginary world he wishes existed.

While one election is over, another, far more critical election is looming. The election of 2018 might be a turning point for President Trump. If the Republicans lose the house Trump will lose his presidency; he will be impeached. To avoid impeachment he will probably resign; it’s happened before with President Richard Nixon.

He doesn’t seem to enjoy his presidency. He must constantly defend himself against critics. No slight is too slight to go unremarked. The poor man is so busy defending himself he has no time to do the business of the presidency. This is his nature and it is unlikely to change. We have no ambassador to China, no ambassador to South Korea, no Ambassador to Japan.

We do have a new ambassador to Singapore; it is K.T. McFarland, once on the National Security Team at the White House. Mrs. McFarland was brought into Trump’s NSC by the now departed General Flynn, although there is some debate about that, at least from McFarland’s point of view. McFarland has been a contributor to Fox News on matters of national security and her educational background would seem to qualify her very well for that role. I watched an interview of her by a Fox News person who asked her about Flynn’s role in her NSC gig. She bristled immediately and claimed she had a phone call from President Trump himself asking her to accept the position as deputy director of the NSC.

That might be beside the point as Trump could have called offering her the position at the suggestion of General Flynn. In any event, the current NSC director General McMaster prefers not to have this person as his assistant and so she is off to Singapore. Well, that’s a start, but you can’t play golf and make the necessary government appointments at the same time. We know which activity Trump prefers and what Trump prefers is what Trump will do, his responsibility to the country is irrelevant.

Toyota is building a new plant in Kentucky and Trump is taking credit for this increased economic activity, “And yesterday Toyota just announced that it will invest more than 1.3 billion into its Georgetown Kentucky plant, an investment that would not have been made if we didn’t win the election.” That is another lie. This expansion has been planned for about four years, long before Trump ever decided to run for office. This puffery will eventually be Trump’s undoing. Even his most devoted supporters will eventually realize they’re being conned and they won’t like it.