Charles P. Pierce: Somebody Get the President*'s Babysitter

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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a25097125/president-trump-rage-midterms-emmanuel-macron-france/

Somebody Get the President*'s Babysitter
Trump is throwing temper tantrums at world leaders because presidenting* isn't fun anymore.

By Charles P. Pierce
Nov 14, 2018


Grim times down at Camp Runamuck, and god bless Eli Stokols of the Los Angeles Times for elegantly capturing the predicament in which El Caudillo Del Mar-A-Lago finds himself—with a phrase of solid, 24-karat gold.

But his mood apparently has changed as he has taken measure of the electoral backlash that voters delivered Nov. 6. With the certainty that the incoming Democratic House majority will go after his tax returns and investigate his actions, and the likelihood of additional indictments by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, Trump has retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment, according to multiple administration sources.

Perfect. Not only does it encapsulate our current situation with the president*, but it also probably already has provided 100 garage bands with their names, and it has given Dave Eggers a title if he ever writes about this administration*. There are no more adoring rallies to give, and all the Wrong People soon will have subpoena power, and Robert Mueller is over there, just out of sight, humming while he hones his ax. Being president* is nowhere near as much fun as running for president* was.

And, now, it's getting awfully close to being lethal, in the legal sense, and the strings are coming unstrung. From the Washington Post:

British Prime Minister Theresa May was calling to celebrate the Republican Party’s wins in the midterm elections — never mind that Democrats seized control of the House — but her appeal to the American president’s vanity was met with an ornery outburst. Trump berated May for Britain not doing enough, in his assessment, to contain Iran. He questioned her over Brexit and complained about the trade deals he sees as unfair with European countries. May has endured Trump’s churlish temper before, but still her aides were shaken by his especially foul mood, according to U.S. and European officials briefed on the conversation.

(Ed. Note: God, is Theresa May a dope.)

During his 43-hour stay in Paris, Trump brooded over the Florida recounts and sulked over key races being called for Democrats in the midterm elections that he had claimed as a “big victory.” He erupted at his staff over media coverage of his decision to skip a ceremony honoring the military sacrifice of World War I. The president also was angry and resentful over French President Emmanuel Macron’s public rebuke of rising nationalism, which Trump considered a personal attack. And that was after his difficult meeting with Macron, where officials said little progress was made as Trump again brought up his frustrations over trade and Iran.

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Yes, fans, it was Five Days of Fury in a Cocoon of Bitterness and Resentment.

Somebody get the net.

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