Charles P Pierce - There Is No One Trump Won't Throw Under the Bus

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He will fire Robert Mueller—it's clear from what he said to The New York Times.



BY CHARLES P. PIERCE

The latest from the head man at Camp Runamuck leaves us with two basic conclusions: 1) that maybe it's time for him to treat The New York Times like he actually hates it and like he really thinks it's fake news, and for him to stop granting the newspaper interviews in which he comes off sounding like a vengeful gnome who flunked sixth-grade history; and 2) that it's time to take the car keys away from Dad.

If you're keeping score at home, just in the past week, a lawyer for El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago has insulted the Secret Service while The Man himself has threatened Republican senators, his own attorney general, the assistant attorney general, the former director of the FBI whom he fired under dubious circumstances, and the special counsel who's been empowered to rummage through his entire life. And, also, there's this:

TRUMP: After that, it was fairly surprising. He [President Emmanuel Macron of France] called me and said, "I'd love to have you there and honor you in France," having to do with Bastille Day. Plus, it's the 100th year of the First World War. That's big. And I said yes. I mean, I have a great relationship with him. He's a great guy.
HABERMAN: He was very deferential to you. Very.
TRUMP: He's a great guy. Smart. Strong. Loves holding my hand.
HABERMAN: I've noticed.
TRUMP: People don't realize he loves holding my hand. And that's good, as far as that goes.

I think I speak for the entire class when I say I don't even want to think about how far that goes. History comes in for quite a beating later in the conversation.

TRUMP: Well, Napoleon finished a little bit bad. But I asked that. So I asked the president, so what about Napoleon? He said: "No, no, no. What he did was incredible. He designed Paris." [garbled] The street grid, the way they work, you know, the spokes. He did so many things even beyond. And his one problem is he didn't go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death. How many times has Russia been saved by the weather? [garbled]
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TRUMP: Same thing happened to Hitler. Not for that reason, though. Hitler wanted to consolidate. He was all set to walk in. But he wanted to consolidate, and it went and dropped to 35 degrees below zero, and that was the end of that army.
[crosstalk]
But the Russians have great fighters in the cold. They use the cold to their advantage. I mean, they've won five wars where the armies that went against them froze to death. [crosstalk] It's pretty amazing.
So, we're having a good time. The economy is doing great.

Sequitur? Non!

The 25th Amendment is starting to look like it was a really good idea.

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http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a56443/trump-fire-robert-mueller/

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1. You have included Pierce's comment on Trump's comment as though it is part of

Trump's comment.

Pierce said: "I think I speak for the entire class when I say I don't even want to think about how far that goes. History comes in for quite a beating later in the conversation."