President Trump started his day out with some “executive time” once again, which is to say he plopped down in front of his television and proceeded to melt his already addled brain by watching hours of the inane conservative propaganda show Fox & Friends.
Of course, not content to simply let the underserved adulation wash over him, he also made sure to tweet during the show, so that the entire world was made privy to his every impulsive response to the obsequious programming.
The president started out by attacking his predecessor, demeaning Obama’s track record on Russia. Trump has no legitimacy when discussing the topic, given his fawning praise for the murderous authoritarian Vladimir Putin in the past and more recently and more damningly, his refusal to sign new sanctions on Russia despite them passing overwhelmingly in Congress. The tweet reeks of rank hypocrisy.
Thank you to @foxandfriends for the great timeline on all of the failures the Obama Administration had against Russia, including Crimea, Syria and so much more. We are now starting to win again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
Trump then moved on to once again disputing the fact that Russia interfered in and influenced the 2016 election in his favor. Ironically, the tweets only increased the hypocrisy of the previous one. The president went from saying Obama wasn’t tough enough on Russia to giving cover to the foreign nation.
The American intelligence community has overwhelmingly concluded that Russia interfered in our election and intends to do so again during the 2018 mid-terms. Trump is selling out his country by refusing to admit that basic fact.
“There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s elections, there’s no evidence that that has happened in the past or that it will happen this time, and so I’d invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and make his case to get votes.” …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
….The President Obama quote just before election. That’s because he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win and he didn’t want to “rock the boat.” When I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
Apparently not yet satisfied with his morning media meal of lying and hypocrisy, Trump then stated the Republicans are leading in the generic poll and attributed the fact to his regressive, robber-baron tax bill. Unfortunately for Trump, almost every poll shows Democrats leading, sometimes as much as 9 points.
The last bit of the tweet about DACA is in bad faith and untrue since it was Trump who unceremoniously ended the program in the first place to pander to his xenophobic base. Democrats are trying to fix the problem, but Trump refused to sign a bipartisan solution. He claims to want to help the DREAMers while in actuality he is sabotaging them at every turn.
Republicans are now leading the Generic Poll, perhaps because of the popular Tax Cuts which the Dems want to take away. Actually, they want to raise you taxes, substantially. Also, they want to do nothing on DACA, R’s want to fix!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
Trump then plugged CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. This year’s lineup shows that the GOP has fully morphed into the monstrous party of Trump. Guest speakers this year includes everything from Pizzagate conspiracy theory peddlers to far-right French loons. It’s a thoroughly disgusting list that perfectly demonstrates how toxic, hateful, and unhinged the Republican Party has become.
Matt Schlapp and CPAC are getting ready for another exciting event. Big difference from those days when President Obama held the White House. You’ve come a long way Matt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
President Trump also made time to defend Republican gerrymandering, presumably because he knows his party will have a much tougher time getting elected if they’re forced to engage in a fair democratic process.
Hope Republicans in the Great State of Pennsylvania challenge the new “pushed” Congressional Map, all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. Your Original was correct! Don’t let the Dems take elections away from you so that they can raise taxes & waste money!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
President Trump then circled back to Russia and Obama, assuring us that he has been tough on Russia when in reality he has been anything but. He lacks either the courage or the incentive to stand up to Putin as he and his cryptocriminal goons undermine our democracy. Trump is unpatriotic and deeply unAmerican.
I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
Finally, our reality television leader ended his length Twitter rant by addressing accusations that he forcibly kissed a woman in Trump Tower while he was married. He denied the accusations, but his past words and actions tell a different story. He can’t be believed.