In the alternative universe within which the consciousness of Donald Trump resides, the appropriate response to ever-growing and primarily peaceful protests filling streets nationwide is to compulsively post to social media — in all caps —phrases like “LAW ENFORCEMENT” and “LAW & ORDER!”
The president picked up his waterfall of tweets this morning right where he left off yesterday, ranting about the protests, attacking his now-certain presidential rival Joe Biden, and slamming one of the increasing numbers of Republican defectors who have had the temerity to admit what a disaster his presidency has been.
Trump began his social media morning with a message that he could have found at the bottom of a desk drawer in the Oval Office where it had been sitting since Richard Nixon defiled the office.
Sleepy Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats want to “DEFUND THE POLICE”. I want great and well paid LAW ENFORCEMENT. I want LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
One is tempted to cheekily reply: “We don’t care what your favorite TV series is, but are you referring to the original LAW & ORDER or the SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT?”
Trump seems unmoved by the idea that the largest and most sustained public demonstrations in American history may indicate that the vast majority of the nation’s citizens are tired of racism and the police brutality that emerges from it.
If anyone wanted evidence that the president held any moral convictions beyond personal enrichment and his own re-election, they would not find it in this tweet.
Proof that Trump does perceive reality quite differently than ordinary mortals came in his next post where it became clear that the president sees crowds in inverse proportion to how the rest of the world sees them. The first clue to this phenomenon was at his inauguration where Trump saw record-breaking crowds, while everyone besides his paid political flacks saw empty bleachers and a sparse band of attendees.
Now, Trump announced that the record crowds that turned out in Washington DC to insist that Black lives indeed do matter somehow consisted of “far fewer protestors” than anticipated, and thus he was sending the National Guard back to their homes.
I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control. They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
For all the scorn and fury Trump has aimed at China, he has certainly learned a lesson from Chinese culture about saving face.
Despite his excuses, the removal of the National Guard from the nation’s capital was a welcome development after the police violence and chemical weapons use of the past week.
Trump escalated his attacks on Biden and “Radical Left Democrats” in his next tweet, which escalated his assertions from the idea that they would defund police to the accusations that slashing the military budget would also be on their agenda.
It is like the president was making a case for progressives to vote against him since the concept of reducing an American military budget that exceeds the combined expenditures of the next 10 nations combined — much of it going into the pockets of defense contractors in a form of corporate socialism — has been a long-cherished goal of the left who believe that America has more important priorities on which to spend its shrinking tax dollars.
Not only will Sleepy Joe Biden DEFUND THE POLICE, but he will DEFUND OUR MILITARY! He has no choice, the Dems are controlled by the Radical Left.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
Next, Trump set his sights on one of the defecting Republicans, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell.
Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden. Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction?” They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
The idea of the flaccid Trump calling anyone a real stiff is alone enough to provoke some serious guffaws, but the irony of this president condemning Powell for using false information to advance a political agenda is lost on no one but Trump himself, apparently.
Trump returned to Powell again in a subsequent tweet that showed just how much the former Bush administration official’s endorsement of Biden had gotten under his skin.
Somebody please tell highly overrated Colin Powell that I will have gotten almost 300 Federal Judges approved (a record), Two Great Supreme Court Justices, rebuilt our once depleted Military, Choice for Vets, Biggest Ever Tax & Regulation Cuts, Saved Healthcare & 2A, & much more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
Trump may think he’s posting a list of his achievements to bolster his campaign prospects, but, in actuality to many Americans, his list reads more like a damage claim after a man-made disaster than any record of accomplishments to boast of.
Having gotten his morning grievances off of his chest, Trump went on to announce an emergency declaration for storm-battered Louisiana with a speed that he likely would not have bothered with in a Democrat-controlled state, or, indubitably, Puerto Rico.
At the request of @SenJohnKennedy & @SenBillCassidy of the Great State of Louisiana, I will be approving & signing today an EMERGENCY DECLARATION which will help with all aspects of the big storm that is currently hitting your shores. FEMA is already there. God Bless You!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
That was it for the original social media posts from the president this morning. After these, Trump lapsed back into furious retweeting of sycophantic Republicans praising him and parroting his words.
Serious observers of the president, however, like their counterparts in volcanic science, can predict when we can expect the next eruption of Trump tweets to occur.
The consensus is that it’s likely to recur within hours.
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