I went to bed at a decent hour Monday night and got a pretty good sleep. I woke up refreshed Tuesday morning, only to see the news that President Trump seemed to have told a crowd in Nebraska that it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if Iran attacked Southern California. Let ’em take out San Diego,” he said in a typically meandering speech, perhaps trying to justify a war he has repeatedly claimed is keeping the U.S. safe, even as gas prices have spiked.
Such “dangerous” remarks could “potentially compromise our safety,” said L.A. About 8 a.m., I took my dog Philly out for our morning walk. This is usually a lovely time for us.
For Philly, a 3-year-old beagle, these are essentially business trips. I got to thinking about the similarities in the daily routines of Philly and the president of the United States. The thing is, I carry bags with me and clean up after Philly.
The president to my knowledge has nobody on his staff doing this. We are at a point in American politics at which we must consider posting signs, everywhere Trump travels, that say, “Please Curb Your President.” Not that it would be easy to clean Trump’s daily messes. You’d need the equivalent of those parade attendants in overalls who run along behind the horses with shovels.
The White House does not use poop bags. Instead, it uses denial and spin. Critical reactions to Trump’s Nebraska comments were “not rooted in reality,” said White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung, who claimed Trump was misrepresented.
We’ve got to respect Cheung’s opinion. Does anyone in the world have more experience when it comes to analyzing comments not rooted in reality? Some of you may know there are two topics I often revisit in my column.
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