Donald Trump has the opposite of the “Midas touch”: He diminishes everything he comes into contact with. It is hard, for example, to think of a single individual who has emerged from an association with Trump with an enhanced reputation. Take Rudy Giuliani. He was once “America’s Mayor.” Now he will be forever remembered as the shyster hawking crazy conspiracy …
“No matter what.” These are chilling words to hear from any law enforcement official. After all, given the enormous stakes involved in a criminal prosecution, restraint has to be the operative word. It is thus particularly concerning when these words are uttered by the chief federal law enforcement official for the nation’s capital and when the words are targeted at …
Here is the recently released statement of Edward R. Martin, the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: “I want to thank President Trump for trusting me to re-establish law and order in Washington, D.C. It is the honor of my lifetime to accept his nomination as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. I pledge to …
Ignorance used to be something to be ashamed of. Now we seem to celebrate it. It is anti-elitist. It proves our connection to the common man.
We have learned that the same rules apply to everyone. It does not matter if you are a homeless person or the former president of the United States.
There never was an “elite strike force team.” Nor was there any significant election fraud. It is hard to believe that this second-rate lawyer once had the ear of the President.
I spend a lot of time on the Acela. So too do other people I have encountered over the last year or so: Tony Fauci, Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik and others.
It is almost as if our former President intentionally peppers his unhinged and whiny tweets with spelling and grammatical errors. He wants to show his devoted followers he is just like they are.
Like Oedipus, the classic tragic hero who was felled by his excessive pride and self-righteousness, Trump has been done in by his own personal failings. I am convinced, for example, that but for the fallout from Trump’s narcissism, he would have gone down in history as a successful two-term president.