Since last Tuesday’s election, Donald Trump has had a no good, horrible, very very bad week. When he went to bed on Tuesday night, Nov. 6 he was cheered by the returns which appeared to be going the GOP’s way. However, since that happy bedtime moment, it has all been all downhill for Trump.
Starting the morning of November 7, the Dems have been steadily picking up House seats They picked up three more seats today and Steve Kornacki reported that the Dems might be able to pick up 40 seats altogether. Kyrsten Sinnema won her Senate race in Arizona and will the first Dem Senator to win there since 1976.
His firing of Jeff Sessions and selection of the lowlife Matt Whitaker for acting Attorney General has blown up in his face. Even GOP lawmakers have been criticizing this appointment especially after news that Whitaker has significant connections to a company currently being investigated by the FBI for fraud. In addition Whitaker’s previous public comments about the Mueller investigation are prejudicial and as a result many are calling for Whitaker to recuse himself from the Mueller investigation.
Trump’s trip to Paris was a huge flop. He was ignored by the leaders of the European countries. He was caught smiling only once, when Vladimir Putin stepped up to shake his hand. He took a pass on honoring the American soldiers who last their lives in France during World War I And this tribute was ostensibly the reason for this trip. (A Trump spokesperson announced that the reason Trump did not attend was that it was raining. Later reports indicated that he was upset that there was not tent at the ceremony and did not want to get his hair wet. Upon returning home, Trump also declined to participate in any of the traditional rituals held for Veterans Day which previous Presidents had always engaged in.. In fact, there were plenty of clips all over cable news shows showing Obama giving speeches and laying wreaths on other Veterans Days despite inclement weather that Trump got to watch.
So what was Trump doing instead of fulfilling his responsibilities as Chief of State? He was holed up in the White House in his bathrobe, in a dark, bitter, petulant, angry snit, His foul mood was so monumental that even his closest aides were hiding out hoping to avoid having to deal with him.
So what does this temper tantrum reveal about the character of this man? Of course it reveals what the Resistance has been saying all along -that Donald Trump is an empty shell of a man. He does not care about policy, or politics nor can he even muster a simple reverence for the office he holds.
He has only one passion – and that is his daily unrelenting drive for adulation and adoration to keep his gaping insecurities at bay. He seems to be devoid of all empathy and concern for others. Just think of his comments re the fires in California. He castigated the state officials about their poor forest management and threatened to withhold all federal monies. He did not utter one word of solace to the families who had lost loved ones or support for the thousand of fire-fighters who were working round the clock to get the fired under control. In his press conference, he was mean and ugly and ultimately pulled the press pass of Bob Acosta for being a “terrible person and rude” His behavior became more unhinged as the week progressed.
Trump is falling apart over an election comeuppance he should have seen coming. Instead, in his irrational world, he thought that his cheering base in all of those campaign stops must have been an indication that the GOP would win. He was thus totally caught off guard by the huge blue wave.
The Resistance has to stay on high alert. The dragon always fights fiercest when mortally wounded. And this dragon still has the power of his office to use against his enemies.
Here is an article from Daily Kos which discusses Trump’s huge missteps in the last week.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/14/1812821/-Trump-is-finally-revealing-himself-as-the-sick-incompetent-joke-we-all-knew-he-was