The grandeur of pomp and circumstance is the austere prelude to a ceremonial celebration. The move of Mike Pompeo, assuming Senate confirmation, from the Head of the CIA to the Secretary of State was done with the usual strange Trump circumstance, but no dignified pomp. The man who has made the phrase, “you’re fired” a part of the American lexicon, has so far been too cowardly to pull the trap door on former employees. Starting with former FBI Director James Comey, former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and now Rex Tillerson, Trump generally tasks an underling to hang his employees out to dry.
Rex, “we hardly knew ye”…
Yesterday morning at 4 am Rex Tillerson returned from a diplomatic junket from Africa after receiving a 2 am call the preceding Friday from WH Chief of Staff John Kelly. There is some dispute as to whether Tillerson was informed of his firing then, or as one of Tillerson’s Undersecretaries, Steve Goldstein said, “…Tillerson learned of his firing Tuesday morning from Trump's tweet…” Such is the confusion and chaos of a house on fire. People yelling for help, flames of discord breaking out in every corner and the spigot, to the rescue hose, rusted shut. It appears the only two things that can draw the ire of the President are integrity and truth. AG Jeff Sessions has been ducking and dodging since he followed prescribed law and recused himself from the Russia probe. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in a rare display of truthfulness, was reportedly admonished for admitting the President was in a legal battle with porn actor Stormy Daniels. Rex Tillerson, months ago, allegedly called Trump an “f…...g moron.”
There is no Superman watching over America and our Black Panther is in retirement.
‘Truth, Justice or the Wakandan way’ is not at a premium in the current White House. I am probably asking way too much to have Trump try and live up to the tradition of the office’s legendary past. You know, never telling a lie, chopping down a cherry tree with a hatchet, or saving his PT boat crew, but this President is not even capable of awe-inspiring fantasy.
Mr. Trump will be remembered for preening tomfoolery, public groping and hiding his money and relationships from the public, a porn star, and his wives. The hallowed halls of the White House, that provide the setting for the Oval Office and Lincoln’s bedroom, is now the home of history’s biggest presidential joke. If it were not so sad the joke would be funny. The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has condemned the Russian government for the obvious poisoning of a Russian dissident living in England while the President has his head in the London Fog.
In a fit of pique, President Trump announced a meeting with the leader of North Korea, a meeting that takes months of planning and preparation, and then he fires the man charged with diplomacy, Rex Tillerson. The constant careening of what use to be a fine American sports car and is now a sixties mini-van, with a mattress in the back, is dizzying, frightening and dangerous.
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