Donald Trump told us over the weekend that he loves “brutality.” Yes, that could be considered a mischaracterization, but I contend the convoluted statements and lies of Trump makes interpretation a personal choice. On June 19, 2017, President Trump told the nation and the parents of Otto Warmbier, Cindy and Fred Warmbier, that “The United States once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim.” This weekend that same President said he fell in love with the ruler of the North Korean regime, Kim Jong-un. “I was really being tough and so was he," he said. "And we would go back and forth. And then we fell in love. No really. He wrote me beautiful letters," Trump said Saturday. Listening to Donald Trump is like banging your head against the lid of a Brett Kavanaugh beer, your happy its empty but it hurts for days; but, chances are you will not remember it. So, when Donald Trump stands before the nation and says “I believe the Judge” what weight does it carry besides the anchor of his lies, evasiveness and slovenly moral character. You hear Trumplicans excuse his behavior with the phrase, ‘all presidents lie.’ The trouble is, Trump lies so often and so much that before you can commit the last lie to memory he has told three more, sometimes in the same paragraph. For example, people remember Reagan’s lie’s about Iran-Contra. People remember George H.W. Bush telling us to “read my lips, no new taxes.” People remember Bill Clinton wagging his finger and telling us, “I did not have sex with that woman…” I remember George W. Bush telling us Saddam Hussein was hiding nuclear weapons. Gleefully conservatives will remind you Barack Obama said, “if you like your doctor…” What makes them memorable is the infrequency. I have heard it said, trying to count Trump’s lies is like trying to drink from a fire hose. What will be the memorable lie from Trump or his surrogates? At last count, the number of lies documented by the Washington Post was at more than 5,000. That number was achieved less than half-way through his term. We still laugh at Sean Spicer’s screaming emphatic description of Trump’s Inauguration crowd, PERIOD! We have yet to lower our eyebrows over the Kellyanne Conway introduction of “alternative facts.” The intermittent “daily” WH Press Briefings, conducted by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, are just clues for the scavenger hunt of truth. It took the other leaders of the world to teach America the proper reaction to what the President says—laughter.
As per his natural inclination to lie, he followed his obvious surprise to his derision by the U.N Heads of State with a lie a few hours later, when he said, "Well, that was meant to get some laughter, but it was great." Even in his own lie, he seemed confused, if it was meant to get a laugh, why use the words, “but it was great.” That sounds like a guy caught in a lie. Hey Brett, me, you and Stormy, how about a little “devil’s triangle?” Vote in ’18 for Change.