Donald Trump is Doomed!
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound. Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman — strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.
Superman — who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who disguised as Jack Smith, mild-mannered Special Counsel for the US Department of Justice, fights a neverending battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
— The Adventures of Superman, 1951-1957
They’re All Mine!
The Problem With Trump
Trump Apologist Extraordinaire
To state the obvious, it is not looking good for Trump.
Most of the editorial cartoonists portray him as bumbling, defiant, hopelessly out of touch, and completed unaware that he is in serious legal jeopardy. The false bravado, the phony boasts, and a total disregard for the truth best describe Trump’s reaction to this indictment. He will probably be in serious denial of reality until the very moment he is found guilty and carted off to jail in handcuffs!
Trump has always believed that he is above the law — even well before he ever set foot in the White House. To say that he has frequently had an uneasy relationship with the truth, is to severely understate that fact. For him, truth is fungible and — depending on the fix he is in at any given moment in time — is what he believes it to be there and then. For someone with authoritarian tendencies, Trump remains a big believer not in absolutism but, rather, in relativism.
Note: I will post more editorial cartoons as they go online this afternoon and later today. Often, as cartoons are posted online in real time, I include them as updates to the diary. If the cartoon is a couple of days old, I usually post it in the comments section.
Here are three more of my diaries on this topic from just a few days ago.
Monstrous
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 62% of respondents — including 91% of Democrats and 35% of Republicans — said it was believable that Donald Trump illegally stored classified documents at his home in Florida.
Philip Bump: “In a CBS News-YouGov poll released over the weekend, three-quarters of likely Republican primary voters said the indictment was politically motivated. Three-quarters also said the indictment doesn’t change their view of Trump or improves their view (though that’s almost certainly just a way for respondents to emphasize how little they care).”
“There is no voice who could convince Trump’s most energetic supporters of the idea that he willfully violated the law. There never has been. Anyone who tries to present the reality of the situation to his base, however close they were to Trump at the outset, is immediately exiled.”
Weighted Down
He Looks Good In It
Cheers
Forrest Gump Would Be So Proud
Proud to Be Republican
Trump’s Lawyers Make the Case
Trump and 5th Avenue: A Match Made in MAGA Heaven
If You Collect Too Many Boxes of Stolen Nuclear Secrets…
… On the Other Hand
Inmate #6543 Hard at Work
I Believe He Will, Too
The Grifter-in-Chief
Oldie, But Goodie
One Hell of a Good Deal
Avoiding the Truth
Just Say No
Does He Control the Bird?
And Down the Stretch They Come!
Think Again, Einstein
“Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive”
“Liar, Liar...”
Needed: A New Time Machine
Money, Money, Money”
The Harder They Fall
The Trump Defense Team
The Heat is On in Miami — Mick Mulvaney Thinks Trump is Headed to Jail
Is This Trump’s Future?
“I think the chances of a guilty verdict are fairly high, and the chances of real jail time are pretty high.”
— Former Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, in a GB News interview.
In our day and age, the Chief of Staff to the President of the United States is widely considered to be the second-most-powerful person in Washington, DC. Yes, more politically powerful than the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, the US Senate Majority Leader, and the Vice President.
By his proximity to the Oval Office in the White House and constant daily interaction with the President, the COS controls access to the President and manages his schedule and time, a very valuable commodity in the larger scheme of things. He (yes, there has never, ever been a female COS) is not subject to oversight by the US Congress and neither is his appointment confirmed by the US Senate. He’s there because the President of the United States chose and trusted him to be at his side to help govern the country. Period.
For these reasons, and more, we should pay attention to what Mick Mulvaney has to say.
Putin Feels It for His Dear Friend, Donald Trump
Forget What I Said Then
“Faster Than a Speeding Bullet! More Powerful Than a Locomotive! Able to Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound!”
Attribution for the above cartoon: Clay Bennett @BennettCartoons
Being Hammered from All Sides
No Guts and Principles
Polluting the Country and Our Lives
Politically Speaking, This Guy Isn’t Going Anywhere
You Should Talk...LOL
The Honorable Gentleman from California
Will This Nightmare Ever End?
Once You Catch Him, Put Jim in Jail
Does He Have a Way Out?
It Will Never End
Trump Arrives This Afternoon in Miami. Florida
Decision Time
The Dream Team
Dial 1-800-For-$$$$
Code Orange
Diary Poll
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