Contrary to what that "sleeping son of a bitch," Chuck Todd, and the rest of the FAKE NEWS media would have you believe, this week on everyone's favorite clown show, there was no chaos—only great energy!
President @realDonaldTrump (aka David Dennison) continued to demonstrate the sort of (mental) stability that we've all come to expect from a genius of his caliber.
In a break from past presidents (and past precedents), Trump agreed to a face-to-face meeting with North Korea's "Little Rocket Man," without any preconditions.
Meanwhile, Trump's crack (smoking) legal team continued trying to negotiate a series of demands with Special Counsel Robert Mueller regarding a potential interview.
Whether or not either of these meetings will ultimately take place remains to be seen, but one thing is already clear—if they do, they're unlikely to end well.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ); Roundtable: Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Eugene Robinson (Washington Post), Matt Bai (Yahoo News) & Andrea Mitchell (NBC News).
Face The Nation: CIA Director Mike Pompeo; Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO); North Korea Panel: Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morrell, Dr. Jung Pak (Brookings Institution) & David Sanger (New York Times); Roundtable: Michael Gerson, Molly Ball (Time), Susan Glasser & Shannon Pettypiece (Bloomberg).
This Week: White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah; Former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; Roundtable: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), Jonathan Swan (Axios), Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile & Mary Bruce (ABC News).
Fox News Sunday: CIA Director Mike Pompeo; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Roundtable: Jason Riley (Wall Street Journal), Catherine Lucey (Associated Press), Charles Hurt (Washington Times) & Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI); Roundtable: Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Neera Tanden (Center for American Progress), Republican Strategist Amanda Carpenter & Former South Carolina State Rep. Bakari Sellers (D).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on childhood trauma's long-term effects (preview); an interview with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (preview); and, a report on the cloning of star polo ponies (preview).
Late night shows:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Monday: NFL Player Tom Brady; Actor Sean Bean; Comedian Emmy Blotnick.
Tuesday: Actress Angela Bassett; Actor Jimmy O. Yang; Singer-Songwriter Jack Johnson.
Wednesday: Actor Paul Giamatti; Singer-Songwriter Brandi Carlilee.
Thursday: Rerun.
Friday: Rerun.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Monday: Writer Junot Diaz; Tuesday: Musician David Byrne; Wednesday: Actress Krysten Ritter; Thursday: Christiane Amanpour (CNN).
Elsewhere...
Actress Stacey Dash lived up to her billing when she sat down with Ari Melber for her first interview since launching her Congressional campaign.
"I think he's absolutely right," she said of Trump. "There were two extreme sides and here's what it boils down to, our right. They had a right to assemble. Both sides had a right but they were both extremes."
Asked if she really believes there were really "good people" marching with neo-Nazis and white supremacists, Dash told Melber, "I'm not here to judge. The only one who can judge is God. Do I know every person in the neo-Nazi party, if they have a good heart or not? No, I don't. Do I know every member of a gang, if they have a good heart or not? No, I don't. Do I know every heart of a man in prison, if he has a good heart or not? No, I don't."
And with that, Melber went back to questions about Dash's film career.
"I think all people in the world can be divided into these camps, are you at the end of the day a Clueless person or a Legally Blonde person?" he asked her. "Because I loved Legally Blonde and I know it's a hard choice. But where do you come down?"
"Well, I mean, come on. Of course I'm a Clueless person," Dash answered. "That was a very easy question."
Meanwhile...
Trade Representative Peter Navarro explained what he thinks his job is as an economist.
Speaking to Bloomberg on March 7, Navarro heaped praise on his boss and described his own role as that of an enabler.
"This is the president's vision. My function, really, as an economist is to try to provide the underlying analytics that confirm his
intuition. And his intuition is always right in
these matters," Navarro said.
He compared the White House to the successful New England Patriots football team. "The owner, the coach, and the quarterback are all the president. The rest of us are all interchangeable parts."
And, finally...
To mark the sentencing of "Pharma Bro/Pharma Douche" Martin Shkreli, here's a flashback to jury selection.
THE COURT: Juror Number 59, come on up.
JUROR NO. 59: Your Honor, totally he is guilty and in no way can I let him slide out of anything because—
THE COURT: Okay. Is that your attitude toward anyone charged with a crime who has not been proven guilty?
JUROR NO. 59: It's my attitude toward his entire demeanor, what he has done to people.
THE COURT: All right. We are going to excuse you, sir.
JUROR NO. 59: And he disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan.
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit.
– Trix