It’s Friday chaos time, as Trump buggers off to Perv-A-Lago once again.
But first, lunch with Viktor Orbán. There’s always a meal.
We’ll see whether that gives us the chance to catch up on some of the other stories and sidebars that have been waiting patiently for us to wind down from our post-election party.
Today’s countdown numbers:
- It’s Day 38 of the shutdown. We’ve broken the record, like no one’s ever seen before!
- 1,170 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
- 361 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
- 422 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.
Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Slovakia!
Another landlocked target, the invasion of which would require entry via Poland or Ukraine. Unlikely! Unless you’d rather roll over other landlocked neighbors, too. Like Czechia, Austria, and Hungary, plus some of their neighbors.
Hey, Orbán is in town for lunch! When he asks you to pass the ketchup, hit him up for use of his airspace!
Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™