When Trump was asked why he cheated on his wives, he simply responded, “I was never told I was married!”
In a previous post I said that there was no well-defined decision-making process in the White House. I’d like to correct that error. I made a mistake. I have come to realize that there is, in fact, a well-defined decision-making process in the White House. I’m sure this must be written down somewhere because when you look back on the decisions made during the Trump administration, it becomes very clear what the process is.
If an event happens that will cast any type of bad light on Trump, the default position is ‘keep it quiet’. If, on the other hand, information begins to leak to the press, the default position is, Trump will lie about it. These lies fall into two categories – 1) Trump denies that he knew anything about the event or 2) Trump attacks the press as reporting ‘fake news’. If the uproar increases, the default plan is to send Kayleigh McEnany, the press secretary, and other Trump toadies out to repeat the original lies. If things are still looking bad for Trump, the plan is to come up with a new ‘hand grenade’ to throw out to the press so that the American people and the press will forget about the ‘old’ issue and start focusing on the ‘new’ issue. It seems pretty clear that this process is pretty well committed to memory by Trump and all of his associates.
There are currently three major issues putting a glaring spotlight on Trump and his administration – the COVID-19 pandemic and the huge loss of American lives associated with it; the intelligence information that Russia was paying bounties to Taliban fighters for killing American soldiers; and the ongoing demonstrations against police brutality and systematic racism. These are all very serious issues directly affecting American lives and the national security of the United States.
Given the decision-making process that has been followed so far by this administration and given that Kayleigh McEnany and Trump’s other toadies have already been out several times to repeat earlier lies, we must be at the point where Trump is looking for something to throw out there to distract the American people and the press. And, given the seriousness of the issues currently reflecting so badly on Trump, he is going to need a really big ‘hand grenade’ to toss out there to get people’s minds off the current situations. That should scare the hell out of everyone!!
But we should all be safe for a few days. I guess Trump is going to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on Friday for an early 4th of July celebration (and virus infection party!) I’d be willing to bet that during Trump’s remarks as he looks up at George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln carved into the side of the mountain that he will make some comment to the effect that his face should join them!! Any takers?
Your comment on Mount Rushmore is dead on. He also will be hugging our flag with his famous smirk grin thinking to himself “I got away with another one.”