Saturday, August 26, 2017

This Week in Trumpland August 26, 2017

THIS WEEK IN TRUMPLAND, a sixty second primer on the path to Armageddon: “under cover of Hurricane Harvey” edition

Trump threatens to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t vote to fund building the Mexican wall
Calling Joe Arpaio an American patriot, Trump pardons the racist former Arizona Sheriff
Trump signs directive precluding transgendered individuals from joining the military
Trump approval rating drops to 34%
White House adviser and Bannon ally Sebastian Gorka follows Bannon down the plank
Newsweek reports that according to a study by the Cooperative Congressional Election Survey, less than 80 percent of Bernie voters voted for Hillary in the general election, and a stunning 12% actually voted for Trump
In response to Trump’s weak response to Neo-Nazi and KKK actions at Charlottesville, former Goldman Sachs president and current head of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn drafts resignation letter, but then decides that tax cuts for the rich and deregulation for his cronies are more important than a moral compass
New Chief of Staff John Kelly makes Ivanka go through him to see her father, but still can’t control Trump’s Twitter storms
German magazine “Stern” prints a cover depicting Trump doing the Nazi salute
After Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin trumps up a faux government trip to Kentucky so he and his wife can see the solar eclipse at taxpayer expense, his wannabe actress wife lambasts an Oregon mother of three on social media as “being out of touch” for commenting on her $15,000 outfit

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