WASHINGTON (AP) — After threatening states that he would dispatch the military to quell protests, President Donald Trump appeared to be privately backing off, with White House officials saying the response to demonstrations across the country indicated that local governments should be able to restore order themselves.
Of course he did. It was just another Infrastructure Week. It probably didn’t hurt that military brass told him that he couldn’t (and hopefully, they wouldn’t) do it. The moron has serious authority issues. Mostly with the authority he doesn’t have.
As Randy Newman explained in “Big Hat, No Cattle”:
Since I was a child
I’ve tried to be what I’m not
I’ve lied and I’ve enjoyed it all my life
I lied to my dear mother
To my sisters and my brother
And now I’m lying to my children and my wife
Big Hat, no cattle
Big head, no brain
Big snake, no rattle
I forever remain
Big hat, no cattle
I knew from the start
Big boat, no paddle
Big belly, no heart
Jack off backs off.
He already solved racism and looting by sending in the helicopters and cavalry. What more do you people want?
Because all the democratic governors told him no
Of course. He’s a two-dimensional tough guy.
Weak!
Wow, the polling on a military invasion against US citizens must have been kinda brutal.
I imagine even the most pro-Trump guvs told him to drop the idea pronto.
“It was Attorney General William Barr who gave the order for law enforcement to clear out the protest before Trump’s walk to the church ahead of Washington’s 7 p.m. curfew. A person familiar with the matter said the decision was made earlier Monday, but had not been executed by the time Barr arrived in Lafayette Park to survey the scene. He verbally gave the order at that time.”
Why is this reported as fact? Just because Barr claims to have made the order doesn’t mean that it originated with him. The evening’s festivities were too well coordinated to have made the gassing of peaceful demonstrators’ the result of a single functionary’s ill-timed decision. You should never treat any statement coming from the Trumpers as fact.
After threatening states that he would dispatch the military to quell protests, President Donald Trump appeared to be privately backing off, with White House officials saying the response to demonstrations across the country indicated that local governments should be able to restore order themselves.
Of course, he delivered the threat, it was heard by the police, so now they will step up to show how tough they are. Everything Trump does is theater
Already bored with his big troops in the streets, bashing protesters, shutting down lawful protests.
He’s had his religious moments and now it’s time to move on to the next really big thing.
I shutter.
I don’t believe Trump will debate Biden even once. Even Trump (yes, I know, but, still, even Trump) knows he’s accumulated too many self-inflicted wounds in the past month.
Exactly, did not get the reception he thought he would by being all macho macho-man…once again spaghetti thrown against the wall to see it it would stick and as usual taken directly from the box, dumb ass.
73% of Americans approve of the protests.
Only 20% do not.
From Greg Sargent (TPM Alum!):
https://twitter.com/theplumlinegs/status/1268127496215711744?s=21
All these fake tough guy stunts are failing Donnie. Sad! Low Energy!
Oh nice. I haven’t seen those numbers, new poll? Gotta link?
MSNBC this morning.
Agreed on this 100%. Aside from the fact that his dementia is advancing, his popularity is really struggling and he’ll come up with some excuse to weasel out of the debates. Guaranteed.
