The hits just keep coming with this president. So much so that the American press is having a hard time keeping up with the scandals dogging the White House.I mean just when you think that one outrageous act can't get any worse, along comes another one that is equally appalling.
Where do I begin? Well, for starters, today the American president chose to side with a murderous dictatorial regime over his own intelligence community. Mr. trump declared (even after un-controverted evidence to the contrary) that the Saudi Arabian government and their leaders should not be held accountable for chopping up an American journalist in their embassy. Why? Because they were just too important a partner on the world stage. (Translated: I can't afford to jeopardize my business interests with the Saudis.)
I have to give it to trump, though, at least he is consistent. His love for dictators and disdain for things having to do with democracy has not changed since he took office.
And then there is his daughter, Ivanka, who we learned today has been doing what her father wanted his 2016 opponent arrested for: using private e-mails to conduct government business. These people and their supporters are such word class hypocrites that it boggles the mind.
Now you will hear all of the excuses from the right, and the whataboutisms that they are so good at throwing out when they are caught in a lie or with their backs against the wall.
"Early on and for a little period of time, Ivanka did some emails. They weren't classified like Hillary Clinton. They weren't deleted like Hillary Clinton," Trump told reporters.
"She wasn't doing anything to hide her emails... They are all in presidential records... There were no servers in the basement like Hillary Clinton had. You're talking about a whole different -- all fake news."
I hear ya, orange one. But the good news for the American people is this: Come January there are some new sheriffs in town, and they are going to want some answers.
And finally, what might be the biggest story today from this scandal plagued White House, is the one from the New York Times detailing how Mr. trump tried to order the justice department to prosecute James Comey and Hillary Clinton.
This man really believes that the justice department is his own personal tool to go after his political enemies. Sorry orange one, that is not how it works in America, at least not yet.
Fortunately for the country (and for him), he was talked out of it by White House lawyers who had to write a memo to him explaining why prosecuting political enemies is something that his buddy Putin would do, but is not cool here in America. (Not yet.)
There is one person who might be interested in getting to the bottom of this article, and that is one Robert Mueller. (Remember, one of those same White House lawyers is now cooperating with him.) The man whose obstructing of justice case just got a whole lot stronger.
"Lock them up".
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