Trump on Steroids

 

Right now, Trump thinks he is the Lizard King, and can do anything. He's been on a Twitter roll that simply can't be anything to do with Dan Scavino or anyone else--it's all Trump.  He hasn't just come home to the White House, but has chosen to make weird, conflicting pronouncements whilst still operating as the President, like declaring that negotiations for COVID-19 economic relief are totally off on one hand, but agreeing with Fed Chairman Powell on the other hand that something must be done to prevent disaster, 

Although Trump has used Twitter to wreck the stock market with trash talk before, I don't even know if he did it intentionally this time. (By the by, did you know Trump's economic prowess in the trade war has resulted in an ever-widening trade deficit and man, he does not know how to fix that shit or even whether it is bad or should be fixed? Because those things are totally true.) 

He also declassified a bunch of Russia investigation information either several hours ago or a long time ago. (his sense of time might be a bit, um, unbounded.)Which might even include the redacted bits of the Mueller report, for all I know. I wonder which intelligence agency (he's mad at all of them) he's talking to. He's also in an online relationship with the Hoover Institute's Paul Sperry (sorry Melania--or is that congratulations?).

Anyway, Trump's insistence that he gets what COVID-19 is all about now (When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone; I cannot put my finger on it now. The child is grown. The dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb.) seems belied by basically everything he's been doing. And his doctors are not telling the truth and the White House hasn't been telling the truth, because we should understand Trump wasn't getting tested regularly for the virus, so we don't know exactly when he was infected, but what we can surmise is that yes, this guy is Donny Crappleseed and yes, he still doesn't understand prophylaxis. 

And he's presidenting under the influence of whatever cocktail the good docs at Walter Reed gave him, and now that he's "home", if rumors are true, whatever additions he might be able to get from "not so good doctors".  I've joked that we might not be able to tell the difference between regular Trump and Trump with special additives. It could behoove him then, to maybe interrupt his responsibilities/campaign until he makes any kind of sense, but let's face it--he never did! 

Also, Pence's Dr's note is awfully nice but I am glad he agreed to the plexiglass barrier. Not just because of COVID. But because having laid down with a dirty dog like Trump for so long, I fear he might have fleas.