Yesterday, when his adult daycare minders weren't minding him, dimbulb narcissist Donald "Rump" Trump conducted an impromptu one- on- one interview with Michael Schmidt of the New York Times on the golf course at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The Times has excerpts from the interview here. A must read. (Spoiler alert: no collusion, no collusion! Also, he's nuts.)
On the Trump/ Russia scandal, he claimed 16 times over the 30- minute interview that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russians, and that everybody, including "virtually every Democrat" already knows that. (Consciousness of guilt raises it ugly orange head.) But, there was "tremendous collusion on behalf of the Russians and the Democrats..."! He said that numerous times. Did we mention he's nuts?
On a whole range of other issues from DACA/ immigration, to infrastructure, to bailing him out on health insurance, he's convinced that "Democrats will come to him" to cut deals. In an election year when, for the past 12 months, Republicans have rammed their dystopian agenda down the throats of Democrats in Congress? We don't think "Chuck and Nancy" have that much of a death wish. (Betty Cracker at Balloon Juice sees the Democrats' dilemma, though. OTOH, it would be dangerous for Democrats to "kiss the ring" of this megalomaniac.) He's nuts.
On the recently passed Republican wealthfare tax bill, he says he "knows taxes better than anybody." (Well, tax avoidance anyway.) He says the wealthfare bill will be "bigger than anyone imagines." He must mean a bigger wealth transfer to corporations and the wealthy. He also takes credit for what will be the future despoiling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He's nuts.
On meddling with the Justice Department, he says he has "every right" to do so, but is holding off pending "fair" treatment by the Special Counsel. He also thinks former Attorney General Eric Holder "protected" President Obama, unlike his Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. "Protected." (Consciousness of guilt raises its ugly orange head again.) He's nuts.
On running for reelection, he thinks the media will "have to let me win" in order to keep selling papers, etc. Somebody get a net!
BONUS: Charles P. Pierce on the interview and the interviewer.
