From Andrew O'Hehir, writing in Salon.com about the abject failure of the weak and submissive Malignant Fascist for putting on a "bad show" for TV, disappointing the bored and upset broken media for staging a "pseudo-event":
"Donald Trump’s supposed strength lies in showmanship and stagecraft, or at least in shamelessly whoring for attention, which is not exactly the same thing. The fact that 'we' — meaning the entire ecosystem of media and public opinion, including you and me — keep giving him attention, like a bunch of aging addicts chasing an unachievable high, says more about us than about him.
But while Trump’s second administration is undeniably nastier and more destructive than his first, it’s not entirely clear who’s driving the bus to dystopia. Because it ain’t him. Trump has always seemed more like a sump pump of received wisdom and reprocessed opinions than an actual human adult, but even by those standards he now appears enormously diminished. His so-called summit meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday was an abject failure (for everyone but Putin), making clear that the president’s performance skills have degraded nearly as much as his already-damaged cognitive abilities. [snip]
Not only was there no peace deal in Ukraine — which, not to be tiresome, was something Trump promised he would accomplish in one day — but, worse yet, our guy put on a bad show. Armies of commentators, reporters and photographers were hauled off to the 49th state expecting a vintage Trump performance, of the sort that has lubricated their industry for an entire decade." (our emphasis)
O'Hehir's entire article is well worth the read. Perhaps, as O"Hehir suggests, the White House media gaggle will begin treating the Malignant Fascist as a lame duck, tired, unfit and, worst for him and his media flock, someone who puts on a bad show.
(photo: Thug Putin and his worn-out employee. Body language burns!)
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