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| TRUMP: Wants to say how wonderful he is! |
I
remember one old episode where the Bartlet Administration faced a potential
problem – he was expecting to use the upcoming State of the Union address to
deliver a message he was eager to get out to the public, but the Congress
headed by the opposition party didn’t formally invite him to do so.
WHICH
SOUNDS ABSURD that conditions could really devolve to such a situation. Yet
Donald Trump is the master of a presidency that seeks to be absurd in every
aspect.
Meaning
that scenario actor Martin Sheen played for laughs over a decade ago is now the
reality of the state of our nation.
In
theory, Trump is expected on Tuesday to deliver his annual address before
Congress to tell us exactly where things stand within our government.
It
is expected his speech would be loaded with ridiculous rhetoric and pompous
talk about how every thing that is wrong with our nation is the Democrats’
fault – and how the key to our salvation is to follow The Donald’s lead and
just shut up and do what he tells us to do!
BUT
BECAUSE WE still have a federal government engaged in a shutdown that will
reach a month long (and counting) pretty soon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did
the unthinkable. At least in Trump’s mind.
She
revoked his invitation. Unless Trump knocks off his nonsense that has prolonged
the shutdown and allows things to get back to operating as they’re supposed to,
she’s not going to give him the platform to talk.
Which
is something that I guess hurts the Trump ego. I have no doubt that the man is
looking forward to being on national television – with his speech pre-empting
programming everywhere so he can put on his “show.”
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| PELOSI: Denying Trump the chance to blather |
You
know the one I’m talking about. Democratic members of Congress will sit
silently, while Republicans will get all worked up in cheers and applause at
all the pre-ordained moments meant to make it appear that they’re spontaneously
acknowledging the man’s genius.
IT
WILL FEED his ego. It will make Trump think he’s truly a significant historic
figure – instead of a man who truly makes former President George W. Bush look
like a mighty intellect by comparison.
But
Pelosi is denying him the opportunity to do so. Which has the Trumpsters all
worked up, and the head cheese himself plotting how to stage an event that
he’ll bill as an alternative to the State of the Union.
Most
likely, something similar to those events he had during the 2016 election cycle
– where he spews some trivial blather, finds a person or two to single out for
the partisan crowd’s abuse then gets someone to offer after-the-fact reaction
claiming that Trump is a political genius of the highest magnitude.
If
you get the feeling I’m finding the whole situation worthy of mockery, you’d be
correct. The reality is that these political addresses always contain a touch
of phoniness regardless of who speaks.
BUT
IN THE case of Trump, the level of blather will reach intense levels of b.s. I
really don’t think anybody will miss the speech if it turns out that Trump
doesn’t present it on Tuesday.
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| SHEEN (as Bartlet): More presidential than The Donald |
If
anything, Pelosi will be doing the nation a favor by not allowing an event that
would pre-empt programming people would rather watch. We won’t have all those
people swearing at their television sets Tuesday night when their favorite show
isn’t on because Trump wants to tell us just how great he truly is.
Of
course, if my mind is correct, that old “The West Wing” episode resulted in the
president ultimately getting his invitation to give his speech. Life went on in that television presidential administration.
We’ll
have to wait and see if reality turns out the same – or if the level of
national inanity reaches a new high and political commentators are denied their
chance to get Trumpsters all worked up with their allegations of presidential
ignorance. Because those people may well be the only ones who truly will care
about this ultimate non-issue.
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