Blusterer-in-Chief, Fools Rush In Dept. 0
Jay Bookman theorizes that Donald Trump thought his “caravan” scare campaign would tip the midterm election to the Republicans. It didn’t.
Now Trump is threatening to shut down the federal government. (If you recall, that didn’t work out very well the last time Republicans tried it.)
So of course, Trump chooses this moment to threaten a high-stakes partial shutdown of the federal government, and to do so over his precious border wall. You know … the one that Mexico was going to pay to build?
(snip)
It’s clear by now that Trump came into office with an exaggerated sense of both the extent of presidential power and of his own personal ability to make the world treat him with love, fear and respect. Foreign governments, CEOs and congressional leaders aren’t contestants on “Celebrity Apprentice,” nor are they Trump Org. lackeys eager to do the boss’s bidding. After almost two years in office, they have taken his measure and aren’t impressed. Nonetheless, choosing this fight, at this time, makes almost no sense even for a blunderer of Trump’s scale.
Follow the link for Bookman’s theory as to why Donald Trump keeps on Trumpling.
