Stupid Trump Tricks -

Stupid Trump Tricks -
It’s important, he explained, because it’s something that “people don’t talk about anymore.”
We are now going to have two and a half months to point out
that in a land surrounded by Christmas sales, carpeted by Christmas trees and bathed in the broadcast of Christmas carols, the last thing we really need to worry about is the failure to mention the word “Christmas.”
If we were going to cruise down the highway of political virtue this week, talking policy and watching the climate change, we’d discuss health care.
It’s hard to believe that in his New York real estate days he didn’t occasionally say “Happy holidays!”
But in this presidency, it’s as bad as, um, ignoring the flag.
But if you’re a president who went to a military high school, sitting in a military facility, near people
who suddenly get to their feet, there ought to be an inkling that some attention should be paid.
The bugle incident is definitely fair game, since Trump’s been on a rampage against
black National Football League players who kneel during the national anthem.
Athletes staging a somber protest about racial injustice or a president sitting around joshing during a ceremony about the flag?
Among many deeply depressing changes, he’s axing government payments to insurance companies that help subsidize policies for the poor.