Tag: trump

Fervor

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“It was a small illustration of how casually the president throws out questionable information that sounds good, even when he could easily — and truthfully — have made the same point about his crowd without hyperbole. (And as he accused the media of dishonesty).”

 

I tweeted a photo of the Trump rally crowd — and then things got crazy

 

At revival-like rallies he feeds
his insatiable ravenous needs
to suckle on praise
while he blathers and brays
to a base still consuming his screeds

Lily Beth Baker, 4/30/17

Sure his life was much better before

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“It’s absolutely true that all presidents express — privately and then, eventually, publicly — some level of longing for the life they left behind or the life they will return to. But that usually happens after, say, seven or eight years in the White House. Not after 99 days.

 

Donald Trump sounds like he really misses not being president

 

 

Sure his life was much better before
but he reckoned how much he could score;
such a small sacrifice
for a generous slice
of America’s pie at his door.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 4/29/17

 

Wake up, America!

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“Covering the Trump administration is difficult because it requires disentangling three strands of its behavior: the normal, the incompetent, and the dangerous.
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“How seriously you take these behaviors depends on how you assess the motivations behind them, generating a game that some have taken to calling ‘Stupid or nefarious?’ or ‘Veep or House of Cards?'”

 

Present at the Destruction?
Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs

 

 

Is looming deconstruction
à la Veep or House of Cards?
It matters not when ruction
shatters peace and scatters shards.

“Stupid or nefarious?”
Regardless how it’s tagged,
this liar’s game could bury us
before the body’s bagged.

Mary Boren, 4/29/17

 

He’s frenetically scrambling to prove

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“Trump set out an ambitious agenda for his first 100 days — The Associated Press identified 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day “contract” with voters, only 10 of which he fulfilled.”

 

Trump’s first 100 days were unlike any we’ve ever seen — here are all the promises he’s kept and broken
Business Insider

 

 

He’s frenetically scrambling to prove
that he’s fully aligned in the groove
of great governance,
while most of us wince
at ineptitudes guiding each move.

© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode

 

Good men of good counsel can’t reach him;

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“We have as president an unhinged narcissistic child who tweets absurd lies and holds rallies to prop up his fragile ego, whose conflicts of financial interest are ubiquitous and whose presidency is under a ‘gray cloud’ of suspicion (according to the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee) for colluding with Russian agents to obtain office in the 2016 election.”

 

ROBERT REICH: WHERE ARE THE GROWN-UPS IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
Newsweek

 

Robert Reich: Four Grounds of Impeachment for Trump (video)

 

 

Good men of good counsel can’t reach him;
Wise counselors try, but can’t teach him.
Before it gets worse,
This American Curse,
Enough. It is time to impeach him.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 

Forty-five is upsetting Canucks?

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Steven Colbert: “It’s a dangerous world. Every day tensions are rising between the United States and our sworn enemy, Canada.” (video)
 

 

Forty-five is upsetting Canucks?
That’s gotta be one for the books!
With reserve and respect,
they’ll remain circumspect,
but beware he who plays them for schnooks.

© Susan E. Eckenrode

 

When Don T is finished with NAFTA

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“The messy 24 hours were part of a week in which the West Wing has erupted with an all-guns-firing-at-once frenzy intended to prove that Mr. Trump is an effective leader on the cusp of his 100th day in office. His staff has been alarmed by a trend: A decreasing percentage of Americans, even supporters of Mr. Trump, view him as capable of executing on his muscular if vague campaign promises.”

 

Trump’s Day of Hardball and Confusion on Nafta
The New York Times

 

 

When Don-T is finished with NAFTA,
I wonder what he will do afta.
Will it be some more tweeting,
retreating or cheating?
I’m sure it will give us more lafta!

Ya never know what he will dew
when most things arise from the blew.
This one thing’s for certain –
there ain’t no avertin’
the fact that he hasn’t a clew!

© 2017 Eric Linden

 

Being President’s so much more work

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“Trump, who spent years in the public limelight as a billionaire real estate magnate and reality television star, also lamented the lack of privacy in his new life as the country’s most prominent public servant.”

 

Trump: I thought presidency
would be ‘easier’ than ‘previous life’
Politico

 

 

Being President’s so much more work
than he thought but he’ll relish each perk
and build on his wealth
with circuitous stealth
while flaunting an arrogant smirk.

© Lily Beth Baker, 2017

He excels in the art of the scam

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“He’s getting what he cares about.

 

“Donald Trump attracted a reputation over the years as a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman. He said on the campaign trail that having been ‘greedy all my life,’ he now wanted to be greedy on behalf of the American people — but nobody seriously believed him.”

 

Donald Trump’s first 100 days
have been a moneymaking success story
Vox

 

 

He excels in the art of the scam
and each hint of compassion’s a sham.
His ego has strangled
his soul and entangled
his heart in a shroud of “I am”.

© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode

 

While his ban and his plan for a wall

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Chelsea Handler: Trump Needs to Golf More (video)

“The only time you’ve acknowledged climate change is when it caused erosion at one of your seaside golf resorts. So now we just need to get one of your golf courses pregnant so you’ll change your stance on Planned Parenthood.”

 

While his ban and his plan for a wall
Seem to stutter and sputter and stall,
He’ll whip up his fan base,
Then head for some green space
To play with a little white ball.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson