If Donald Trump had to face a united Democratic Party in 2020, he’d have little chance of re-election. Trouble is, he won’t, at least not if Bernie Sanders runs agains — and it’s being reported that he’s laying the groundwork for a bigger campaign than in 2016. Is he too divisive? In hockey, they’d settle this by dropping the gloves; in boxing, by taping them on. Why not fight over which metaphor is better instead?
Muellerologists seem to agree that the Mueller probe is reaching its conclusion, though of course they’re just reading tea leaves. Today’s docket calls for something regarding Mike Flynn, who hasn’t been heard from for quite a while.
Nobody wants to call Trump a liar, but they all find other ways to say it. For example, J.P. Morgan warned investors that Trump’s claims about his so-called deal with China “seem if not completely fabricated then grossly exaggerated.” See what they did there? He slid around the tag.
The white nationalist street mobs could be described as terrorists, but these experts disagee. They’re really good, old-fashioned street mobs and should be treated as such by law enforcement. In other words, treat them as if they were black.
Speaking of street mobs, La Belle France just saw its most violent protests since the 1960s, recreating 1999’s Battle in Seattle to the area around the Arc de Triomphe. Emmanuel Macron’s government postponed fuel tax increases until summer, which sounds like the French version of raking the forests.
Meanwhile, in the tax-cutting capital of the world, the good ol’ USA, it appears we’ve finally reached the point at which promising more tax cuts is no longer moving the needle for the GOP. About time.