Saturday, 29 April 2017

100 Days of "What the.....?"


Keeping an eye on the "Deep State"
So, 100 Days of Trump. Everyone and their uncle is currently writing pieces assessing Trump's first 100. I think it's fair to say the majority of them are decidedly negative-- more so if you think the "mainstream media" is nothing but "fake news." The most generous thing I can say about the first 100 is that Trump as President is a work in progress and that some of that fake news may yet come back to bite him. There's a lot of smoke billowing around Trump, but, as of yet, no white-hot fire.

There are moments in which he seems rather conventional only to follow it quickly with yet another head-scratcher. The "chaos candidate" has definitely turned into a chaotic president-- so much so, the Washington Post has a new portal for sharing tips confidentially and a podcast entitled "Can He Do That?"

I'll leave the thorough assessments of most of Trump's first 100 to others, including the piece linked here.  However, what follows are a few observations I have made, and a small sample of the research and writing I've been doing here.

Redefining the Floor....Down

I was scrolling through some YouTube clips the other day and came across the great Seinfeld episode in which Frank Costanza invites Seinfeld...