Trump's disastrous reality show: Master trash-talker turned flailing president searches for...
FRIDAY, FEB 17, 2017 08:07 AM EST
Donald Trump’s disastrous reality show: Master trash-talker turned flailing president searches for a new villain
As Thursday's unhinged performance makes clear, being president is no damn fun, and Donald Trump doesn't like it
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
So President Donald Trump is taking his act on the road again. Apparently being president isn’t nearly as much fun as running for president and he needs to cut loose in front of an adoring crowd to charge up his batteries. So he’s having one of his Victory Rallies in Florida on Saturday. And yes, they’re calling it a campaign rally so stock up on the Stoly and Beluga caviar, because that means Trump is already running for re-election.
On Thursday he gave his followers a little teaser by holding his first real press conference since the inauguration. It was what professional presidential scholars refer to as “a doozy.” The press was more pungent in its criticism. CNN’s Jake Tapper called it “unhinged” and “wild” and a “Festivus airing of grievances.” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes tweeted, “we can agree across all ideological, political and partisan divisions that this is a deranged performance, right?” Even Shep Smith of Fox News seemed shell-shocked, saying, “It is crazy what we are watching every day, it is absolutely crazy.” CBS News’ Scott Pelley said, “Today we learned the length of the president’s fuse.” (Which unfortunately brought to mind what my great-aunt used to say about her first husband: “He was a six-foot, three-inch stick of dynamite with a little bitty fuse.”)
That was just the tip of the iceberg. The Daily Beast reported:
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