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Demovictory9

(32,320 posts)
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 08:00 PM Mar 2018

Trump routinely humiliates whomever he pleases. But the day is coming when the tables will turn

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-humilate-tables-will-turn-mcmaster-mexico-border-wall-karen-mcdougal-stormy-daniels-a8271076.html

Donald Trump routinely humiliates whomever he pleases. But the day is coming when the tables will turn

You may argue that Trump humiliates himself every single day without trying. But these things tend to be more satisfying when the person concerned recognises the fact


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But the best was surely the day last summer when he had every member of his cabinet praise their Dear Leader – and swear undying loyalty to him – with the whole nation watching. A finer example of mass humiliation in the nation’s capital you have rarely seen. “What an incredible honour it is to lead the Department of Health and Human Services at this pivotal time under your leadership,” Tom Price gushed. Yeah, well. Price got the ejector seat in September.

So how about some Trump-shaming? If there is any justice, he’ll one day be on the receiving end of what he has so freely dished to others, won’t he? It could be political humiliation, and there are signs of that happening even right now. What wall? Or it could be a private-life thing and I don’t just mean Melania snatching her hand away from his when the cameras are rolling.

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Two more things have the potential to bring tears of shame to Trump’s eyes. One is the Russian collusion probe and only special counsel Robert Mueller knows where that is headed. The other is politics. Ghastly approval ratings might do it, but he may be accustomed to them by now. A series of losses for his candidates in special elections, from Pennsylvania to Virginia and Alabama, would have most political leaders wringing their hands. Again, maybe not him.


But his political score card is worsening. At week’s end Trump briefly threatened to veto a $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress to keep the government open, the only significant piece of legislation likely between now and the midterms in November. It contained the biggest slap in the face of his presidency yet by denying him his most cherished pledge to his supporters — the building of a wall along the US-Mexico border. He wanted $25bn. Republicans and Democrats conspired to give him $1.6bn. He eventually had little choice but to sign it.



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