Trump Just Held a Fake Signing Ceremony For a Letter To Congress
No matter your opinion on Donald Trump, one thing that everybody who is paying attention should know is that virtually nothing has gotten done during his first 4.5 months in office. That means the presidential photo ops that accompany signing of major legislation have been few and far between. In fact, they have been almost non-existent.
It was a pathetic spectacle to many when Republican members of the House loaded up on buses and trekked to the White House like a bunch of drunken frat boys heading for spring break to celebrate their vote on Obamacare repeal. But that was nothing compared to what happened on June 5.
Trump has been promising to spend billions on infrastructure. So far he hasn't done much of anything about it other than some occasional talk. But on Monday he took the first step toward putting his call for infrastructure overhaul in motion by endorsing a plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system.
It wasn't Trump's endorsement of the plan that is newsworthy. It was how he did it, with a fake bill signing ceremony at the White House.
The man-who-would-be-dictator has held several photo ops in the Oval Office as he signed executive orders. As MSNBC's Steve Benen notes, that allows Trump to give the appearance that he is actually doing something, even though the events are largely theater. But an executive order is at least something official. What Trump did on Monday is what Ted Cruz, who was present, might under other circumstances call a "nothingburger."
All Trump did was to put his signature to a memo and letter to Congress that outlines his "principles" for overhauling the ATC system. But the wannabe king hadn't had his ego stroked recently, so he had to get his face on camera with this "ceremony."
https://thedailybanter.com/2017/06/trump-holds-ceremony-to-sign-letter-to-congress/
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