Brilliant piece, Leah. Trump also used another meaning of "deal" when he invoked the image of a poorly dealt hand of cards during his Oval Office meeting with Zelensky. This from a failed businessman who couldn't even make casinos a successful endeavor!
That "failed businessman" succeeded in three distinct, separate, high-profile areas: Manhattan real estate; television; and then running as a populist Presidential candidate.
Now he's trying to stop the war the UniParty, NATO, and MIC can't get enough of. They scheme behind his back to continue the Forever Wars. Yes, the POTUS who inked five Mideast peace deals (Abraham Accords).
It is refreshing to have a real president, commanding yet imperfect, over the amorphous blob and its Autopen.
P.S. USAID (C-A) was a cesspool of waste and radical programs doing little good for the world. Keep Pepfar, gut the rest.
Perot conservative: i thought the house always won. not so in this one’s casinos, seems .. i lost track of how many times he filed for bankruptcy or how many contractors he cheated.
English the official one and only language ! Why has he not changed the Mar A Lago to read ...well I will just leave that here!
Good point!
Brilliant piece, Leah. Trump also used another meaning of "deal" when he invoked the image of a poorly dealt hand of cards during his Oval Office meeting with Zelensky. This from a failed businessman who couldn't even make casinos a successful endeavor!
That "failed businessman" succeeded in three distinct, separate, high-profile areas: Manhattan real estate; television; and then running as a populist Presidential candidate.
Now he's trying to stop the war the UniParty, NATO, and MIC can't get enough of. They scheme behind his back to continue the Forever Wars. Yes, the POTUS who inked five Mideast peace deals (Abraham Accords).
It is refreshing to have a real president, commanding yet imperfect, over the amorphous blob and its Autopen.
P.S. USAID (C-A) was a cesspool of waste and radical programs doing little good for the world. Keep Pepfar, gut the rest.
Thank you, Leah.
And, as David Brooks said today, Trump uses the word "transaction" to describe what is really extortion.
Would have added that to the essay if I had thought about it
Excellent commentary, Leah. He often gets stuck mid-sentence only to finish by repeating some of the same nonsensical babble from earlier.
Brilliant piece. I love your writing.
Thanks so much
so good!
Thanks Leah: excellent column
You and what you write make the world a better place, Leah.
Wow, thanks
yes, values over interests — and can i copy edit out the capital ‘I’ in nyt and the period after diversity, same graf? cheers, kid.
So good to see your wise words.
Thank you dear Leah, for your wonderful outrage!! I’m so glad to be reading you again in English!! Xx Sandy
It's so good to see your writing again, Leah. Thank you
He is a jerk!
Will get right in there and fix! Wow, I miss editors. Xx
Perot conservative: i thought the house always won. not so in this one’s casinos, seems .. i lost track of how many times he filed for bankruptcy or how many contractors he cheated.
Sharpie > Autopen President.