“I never had the privilege of going to his island.” That’s Donald Trump speaking. He never had the “privilege?” His word, not mine. Of course, he didn’t need to go all the way to the island. His good buddy Jeffrey Epstein lived only a short distance from Mar-a-Lago and they did most of their partying with minors there, at Jeff’s house.

Still, I think MAGA is starting to fall in line with 47, based on social media posts I’ve seen. This was NEVER going to be the deal killer Americans wanted it to be. MAGA wasn’t going to turn away from him, not over this. Yes, they were angry with him. Nobody stoked the Epstein files story more than Donny did and he promised and promised and promised to release them and now he won’t. So they’re angry about that.

But it’s like when a politician YOU like does something you DON’T like. You condemn that one thing but say, “but overall I like the job he’s doing.” THAT is the MAGA position.

Now, in MY mind, this one should be a little different. We’re not talking about some policy detail an administration and supporters disagree on. We’re talking about sex with minors. But in the MAGA mind, the details are only a… um… “minor” problem to be overcome…

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My position on any “deal” Donny gets “done” is simple and static: wait for the paperwork. 47 runs around claiming deals. He makes up numbers and pitches them out like they mean something. He recently announced South Korea was going to surrender a full 25% of their total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the US. To be clear, he didn’t KNOW he was claiming South Korea was going to surrender a full 25% of their total GDP to the US.

He just made up a number and threw it out there in an effort to impress people. He doesn’t even know that he only makes himself look more and more foolish to people who DO know what he’s talking about when he pretends a country will surrender 25% of their total GDP just to get a deal with him. But it’s not just South Korea he lies about.

Here’s a quote about Europe, “We have a deal with Europe where they’re doing $750 billion plus $400 billion plus $300 billion and many other countries.” Okay, first, “and many other countries?” What the hell does that even mean? Europe is going to hand over $1.45 TRILLION dollars AND some countries? I’m sure MAGA is VERY impressed.

He does this all the time. Worse, the longer he talks about the same issue, the higher the number gets. If reporters were to ask him about the South Korea deal a few more times, he would eventually claim that South Korea was surrendering 236,000% of their total GDP, just because he would keep increasing the number in order to sound more impressive to his base, who doesn’t understand things. What did he call them? Poorly educated? Stupid? Weaklings? Yeah, all of the above. Not MY words. HIS words.

Of course, the dumbest of the dumb is leading the parade. Maybe those other countries ARE telling him these things in an effort to placate the petulant potato-head. Why not? So long as it’s not in writing, it’s not real. It’s just talk. He gets to brag, you get some temporary relief.

So, if YOU want to get rid of the bloviating windbag, tell him what he wants to hear. It’s a simple strategy with predictable results and most countries seem to have adopted it. Count on the fact that he’ll trumpet the story as a “done deal,” then his tiny little mind will move on to the next lie…

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“In a way, it’s a backdoor to privatizing Social Security.” That’s a quote from evil Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying the quite part out loud at a Breitbart event.

It’s not ME saying they’re coming for Social Security. THEY’RE saying they’re coming for Social Security…

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He REALLY DOES seem to think that if one doesn’t measure a problem, the problem goes away. Yes, that’s stupid, but consider the source. Now he has fired Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, because he didn’t like the most recent jobs report. The numbers weren’t as good as he would have preferred. Is that McEntarfer’s fault, or is she just the messenger?

It’s a difference without distinction to a dumbass. He wants to only see good numbers – like the kinds HE makes up – and if the numbers aren’t good and worse, she accurately reports that they’re not good, it must be HER fault they’re not good. Perhaps it’s all those tariffs she has imposed, but put on hold, but imposed for real this time, but wait, no, not you, but everyone else, no exceptions, except you, any day now, except we’ll wait another 30 or 60 or 90 days.

Maybe it was her constant whining about the Fed chair and how Powell is not doing what the President asked, exactly as his job description says he should not because she doesn’t seem to grasp that the Fed chair’s independence is about the last shred of credibility that remains for the US dollar and fear that she’s going to stick her face in anyway scares away investment. Obviously, but does that mean she has to report it accurately?

Oh, but wait. (Checks notes.) Nope, it’s Donny threatening on again/off again tariffs and it’s Donny threatening the Fed chair, which means it’s Donny creating the uncertainty in the economy, so of course it’s McEntarfer’s fault and she must be fired. She reported on the results of his stupidity. There can be no greater crime. Out she goes.

So, because we live in the Upside Down, he wrote “We need accurate Jobs Numbers,” in social media. I’ll tell you this: Firing the person who presents accurate jobs numbers and replacing them with a toady that will dutifully report full employment, at all times, in every sector, no matter what because some orange moron says so isn’t the way to get accurate jobs numbers…