Trump's Latest Ugliness

We need to keep talking about this

(No disrespect to those who have been in therapy, of which I am one)

I woke up this morning furious at how the Republican candidate for President is still being treated as if a normal person, a normal candidate. Here are the latest things that need to be kept in the news cycle and addressed:

Trump put RFK Jr (who sawed off a dead whale’s head, a possible federal offense, and posed a dead bear on a bicycle, not to mention his unhinged theories about vaccines) on his transition team.

Trump is selling NFT playing cards of himself in “heroic” poses. At a very high price, I might add. THe New Republic calls it “as scammy as ever.”

Trump posed with a “thumbs up” by the grave of a war hero at Arlington Cemetery. His campaign apparently shoved a cemetary worker in order to videotape Trump, which is not allowed without permission. The campaign then claimed the worker was “having a mental health episode.” The person who was involced declined to press charges because she was afraid of retribution from Trump.

Trump reposted a sexual insult towards Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton.

Trump reposted this:

Trump sells gold sneakers for his personal financial gain.

What else? Need I go on?

Where could Trump do a thumbs-up that could be worse? As I thought of what to draw for this post, I took my mind there. Where would he do for a thumbs-up photo-op in front of if he thought it would help him: Auschwitz, a lynching, a rape?

But I cannot draw those things.

To be fair, some individuals in the media are seriously calling Trump out. Journalist John Harwood tweeted that Trump is “mentally ill.” And just now, I watched Anderson Cooper’s on-air editorial from last night, in which he says all the things I am attempting to say in this post.

Here is the video of Cooper’s thoughts: https://x.com/AC360/status/1828958107868754146

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For fun, I go back to simpler days, when the media got all in a tizzy when President Obama wore a tan suit. It was the anniversary of this event yesterday. When I saw him on CNN at the news conference, I drew it immediately. It was kind of unusual to see him in a tan suit, I admit, and it was funny how nuts the media went.

Yesterday, it was mentioned again:

I doubt there’s anything to this, but I love that the Harris team is strategic in needling Trump and the media. They are on offense, which I am not used to seeing with Democrats.

Tonight she is giving a long interview with Dana Bash of CNN, and Tim Walz will be there as well. I feel that by not doing a solo interview, she is being strategic as if to say, “I will do what I want and not be bullied by Trump or the press.”

What do you think?

Thanks for being here. See you tomorrow!