“I am almost positive James Madison fell off a cloud somewhere today when Trump said that. The founders of the republic stitched together a complicated game of chess to ensure our president was a very weak king who could be simultaneously slowed down by the legislature, judiciary and federalism. His authority is far from total.”
—Republican donor Dan Eberhart, on Trump’s absurd claim on Monday that he had “total authority.” [Now, if the legislature, i.e. Congress, and the judiciary would only live up to their responsibilities to provide checks and balances…]
“The reality is that the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion.”
—Donald Trump, in explaining Tuesday why he was withholding funding for the World Health Organization. [No explanation was forthcoming as to why Trump downplayed the severity of the coronavirus for at least six weeks, even going to far as to call it a Democratic “hoax” aimed at hurting his presidency—with Rush Limbaugh cheering him on. Oh, let’s not let Loudmouth Limbaugh off the hook on this.]
“In fact, we expect the first checks to be in the mail early next week.”
—Treasury representative, on when the first stimulus checks will be going out. [That sounds familiar, along with something about still respecting you in the morning.]
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