Trump v Saturday Night Live
Our petulant imbecile of a president-elect is still whining and complaining on Twitter, along with trying to tell us all what to do. He is so confused. He seems to think the president (and even the pres-elect) can just bark out orders and have them obeyed. That’s not how this works.
The cast and producers of Hamilton, which I hear is highly overrated, should immediately apologize to Mike Pence for their terrible behavior
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2016
God he’s stupid. He really is like a child, a very young and very spoiled child. That interpolated “which I hear is highly overrated” – that’s so transparent and so goofy. No he doesn’t hear that, except from people who are sucking up to him, which they’re doing because he’s rich and tragically powerful. How can he be dense enough to take that at face value? And dense enough to say it in public in aid of his pissy resentment? How can he not notice what a fucking fool it makes him look?
I know; he’s always looked like a fucking fool and he got elected as such. I know. But the election is over now – he shouldn’t still be performing the fucking fool routine.
Numerous patriots will be coming to Bedminster today as I continue to fill out the various positions necessary to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2016
Spoken like a true fascist. (Seriously. That’s what fascists say, apart from “Bedminster” and “America.”)
I watched parts of @nbcsnl Saturday Night Live last night. It is a totally one-sided, biased show – nothing funny at all. Equal time for us?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2016
Again – he shows himself up. “Nothing funny at all” – because it made fun of him. Not presidential, Donnie from Queens. And the suggestion of “equal time” is ludicrous. It’s a satirical show, and it gets to choose its own subjects.
General James "Mad Dog" Mattis, who is being considered for Secretary of Defense, was very impressive yesterday. A true General's General!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2016
Uncomplicated disgust. He’s rejoicing in a Defense Secretary nicknamed “Mad Dog” – as if frenzied rage is what the job calls for.
I don’t think any ‘general’s general’ has words like ‘mad’ in his nickname.
Think of it
Mad Conky Wellington
Omar, ‘mad’ Bradley
Crazy Joe Stillwell
Bonkers Bill Slim
Nnnnnope.
He really is totally new to the political game. Any democratic politician knows that you ignore satire however hurtful and unfair or pretend to find it funny i.e. show that you’re a good sport. He’s reacting like Erdrogan – wanting to make “insulting the President” a crime. Hopefully the American system can resist this & the satirists will satire on.
“Hopefully the American system can resist this & the satirists will satire on.”
Of all the disturbing things on Trump’s agenda, the one I’m least worried about becoming law is his “opening up the libel laws” fantasy. Generally speaking, there is no federal libel law, except for the restrictions that the First Amendment imposes on state libel laws. And there’s not much of a constituency among the judiciary or legal academia, whether liberal or conservative, for overturning precedents like NY Times v. Sullivan. Trump would have to specifically look for a SCOTUS nominee willing to do that, and then he’d have only one of the five votes needed to do it. (Maybe two — Alito is pretty shitty on free speech issues.)
The real Trump threat to free speech lies at the corporate level. If media companies start finding themselves getting investigated by federal authorities, they may get the message and back off. The saving grace here may be that Trump is too stupid, arrogant, and impatient to do this in a subtle way. For example, Trump already threatened during the campaign to have the DOJ open an antitrust investigation into Amazon/WaPo/Jeff Bezos because of the WaPo’s reporting. If suddenly DOJ opens such a case, it’s more likely to backfire on Trump than to hurt the media.
I’ve recently read that Hamiton was one of the supporters of that ridiculous Electoral College. The situation can’t get much more grotesque.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong – is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
— Theodore Roosevelt
^ I wonder what he’d think of the modern Republican party?
Thanks for that, Steve – I found the source and made it a post.
Careful now, Mr P-E, your Turkey legs are showing. Gilt by association.
“… the election is over now – he shouldn’t still be performing the fucking fool routine”
I rather suspect that he can’t help it – that’s exactly what he is.
@Screechy – Thanks for that. We Ukanians have the impression the Americans are better at not being bullied out of speech via the First Amendment.
RossR – well I think you’re right…but we keep being told that it’s all an act.