Quotation for Today – 27/05/2017
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H L Mencken 1880 – 1956 American writer
The Donald loves authority figures
That was then! This is now! (1)
“It was very spectacular. I don’t think there was ever anything like that. That was beyond anything anyone’s seen. We went to the pope. Very impressive. The pope was terrific,” Trump said,
The Pope wows The Donald. Source The Guardian
Yet per The Los Angeles Times:-
Like Trump, the Argentine pope has shown a predilection for unscripted comments that have shaken the staid Vatican bureaucracy, as when he criticized candidate Trump’s proposed stricter immigration policies including a border wall as “not Christian.” Trump fired back, calling the pope’s remarks “disgraceful.” January 1916
So now The Pope is terrific, then he was disgraceful
Jimmy Kimmel on Donald meets the Pope
The pope presented Trump with a medallion featuring an olive branch. “Unfortunately, Trump is only in year 70 of his 100-year deal with the devil right now, and he’s got a no-trade clause, so it’s very unlikely that he would switch teams,” he said.
Corbyn inches closer to victory
Tories lose more ground to Labour. The possibility of a Tory loss looms. It is highly likely that Mrs May will not get an increased majority if she wins.
The Tories have had a truly appalling campaign recently and thus have opened the door to Labour.
If Adam lived in UK he would be frightened at the prospect of Corbyn leading the government. Labour’s manifesto laid out a plan which potentially could lead the UK into becoming Venezuela in the North Sea.
Cartoon for Today -26/05/2017
