Camera Girl and I hosted some friends last weekend that we haven’t seen in almost thirty years. Suffice it to say we had a lot of catching up. Kids, grandkids, deaths, relocations, you name it. And we definitely ate too much and stayed up too late. So, I sort of lost rack of events. I knew the G7 was going on and I read that the North Korean summit was coming up but I didn’t really pay much attention to the actual dates.
I come to find out that the G7 is over and the North Korea summit is coming up. So, I watched a clip on CTH https://youtu.be/WC0qDoAE2H4 of the President’s press conference after the G7 and in anticipation of the summit. Man, this guy is so much fun. He just bats these idiots in the press around like they’re punching bags. I love the bravado and the shots he takes at his enemies and the pounding away at the message, “the era of taking advantage of the United States through tariffs is over.”
And when one reporter asks him a loaded question, Trump shoots back, “Who do you work for?” When the reporter admits CNN, Trump smirks and says “Knew it, fake news.”
So, this week we have G7 results, North Korea summit and the report from the DOJ Inspector General. The G7 was an example of pygmies posturing around a giant and not doing a very convincing job of it. Trudeau from Canada made noises as if he were going to put Trump in his place. But instead Trudeau just looked like a three-year-old holding his breath hoping to get his way. With respect to North Korea, Trump was honest and said it was slightly better than fifty-fifty as to outcome. But he seems fine in the knowledge and stresses that just making the effort is a worthwhile thing. Personally, I have no illusions about the reliability of Kim. But I definitely think something positive may develop simply because Trump likes to stir the pot and see what develops. It makes me hopeful that he may interject himself personally into other areas of foreign affairs.
But the elephant in the room is the IG’s report. At this point expectations have gotten so high that it’s almost inevitable that it will be a let-down. Let’s face it, anything short of McCabe pointing the finger at Loretta Lynch will feel like the opener rather than the headliner. I mean let’s face it, unless someone pretty big is facing a decade in prison he isn’t going to spill his guts on his bosses. And make no mistake that’s the only thing short of firing that will put Mueller out of business. I think the report is fifty-fifty. It could be dynamite, it could be a nothing burger. If no one is getting arrested (or at least indicted) I’ll consider it a huge disappointment and a major setback for the President’s agenda.
But just to reiterate, watching a President Trump speech or news conference is incredibly entertaining and encouraging. I’ve said a million times, what we really need is for Trump to name a successor (not Pence) before the end of his term. If we could bottle what he’s got it would make it possible to turn the table on these awful leftists and their endless onslaught against normalcy.