Trump's genius

From J.J. Sefton's introduction to his link list this morning:

...I am now convinced that Trump is a genius; he is a master of the media and has them wrapped around his finger. And yes, with regards to "banjo-boy" Joe Scarborough, he brought up the dead intern. We are about to find out if there is such a thing as peak schadenboner.

First, on things that are buried or ignored, the economy is roaring; over 3% GDP growth in three consecutive quarters which we have not seen in 12 years, the stock market is about to crash through the 24,000 point mark, unemployment is way down, business and consumer confidence is rising - and all of this without any legislation passed in a hostile congress.

Related, the President has maneuvered Schemer and Palsi into the hot seat vis a vis a government shutdown by calling them out on wanting to put Amnesty into the budget. And by labeling Fauxcahontas as Pocahontas, which was a completely calculated move, he has forever labeled her as a liar at the very moment she was poised to make a stink about her pet money laundering scheme the CFPB. And meanwhile, he has struck back at Theresa May and the supine toothless British lion for coddling Islamic terrorism in their home, completely flipping their baseless claim that PDT is "islamophobic."

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