Secretary of Defense General James Mattis showing facial stress working under Trump

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James Norman “Jim” Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is the 26th and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the Trump Administration. Mattis is a retired United States Marine Corps general who previously served as the 11th Commander of United States Central Command and was responsible for American military operations in the Middle East, Northeast Africa, and Central Asia, from August 11, 2010, to March 22, 2013.
On January 20, 2017, Mattis was confirmed as Secretary of Defense 98–1 by the United States Senate on a waiver, as he had only been three years out of active duty despite US federal law requiring a seven-year cooling off period for retired military personnel to be appointed Secretary of Defense. He was the first member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to be confirmed.

Mr. Mattis has bags under the eyes. It happens to the best of us. 100+ days into his job and the stress seems to be exacerbating the bags issue.

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Sean Spicer Explodes at Today’s White House Press Briefing

White House press secretary Sean Spicer has a thankless job. He faces the media everyday trying to defend his boss, the unparalleled Donald Trump. The Donald has a knack for throwing gas on the fire. And he is really good at starting fires. The latest allegations from the Washington Post purport that Trump divulged classified intelligence to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval Office a couple days ago as they were sharing laughs and cognac. Nothing has been proven so far.

Immediately to the rescue was Sean Spicer. Even though he was berated by Trump in a TV interview last week his loyalty to Donald is without bounds. Trump said he is a great guy, but he gets beat up by the press at the briefings. That didn’t seem to phase Sean. He confronted the rabid press horde tonight defending the president concerning the Russian oval office indiscretion.

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Sean was getting bombarded by unrelenting questions regarding the Trump faux pas. Sean didn’t seem like his usual acerbic belligerent self tonight as he stood at the podium warding off rapid fire CNN and New York Times fusillades. After repeating the same answer for the 38th time something snapped inside Spicer. He face turned reddish as he spewed personal insults at a young female reporter from the Boston Globe. The Globe reporter asked Sean what he was hiding. He didn’t take that question very well.

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After Reuters Washington correspondent Malcolm Spudbury asked Sean if the alleged blunder by Trump was impeachable, Sean’s head started to go spastic. His cheeks starting drooping downwards and his head turned blue. It was miraculous!

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Then a David Cronenberg moment manifested with great ferocity!

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After the bloody mishap Trump tweeted: “Sean Spicer has been FIRED!!” I need a new press Secretary right now, a great press secretary. Someone who won’t explode under pressure.”

Trump White House Experiencing Big Leaks

President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate big leaks, three sources familiar with the matter said.

And at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), some officials told Reuters they believe a search is under way for the big leaker of a draft intelligence report which found little evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries covered by Trump’s now-suspended travel ban pose a threat to the United States.

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Trump to Congress last week: time to stop trivial fighting

Trump yesterday: Trump to Arnie: You were ‘fired’ from ‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ over bad ratings; Arnie to Trump: Hire a ‘fact checker’

The president of the United States of America has a feud going on with the Terminator. Help us all.

NEW YORK — In typical Donald Trump fashion, the president tweeted Saturday that his replacement at the The New Celebrity Apprentice reality television show is to blame for its poor ratings and not, as Arnold Schwarzenegger says, Trump’s continued involvement with the show.
Schwarzenegger, who replaced Trump as host of the show while the president remained its executive producer, announced Friday he’s through. He said even if he were asked again, he wouldn’t want to host the show.

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“With Trump being involved in the show, people have a bad taste and don’t want to participate as a spectator or as a sponsor or in any other way support the show,” he said in an interview with the Empire website. “It’s a very divisive period now, and I think this show got caught up in all that division.”

But Trump, who has taunted Schwarzenegger for the show’s poor performance in the ratings and even mocked him during an address at the National Prayer Breakfast, tweeted in response Saturday: “Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show.”

The 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner

US President Donald Trump has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April.

The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians, normally including the US president.

Mr Trump said he would not attend a day after the White House excluded several major broadcasters and newspapers from a press briefing.

He has frequently described negative news coverage as “fake”.

The announcement, made via Twitter, comes as relations between the White House and some media outlets continue to deteriorate.

Conflict resolution talents needed on The Apprentice Mr. Trump.

Donald Trump getting tanned at Nuclear Fuel Processing Facility

The Donald has never been not known for being vain. He loves himself. In his mind he is every woman’s dream man. He always wants to look pretty for the ladies. Enter the tan. It has been reported by the Washington Gloober newspaper that Trump is now getting tanned at a federal nuclear facility outside of Baltimore. And what a tan it is! This guy must get all the ladies.

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An Insider’s Brief, but concise Biography of President Donald Trump

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The following excerpt is from former Donald Trump butler Andrej Timotej. He just released a short biography on the president. Originally from Yakastonia, Andrej immigrated to America in 1978 after being sponsored by ‘The Donald’.  Donald spotted him in the “How to Hire a Fabulous Butler” newsletter.

Andrej was known for receiving guests with grace and professionalism, his stellar dusting skills, table setting artistry and being an excellent receptacle for Donald’s vents. He was fired by Donald after he refused to move to the White House, preferring to stay in Trump Tower.

The excerpt

Donald has a gruff, overbearing demeanor, largely defined by his bigotry towards a diverse group of individuals– blacks, Hispanics, “Commies”, gays, hippies, Jews, Catholics, “women’s libbers”, and Mexican-Americans are frequent targets of his barbs. It eventually becomes apparent that Donald’s prejudice is not motivated by malice, but is rather a combination of the era and environment in which he was raised and a generalized misanthropy (Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature).
Donald himself is a hard worker, loving father, and basically decent man; nevertheless, he is bad-tempered and frequently tells his long-suffering wife Melania to “stifle yourself” and “dummy up”.
As he gets older Donald mellows somewhat, albeit often out of necessity. In one situation, he expressed revulsion for a Ku Klux Klan-like organization which he accidentally joined. On another occasion, when asked to speak at the funeral of his friend Moses Liebowitz, Donald—surprised to learn that his friend was Jewish—overcomes his initial discomfort and delivers a moving eulogy, closing with a heartfelt “Shalom”.
Donald is also known for his frequent malapropisms and spoonerisms. For example, he refers to Melania’s gynecologist as a “groinacologist” and to Catholic priests who go around sprinkling “incest” (incense) on their congregation. These have become dubbed “Trumperisms”, or simply “Donald-isms”.
Over the course of his adult life, Donald mocks or belittles not just most minorities (including blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, Jews, and Asians), but also most white ethnic groups as well, including the English, Germans, Irish, and Polish.
Donald often misquotes the Bible. He is Protestant, though his specific denomination is never stated. He takes pride in being religious, although he rarely attends church services and constantly mispronounces the name of his minister, Reverend Felcher, as “Reverend Fletcher”.

The mini-biography was released last week. Trump has promptly filed a $15 million lawsuit against Mr. Timotej.

The text above describing Donald is my rearrangement of a biography of Archie Bunker in Wikipedia. Do they not seem very similar in an uncanny way?

Archibald “Archie” Bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker’s Place, played by Carroll O’Connor. Bunker, a main character of the series, is a World War II veteran, reactionary conservative, blue-collar worker, and family man. Described as a “lovable bigot”, he was first seen by the American public when All in the Family premiered on January 12, 1971, where he was depicted as the head of a family. In 1979, the show was retooled and renamed Archie Bunker’s Place; it finally went off the air in 1983. Bunker lived at the fictional address of 704 Hauser Street in the borough of Queens, in New York City.

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The President of the United States addresses Lawmakers and Foreign Dignitaries promptly starts tooting his own horn about TV ratings

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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump veered off script at the start of the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday when he asked a room full of lawmakers, foreign dignitaries and religious leaders to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger so that ratings of his show — NBC’s “The Apprentice” — would go up.
Trump, who lauded the six-decade long traditional gathering as a “testament to the power of faith” was introduced by Mark Burnett, the television producer who teamed up with Trump to create “The Apprentice.” The hit show arguably launched Trump’s political ambitions.
Trump left the show, however, in 2015 as he explored a presidential run and Burnett replaced him with Schwarzenegger, the movie star and former California governor.
Trump trashes Arnold Schwarzenegger for ‘Apprentice’ ratings
“We know how that turned out,” Trump said, knocking Schwarzenegger. “The ratings went right down the tubes. It has been a disaster.”
Trump then turned to the audience and said: “I want to just pray for Arnold … for those ratings.”
The comment may have been intended as a joke, but Trump’s opening came in sharp contrast to how past presidents have addressed the breakfast.

Schwarzenegger promptly replied via a Twitter video: “Hey Donald. I have a great idea. Why don’t we switch jobs? You take over TV, cause you’re such an expert in ratings. And I take over your job, so that people can finally sleep comfortably again.”

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