The dude literally threatened to invade Mexico. The dude literally threatened the President of Mexico with invasion. Look at the bright side. Tomorrow, about 5:30 pm EST, Jared Kushner is going to start observing the Shabbat. About ten minutes after that, Steve Bannon is going to do something batshit. And then things will continue until about 7 in the morning Sunday, at which point Jared Kushner will fire up his phone, see a few "who wore it better" memes on Twitter and try to claw things back to whatever passed for normalcy Friday afternoon. Hmm. I said something about "bright side". I guess what I meant is you've got about 36 hours before our next adventure.
I also heard he got into a tiff with Australia, insulted Iran, and accused Japan and Germany of manipulating the value of the American dollar. I didn't go out seeking this information, it all fell in my lap one way or another, through talking with friends or listening to NPR or even the evening news. That's all crazy if they're even remotely true. I mean, this is the first time I've failed uterly spectacularly of trying to be even remotely neutral about one of my government leaders and I honestly don't feel like it's my fault. Serious question. Is this what the Cold War felt like? It's only been a few months. How did people survive decades of this?
Cold War felt nothing like this. It was a bunch of diplomats on both sides being deadly serious, with neither side having much of a clue what the other side was up to. By way of comparison, we've now got a pretty obvious idea what everybody is up to, but our president is choosing to slag on Arnold Schwartzenegger during the National Prayer Breakfast. The Cold War was just that - cold. Skullduggery and silence. This is positively despotic.