Trump Gives Conservatives Their Just Comeuppance *

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Uh-oh. I’m starting to enjoy Donald Trump’s presidency.

I enjoy the rage it inspires in Laura Ingraham. On news that the president had struck a tentative deal with Democrats to help the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in exchange for zero funding for his border wall, the radio host and Trump groupie fumed, “On what planet are you living on?”

I enjoy the whiplash it inflicts on Ann Coulter. Within the space of a year, the right-wing literary giant has gone from writing “In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!” to tweeting, as she did Thursday, “At this point, who DOESN’T want Trump impeached?”

I enjoy the paroxysm of Representative Steve King, the Iowa Dixiecrat who warns that if Trump strikes his immigration deal with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi it will leave the president’s base “blown up, destroyed, irreparable and disillusioned beyond repair.”

I enjoy the self-abasement of Jeff Sessions, who endured private harangues and public humiliation from his boss because the attorney general saw a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use his office to get tough on illegal immigration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/opinion/trump-conservatives-democrats-daca.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

* yeah, the author is a conservative

[Achilleaze]

1. Self-abasement of the republican Perjurer General

Indeed. Deplorable.

Noteworthy paragraph: "It’s about his (Comrade Casino's) addiction to betrayal, his contempt for those who bend their knee to him, his disdain for “losers” (especially when they’re on his side) and his desperate need to be admired by those who despise him most simply because they have the wit to see through him.

"This is a presidency whose defining feature isn’t ideology, much less policy. It’s neurosis."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Please don't give Trump any more credit than what he deserves, which is none

The fact is he's just naturally impossible to deal with, no matter who you are or what you believe. It's an inherent character flaw of his as a malignant narcissist.

He's their albatross and not ours, however, and for that I am infinitely glad.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[tanyev]

4. Schadenfreudelicious.