Can't have good government? Have a good laugh
By Sid Schwab / Herald columnist
As defending his Ukraine extortion gets increasingly desperate for Trump and his excusers, whod be calling for imprisonment were it anyone else, its time for some levity. Everyone needs a good laugh, especially those trying to defend the indefensible. Its gotta be dispiriting.
Remember that big, beautiful, Mexico-funded wall, the money for which Trump diverted from veterans benefits, military-base schools and more than a hundred other Pentagon projects? Remember how he ballyhooed the design, declaring itd be impenetrable? Well, how bout that professional climber who free-climbed it in 27 seconds; or the 8-year-old girl who did it in a minute? Even a Trump supporter topped it, using suction cups. One hopes Trumpists got a cleansing laugh out of that.
Heard the one about smugglers using battery-powered, readily-available saws to butter through those beautiful slats, and, because the slats are so tall, bending them easily after a single cut, allowing passage? (Its physics!) Did Trump think theyd need miles-long extension cords? What a kidder!
For more grins, observe the flailing contortions of Trumps defenders as they pirouette around damning testimony. First it was a perfect phone call. Then there was a friendly request but no quid pro quo, because if there had been, well, thatd be bad. Then, OK, there might have been something quid-like and quo-ish, but not very much. And now its, yeah, well, obviously, there was a quid pro quo, but lets not, you know, call it anything like a shakedown. For one thing, he didnt have evil in his heart.
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