Again, with the shutdown. It appears that Wrongo’s prediction was well, wrong. And yesterday was the first anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration. Quite the first year. On inauguration day, he made a few promises. Jonathan Chait has reviewed them a year later:
Trump made a series of promises, some resting on vague or imaginary premises, none coming close to being fulfilled. “America will start winning again, winning like never before,” he declared. “We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.”
Chait went on:
Trump’s presidency has presented an especially jarring contrast, since the rhetoric has borne no relation whatsoever to what followed. It’s not that he overpromised but that his promises were fundamentally a con.
So, on to cartoons about the week that was. Reports about the big game’s first quarter seem mostly accurate:
We had a shutdown, but the real issue seems to be whose fault is it?
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of women were on the march all over America:
Trump’s annual physical included a mental exam:
Rumors of sexcapades by the Donald are no big deal for the religious right:
Norwegians are who the GOP really, really wants:
When I was 26, I worked a summer as a laborer and bulked up from the hard work. I was 6’3 1/2″ and though I started the Summer at 189 lbs and a 34 inch waist, I finished at 235+ and the same waist. I was built like a linebacker.
Trump looks totally unlike either a linebacker, or a 6’3″ dough boy. I’d guess 255 lbs at minimum (or 6’1″)