Putin is cheering Speaker Mike Johnson on for his blockade of the aid to Ukraine. No doubt Mike Johnson believes his decisions are guided by the hand of God with whom he speaks on a regular basis! I on the other hand think that if there is a god, she is far too busy running the universe to be bothered with a twit like Johnson. The fact is Johnson is not being guided by some divine inspiration unless you consider the Orange Jesus divine. The fact is, he has mounted this one-man blockade because his head is so far up Trump’s rear that he can’t see clearly coupled with the fact that Majorie Taylor Greene has a firm grasp on his balls.
Trump is no doubt threatening to crap all over him if he goes against Trump’s wishes and at the same time MTG is threatening to castrate him if he brings the Ukraine Aid bill to the floor for a vote. Given that Johnson has amply demonstrated he has no spine, is in way over his head and has absolutely no business being Speaker of the House, he, and consequentially the United States and the entire free world are in a real pickle. He is a first-class embarrassment. How the hell can this clown be the third in line for the presidency?
Not only is Johnson being held hostage on the Ukraine aid package, but we are on the verge of yet another government shutdown because the primary governing strategy for the MAGA wing of the Republican Party these days is blackmail rather than negotiation. This will make three critical issues that the Republicans in the House have failed miserably at. The first was the failure to pass the immigration reform bill. The second is the failure to pass the Ukraine aid bill. And the third is the looming government shutdown. Rather than deal with these critical issues, Mike Johnson, recessed the House for two weeks and just sent everyone away. Clowns, clowns everywhere!
Speaking of clowns, the chief clown, Donald J Trump, continued his long and less than distinguished tradition of turning every speech he gives to whatever group into a polemic about how he himself is being mistreated when he gave a speech to a group of Black conservatives. The speech was supposed to be in honor of Black History Month, but as usual Trump turned it into a speech about himself. I can only imagine he stands in front of his mirror every morning and says, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the smartest, handsomest, bravest, most popular, and most persecuted of all?”
And just like the evil narcissistic queen in the Grimm fairytale tricked Snow White into eating an apple that put her into a deep sleep, Trump is trying to poison democracy in this country so it will go dormant and give rise to authoritarianism. Fortunately for Snow White, a handsome prince came along and saved her. They lived happily ever after. If Trump and his minions have their way, I’m not sure what kind of a prince will be able to rescue our democracy from turning into an authoritarian theocracy run by an evil, grifting, narcissistic despot. We sure as hell won’t be living happily ever after. It’s likely to be a rather Grimm ending!! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
