I just finished a post discussing my thoughts related to Donald Trump’s “love” for “uneducated voters” and, as I was in the process of putting the post together, Trump had another eventful weekend of LYING and showing his own lack of “education” regarding our government AND the history of our nation.  A month or so ago Trump made a comment – as he was trying to show himself as knowledgeable regarding African American issues – about Frederick Douglas – which PROVED he has little to NO knowledge of African American issues.  He made the comment as suggesting Douglas was still alive and a leader of the Black community today.  Yikes!  Then, this weekend, he suggested that Andrew Jackson could have prevented the Civil War had he come around a bit later – with Comments confirming his lack of knowledge about why there was a Civil War in the first place and also Jackson’s relevance to it.  Additionally, he made comments about the so-called health care bill being proposed by Paul Ryan in Congress that indicated he has no idea what’s in the bill and that he’s got no idea how this government that he’s supposed to be managing works.  Yikes again!

He also made comments that he would be “honored” to meet with the leader of North Korea, who’s widely considered one of the most brutal leaders in the world, followed by inviting the president of the Philippines – considered by many to be close in brutality to North Korea’s leader (Kim Jong-Un) – to the White House and, this morning completed the “hat trick” with a call to maybe the one leader who’s killed more than either of the others mentioned here and, of course, that’s his campaign supporter Vladimir Putin.  Apparently, these are the types of people Trump admires.  He basically gave a “thumbs up” to Kim Jong-Un for being a “smart cookie” as he “eliminated” those around him who might question his power.  And, the 7000 people Duterte (the President of the Philippines) has either killed or ordered killed and the fact he’s got his own people killing each other doesn’t seem to bother Trump.  To him, evidently, Duterte is a “strong leader.”  Of course, if you’ve been paying any attention to Trump over the past couple of years, you know that Putin is the “man of the year” in his eyes and he admires “strong leaders.”

In lamenting his FAILURES during his first 100 days in office, Trump made some comments that would lead one to believe he would love to have the same type of environment to work in as those “strong leaders” he admires.  I wrote many times during the election how Trump’s campaign was similar to a certain German campaign back in the thirties and how his “strategy” of using the “Big Lie Theory” comes straight from the “Third Reich” and he’s shown his authoritarian personality on many, many occasions.  I’m not sure about anyone else, but when Trump’s complaining about the constitution and the Senate rules that would cause him to have to negotiate with those on the “other side of the isle” as “archaic” his authoritarian personality is simply reconfirmed in my mind.

All this kind of makes you wonder what changes Trump would REALLY like to make to our system of government where he’s being constantly questioned and second guessed on all the stupid stuff he says or does.  Of course, his way of fighting back is using the strategies the Russians used to help him get elected – only in reverse.  This past weekend he gave a speech in Pennsylvania where he claimed that CNN and MSNBC are “fake news.”  Yes, “fake news” was prominent in helping him get elected (those “uneducated voters” he loves easily fell for much of it) but Trump accusing the media that’s actually investigating him and his connections with Russia – plus reporting the TRUTH about what he says and does – as being “fake” is presumably his best defense against those who actually think he’s “truthful” from seeing reality.  I suppose if he could get the news to quit reporting on his actions and get the constitution nullified he could get away with his scam of putting even more taxpayer money in his pockets and those of his benefactors.  Everyone knows Trump is a scam artist but republicans have backed themselves into a very uncomfortable corner.  He is in the process of ruining their party.

Already the right wing bastions like Rush Limbaugh are figuring out that Trump is a big bag of “hot air” when it comes to actually delivering on some of his absurd promises – remember, the members of Congress (who still have to vote on legislation) answer to their voters and when the proposals – like the “health care” bill are exposed as huge tax breaks for the wealthy and legislation that would actually reduce benefits and raise costs – well, even republicans vote against stuff like that.  But, Trump’s “base” is expecting a “wall,” they’re expecting non-existent jobs to miraculously reappear, they’re expecting a balanced budget, they’re expecting an “easy” end to ISIL, they’re expecting the repeal of “Obamacare” – with a substitute that provides EVERYONE with health insurance with lower premiums AND deductibles, and they’re expecting Trump to “drain the swamp.”  None of this is happening, none is likely to be happening anytime soon, and “the natives is gettin restless.”  Here’s the republicans’ in Congress dilemma: side with Trump and likely lose your seat.  Vote against Trump and maybe lose your seat.

If only the constitution could be suspended and the media blocked from reporting on Trump’s policies and his behavior the republicans could get legislation passed and no one would be the wiser.  Trump could then be just like his idols: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Un, and Rodrigo Duterte.

Final thought: It’s looking more and more as if democrats will return to control of the House (and maybe Senate) in 2018.