Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
17th January 2025
The Trump Economy Begins: 3 Things Retirees Should Sell Before Inauguration Day (GOBankingRates)
Trump’s Plans for the Economy in His First 100 Days (NerdWallet) As if anybody at NerdWallet would know.
First to ABC: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t attend Trump’s inauguration (Lauren Peller/ABC News) How is this news? Who wouldn’t have expected that? I’m sure Trump is just as happy to have her stay away.
Pelosi not attending Trump inauguration (The Hill)
Trump assembles an administration of uber-wealthy Cabinet members and advisers, sparking ethics questions (Fredreka Schouten/CNN) Note the innuendo slur: ‘sparking ethics questions’. CNN’s reporting certainly sparks ethics questions.
Trump Era Policies Could Fuel Surge In Tokenized Real-World-Assets ‘Tokens’ are not assets.
Deportation at ‘light speed’: (Washington Post)
These five Republicans are ready to derail Trump’s tax cuts over the SALT cap (Emily Wilkins/CNBC)
Biden or Trump – who should claim credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal? (Andrew Roth/The Guardian)
Most adults are skeptical that Trump can address costs and other economic issues (AP-NORC)
Trump team brags new presidential portraits “go hard” (Avery Lotz/Axios)
The GOP Rivalry That Could Spell Big Trouble for Trump (Rachael Bade/Politico)
The House Democrat who wants Trump to go big on tariffs (Jeff Stein/Washington Post)
Judgment in Trump’s New York fraud case stands at $502 million ahead of inauguration (Graham Kates/CBS News) This for a crime with no victims, no injuries, and no actual fraud. Lawfare, pure and simple.
Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever (New York Times)
Communism, Anarchy, North Korea, Trump, and Hope
An Expert in Grand Strategy Thinks Trump Is on to Something (Thomas P.M. Barnett/Politico) Oh, well, if an ‘expert’ says it, it must be true.
Biden Tightens Cybersecurity Rules, Forcing Trump to Make a Choice (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
Eric Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump (New York Times) The swine!
Indicted Democrat Eric Adams to meet Trump – who could pardon him – in Mar-a-Lago (Politico)
Trump Treasury secretary nominee won’t support raising minimum wage (Taylor Giorno/The Hill) The swine!
Trump’s official portrait released – and it looks like his mugshot (South China Morning Post) Good.
Two Watchdogs Were Rebuffed From Joining Trump’s Cost-Cutting Effort (David A. Fahrenthold/New York Times) In the Narrative Media, ‘watchdog’ refers to somebody who sticks his nose into your business and then pees on your leg.