Fucking Piece of Shit

Amanda Marcotte sums up the human waste of skin we're dealing with.

The president of the United States is defaming people, unloading misogynist abuse, lying in his bragging, and focused on litigating the Calvinball rules that only allow white presidents to play golf — all while Americans are dying, hospitals are in distress and unemployment is at or near 25%.

[He] could go on TV and kick a puppy to death and his supporters would react by yelling "Fake news!" and gloating about how he triggered those puppy-loving liberals. We know this because what he's doing now is worse than kicking a puppy to death. His actions are literally killing people and setting our economy up to fail even worse.

We're in a hellish holding pattern, waiting until November to see if our democracy is too broken to prevent 41 to 43% of Americans from [keeping] the rest of the country hostage to their evil man-child cult leader.

Greg Sargent argues that Dear Leader believes lying is his only route to re-election.

[His] war on reality has veered into a new place. [Fuckface] is responding to our most dire public health and economic crises in modern times with a concerted, far-reaching effort to concoct the mirage that we’re racing past both.

In so many ways, [he] is prioritizing the weaving of an illusory return to normalcy over taking steps within his power to make that actually happen. That’s actively dangerous. It could lead to substantially more lost lives.

Update (June 29):  Cody Fenwick reports on a press conference intended to defend Dear Leader. On his knowledge of Russian bounties:

[E]ven if we accept McEnany’s claims as true, they’re a damning indictment of the president. They suggest he has no interest in hearing intelligence reports with any nuance in them, and that he insists on not being briefed about facts unless they’re entirely certain. This is a disastrous position for a president to take because presidents must always act with some level of uncertainty. Not being briefed about uncertain matters is a childish and frankly negligent practice for a president to engage in.

One plausible interpretation of McEnany’s defenses of the president is that, while the reports about the bouties were made available to the president in written form, no one ever verbally briefed him on the matter. This, too, would be another damning fact about the president, because it implies his lack of interest in reading prevented him from knowing vital information as he has been in repeated contact with Putin.

On retweeting a supporter shouting "white power" at protesters:

[E]ven if McEnany is telling the truth, it again suggests an ignorant, bumbling president who can watch a video of his own supporters and not even realize that they’re spewing vile racist slogans. This may be better than a president who is intentionally spreading racist vitriol, but it’s still deeply disturbing and disqualifying for the office.

On plans to address the rising health crisis:

Once again, this message — put out by the White House press secretary — reflected a president who is disengaged, ignorant of the risks, and unwilling to put in the effort it would take to acknowledge and address a major crisis. Instead, he seems to be hoping everything will just work itself out without his having to make any sacrifices or work hard at all.

Update (July 31):  A story by Katherine Eban causing a stir, but are we really surprised a plan for national testing for coronavirus got scrapped?

Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of [the son-in-law's] team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically. "The political folks believed that because it was going to be relegated to Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be an effective political strategy," said the expert.

Update (August 1):  David Atkins calls the decision on testing a crime against humanity--genocide.

No word is perfect, but the crime must have a name that fits the monumental scope of its evil. It must describe what actually happened. And what happened is that the president and his son-in-law deliberately allowed 140,000 (and counting) Americans to die of a pandemic, because it would mostly kill off their political opponents. Because it would kill off mostly poor people of color. Because they thought they could gain an upper hand by blaming opposing governors. But they thought it would advantage them politically.

Update (August 4):  Former consultant Stuart Stevens has come to the realization that the GOP never had any values. The rise of Dear Leader is simply the triumph of the party's dark side over its supposed ideals.

[I]t’s all about race. The Republican Party is a white party.

Stevens' solution is to "burn [them] to the ground and start over".

Update (September 5):  Two headlines highlight, yet again, what a fucking piece of shit we're dealing with.

10 Of The Wildest And Wackiest Conspiracy Theories Pushed By [Fuckface] This Week

Fox Reporter Snaps Back As [Dear Leader] Demands Her Firing For Confirming War Dead Story

Update (October 5):  Even though he's hospitalized with COVID-19, Fuckface can't resist propagandizing his "strength" by taking a drive to wave to supporters outside the hospital. Alex Henderson quotes Dr. James Phillips.

Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential "drive-by" just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by [Dear Leader] to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.

Secret Service agents are pissed.

That should never have happened…. The frustration with how we're treated when it comes to decisions on this illness goes back before this, though. We're not disposable.

Update (October 6):  Defying common sense by leaving the hospital early, Fuckface immediately removes his mask at the White House putting even more staff at risk. Joy Reid:

I am speechless. I am stunned. I have to be honest with you, I’m disgusted by what I just saw.

Update (November 15):  This is the piece of shit 73 million people voted for.

ANTIFA SCUM ran for the hills today when they tried attacking the people at the ... Rally, because those people aggressively fought back. Antifa waited until tonight, when 99% were gone, to attack innocent #MAGA People. DC Police, get going — do your job and don’t hold back!!!