Okay, Mr. President, let’s see what we have here.
First, a White House press conference (knife fight with the media) where Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, falsely disputed the crowd size at the Inauguration.
Next, alleging Mexico will pay a 20% tariff to pay for the wall, potentially inciting a riot with one of our country’s most important trade partners.
Also, a presidential Twitter account retweeting his citizen Twitter account (two of them?!) which subtweeted Mexico’s president, suggesting that he cancel his meeting at the White House.
Last, but certainly not least, an executive order barring travelers to and from seven foreign nations for 90 days. Not to mention, complete pandemonium at airports due to foreigner detainments and mass security confusion.
Okay (deep breaths….), this is fine, totally fine. I’m okay, I swear. I look worried? I’m not worried!
Beginning with the press conference, there really is no need to waste any breath debunking the latest media obsession. Pick and choose your trifles, Mr. President. The chances of the press ever liking you again dissipated, well, VERY long ago.
On the topic of Mexico, I think Trump and the Mexican President have gotten off on the wrong foot. Agreed? Trump believes strong-arming Mexico into charging them an arm, a leg, and maybe a kidney in tariffs to build a wall to keep their fleeing citizens out of our country would be wishful thinking-negotiation for even a Frank Underwood (for all of the House of Cards fans).
To make matters worse, Trump decided to tweet and then retweet that original tweet from another Trump twitter account (sorry for that), suggesting the Mexican President cancel his trip to the White House if he disagrees with this draconian plan.
In regard to social media, I hardly trust myself sometimes in pressing “send” in rants about sporting events, and I’m a nobody. Trump is the President of the United States and he hits “send” for rants about other countries like a college freshman expressing his “late-night thoughts.”
Lastly, we get to the executive order.
Now, forget the fact that American airports resembled Tehran in the movie Argo, President Trump’s executive order came out of the bleu and caught many on his own staff, let alone airport security and border personnel, by surprise. Mass confusion led to the order’s questionable enforcement and dug the President’s reputation into a deeper hole.
As someone who has been the driver of the liberal media-loathing bandwagon (I am a card-carrying passenger), Trump is deliberately gifting his critics and injecting more hysteria into many who believe he is a deeply flawed diplomatic leader. Who could blame them?
Not to mention, as the perceived “Muslim ban” nearly broke the Internet, good ole Uncle Rudy Giuliani was quoted during a Fox News interview stating President Trump called him and asked him about the “Muslim ban” and how they could do it “legally.” Whether or not those exact words are true, THAT IS NOT COOL, MAN!
Now, I do believe there some things to keep in mind.
Our country has been and continues to be at risk of radical Islamic terrorism. It is a very complicated issue that requires careful and precise action. Attacking that issue without those qualities could be dangerous.
So, Mr. President, as your teacher (citizen) I put you on academic (presidential) probation…
You’re confused? What does that even mean? Well, it means absolutely nothing. There’s nothing I can do, you are my student (President) anyway.
Just be careful, OK? I'll give you another chance. Get it together. What would Jesus do? Right?
Okay, get out of here…
