Once Dry Discussions, Cabinet Meetings Are Now Part of the Trump Show

[douglas9]

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s cabinet meeting on Thursday began with him calling the vaunted Queen of Soul a former employee. It ended with him musing that things were looking up for American farmers who have been stung by the effects of his trade war.

In between, the president called on his top economic adviser to publicly share his “very beautiful” assessment of the economy, and said Mexico and China were waging a form of war against the United States by exporting drugs to kill Americans.

In other words, it was a normal cabinet meeting in the age of Trump. What was once considered a dry policy discussion among restrained public servants has turned into a kind of West Wing performance art, featuring a president prone to exaggeration and his advisers taking turns praising him and his policies.

By now, the ritual has become familiar, like a monthly installment of a faithfully watched reality show with a story line that has become almost comically consistent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Last night on MHz networks

There was an Italian made mystery program about a detective in the Mussolini era. Remarkable similarity to trump. Trains were not mentioned.

[dalton99a]

2. "exaggeration and his advisers taking turns praising him"

Government under a fuckwad

[Harker]

3. It's like Saddam Hussein

without the brains, and a little short of the backing necessary to simply kill his opponents.

[dalton99a]

4. Yep