It's pretty clear, in reading articles about how Trump gripes about the press being unfair, that to Trump, being "fair" to him is covering Trump like a slavish toady, an all-in bootlicker.
His definition of fairness is no more evolved than that of a toddler who has just learned the word.
It's pretty pathetic, really. He's a politician who has a skin thinner than a sheet of oinionskin paper.[1] If anybody says anything bad about him, either on the teevee or in print, Trump throws a hissy fit. I'm somewhat surprised that he hasn't thrown himself on the floor and kicked his body around in circles, much like a child pitching a fit in the store because mom won't buy cocoa-puffs or a toy.
He sits behind the Resolute Desk, throwing his daily pity party, being fluffed[2] by Immigration Oberführer Stephen Miller and Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, while whining about how everybody is being so, so unfair to him.
Poor baby. Bless his heart.
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[1] Onionskin paper was popular back when airmail was a thing (first class mail went by rail or by ship) and the rates were determined by the half-ounce.
[2] I presume "verbally". The physical kind would be really creepy, but not out of character for Trump.
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The follow on to onionskin paper was the self-envelope sheet for air mail. A roughly A4 sheet with three glued tabs that allowed you to write on one side and then fold the paper with the normal triple fold (on marked lines) and then lick and fold the tabs over to make the letter into its own envelope. The corners were open, allowing the recipient to slide a letter opener in and slice the tabs loose, allowing the sheet to be unfolded and read. The postage was printed on the back of the paper, in what became the top right corner, because that saved a few grams over adding a stamp. Last bought those about 1990.
I always wondered if it was possible to write enough to put the whole shebang over weight simply because of the added ink?
Thank goodness he hasn’t done anything unAmerican like eat arugula or like Dijon mustard or wear a tan coat in the Oval Office......
Bless his heart +1000. That quintessential Southenism, wherein you say a seeming nice or sympathetic thing while you shove the knife in and twist it.
CP88, ah, yes, the aerogram. One of my college buddies did a semester in West Germany. We corresponded by using aerograms. If you had a lot to say, you used an extra-fine point pen.
You called him a "politician" and in reality, he's only a failed businessman. Politics was never his thing. He rules like the worst tyrant boss you ever had.
Also, we don't know that he hasn't done the kick and scream in a circle on the floor thing. I doubt they would televise such a breakdown. I won't put it past his skillset.
We have only begun to see his worst side I think. The Adderall abuse alone is eating away what little he may have been. And, his coming impeachment is eating away at the rest.
I don't like the man, but his coming breakdown will not be pleasant to watch.
3ski
I used to love onionskin paper because you could erase typed mistakes from it with an eraser pencil without removing the sheet from the typewriter. My mother, who was a legal secretary, gave me a box of it with the Brother typewriter I got for Christmas when I was in seventh grade.
I feel like Fergus is just entering the tantrum phase of the malignant narcissist who finally faces consequences for something, and my sincere hope is that the fit he throws does not include military aggression.
-Doug in Oakland
I know there was a name for it, but damned if I could remember it, thanks! Looking for it, I found that onionskin paper is still very available.
It works really well as tracing paper, also.
-Doug in Oakland
And now Sondland has had his memory ‘jogged’ and seems to recall a conversation tying us military aid to the Ukraine with an investigation of Trump’s political rival. Of course, his memory was only ‘jogged’ by all the other testimony that indicated Sondland knew of the ‘quid pro quo’. And maybe by the threat of a perjury charge, perhaps? Funny how that works.
But I guess Donnie would call that unfair, you know, someone finally coming clean.
The ship is starting to sink, watch out for the rats scurrying to protect themselves.
Dale
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