pianogonzology: Know . . .

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Know . . .

. . . your bullies . . .

(from https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-elijah-cummings-tweets-dangerous-filthy-baltimore-2019-7)
". . . "Rep, [sic] Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border.". . ."

(from https://newrepublic.com/minutes/141894/elijah-cummings-tried-appealing-donald-trumps-ego-didnt-go-well)

". . . Trump claimed that (Elijah) Cummings (of Maryland) told him last month, “You will go down as one of the great presidents in the history of our country.” That wasn’t quite true. “During my meeting with the president and on several occasions since then,” Cummings explained to The Baltimore Sun, “I have said repeatedly that he could be a great president if—if—he takes steps to truly represent all Americans rather than continuing on the divisive and harmful path he is currently on.” . . . Appealing to Trump’s deep desire to be great wasn’t a crazy strategy for Cummings, but the results are telling. Not only did Trump ignore the conditional—the fact that achieving greatness would require serious changes—he tried to exploit this private conversation with Cummings for some cheap congrats. . . "