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After President Trump forgot the words to "God Bless America" at a White House event, Cartoonist Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer in North Carolina has him making up words, including "God bless America, land that I rule" and concluding with, "It's all about me!"
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TV & RADIO LAP UP EVERY LIE,
SPREAD THEM 'ROUND WORLD
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Liar-In-Chief of the United States left the G7 summit early and flew to Singapore on Saturday.
He is scheduled to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the night of June 11 -- a date that might live in infamy.
Last week, President Trump forgot the words to "God Bless America" at a White House event he staged after the Philadelphia Eagles stood him up.
In his first 500-plus days in the Oval Office, he's fulfilled few of the promises he made on the campaign trail in 2016, except for an enormous tax break for the rich and wealthy corporations that will saddle all of us with a $1.5 trillion in debt.
The massive giveaway will keep millions in campaign funds flowing to Trump and Republicans in Congress as they try to hold onto control of the House and Senate in the November midterm elections.
Endless lies
I'm still waiting for the courageous White House reporter who will tell Trump to his face, "Please stop lying to the American people."
Or, when the president starts making it up as he goes along or takes credit for the 9-year economic recovery, simply confront him or refuse to quote him in their stories.
Trump and his corrupt Cabinet have spent most of their time and energy trying to undo every one of predecessor Barack Obama's major accomplishments in office.
Unfortunately, the electronic news media can't resist capturing every lie, false claim and preposterous tweet in those annoying sound bites, and sending them winging around the world with no pushback or rebuttal.
Print media
I'm so tired of The Washington Post's Fact Checker or the thunderous editorials from The New York Times.
The damage of those TV and radio sound bites can't be undone.
They have to be addressed on the spot by reporters confronting Trump.
Until that happens, the president controls the discussion and damages our democracy in so many ways.
He's the fake
When Trump shouts "fake news," the reporters should shout back, "You're the ultimate fake."
I just came across a site called PolitiFact.com, which summarizes "all false statements concerning Donald Trump."
Here are a couple of recent ones:
On June 5, Trump claimed Philadelphia Eagle players "stayed in the locker room for the playing of our National Anthem" or "were kneeling."
"No. The Eagles didn't kneel,"says PolitiFact.
On May 31, Trump claimed, "We got $6 billion for opioid and getting rid of that scourge that's taking over our country. And the numbers are way down."
"Deaths are up," PolitiFact says.
Cute.
But unless reporters confront him on the spot or simply refuse to include his lies, half-truths and outrageously false claims in their stories, Trump will get away with murdering our democracy, our free press and other institutions.
Pardons, etc.
Trump claims he can pardon himself, if he is charged and convicted in the Russia investigation, or appoint himself president for life or call off the November elections.
I've heard these claims many times, but, of course, they are nonsense.
No one, not even the president, is above the law.
He is scheduled to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the night of June 11 -- a date that might live in infamy.
Last week, President Trump forgot the words to "God Bless America" at a White House event he staged after the Philadelphia Eagles stood him up.
In his first 500-plus days in the Oval Office, he's fulfilled few of the promises he made on the campaign trail in 2016, except for an enormous tax break for the rich and wealthy corporations that will saddle all of us with a $1.5 trillion in debt.
The massive giveaway will keep millions in campaign funds flowing to Trump and Republicans in Congress as they try to hold onto control of the House and Senate in the November midterm elections.
Endless lies
I'm still waiting for the courageous White House reporter who will tell Trump to his face, "Please stop lying to the American people."
Or, when the president starts making it up as he goes along or takes credit for the 9-year economic recovery, simply confront him or refuse to quote him in their stories.
Trump and his corrupt Cabinet have spent most of their time and energy trying to undo every one of predecessor Barack Obama's major accomplishments in office.
Unfortunately, the electronic news media can't resist capturing every lie, false claim and preposterous tweet in those annoying sound bites, and sending them winging around the world with no pushback or rebuttal.
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On HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday night, the satirist discussed the merger of Bayer, a German company, and Monsanto, noting the former manufactured Zyklon B, a cyanide-based pesticide that was the preferred killing tool of the Nazis for use in extermination camps during the Holocaust.
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Print media
I'm so tired of The Washington Post's Fact Checker or the thunderous editorials from The New York Times.
The damage of those TV and radio sound bites can't be undone.
They have to be addressed on the spot by reporters confronting Trump.
Until that happens, the president controls the discussion and damages our democracy in so many ways.
He's the fake
When Trump shouts "fake news," the reporters should shout back, "You're the ultimate fake."
I just came across a site called PolitiFact.com, which summarizes "all false statements concerning Donald Trump."
Here are a couple of recent ones:
On June 5, Trump claimed Philadelphia Eagle players "stayed in the locker room for the playing of our National Anthem" or "were kneeling."
"No. The Eagles didn't kneel,"says PolitiFact.
On May 31, Trump claimed, "We got $6 billion for opioid and getting rid of that scourge that's taking over our country. And the numbers are way down."
"Deaths are up," PolitiFact says.
Cute.
But unless reporters confront him on the spot or simply refuse to include his lies, half-truths and outrageously false claims in their stories, Trump will get away with murdering our democracy, our free press and other institutions.
Pardons, etc.
Trump claims he can pardon himself, if he is charged and convicted in the Russia investigation, or appoint himself president for life or call off the November elections.
I've heard these claims many times, but, of course, they are nonsense.
No one, not even the president, is above the law.
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| Cartoonist Joe Heller commenting on the suicides by hanging last week of celebrities Kate Spade, the fashion designer, and Anthony Bourdain, the chef and CNN host, who grew up on Orchard Place in Leonia, a suburb near the George Washington Bridge. You can find this and other cartoons on The Cagle Post. |
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