“A brief, shining moment. And then that mouth”: Michael Caine’s lament about Sandra Bullock’s uncontrollable-mouthed character in “Miss Congeniality”.
The difference between Donald Trump and the Sandra Bullock character? All too often you don’t even get the brief shining moment.
An amazingly stupid case in point is Trump’s self-congratulatory comments regarding the international reaction to his imposition of tariffs on most countries around the world.
From Mary Papenfuss and James Liddell’s article at The Independent:
Donald Trump has claimed world leaders panicked by his gargantuan global tariffs are “kissing my a**” in desperate bids to reduce the levies.
The president made the bold remark during a 90-minute address as he attempted to court political donors at the National Republican Congressional Committe’s annual fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening:
“These countries are calling us up, kissing my a**” to negotiate deals on tariffs, Trump said just hours before his reciprocal duties went into effect against dozens of nations just after midnight on Wednesday, including a 104 percent levy on Chinese imports.
“They are,” he emphasized. “They are dying to make a deal.”
The president went on to mock the tariff-deal supplicants, pretending to be them as he pitifully pleaded in a simpering voice: “Please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, Sir.”
Brilliant, Mr. President. Just brilliant.
Now, the leader of any country that strikes deal with the United States can credibly be accused of kissing Trump’s ass and begging him to do what Trump wants. Why is this credible? Because it is exactly what Trump said their willingness to do so is.
Tell me: how does that facilitate making such a deal? I can sure as hell tell you how it can impede it.
I have given up hope that this man is capable of shutting that big, stupid mouth of his. Not even for a brief, shining moment.
