Now that Donald Trump has revealed his inner fascism, and how far he is prepared to go to flout the rule of law.Now that a poll commissioned by his beloved Fox News suggests that most Americans believe that he is tearing the country apart.It might be a good time to ask WHY?Why
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Montreal Simon: Donald Trump’s Disastrous Visit To Houston
It was supposed to be an opportunity for Donald Trump to check out the damage caused by hurricane Harvey, and offer support to its many victims.But it didn't turn out that way.For it was a disaster from beginning to end.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When Fascism Finally Came to America
When I was in university I used to bore and no doubt depress my friends, by frequently and confidently predicting that fascism was coming to America.And that it would be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross, as Sinclair Lewis said it would in his 1935 novel It Can't
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Donald Trump Went Full Fascist
It's hard to find a pattern in anything Donald Trump does. He's here, he's there, he's everywhere, he's out of his mind, he's making it up as he goes along.But ever since that Nazi party in Charlottesville, a clear pattern is emerging, and it couldn't be more disturbing.Trump has always
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Fact Checking Donald Trump’s Worst Speech Ever
Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix the other night was so deeply disturbing it made many all over the world wonder what could be done, if anything, to keep him away from the nuclear codes.So we might have a chance of surviving him.But don't tell that to Trump because he's giving that rally
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Night Donald Trump Went Off The Deep End
On Monday, after his speech on Afghanistan, some in the media were praising Donald Trump for looking and sounding "presidential."Which I thought was hilarious because I knew it wouldn't last. And sure enough it didn't.For if he was Dr Jekyll on Monday, last night in Phoenix he was Mr Hyde.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Eclipsing of the Presidency
Although I had better things to observe, like that amazing solar eclipse, I thought I'd better watch Donald Trump's address to the nation, in case he declared war on North Korea.And eclipsed the earth permanently.But as it turned out, all he did was declare a little more war on Afghanistan. Which
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Question Journalists Don’t Dare Ask
It's hard to believe, how time flies. But Donald Trump's "working vacation" is over and he's heading back to Washington.But sadly, although he did little or no work, just played golf, tweeted, and watched a lot of cable TV, his vacation wasn't very relaxing.And I'm afraid we're all going to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Now Can We Call Trump’s Nazis Suckers?
As I said in my last post, Donald Trump has finally been exposed for all to see as a Neo-Nazi supporter.And he's still refusing to denounce this cowardly killer. But then as I also pointed out bigotry runs in the family. So the next time his citronella Nazis call us cucks.Somebody
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Dangerous Cowardice of the Nazi Supporter Donald Trump.
I can only imagine how Donald Trump must be feeling after his depraved and disastrous reaction to that deadly Nazi party in Charlottesville.But I wouldn't be surprised if he's ready to go nuclear, for he must be that desperate.Democrats and Republicans are attacking him for failing to call a white supremacist
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump: When a Fascist Is a Fascist is a Fascist
For a long time I hesitated to call Donald Trump a fascist. I thought he was just a bloated clown, and I didn't want to devalue the word.But not any longer. Not after the way he is going after transgendered soldiers, or the way he is threatening the media.Or the way
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump Prepares To Declare War On the Media
Donald Trump is relaxing at his favourite golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. The place where Ivanka was married, the place where he wants to be buried.Still claiming he's not president Lazy Boy.Still insisting it's NOT a vacation. And for the first time in a long time, showing Jeff Sessions,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lazy Boy Trump and the Green Monster
It's a brutal cover picture, and I'm sure Donald Trump must hate it. It's a narcissist's nightmare.Trump must be screaming into every golden mirror in the White House, or rolling on the floor and biting the carpet in the Oval Office.But is it fair?I realize he's got almost nothing accomplished
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Mueller Moment of Truth
He is the man Donald Trump fears the most, the man who keeps him awake at night.Robert Mueller, the man investigating the Trump mob. The man who could nail his family, bounce him out of power, and make him look like the biggest loser EVER.And yesterday Trump's nightmare became even more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Children’s Hour
As you know, the other day Donald Trump was quoted as calling the White House a "real dump." But now that he's at General Kelly's Tough Love School he's denying it. And to prove how much he loves the place he's going to extraordinary lengths.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Donald Trump Will Almost Certainly End Up Resigning
Donald Trump has been at General John Kelly's School for Bullies and Blowhards for two days now, and it does seem to be restraining his worst instincts.He hasn't had a bout of Twitter diarrhea for almost twenty-four hours, although the strain is showing. And he still managed to send shockwaves
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump: Will Chaos Lead to War?
It was the front page of the New York Post on Friday, which had to be updated in a hurry yesterday… And it's a pro-Trump paper. So you know the situation must be getting desperate.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Week Donald Trump Set The White House On Fire
As the conservative author and broadcaster Charlie Sykes said, it was the week when President Pyromaniac set the White House on fire. His worst week ever. In five torrid days, the US president alienated conservatives by savaging his own attorney general; earned a rebuke from the Pentagon over a rushed ban on transgender
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day The Mooch Blew Up The Trump White House
His name is Anthony Scaramucci, but everybody calls him the Mooch.He's Donald Trump's new communications director, and he's made it his personal mission to track down the leakers in the White House.But sadly for him and Trump it's all going horribly wrong.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Donald Trump Revealed His Inner Fuhrer
He's been rehearsing for the role for a long time, from the days when he kept a copy of Hitler's speeches on his bedside table.And yesterday Donald Drumph finally got his chance to play his Nazi hero. When he turned a Boy Scout Jamboree into a partisan political meeting.Read more »
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