Trump is not well

For a group named for the man who urged "malice toward none...charity for all," the Lincoln Project has a penchant for the jugular that any vampire would envy.  It's sometimes hard to remember that it's a Republican outfit headed by Rick Wilson and George "Mr. Kellyanne" Conway, desperate to save what's left of Lincoln's party from the verdict of history.  They want us to see Trump as an aberration rather than the logical conclusion of the extremist project that began with Barry Goldwater and flowered under Ronald Reagan.  But it's hard not to enjoy their attack ads, much more vicious (to employ a favorite Trumpism) than anything the Democrats have put out.

My favorite is still the one where Lindsey Graham calls Trump "a race-baiting, xenophobic bigot" and praises Joe Biden like it's his birthday, but the new one is merciless:  Why did Trump pay an unscheduled visit to Walter Reed?  We see him struggling down the West Point ramp, climbing the steps to Air Force One with toilet paper on his shoe and using both hands to drink water, and best of all, we never hear his whinging voice.  I think the problem with water might be carpal tunnel from all the tweeting, but the unspoken implication is clear:  stroke or dementia.

These guys are fast, too.  Only a day after the Bolton book was excerpted in several newspapers, the Lincoln Project presents "Chyna," detailing how Trump "rolls over" for Xi "like a dog."  (Damn, I love how they pick up his favorite phrases and fire them at him.)  And so far, the best he's come up with by way of witty riposte is to call George Conway "Moonface."

Grist for the mill -- Trump's head is already exploding over the rulings of the Supreme Court that McConnell assured him was completely neutered.  Last week they said LGBT people are first-class citizens, with both Roberts and Gorsuch joining the liberals.  Today they told Obama's "Dreamers" -- the 650,000 people who came here as children with undocumented parents -- that they can stay (for now) because Trump's executive order illegally abolished the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.  But it's not about them, is it?  "Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn't like me?" he whined.  "These horrible & politically charged decisions...are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives.  We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else.  Vote Trump 2020!"  That's right, a crummy commercial.  Shotgun blasts, Second Amendment, I think there's a pattern.  I just don't know what it has to do with DACA.  #TrumpIsNotWell

Trump 2020 suffered another defeat when Facebook took down some of its campaign ads just because they feature an inverted red triangle.  This is what Facebook calls "a banned hate group's symbol," the group in question being Heinrich Himmler's SS.  The triangle was worn by "Communists, Social Democrats, liberals, Freemasons" and other member of opposition parties in  concentration camps.  I'm sure a lot of Freemasons are reconsidering their support for Trump right now.  From DACA to Dachau, and it's not even three o'clock.