Horrible as it is, I read Drudge Report every day, because it’s such a spectacle of right-wing propanda and bizarre human interest stories. Similarly, horrible as they are, I’ve been regularly reading stories about Donald Trump’s late night twitter-storms, because they’re such a spectacle of bombastic jackassery, stupidity, and lack of knowledge or insight. How could any rational person support this dangerous fool?
But today I noticed something different. I was reading an article on TPM about Trump’s latest tweetattacks on Cruz. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-tweet-cruz-stole-iowa
Tweets are like popcorn, usually readable at a glance, sometimes very clever. But into the second or third of last night’s Trump tweetattack on Cruz, I had the thought: Geez! I can’t read any more of this crap. It sounds like a drunken uncle at a wedding or holiday dinner! First time I ever reacted “tl;dr” to a few tweets.
After Tuesday’s defeat in the Iowa caucuses, Trump gave a relatively dignified (for him) concession speech. But 24 hours later he’s up at all hours of the night posting tweet after tweet attacking Cruz for acting illegally, for fraud, for stealing the election. He demanded that the caucuses be “nullified” and redone, or that Cruz’s votes would be disqualified. Really.
So what kind of person does an angry 180-degree turn like that in the middle of the night? It’s obvious, and it’s obvious that we don’t want a person like that in control of the nuclear launch codes. Boom goes London! Boom Paris! More room for you and more room for me! They all hate us anyhow! So let’s drop the Big One now!
So I googled “trump alcohol” and found hundreds of articles where he claims he never has and never does drink alcohol. One article (behind a paywall at Newsweek) says he became a teetotaler after seeing what happened to his alcoholic brother Fred. http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fred-trump-alcoholism-413207?piano_d=1
Ever-credulous Forbes reported that he’s one of 10 big moguls who don’t drink alcohol. http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisbarth/2011/03/11/donald-trump-and-nine-other-teetotalling-moguls/#2715e4857a0b1b40e2a95ba3
But then there’s this from a few weeks ago: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3361739/Donald-Trump-s-doctor-claims-s-perfect-health-never-touched-alcohol-Twitter-disagrees.html
Look at the pictures.
I’ll bet he can afford some mighty fine single malt.
Just sayin’