To Have and To Have

President Trump says he’d be “honored” to meet North Korean despot Kim Jung Un. Egypt’s president, who allowed his opponents to be shot, is doing a “fantastic job.” The president of The Philippines, who unleashed vigilante killings at home, is welcome at the White House. So is Thailand’s president, who took power in a coup. And Turkey’s president, who jailed thousands of opponents, got a congratulatory call.*

Ladies and gentlemen, the Trump Administration.

BILL

*Source: May 3, 2017 Los Angeles Times

(And, on a personal note, how can you not invite a man – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte – whose mere presence would honor the White House who at a campaign rally a year ago complained about not having been allowed to be first in line at a gang rape. Oh, who am I kidding? He sounds like a great guy! Send him another invite, Mr. President, but engrave it this time.)