Captain Blunderpants, The Shut-Down King, and Kudos to Kay-suck

Declaring that he has "defeated" ISIS, Captain Blunderpants just decided -- all by himself, and in defiance of expert advice -- to withdraw our remaining American troops from Syria.  I'm a pacifist, not a war hawk, and the U.S. has a meddlesome history of Middle East mess-ups (thanks, Dubya and Dick), so you might think I'd be in favor of this move.  I'd love to see all our service men and women come home, but Dolt 45's decision doesn't pass the sniff test.  It has drawn unanimously harsh criticism from all corners -- D's, R's, diplomats, and the military.  The only people in the world who support it are Putin, Erdogan, and that goddam goofy Rand Paul.  I wonder what my old friend the Libertarian who says that Democrats are weak on foreign policy thinks about this dictum from Donnie Dumpster.

The guy who says he knows more than all the generals apparently doesn't know that 170,000 American troops are deployed in 150 countries around the world, many since the end of WW II.  We have found it prudent to maintain 53,000 in Japan, 35,000 in Germany, 26,000 in South Korea, 12,000 in Italy, 9,000 in Great Britain, and even 4,000 in Bahrain.

Cadet Bonespurs had no qualms about sending 6,000 U.S. troops to the Mexican border for no good reason, but he can find no reason to keep 2,200 troops in Syria.  He's a stable genius, alright.  (a.k.a., a horseshit expert).
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A lawsuit from the New York Attorney General's office has forced the Trump Foundation to dissolve and liquidate because it was a fraudulent "charity."  The A.G. has determined that the Foundation, which was run by Trump and three of his kids (Kremlin Barbie, Beavis & Butthead), was just a cookie jar they operated for their own personal benefit.  Its last charitable contribution was in 1989.  Since then, they've siphoned off $2.8 million in charitable donations for themselves.

The state of New York seeks restitution of that $2.8 million, as well as a ban on Trump's Scamalot family running any charities for the next ten years.  The state will seize all the assets of the foundation, which are $1.7 million in cash and just three physical assets -- an autographed Tim Tebow helmet and two portraits of The Donald himself.  All three were purchased for the Foundation with the Foundation's money, i.e. other people's donations to charity.  What charitable work!  To claw back the rest of $2.8 million, New York may need to sue Trump and his Stepford Kids personally.  He-he.

The Shut-Down King can now add his fake foundation to the lengthy list of his other shut-downs:  Trump Casino, Trump University, Trump Magazine, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Airlines, Trump Mortgage, Trump Tower-Tampa, Trump the Fragrance, Trump Menswear, Trump Mattresses, and Trump Government Shutdown of January 2018.  And it looks like there will soon be a Trump Government Shutdown of December 2018.  He plays to his strengths.
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John Kasich, governor of Ohio for a couple more weeks, kept his promise yesterday when he vetoed a stupid gun rights expansion bill.  Today or tomorrow, he'll keep another promise by vetoing a stupid "heartbeat" abortion ban bill.  The state legislature may try to override the vetoes, not because most Ohioans support these stupid bills, but only because the legislature has a gerrymandered GOP majority.  Will enough Republicans show up after Christmas to give conserva-tards the two stupid, crazy laws they crave so desperately?  Will Ohio continue doing its imitation of Mississippi?  I hope not, but we'll see.

I applaud Kasich for his reasonable stance on these two issues.  But don't be misled into believing he's a palatable moderate worthy of White House consideration.  His track record says otherwise.  Granted, Kasich can occasionally appear to be moderate, but that's only in contrast to today's far-out brand of hateful Trumpist Republicanism.  At heart, he's still Krazy Kay-suck.  Samantha Bee put it in proper perspective when she said, "The so-called moderate Kasich is like the least disgusting toilet stall in the bus station bathroom."