The Innocent's a Broad

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One final post on this subject and then I promise to Move On™, but I was reading the actual Vanity Fair profile of Susie Wiles (got through all of Part I, a quarter of the way through Part II) and was struck, again and again, at the horrendous vitriol spewed across its pages. It’s a typical example of how Vanity Fair has treated its political enemies in the past, so again, how could Wiles or the White House ever have considered this a good idea?

I thought I’d post two examples taken from just the first pages of the article because (a) I never could resist a bad pun* and (b) because you can get the full flavor of the entire piece from just these two paragraphs; them, and the picture we’ve thrown in for free.

  • At the same time, Trump has waged war on his political enemies; pardoned the January 6 rioters, firing nearly everyone involved in their investigation and prosecution; sued media companies into multimillion-dollar settlements; indicted multiple government officials he perceives as his foes; and pressured universities to toe his line. He’s redefined the way presidents behave—verbally abusing women, minorities, and almost anyone who offends him. Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September turbocharged Trump’s campaign of revenge and retribution. Critics have compared this moment to a Reichstag fire, a modern version of Hitler’s exploitation of the torching of Berlin’s parliament.

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  • Then Trump issued pardons to almost everyone convicted in the bloody January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, in which nine people ultimately died and 150 were injured. Even rioters who’d beaten cops within an inch of their lives were set free. (Fourteen people convicted of seditious conspiracy had their sentences commuted.)

*It occured to me this morning that not all the readers of this blog, as well-read as they are, might get the reference. Here you are, if you’re out there:

(It’s a fun read, BTW)