Crazy day. Trump has become even more expansive with his lies and discourtesies. He says the facilities at the border are just fine and very well run (Great job, Brownie!); the overcrowding is the fault of the Democrats (he calls them “clowns”); he stood up for the border guards who, he says, are not trained to treat people decently.

Trump is ignoring Congress and selling arms to the Saudis, a most despotic regime in which the only thing subordinated to religion is self-interest. He is trying to set up a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. O.K. But we’ve learned that it’s very difficult to stay out of a proxy war.

Then the Supreme Court determined 5-4 that King Trump can redirect $2.5 billion appropriated for the military to build his signature wall. RBG says that Gorsuch and Cavanaugh are o.k. I find that hard to accept, especially when it is Blackout Bret who cast the deciding vote.

It’s said Trump is going to have soldiers paint the pieces of the wall still standing, so I wonder if he plans to use convict labor to build the wall, because there’s no way 2.5 billion will be enough.

But he’s wangled 2.5 billion for his ego-affirming wall. He’s paid $10 billion in aid to farmers injured by his personal trade war, and he’s about to pay 14.5 billion more. So King Trump gets the wall that will be his monument, and pays off farmers who are in trouble because of his own stupidity. That comes to $27 billion being wasted or needlessly expended – what if we would put $27 billion into something constructive?

Many still call for Trump’s impeachment. But come on! Even if the House impeached him, can you imagine the Senate finding him guilty? Far too many have now invested in Trump and plan to rise or fall with him. O tempora O mores