Lest We Furr-get: Gary Cohn Is Not A Good Guy, Either

By Sniffles

The exodus from the White House continues, as another Trumpster whom the Beltway commenters were always tempted to crown as one of the "reasonable" ones resigns and sends the markets down.

But once again, let's not give in to lazy punditry and join the chorus of compliments for Gary Cohn. He deserves no adulation from anybody. Shall we review his record?

1. Trump embraces white nationalism. Cohn makes noises about resigning, but takes no action.
2. Trump says there are some white supremacists who are good people. See #1.
3. Trump refuses to condemn Russian attempts to subvert American democracy. Cohn does nothing.
4. Trump is a serial adulterer who cavorts with porn stars. Crickets from Cohn.
5. Multiple Cabinet secretaries become serial abusers of the public trust. Cohn looks the other way.
6. Cohn helps construct and win passage of a rapacious, soak-the-poor tax scam.
7. Cohn's tax scam will bust the budget like nothing ever seen.
8. Cohn helps devise a desperately needed $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan that's roundly branded a joke because there's only $200 million in it.
9. For more than a year, Cohn has been a willing accomplice to turning the government into the marketing and sales division of The Trump Organization and blowing a Grand Canyon-size hole in the Constitution's emoluments clause.

And now, Cohn has finally done the principled thing, resigning in protest of a childish, impulsive and economically destructive trade war launched by his boss.

Sorry — but a .100 batting average will not get Gary Cohn into the Noble Public Servant Hall of Fame. We cats HISS.