The polls are so dire for Trump and the Republicans that they can't possibly win the midterms unless they resort to what a political acquaintance of ours politely calls trickery. The thought recurs anew as the GOP sends Benedict Donald to campaign in North Carolina. Why? Vanity, stupidity? Or did the underfunded Michael Whatley campaign fork over big bucks to bring Trump there? Whatever the explanation, it seems like a phenomenal waste of resources.
And Vance goes to Ohio... and Iowa... and other states that should be reliably red. They know they're in trouble.
So, what batshit crazy stuff will the Trumpsters pull between now and the election to make sure they don't get taken to the cleaners? Let us imagine the ways.
- Declare a national emergency
- Put ICE at major GOTV rallies
- Use nukes against Iran
- Up his $5,000 voter bribe to $10,000
- Fire the entire Federal Reserve Board
- Nominate three right-wing judges to replace Justices Sotomayor, Jackson and Kagan, and demand that the Senate come back into session and approve them
- Raze the Kennedy Center
- Rename Dulles International Airport
- Threaten to rename Lake Michigan if Abdul El-Sayed and Jocelyn Benson win their races
- Demand that Canada hand over Newfoundland for national security reasons
- Order the Treasury to buy back $100 billion in Treasury bills
- Demand that the Bank of Japan take back their announced rate hike and cut another 1 percent
See, you can make this stuff up. Sadly, with Trump, none of these possibilities are completely off the wall. We cats HISS.
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