Argentina being extorted by a dumpster according to asshat David Frum.

[lonestarnot]

The wind farm next to the golf course. Trump already abusing power he doesn't have yet..

[madaboutharry]

1. Calling David Frum an asshat in this context isn't fair.

David Frum, although a republican, has demonstrated a great deal of integrity during the past year. I believe in giving credit where credit is do. He voted for Hillary, not because he wanted to but because he is a patriot and loves America.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

[lonestarnot]

5. Point take, however I still believe him to be an asshat.

[csziggy]

2. David Frum is convinced Trump is in this for the money

1) Unlike his analogues in Poland/Hungary/Turkey, I don’t imagine that Donald Trump will immediately set out to build an authoritarian state

9:26 AM - 9 Nov 2016

2) I expect his first priority will be to use the presidency massively to enrich himself.

3) That program of massive self-enrichment however will trigger media investigations and criticism by congressional Democrats.

4) As we’ve seen, Trump cannot tolerate criticism. He prides himself on always retaliating against perceived enemies, by means fair or foul

5) We’ve seen too that Trump’s advisers and aides share this belief. Chris Christie; Corey Lewandowski - they live by gangster morality.

6) So the abuses will start as payback. With a compliant Gop majority in Congress, Trump admin can rewrite laws to enable payback

7) The courts may be an obstacle. But w a compliant Senate, a president can change the courts - as happened in Poland & Hungary.

8) Current IRS commissioner’s term runs to end 2018. But (I looked it up) few commissioners serve the full 5 years.

9) The FBI seems already to have been pre-politicized in Trump’s favor. If Comey resigns, Trump will have another opportunity.
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/796403503103176704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Tonight on The Last Word, Frum was really pushing his point #2 - Trump is going to make as much money from the office of the presidency as he can.

[radical noodle]

3. Yes, I think that's the only reason he got into this

I tend to think he's in way deeper in debt than he should be and needed a way to turn things around. What would he do without his golden tower, after all?

[csziggy]

4. The Donald is truly a Bialastock candidate

But just as "Springtime for Hitler" succeeded in the movie, The Donald succeeded in his campaign.

It's a disaster for him as well as for the county.

Edited to add (because it won't be as funny the more time goes by):