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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Donald J. Trump said on Monday that his greatest regret as President was his failure to name his three adult children to the United States Supreme Court.
Appearing on Fox News, Trump said that Ivanka, Eric, and Don, Jr., would be way better judges than those three clowns whom he did name.
Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are the worst people who have ever worked for me, he said. And that includes Scaramucci.
When the Supreme Court was deciding whether New York prosecutors could obtain his tax returns, Trump said, none of those three boneheads even called to ask me what they should do. No gratitude whatsoever.
He said that laws needed to be changed to keep Supreme Court Justices from thinking for themselves.
This should never be allowed to happen in our country, he said.
Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-regrets-not-naming-ivanka-eric-and-don-jr-to-supreme-court
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UTUSN
(70,793 posts)Some are more obvious than others, but he does keep up with relevant news.
UTUSN
(70,793 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,934 posts)And I do know that Borowitz is popular here, so I always check to see if the latest has been posted yet. As Skinner famously said, "Good DU citizens check for duplicates," so I make a point of it.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,970 posts)patricia92243
(12,607 posts)SunSeeker
(51,814 posts)SunSeeker
(51,814 posts)Does anyone think Trump would never say such a thing?
Eugene
(61,974 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,934 posts)He treated the responsibility of public office just the way he's always treated everything in his life, did whatever he felt like at the moment - whatever he thought would benefit him personally.
ShazzieB
(16,661 posts)Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are the worst people who have ever worked for me, he said.
I could see him thinking and saying this, because it was apparent that he did see the justices (and everybody else he appointed) as "working for him." I'm sure he saw those 3 as well as all the federal judges he appointed as "his" judges and expected they would always find in his favor if the need arose, because they "owed him" for appointing them. That's the kind of blithering idiot he is.
This is one of those cases where satire comes dangerously close to reality.
OMGWTF
(3,993 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,934 posts)Janbdwl72
(50 posts)The Orange Maniac needs to go back to the 7th grade and take Introduction to American Government. I recall he told one official he wanted to fire Gorsuch after he strongly disagreed with one of that justice's decisions.
This clown does not understand the basics of government. That's even true after four years in the top position in the federal government.
Appointing his three children would not only be disastrous and insane, but it would be more notorious nepotism than any thing he actually did while in office.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,313 posts)That's right. Not Mike Pence. Not Chris Christie. He wanted Baby Doll to literally be his successor.
JohnnyRingo
(18,697 posts)You never know if it's real or parody anymore.
Best part:
none of those three boneheads even called to ask me what they should do. No gratitude whatsoever.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,384 posts)The Ivanka Trump logo would look great on the bench.
Rhiannon12866
(206,934 posts)It probably wouldn't be "fashionable" enough for her - she'd want to redesign it!
onethatcares
(16,212 posts)sweatshop copy of it.
But seriously,
it looks like she needs a two day growth of beard to match her brothers.