Hard To Believe

Some things are hard to believe, aren't they?

Hard to believe that Trump would arrive at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I separately and also deliberately apart from virtually every other world leader, right?  No, the thing that's hard to believe is that he made it at all.  He wouldn't honor American war dead at a cemetery outside Paris because it was raining and he didn't want to muss up his hair.  He skipped a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery back home for the same reason.  What you expect from someone whose biggest obsession is himself?

Hard to believe that Trump razzed French president Emmanuel Macron for suggesting a pan-European defense force and proclaimed that American military superiority saved the French in both world wars? No, I believe it, because Republicans like Trump are renowned for always taking the opportunity to dismiss the French, especially for their bad luck in military engagements.  But then Republicans never appreciated that the French are better at making love than making war.

Hard to believe that Democrat Kyrsten Sinema edged out Republican Martha McSally in the U.S. Senate election in Arizona, to become Arizona's first female senator and become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the Grand Canyon State in three decades?  No, because McSally tried to make immigration an issue in a state with a growing Hispanic population and left a bitter taste in people's mouths.  However, award McSally points for her gracious concession video, which also included her dog. 

Hard to believe that they're still counting votes in the gubernatorial and senatorial elections in Florida?  Really?  Are you kidding?

Hard to believe that a Mississippi Republican senator said something racist referring to lynching in this day and age?  See above. 

Hard to believe that Trump would get rid of Kirstjen Nielsen at the Department of Homeland Security at a time when he has 15,000 soldiers at the border defending America from . . . what?  A thousand women and children?  No, not really, because Trump doesn't think through things when he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Hard to believe that Trump would blame California for its forest fires because of bad forest management even though the latest fires are brush fires and federal forest management is a federal responsibility?  No, because Trump hates Californians for not voting for him in 2016.   Hey, he's petty. 

Hard to believe it's going to snow in the Northeast tomorrow when it's only November?  No, because that's the result of what's fueling the California wildfires - climate change.