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Elise Elderkin's avatar

It was a blue tie. Just sayin’.

Please don’t in any way construe this as showing my support for the orange $hitgibbon, but facts is facts; and photographs, at least in this case, don’t lie.

Mary Geddry's avatar

Yes, it was. I’ve corrected the error. Sometimes my fingers think faster than my brain 😁

Rhonda Graham's avatar

All political sides have have "waltzed around" delving more deeply into the Trump Putin/Russian association. It goes back decades... It hasn't been that long ago that the close association would have been considered a cause for grave concern or even treasonous. The 🍊-man appears to have been groomed, exactly like a Russian operative. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but..... If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck!

Stephen Kliewer's avatar

I also note that the tie was not red. Such exaggerations become a problem. I might have shared this, but that one mistake alone calls everything into question (I don't question most of it) for those reading it. Please be accurate. Your analysis is good, but don't overstate. Leave that to MAGA

Scott Ryan's avatar

Overall, great piece.

However, Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live is the one who claimed to be able to see Russia from her house. While it was a great impersonation, that wasn't Palin.

Steve Brant's avatar

Thank you for tracking these cracks in Trump’s con job. I think the realization that Putin has been playing him / the failure to achieve a peace agreement shows him up to be a joke even in most GOP Senators’ eyes.

TCampbell's avatar

Thank you for your thoughtful updates. You are one of the most insightful writers on Substack. I am Canadian and we are just as horrified as Americans are—the rest of the World cannot comprehend the depravity of your President and his acolytes and MAGA base.

Karen Clark's avatar

Glad you have corrected! Otherwise I planned to distance myself STAT from your column, that I only recently discovered and really appreciate. I was freaking he would "push and shove " others out of the way for a photo opt- and was so irritated by the blue suit but thank goodness NO ghastly red tie- but I would have had to dismiss your fabulous column if I felt it not dependable.

Jonathan Sanchez's avatar

Currency! What IS Currency Defined as in the Present Day! Sensationalism, a Click, Thought, Monies, or perhaps actual Money. The list goes on, and on... What do ALL of these things lead back to!!? HUMANS!! Without HUMANS, ALL of these Currencies are WORTHLESS! Right now, Illusions/Sensationalism is a Currency that the Public is not willing to give, ANYMORE. The principles related to Edward R. Murrow is all but forgotten in today's Journalism. No matter how small, Sensationalism corrupts. I Enjoy your writing and look to you for Truth in your tellings, amongst these Illusions/Sensationalisms💐😻

Maya J's avatar

Beautiful description of the devolution.