A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

How much support will Donald Trump lose if Mueller reveals unequivocal evidence that he conspired with Russia to win the election? Based on my interactions with Trump supporters, as well as observations of what they say on Facebook, Twitter, and, yes, Quora, I’d say that the current President will lose less than 1 percent of his supporters  if Mueller provides them with unequivocal evidence that he colluded with Russia to win the election. Consider, Trump supporters have so far stayed loyal to Donald John Trump, Sr. for over two years  in spite  of the firing and/or resignations of two National Security Advisers, one Attorney General, one Secretary of State, two communications directors, one Secretary of Defense, and one Press Secretary for a plethora of reasons. In addition, several individuals who were investigated for Russiagate and election-related shenanigans have been arrested, pleaded guilty, or made plea deals with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other e...

Another work week begins, and things in America under President Trump keep getting weirder by the day. The microwave ovens have eyes.... Perhaps one of the loopiest bits of news that caught our eye this morning is Kellyanne Conway's claim that former President Obama could have easily surveilled Trump Tower during the 2016 Presidential election by using....microwave ovens.  That's right. You read that correctly. The controversial Counselor to the President defended President Donald Trump's unverified claims that the previous Administration wiretapped his phone system in a 21st Century version of the 1972 Watergate scandal by telling USA Today that there are microwave ovens that turn into cameras. As the British newspaper The Telegraph reported recently: " She explained on USA Today: “What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other. “You can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets — any number of ways.” ...

I must be one of the densest persons in the United States, because I simply don’t understand why President Trump’s supporters still, you know, support his Administration. Over the past three weeks, Mr. Trump, advised by the Machiavellian Stephen K. Bannon and abetted by such luminaries as Kellyanne (“Alternative Facts”) Conway and Sean Spicer, has done more to undermine American democracy – and its standing in the world – than any President since Richard M. Nixon. Consider. Since President Trump took office on January 20, he and his staff have: Called the judicial branch a “threat to national security”  - In a Twitter post dated February 5, Mr. Trump wrote: Just cannot  believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad! Declared that they will label any negative reporting on what the Trump White House does as “fake news," even if it is not actually fake news -   In a recent co...