Believe it or not, Trump's peace count is a little suspect

If this ceasefire holds, I bet Trump will add another number to the number of wars he claims to have ended (what would that be? 9? 10? it seems to vary every time he talks), which would be counting the Thailand-Cambodia war twice. That war was one of the 7 original wars he claimed to have ended, except it didn't end, which is why they need a new ceasefire.

How could this happen to the FIFA Peace Prize Laureate?

Oh look, more brutal combat in a war that Trump claims to have solved. This keeps happening, and yet no one questions Trump when he reflexively brings up how he ended seven or eight (or whatever number he is up to now) wars.

The visa for rich morons

Trump can't create a new category of visa by executive order. So the question is whether the new "Trump Gold Card" is just a re-branded EB-5 visa, or if the administration is going to issue them to anyone who pays the bribe fee without requiring they comply with the requirements of an EB-5 (like creating 10 American jobs). If they ignore the EB-5 requirements than anyone who applies for this thing is in danger of later having their green card declared illegal or revoked by a future administration, and there may be an outside chance that they could be eventually prosecuted for bribery.

If I were a rich foreigner thinking of coming here, it doesn't seem like a smart choice, especially because rich people probably have other options (like the actual EB-5).

Every day breaking new ground on Trump lawlessness

 Today it's piracy!

ended seven wars

Every time that Trump claims to have ended seven wars, I keep waiting for someone to ask him to name them. Not that he would do anything but yell at the reporter for being stupid, especially if it is a woman.

If we had a real press corps someone would also note that many if the wars that he claimed to end haven't actually stopped.

We all know the answer to this question

Will Trump keep his FIFA peace prize?

When Obama was awarded the Nobel prize, he gave away the prize money (actually he asked the Nobel committee to give it directly to the charities he chose to receive it, to avoid even getting a tax benefit for the donations) to make sure he didn't violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution. Maybe someone should tell the President what Obama did and ask him why he isn't doing the same thing with his bullshit FIFA prize.

An age that evokes nothing

You know, for almost every other year on this date I have written a post referring to my age in some creative way. But the number 56 evokes nothing. Nothing! What a year.

Previously: 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, [41], 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34