[U] Placed In The Friday "Crazy Trump" File...

I am not vexed by any of this any longer -- I've come to expect that our leader is afflicted with a scattered, mostly lost mind. . . just what his personal Drumpf gene pool dealt him (it is plain he has done nothing to improve the meager estate he was granted between his ears, by Darwinian chance). No, it is now largely just a matter of observing. . . the patient, um. . . patiently. [And, of course taking action when and where warranted, peaceably.]

Even so, I must note this lunacy (solely for grins): our 45^th said yesterday he might pull federal ICE (immigration) support employees "out" of California. Of course, any such act would require an amendment to the US Constitution (and would thus need to win passage, in a super-majority of all state legislatures, as well). . . but I want to focus on just how. . . unhinged a notion that is -- not the "practicalities" of it.

If California were declared (as Trump apparently wishes) a separate sovereign country, its economy would eclipse the United Kingdom and become the fifth largest on the planet, behind only the US, China, Japan and Germany. [That's ahead of the UK, Russia, France, Canada and India, BTW.]

Of course, 45 is miffed about the Golden Bear state becoming a sanctuary state, as are a growing number of larger metropolitan areas around the nation.

He doesn't even pause long enough to realize that he would lose about one fifth of the federal (tax) budget, if California were excluded from his. . . oligarchy. He would preside over a wasted, and dying, economy -- without any avocados for his toast.

Gosh -- just imagine. . . .

Onward, on an otherwise glorious Friday (hoping there is no flooding there). We may see the Gates plea deal, today (now confirmed -- two felonies -- with a 2 PM Eastern hearing set in DC federal district court).

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