Sep 27, 2017 · 14 comments
Dominique (Branchville)
He has the vocabulary of a parrot- actually that's an insult to a parrot.
PoohBah2 (Oregon)
And when asked to explain or expand, it's "we'll see," "you'll see," "you'll find out." He's using the old playground taunt, "Nanner, nanner, nanner. I know something YOU don't."
dolly patterson (Redwood City, CA)
NYT--pls keep publishing these types of facts so we can hold our president accountable.
MadelineConant (Midwest)
Trump can get stuff done only if someone else does literally all the work and he merely needs to sign something. He is a blowhard with no actual skills or knowledge. That's why he's so mad at Congress; they are not handing him legislation to sign. I'm sure Pence took care of writing up the executive order directing the IRS not to enforce the prohibition of political activity by churches, so that got done.

Trump can tweet and play golf. He's all storefront and no merchandise. It's easy to see why Putin wanted this guy in office.
Marc Jordan (NYC)
Hopefully the American people will SOON realize that their president is a complete blithering idiot who has no concept of what it takes to run a government.

But in all fairness I'll say that he's probably basing all of these statements on how long it took him to get things done within his own company. As boss he could bark orders which would probably have been taken care of immediately.

Mitch "Turtlepus" McConnell said it best when he made his "Excessive Expectations" speech back in August.
Vicki (Nevada)
I don't understand how people could have ever supported him. The latest he said is that the tax bill isn't good for him. Really? NYT reported he would benefit to the tune of over a billion dollars.
RML (New City)
What the "soon" reflects is a complete lack of thought, of understanding, of ideas, of principles and, for that matter, a complete absence of how to get a bill through Congress or run an organization bigger than a family business.
Trump was and is an incompetent racist liar and the sooner he admits that the better off we will all be.
Sandra Garratt (Palm Springs, California)
This is what happens when a ego driven businessman (as most of that group need to be to succeed in business) thinks they can be effective in government...they have no understanding or education in how govt actually works and what it's purpose is....#1 not to make profits the single focus...it's govt, not business. The next time one of these business people says they can fix govt run away as fast as you can...they don't know what they don't know and their solutions are not effective nor do they have any merit.....we want people who are dedicated to serving the people of the USA not various corporations and all their unknown donors.......just who are these people and where is the source of all this $? More money should ever mean more votes....the SCOTUS really got that wrong......I have to wonder which Justice was paid off or had "obligations"?
Abigail Maxwell (Northamptonshire)
Are we there yet?
-Not yet, but soon.
When's Christmas?
-Soon, baby, very soon...
Margareta Braveheart (Midwest)
Coming in to office, he had no idea how a bill becomes a law. He still doesn't seem to understand the purpose and function of government. The wheels are going to come off the bus soon, and there are not enough knowledgable people on board to stop the process.
Marc Jordan (NYC)
Who could forget his Rose Garden celebration when he gave high-fives and slap on the back to Republicans because he thought the bill passed both houses. That was a classic.
Heath Quinn (Woodstock, NY)
Listen, this is a man who doesn't keep promises, big news not. Just list the items & keep the snark out of it. I for one am snark-fatigued. Every second devoted to composing snark and imagining other's giggles and fist-pumps is a second *not* devoted to staying hard and strong on the journey of getting this man out of office.

As for getting him out of office, not only do we have to deal with a man who has decades of steady and successful practice at wriggling out of being held accountable, in part by surrounding himself with lances (lawyers) and shields (fall-guy staffers and appointees), we're also contending with our own deep respect for government and law, and the GOP's wanting to keep him in place because he's a super-effective fall guy and surrogate for their own incompetence.
Debbie (Seattle, Washington)
Outside of his supporters, does anyone believe what trump says?
Matt (NYC)
The check is always in the mail.