Trump's Disastrous Day One

It's been just one day.

And our new presidential impostor Donald J. Trump has been busy. In the process, he's only confirmed his glaring illegitimacy and insufferable pompousness as commander-in-chief.

So, what has he accomplished so far? Several things.

1 - For starters, Trump, with a swipe of his pen made buying a home for an estimated 40,000 first-time home owners more costly. That was within an hour of his swearing in. 

Man of the people?

2 - On Saturday, the President attacked the Press during a speech at CIA headquarters as "dishonest human beings" and threatened that they would "pay" -- whatever that means. 

Adolph Hitler pulled the same sort of crap on the Press, by the way. More projecting of his own unbridled dishonesty. 

3 - Trump apparently was angry with the Press for not agreeing with his stupid lie, exaggerating the size of the crowds at his inauguration.

4 - A White House order silenced the Washington DC Park Service which was tweeting about the huge crowds for the Womens March on Washington earlier today. (Sounds like a free speech issue to me.) 

5 - Also on Friday, the new White House website uploaded a statement on Trump's plan to eliminate some energy regulations designed to guard against climate change.

6 - And Donald's braggadocio angered CIA Director John Brennan -- again.

After his isolationist inauguration speech with authoritarian overtones, that gave much lip service to taking care of Americans, President Trump assumed his "Apprentice" role in the Oval Office, and nixed President Obama's cost saving measure for new home seekers, raising mortgages by an average $500 for an estimated 40,000 families.

Shortly after the inauguration, the White House website added "An America First Energy Plan" that states Trump's commitment to "eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as (President Barack Obama's) Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. Rule."

On Saturday, Trump's penchant for grandiosity and hypocrisy was alive and well when he criticized the Press.

He claimed the crowds reached to the Washington Monument when photos show it clearly didn't. He was angry the Press didn't confirm his lie.

The fact is that Trump's inaugural attendance was paltry compared to President Barack Obama's first inauguration. 

Additionally, the Womens March on Washington drew an estimated 500,000 -- about twice the size of Trump's inaugural crowd, which speaks volumes.

Brennan didn't take well to the President's bragging about inaugural crowd sizes while standing in front of the CIA Memorial Wall.

The CIA director said that he was "saddened" by Trump's "disrespectful" behaviour.

Meanwhile, Trump's mouthpieces, seem equally inept at distinguishing the truth from a pipe dream.

Today, Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer bizarrely lambasted the Press for accurate reporting, as queer as that sounds.

Spicer made the most absurd claim of the weekend, so far. (Hey, it's only Saturday night. There's still time.)

"That was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," whined an angry Spicer. As Spicer's boss may put it himself: Wrong!

Now, either somebody has been smoking something and is suffering from delusions. Or, Trump and Spicer are competing for liar of the year.

Period.

Seriously, it's clear from all this phony posturing that Trump is laying the groundwork for a move that would somehow muzzle the power of the Press. 

In fact, he's been trying to build a case against the Press from the start of his disingenuous campaign.

And that's a very dangerous thing.

That was just the first day, initial 30 hours or so, of Trump's presidency. We only have 1,459 more days to go. Or do we?