Like every other day, Friday began and ended with Donald Trump.
He started the day with the obligatory predawn dose of xenophobia, reminding everyone that Mexicans are, generally speaking, criminals. As you can see, he also conjured the World War Z images again, suggesting that the border is “under siege”, a laughable characterization for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that, by virtue of being arbitrary lines on a map and therefore not real things, “borders” cannot be besieged.
Our Southern Border is under siege. Congress must act now to change our weak and ineffective immigration laws. Must build a Wall. Mexico, which has a massive crime problem, is doing little to help!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2018
After plugging Lou Dobbs, screaming at NBC and reminding you (and himself) that Dallas is in fact still in Texas, he shrieked about the one bright spot in the jobs report before delivering what is perhaps the greatest non sequitur in the history of non sequiturs:
JUST OUT: 3.9% Unemployment. 4% is Broken! In the meantime, WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2018
Yes, “unemployment falls below 4%” and “in the meantime, WITCH HUNT!”
That's definitely how normal people behave. It's like when I go to Kroger, pick up an apple, hold it in the air and say “Red Delicious! And in the meantime, GERBILS!”
So there was that and then, as teased in his early morning rantings, he showed up in Texas several hours later to speak at the NRA's annual meeting which is obviously a great idea from a PR perspective given recent events. That speech went off the rails pretty much immediately. I'll post some of the videos later, but for now, here are the bullet points:
