12/24/25: Just fought my way out of the family Christmas Eve kitchen after doing battle with pots and suds and pans and this arrived just in time to put me in a better mood. Thank you Don Surber, as always, and thanks to all his readers whose quips, jests and dead-on comments liven up my mail box!
"Hillary is not a fun person. Donald Trump is. People like fun. Winning is fun.
"I finally figured out why Trump The Press is my best book. It was fun to write.
"It had a wicked stepmother (Bill Kristol). It had a magic funhouse mirror (the Fox all-stars). It had Prince Charming (Donald Trump). It had a happy ending.
"If I come up with another fun idea, I will write another book but for now, nyah.
"I have a wife to take care of and a grandson to enjoy."
"Hillary is not a fun person. Donald Trump is. People like fun. Winning is fun.
"I finally figured out why Trump The Press is my best book. It was fun to write.
"It had a wicked stepmother (Bill Kristol). It had a magic funhouse mirror (the Fox all-stars). It had Prince Charming (Donald Trump). It had a happy ending.
"If I come up with another fun idea, I will write another book but for now, nyah.
"I have a wife to take care of and a grandson to enjoy."
*** "In 2002, The Weekly Standard determined that [Doris] Goodwin's book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys used without attribution numerous phrases and sentences from three other books: Times to Remember by Rose Kennedy; The Lost Prince by Hank Searls; and Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times by Lynne McTaggart" (WP Goodwin 06/27/24).
Goodwin swore that she "accidentally" copied from not one book. Not two. THREE. "Accidentally." O course, being the Useful Idiot, she got a free pass. How many more have been given out? How many until it was OK to not vet a Harvard University president's doctoral thesis --- and when she got caught red-handed, it was somehow OK to refuse to fire her until the momentum of the stupidity finally forced Harvard to do what should have been done immediately?
*****
Joshua Green (p. 80) Jeff Greenfield (p. 124)
Peter Grier (p. 101)
Jo Hahn (p. 237) Adrian Hanft (p. 59)
Sean Hannity (p. 53) David Harsanyi (p. 91; 169)
John Harwood (p. 104; 106) Stephen Hayes (p. 9; 91; 118)
Steven Hayward (p. 140) Mark Helprin (p. 140)
Mollie Hemingway (p. 105) Nicole Hemmer (p. 44)
Dan Henninger (p. 116) Katrina vanden Heuvel (p. 126)
James Hohmann (p. 98; 156) Jack Holmes (p. 29)
Walter Hudson (p. 103) Bill Humphrey (34)
David Ignatius (p. 88; 120) Don Imus (p. 109; deceased)
Laura Ingraham (p. 210)
Eliana Johnson (p. 197-198) Jenna Johnson (p. 147; 208; 235)
Sarah Jones (p. 102)
--- "Jumped The Shark": "Happy Days continued for another seven years after Fox jumped that shark" (in the show's 5th season in 1977; p. 103)
Agreed. Pundits and the Miniskirt Network aren’t important enough to warrant disappointment. I voted for Shrub twice before the scales fell from my eyes and I realized what globalist tools he and his family really were.
Happy Birthday to He who never disappoints and Merry Christmas to all the Surberites in Surberville -and to all a good night! 🎄
Luke 2:13-14: "Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying, “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
I wonder what that looked like? Imagine a very dark sky (no streetlights or city lights) filled end to end with angels proclaiming God's glory.
The Trumpenstein continues on! Had to say W in the poll. When he came out during Trump 1.0 slinging mud after he had the gall to support HRC well that was it for me (especially after the egregious actions of Barak His Own Self - not a peep!) & - not only the Bushes - but the Rep party. Buch of establishment goons.
Here’s the subtext: NEVER listen to “the experts”. They’re partisan hacks & on the take from somebody. Even those pollsters on the right I tend to take with an eye askance; give me the straight dope not Rep spin/talking points.
Wasn't peak Trump also reached when Trump insulted Rosie O'Donnell during an August 2015 debate? During the debate, Megyn Kelly asked him about having called women fat pigs, slobs, etc., and he said was only referring to Rosie O'Donnell. I burst out laughing and was sold on Turmp from that moment on. There has never been enough peak Trump for me. Bring it on! I will now add "experts" to my list along with the MSM and economists (I put economists on that list earlier today): We don't hate them enough! Merry Christmas, everyone!
You forgot the Access Hollywood (grab them by the P____y) - when Pence almost abandoned ship. They all thought it was all over after that. And what a coincidence that it was a Bushie (Billy Bush) doing that interview.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Don.......praying for a Blessed and awesome/healthy 2026! Thankyou for this Christmas Eve column and ALL you did for 2025.....all SO good!! :)
Ours, now at 40 plus and counting (now inc great-grands) are all over the USA.....will speak with many of them today....that's what happens when you have 8 kids!!
I've been with President Trump since golden escalator. Sometimes he says things make me wince but, I have always kept the faith. Look at him and his cabinet. Federal judges try to stop him but he just keeps going. I'm sure as a real estate developer in New York he ran into and overcame lots of obstacles. I'm looking for another peak moment when Republicans keep the house and Senate.
Bill Kristol never disappointed me because I never liked the guy in the first place. He did, however, in all likelihood disappoint his father, Irving for being a massive putz. Regarding Peak Trump, it will probably never be reached because the guy never fails to amaze. I doubt that we have reached Peak Washington, or Peak Lincoln, or Peak Reagan, so Peak Trump will be something like a satellite in geosynchronous orbit watching over us like a benevolent uncle. Regarding the press's prediction of Peak Trump throughout time, it reminds of Mark Twain's quip after hearing that a newspaper had declared him dead. "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated".
I must admit I wasn’t a Trump guy in the beginning. Not that I disagreed with him but rather his views and mine would never be accepted by mainstream Americans. I kept seeing the wheels come off but he kept winning.
Ditto - initially I didn't trust Trump and thought he was just running to boost his brand. I voted for Ted Cruz in the NY primary. Slowly, I started accepting & trusting Trump while souring on Cruz. Wife didn't like Trump because of his name-calling & also voted for Cruz. Now, she feels the same way I do about Trump & Cruz.
Yeah , looking back I think the initial discomfort with PDJT was regional culture clash . The rub between the " brash northeast " and " slow Dixie " was evident . Didn't take us all long to figure out he knows more about being a American than nearly everybody in the effing gubmint .
I should have picked Jonah! as he wrote one of the best books of all time outside of the traditionals; "Liberal Fascism". What a disappointment he has been. But... Out of that you get great pundits like Bannon, OAN, RAV, Charlie Kirk(rip), Mike Benz, Datarepublican(small r), etc.
The Ronaldus punditry has been wrong for so long they don't even understand it. We do.
There will never be “Peak Trump”. The man is a machine. There however is “Peak Media”, and it’s been reached. Big Media writes for itself and other big media, and as we all know, *hit flows down hill, straight to the local media, all a collection of parrots squawking to each other with their current cycle of gossip.
I can get more news from scanning my favorite aggregator than I can reading our “experts”, ( there’s that damn word again 🤣), analogies of the current events.
And then there is Don. Always the best read in the morning with the coffee pot.
Merry Christmas to all my “Suber-Fan Friends”, may GOD continue to Bless the United States of America.
12/24/25: We need a new granite National Memorial out West: Mount Peakmore!
Commence chiseling! The nominees:
Ben Shapiro; Chuck Todd; The Week; Bill Kristol; Philip Klein; Alicia Lu; Kevin Drum; Jeff Wald; David Lauter; Ezra Klein; Neil Stevens; Kyle Wingfield; Jack Holmes; George Will; Jonah Goldberg.
(Dummies. And tell Kristol that he's been working for close to fifty years and Spellcheck still has no idea as to who he is or why we should care about correctly spelling his name.)
12/24/25: Just fought my way out of the family Christmas Eve kitchen after doing battle with pots and suds and pans and this arrived just in time to put me in a better mood. Thank you Don Surber, as always, and thanks to all his readers whose quips, jests and dead-on comments liven up my mail box!
P.S. Trump The Press is a masterpiece. If you haven't bought a copy yet, please do yourself and line up something immensely amusing to read in 2026!
I did not see it in either B&N or Amazon.
"Hillary is not a fun person. Donald Trump is. People like fun. Winning is fun.
"I finally figured out why Trump The Press is my best book. It was fun to write.
"It had a wicked stepmother (Bill Kristol). It had a magic funhouse mirror (the Fox all-stars). It had Prince Charming (Donald Trump). It had a happy ending.
"If I come up with another fun idea, I will write another book but for now, nyah.
"I have a wife to take care of and a grandson to enjoy."
--- Don Surber (Stepmother Kristol!!!)
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Press-Surbers-pundits-Republican/dp/1533360197
Thanks…Interesting how it hadn’t come up in a search…one of my fortes…
12/25/25: Email to Don Surber. Last resort: AbeBooks. Probably only used editions at this point.
I cannot locate a book entitled "Trump the Press"; wanna share?
"Hillary is not a fun person. Donald Trump is. People like fun. Winning is fun.
"I finally figured out why Trump The Press is my best book. It was fun to write.
"It had a wicked stepmother (Bill Kristol). It had a magic funhouse mirror (the Fox all-stars). It had Prince Charming (Donald Trump). It had a happy ending.
"If I come up with another fun idea, I will write another book but for now, nyah.
"I have a wife to take care of and a grandson to enjoy."
--- Don Surber (Stepmother Kristol!!!)
See my reply to dancing time.
Thanks!!
Enter "Don Surber" on Amazon. Popped right up. Kindle and paperback.
MT write to Don, his email is on the Substack site, and he will mail it to you.
12/25/25: Trump The Press, Index.
Most are Media Names (pro-/neutral-/anti- Trump).
Scott Adams (p. 3; 70; 85-87; 124; 244) Muhammad Al-Sahhaf (p. 212)
Bill Ayers (pp. 173-174; 197)
Bret Baier (p. 78) Dave Barry (p. 128)
Claire Barthelemy (p. 191) Maria Bartiromo (p. 135)
Glenn Beck (p. 19; 138; 139) Paul Begala (p. 34)
Jerry Belson: The Odd Couple scriptwriter --- "Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME" p. 242)
Medea Benjamin (p. 153) Kate Bennett (p. 102)
Michael Beschloss (p. 109) Dan Bilefsky (p. 191)
Conrad Black (p. 141) Aaron Blake (p. 23)
David Boaz (p. 140) L. Brent Bozell III (p. 140)
David Brock (p. 124) David Brooks (p. 144; 184; 190)
Campbell Brown (pp. 231-233) Mika Brzezinski (p. 119)
Pat Buchanan (p. 54; 236-237; 244) Philip Bump (p. 116)
David Catanese (p. 204) Tucker Carlson (p. 32; 57; 140; 190)
Jay Carney (p. 164) Maurice Carroll (p. 138)
Zach Carter (p. 44) Alex Castellanos (p. 85)
Neil Cavuto (p. 197) Mona Charen (p. 140; 206)
Linda Chavez (p. 52) Chris Cillizza (p. 11; 21-22; 243)
Jelani Cobb (DEI; p. 178) Richard Cohen (p. 180)
Nate Cohn (NYT; p. 57-58) Stephen Collinson (p. 10)
Joe Concha (p. 106) Matthew Continetti (p. 120)
Raoul Lowery Contreras (p. 98) Charles Cook (p. 148; 154)
Anderson Cooper (p. 49) Carol Costello (p. 69)
Ann Coulter (p. 43; 55; 165; 240) Steve Cuozzo (p. 61)
Monica Crowley (p. 53) Joseph Curl (p. 17; 74)
Rich Danker (pp. 227-229) Matthew Dickenson (p. 115; 126)
John Dickerson (p. 152) Ben Domenech (p. 52; 140)
Thomas Donnelly (p. 156) Ross Douthat (p. 92; 170; 181)
Maureen Dowd (p. 177; 238) Peter Dreier (p. 34)
Kevin Drum (p. 28)
Harry Enten (p. 22) Joe Epstein (p. 233)
Erick Erickson (p. 15; 80; 140)
Sarah Fagen (p. 85) James Fallows (p. 24)
Lisa Feldmann (p. 33) Peter Fenn (p. 16; 119)
Richard Feynman (p. 20) Michelle Fields (p. 205-206)
Ari Fleischer (p. 103) David French (p. 118; 183; 184; 198)
Tom Friedman (p. 121) John Fund (p. 9; 31; 114)
Maggie Gallagher (p. 171-172) Lou Gargiulo (pp. 149-150)
Rob Garver (p. 115) Jim Geraghty (p. 92; 97; 103; 227)
Newt Gingrich (47; 195) Taegan Goddard (p. 13)
Bernie Goldberg (p. 11)
Jonah Goldberg (p. 6; 24; 29; 75; 84; 93-95; 143; 176; 243)
Shane Goldmacher (p. 120) Doris (Plagiarist) Goodwin (p. 39) ***
*****
*** "In 2002, The Weekly Standard determined that [Doris] Goodwin's book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys used without attribution numerous phrases and sentences from three other books: Times to Remember by Rose Kennedy; The Lost Prince by Hank Searls; and Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times by Lynne McTaggart" (WP Goodwin 06/27/24).
Goodwin swore that she "accidentally" copied from not one book. Not two. THREE. "Accidentally." O course, being the Useful Idiot, she got a free pass. How many more have been given out? How many until it was OK to not vet a Harvard University president's doctoral thesis --- and when she got caught red-handed, it was somehow OK to refuse to fire her until the momentum of the stupidity finally forced Harvard to do what should have been done immediately?
*****
Joshua Green (p. 80) Jeff Greenfield (p. 124)
Peter Grier (p. 101)
Jo Hahn (p. 237) Adrian Hanft (p. 59)
Sean Hannity (p. 53) David Harsanyi (p. 91; 169)
John Harwood (p. 104; 106) Stephen Hayes (p. 9; 91; 118)
Steven Hayward (p. 140) Mark Helprin (p. 140)
Mollie Hemingway (p. 105) Nicole Hemmer (p. 44)
Dan Henninger (p. 116) Katrina vanden Heuvel (p. 126)
James Hohmann (p. 98; 156) Jack Holmes (p. 29)
Walter Hudson (p. 103) Bill Humphrey (34)
David Ignatius (p. 88; 120) Don Imus (p. 109; deceased)
Laura Ingraham (p. 210)
Eliana Johnson (p. 197-198) Jenna Johnson (p. 147; 208; 235)
Sarah Jones (p. 102)
--- "Jumped The Shark": "Happy Days continued for another seven years after Fox jumped that shark" (in the show's 5th season in 1977; p. 103)
Megyn Kelly (p. 78; 127) Ed Kilgore (p. 99)
John King (p. 178) Ezra Klein (p. 28)
Philip Klein (p. 27, 28; 115) Ted Koppel (p. 121)
Charles Krauthammer (deceased)
Pages 19; 23; 25; 83; 97; 120; 125; 128; 157; 179; 208; 210; 226; 238, 240
Bill Kristol (p. 20; 27; 74; 102; 121; 140; 146; 147; 182; 211; 241)
Paul Krugman (pp. 180-181) Howard Kurtz (p. 127; 230; 232-233)
David Lauter (p. 28) Don Lemon (p. 79)
Yuval Levin (p. 140) Corey Lewandowski (p. 149; 204-206)
Matt Lewis (p. 102; 163)
Rush Limbaugh (deceased; p. 20; 91; 153; 229; 244)
Ryan Lizza (p. 73) Dana Loesch (p. 140)
Jeffrey Lord (p. 55) Rich Lowry (p. 84; 95; 143; 171; 195-196)
Alice Lu (p. 27) Frank Luntz (p. 75; 89-90)
Mike Lupica (p. 119; 137-138; 176; 241-242)
Kia Makarechi (p. 10) Dannel Malloy (p. 171)
Paul Manafort (pp. 204; 206; 209; 211) Rick Manning (p. 188)
Ruth Marcus (p. 129-130) Chris Matthews (p. 25; 91; 175)
Trey Mayfield (p. 183) Andrew McCarthy (p. 93; 96; 140; 177)
John McCormack (p. 98; 153-154) David McIntosh (p. 17; 140)
John McLaughlin (deceased; p. 22) Seth McLaughlin (p. 164)
Jon Meacham (p. 171) Walter Russell Mead (Bard; p. 45)
Michael Medved (p. 84; 98; 140) Edwin Meese III (p. 140)
Robby Mook (p. 35) Russell Moore (p. 140)
Piers Morgan (p. 192) Michael Mukasey (p. 140)
Paul Mulshine (p. 176-177) Deroy Murdoch (. 163)
Rupert Murdoch (p. 74) Patrick Murray (p. 114)
Amalie Nash (p. 77) Michael Needham (p. 91)
Steve Nelson (p. 122) Joe Nocera (p. 38)
Peggy Noonan (p. 137; 216-220) Jay Nordlinger (p. 179)
P.J. O'Rourke (p. 91)
Camille Paglia (pp. 238-239 Jennifer Palmieri (p. 124)
Kathleen Parker (p. 40; 180) Katie Pavlich (p. 140)
Liz Peek (p. 82) Alexandra Petri (p. 110)
Joshua Pinho (p. 114)
John Podhoretz (pp. 24-25; 98; 137; 140; 148-149)
Joel Pollak (p. 103) James Pollock (pp. 154-155)
Pope Francis (pp. 156-159)
Paddy Power (bookmaker; p. 172; paid off Trump nomination bets March 2016)
Wesley Pruden (p. 239)
Becky Quick (p. 106) Carl Quintanilla (p. 104, 106)
Michael Ramirez (p. 37) Jorge Ramos (p. 50)
Marc Randazza (p. 178) David Remnick (p. 38)
R.R. Reno (p. 140) Glenn Harlan Reynolds (p. 1; 185)
Stephan Richter (p. 34) Rem Rieder (p. 102)
Ed Rollins (p. 99) Andrew Rosenthal (p. 145)
Matthew Rosza (p. 41) Stuart Rothenberg (p. 16)
Noah Rothman (p. 150) Karl Rove (p. 12; 23; 32; 115; 243)
Jennifer Rubin (p. 15; 183-184) Luke Russert (p. 49)
Larry Sabato (pp. 36-37; 46; 85) Joe Scarborough (p. 119)
Michael Scherer (p. 10) Phyllis Schlafly (deceased; p. 237-238)
Bill Schneider (p. 102) Ben Schreckinger (p. 231)
Dana Schuster (p. 66) Ben Shapiro (p. 27; 118)
Steven Shepard (p. 129) Craig Shirley (p. 47)
Holly Shulman (p. 33) John Sides (p. 125)
Nate Silver (p. 22; 207; 212-215) Roger Simon (Politico; p. 42)
Roger L. Simon (PJ Media; p. 42; 87) Kyle Smith (p. 11)
Liz Smith (deceased; p. 59-on; 241) Paul Solotaroff (p. 96; 99-100; 203)
Thomas Sowell (p. 140; 186)
*****
"ST..."
Shawn Steel (p. 102) Ben Stein (p. 38)
Brian Stelter (misspelt, p. 106) Bret Stephens (p. 38)
Howard Stern (p. 23; 154) Neil Stevens (p. 28)
Mark Steyn (p. 54; 132-134) Chris Stirewalt (p. 120; 242)
David Stockman (p. 170) A.B. Stoddard (p. 210)
Roger Stone (p. 204)
*****
John Sununu (p. 149) Charlie Sykes (p. 207)
Matt Taibbi (p. 124) Jake Tapper (p. 148)
Cal Thomas (p. 51; 140) Chuck Todd (p. 9; 27; 39)
"Jim Treacher" (Sean Medlock; p. 145) Sean Trende (p. 8)
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Trump, accused of being George Wallace, Hitler, etc., by:
Kathleen Parker (40); Jeffrey Tucker (41); Mathew Rosza (41); WaPo (42); Roger Simon (42); Maureen Dowd (177)
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Jeffrey Tucker (p. 41) Karen Tumulty (p. 177)
Stuart Varney (p. 124) Russ Vaughn (p. 81)
Elise Viebeck (p. 98)
Jeff Wald (p. 28) Chris Wallace (p. 78; 239)
Brian Walsh (p. 56) Sam Wang (p. 115)
Paul Joseph Watson (p. 121) David Weigel (p. 201)
Jamie Weinstein (p. 99) Ian Welch (p. 187)
Charles Wheelan (p. 46)
George Will (p. 11; 29; 87; 108-109; 110-113; 169-170)
Mary Elizabeth Williams (p. 91) Kevin Williamson (p. 90-91; 186-187; 189)
Rick Wilson (p. 18; 84) Kyle Wingfield (p. 29)
Jules Witcover (p. 19) Leon Wolf (p. 115)
Byron Yorke ("York" = sic; p. 12; 37; 38; 149; 174-175)
Rob Zicari (p. 201) Salena Zito (p. 7; 45-46)
[End Trump The Press Index]
Jeb!’s brother!!😂 Merry Christmas to all!!🎄🎅🏻✝️
Agreed. Pundits and the Miniskirt Network aren’t important enough to warrant disappointment. I voted for Shrub twice before the scales fell from my eyes and I realized what globalist tools he and his family really were.
Happy Birthday to He who never disappoints and Merry Christmas to all the Surberites in Surberville -and to all a good night! 🎄
When you consider the alternatives to Little Georgie, what choice did we have? Gore? Lurch?
W. was a disappointment in so many ways. He certainly hasn't aged line fine wine, but turned into vinegar.
Vinegar has uses, W, not so much.
Great phrase Joe.
No matter what “peak” Trump has supposedly reached, he doesn’t disappoint.
That was my vote also. I thought he was a good governor and was thankful he was commander in chief post 9/11 but a huge disappointment afterwards
Well I’m here to tell ya…OUR Christmas Eve service was YUGE energy…sorry Jen, I mean Jeb.
Not even close.
Luke 2:13-14: "Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying, “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
I wonder what that looked like? Imagine a very dark sky (no streetlights or city lights) filled end to end with angels proclaiming God's glory.
Had to be a heck of s sight.
Merry Christmas everyone!
The Trumpenstein continues on! Had to say W in the poll. When he came out during Trump 1.0 slinging mud after he had the gall to support HRC well that was it for me (especially after the egregious actions of Barak His Own Self - not a peep!) & - not only the Bushes - but the Rep party. Buch of establishment goons.
Here’s the subtext: NEVER listen to “the experts”. They’re partisan hacks & on the take from somebody. Even those pollsters on the right I tend to take with an eye askance; give me the straight dope not Rep spin/talking points.
Wasn't peak Trump also reached when Trump insulted Rosie O'Donnell during an August 2015 debate? During the debate, Megyn Kelly asked him about having called women fat pigs, slobs, etc., and he said was only referring to Rosie O'Donnell. I burst out laughing and was sold on Turmp from that moment on. There has never been enough peak Trump for me. Bring it on! I will now add "experts" to my list along with the MSM and economists (I put economists on that list earlier today): We don't hate them enough! Merry Christmas, everyone!
You forgot the Access Hollywood (grab them by the P____y) - when Pence almost abandoned ship. They all thought it was all over after that. And what a coincidence that it was a Bushie (Billy Bush) doing that interview.
Pence was drilling holes in the ships hull.
Too bad he didn’t. He ended up undermining Trump at every opportunity. A genuine traitor.
I’m married to an economist so I’m a bit sensitive to that comment. Truly he’s always been a bit out of step with the mainstream
Merry Christmas to you and yours Don.......praying for a Blessed and awesome/healthy 2026! Thankyou for this Christmas Eve column and ALL you did for 2025.....all SO good!! :)
Thank you. God bless you. We had Christmas morning with my grandkids on Christmas Eve. They're in Korea.
Ours, now at 40 plus and counting (now inc great-grands) are all over the USA.....will speak with many of them today....that's what happens when you have 8 kids!!
Mine are in Malaysia, will talk with them tomorrow morning
Not to gloat (much), mine are three miles away and they sang at Mass tonight. But grands are blessings, be they near or far. Merry Christmas!
I've been with President Trump since golden escalator. Sometimes he says things make me wince but, I have always kept the faith. Look at him and his cabinet. Federal judges try to stop him but he just keeps going. I'm sure as a real estate developer in New York he ran into and overcame lots of obstacles. I'm looking for another peak moment when Republicans keep the house and Senate.
🙏❤️🙏
Peak Trump brings to mind the "walls are closing in" narrative they push every so often & it's so tiring.
Bill Kristol never disappointed me because I never liked the guy in the first place. He did, however, in all likelihood disappoint his father, Irving for being a massive putz. Regarding Peak Trump, it will probably never be reached because the guy never fails to amaze. I doubt that we have reached Peak Washington, or Peak Lincoln, or Peak Reagan, so Peak Trump will be something like a satellite in geosynchronous orbit watching over us like a benevolent uncle. Regarding the press's prediction of Peak Trump throughout time, it reminds of Mark Twain's quip after hearing that a newspaper had declared him dead. "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated".
Peak Trump will end when he wants it too.
Ho Ho. Ho. Merry Christmas all.
Merry Christmas.
I must admit I wasn’t a Trump guy in the beginning. Not that I disagreed with him but rather his views and mine would never be accepted by mainstream Americans. I kept seeing the wheels come off but he kept winning.
Ditto - initially I didn't trust Trump and thought he was just running to boost his brand. I voted for Ted Cruz in the NY primary. Slowly, I started accepting & trusting Trump while souring on Cruz. Wife didn't like Trump because of his name-calling & also voted for Cruz. Now, she feels the same way I do about Trump & Cruz.
First run Cruz got my money.. what I fool I was.. Won't fall for him again.
The truth came out what he really is.
Yeah , looking back I think the initial discomfort with PDJT was regional culture clash . The rub between the " brash northeast " and " slow Dixie " was evident . Didn't take us all long to figure out he knows more about being a American than nearly everybody in the effing gubmint .
Great read .Bingo Brian. It was a regional cultural difference. NY bluntness
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all
So --- doesn't that prove he WAS being accepted by mainstream Americans????
I love it!
Divine Intervention!
Merry Christmas Eve to all.
Merry Christmas
I should have picked Jonah! as he wrote one of the best books of all time outside of the traditionals; "Liberal Fascism". What a disappointment he has been. But... Out of that you get great pundits like Bannon, OAN, RAV, Charlie Kirk(rip), Mike Benz, Datarepublican(small r), etc.
The Ronaldus punditry has been wrong for so long they don't even understand it. We do.
I'll bet his mother was disappointed also. "Lucianne".com
Yeah, what a great site she compiled!! I forgot to mention her site, CFP, Whatfinger, et al.
There will never be “Peak Trump”. The man is a machine. There however is “Peak Media”, and it’s been reached. Big Media writes for itself and other big media, and as we all know, *hit flows down hill, straight to the local media, all a collection of parrots squawking to each other with their current cycle of gossip.
I can get more news from scanning my favorite aggregator than I can reading our “experts”, ( there’s that damn word again 🤣), analogies of the current events.
And then there is Don. Always the best read in the morning with the coffee pot.
Merry Christmas to all my “Suber-Fan Friends”, may GOD continue to Bless the United States of America.
Ditto, brother.
I relished every moment of reading this! Trump is like my Great Pyrenees. Always on the job, never second guess him, and full of love for his peeps.
She probably hates dogs, especially protectors with strong personalities.
I think MTG would tend to disagree with that.
I would totally take a snuggle from Trump like my big boy Pyr gives me! Purely platonic, but wonderful.
Just don't forget Access Hollywood.
Bah! Boys and locker room talk. Nobody cares. The days of getting the vapors over nonsense are over
Graf 11: " . . .descended in his elevator. . ."
What happened to the escalator?
Other than that -- thanks for the recollections!
Yikes
Don, do like I do and blame it on Autocorrect.
Akin to tugging on Superman's cape. If he understood what you were writing, your job is done. Stay Strong.
12/24/25: We need a new granite National Memorial out West: Mount Peakmore!
Commence chiseling! The nominees:
Ben Shapiro; Chuck Todd; The Week; Bill Kristol; Philip Klein; Alicia Lu; Kevin Drum; Jeff Wald; David Lauter; Ezra Klein; Neil Stevens; Kyle Wingfield; Jack Holmes; George Will; Jonah Goldberg.
(Dummies. And tell Kristol that he's been working for close to fifty years and Spellcheck still has no idea as to who he is or why we should care about correctly spelling his name.)