That Was The Week That Was—Donald Trump Edition Vol 1, Ep 2, Parts 2 & 3
By now I would hope that at least a few of you might be asking, where are the promised Parts 2 & 3 of the second episode of TW3/DT.
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That Was The Week That Was—Donald Trump Edition Vol 1, Ep 2.
TW3/DT for the week of April 13-April 19, 2026
In the world of Trump, should Around The Block's "That Was The Week That Was" really be, "That Was The Night That Was? "
In the last Around the Block, I introduced a new, semi-regular feature.
Introducing "That Was The Week That Was—Donald Trump Edition"
As I think you’ll agree, keeping up with the fire house of horrors emanating from Donald Trump, his administration and his acolytes is nearly impossible.
As Trump's irrational, dangerous behavior continues, talk of his removal gains traction.
Yes, he blinked. But don't bet that the ceasefire will actually make things better.
Let's get real. It's time to invoke the 25th. The 25th Amendment, that is. `
Back on March 18th, in a post written just after Joe Kent, a top U.S.
As if Trump's churlish Pearl Harbor "joke" wasn't enough, he followed it up with a fabrication of what he and Takaich agreed upon.
On the same day that Donald Trump insulted Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with a tasteless joke about Japan and “suprise attacks,” he summarized the results of their meeting with statements that the Japanese leader did her politic best to disavow without sinking to his level of tactless bad manners.
Who knows better about surprise than Japan!
Guess who said that to the Japanese prime minister in an Oval Office meeting?
The United States of America, once the revered leader of the free world, is no more.
But, did the resignation of one sub-cabinet level official offer a glimmer of hope?
Can there be a democracy without a free press? We might be about to find out if Hegseth gets his wish.
At a press briefing on Friday, Politico reported that Defense Secretary (aka Secretary of “War”) Pistol Pete Hegseth spent the bulk of his prepared remarks, “attacking the press for publishing stories he called ‘fake news.’” While he did get to the subject at hand, a briefing on Trump’s Iran war, some of his statements smacked more of hyperbole than reality as he “portrayed the ongoing war as…