He sure doesn’t think they should apply to Trump during this little tirade on CNN’s NewsNight this Friday.
A whole lot of people were very happy that this abomination’s name is finally coming off of the Kennedy Center, with thousands tuning in to watch the removal on YouTube and a crowd of hundreds showing up at the center to watch in person, but apparently Jennings wasn’t one of them.
PHILLIP: You know what, I think it’s an important point that this, for liberals, is sort of like a celebratory moment, but I think it is emblematic of one of the big problems with this Trump second term.
He is expending a huge amount of energy self-aggrandizing in office. He was elected to lower prices and make people’s lives better. Instead, according to CNN’s reporting, he’s calling into meetings — a source said it was like an episode of “Veep” — calling into meetings at the Kennedy Center to talk about this issue, to attack the judge’s wife, who was a former attorney for Joe Biden at one point.
Then the board says, oh, maybe they’ll pass a resolution to honor Trump that would recognize his major contributions. What is all of this about? Is the entire government supposed to be working to make this one man feel good about himself?