Trump to Pelosi: If you want a junket, fly commercial

Over most of my life, the left has diligently worked to erode the unwritten customs that have sustained the Republic.

Each time they have flouted a long-standing convention, they've been careful to note that no laws were broken, or if they were, the was (as Al Gore put it) "no controlling legal authority."

At the same time, they've constantly harped on how each and every GOP move has violated this or that ancient custom.  With Donald Trump, they went positively bonkers, howling that his very presence in the Oval Office was an offense against everything Americans hold dear.

Of course, they did this all the while running a grossly illegal surveillance operation followed by a blatant coverup disguised as an investigation.

Much of the federal government is currently idle.  This is supposedly a crisis, but not enough of a crisis that Nancy Pelosi and a number of Congressional Democrats would be willing to postpone or cancel their seven-day world tour using US military aircraft. 

As all know by now, Trump put the kibosh on it.

What is noteworthy is that once again, Trump is answering the left's discourtesy with discourtesy of his own.  The GOP Establishment has never dared to do this, instead preferring to play the noble loser.

Their explanation was that someone had to uphold the ancient norms, but of course allowing one side to run over them did the exact opposite.  It is only through reciprocity that both sides have a reason to follow the unwritten rules of courtesy.

Pelosi and the Dems have just learned an important lesson:  Trump is playing for keeps.  He's done trying to be conciliatory and for all that they deride him as the second coming of Hitler, refusing free first-class air travel via the Air Force is hardly Kristallnacht. 

Comments

[K.N. McBride]

Evidence, please?

Based on the last two years of hysterical shrieking, I'd say the left finds it utterly intolerable.

[Alkiabades]

The trouble with getting down in the mud with Leftists is that they enjoy it.