On Friday, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech from City Hall, which was billed as "Marking America's 250th Birthday", but was actually a nearly 14 minute long trashing of America, as he accused "the powerful" of supremacy, claimed only a few are allowed freedom, said America is where "not all are created equal", trashed our treatment of immigrants and blasted ICE. But if you watched CNN's Erica Hill's coverage on CNN News Central, you were told the speech has some thinking about a Mamdani presidency. Hill introduced a clip from the speech, making sure to point out "He delivered that speech from the desk used by George Washington when he was President," as if he wouldn't make Washington roll over in his grave. She talked about it glowingly, noting, "He certainly touched on immigration, touched on what he sees as American exceptionalism, and perhaps his view for the future."  She then handed off to CNN Correspondent Gloria Pazmino, who again mentioned the desk, then played another clip from the speech, before actually raising the possibility of a future Mamdani run for the White House. MAMDANI CLIP: We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world, one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry, and oligarchs who buy elections. We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans. PAZMINO: I think it does make some people wonder, is Mamdani thinking about the future, perhaps a presidential future? But as you know, as a non-natural born American citizen, he cannot run for the White House. And he's been asked the question if he would support a Constitutional Amendment to make that a possible reality. He told ABC News earlier this week that he believes the Constitution is just fine as it is. It's disturbing to think Mamdani's nasty cartoon of America actually appeals to CNN journalists. Two hours later Hill began another segment on Mamdani, with another, even more vile and  disturbing clip from his speech. MAMDANI CLIP: The powerful have always known their answer. America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom. Where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes. America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit. Hill then welcomed Mamdani adviser Morris Katz, and instead of pressing him on the outrageous contents of that clip, asked him why the Mayor wanted to give the speech. His answer was full of irony. KATZ: What we see is there's no longer an excuse to turn people against each other. And that's so much of the rhetoric we see coming out of the Republican party today. And what the Mayor is showing is a different kind of politics, where instead of turning people on their neighbors, we take on bad landlords and we deliver for working people. Apparently, Hill didn't view Mamdani's description of "the powerful" as supremacists, racists and bigots, as divisive! This allowed Katz to claim that it's Republican rhetoric that is turning people against each other, with no follow-up question. Instead she seemed fascinated by what Mamdani had to say. HILL: Mayor Mamdani talked this morning, about American exceptionalism, and he talked about what he saw as an irony in it, saying, the story of America has so often been written by those who were told that they were anything but exceptional. Hill would soon set up Katz to claim that Republicans are not patriotic, but rather it's the Democrats that should claim the patriotism mantle.   HILL: There are Democrats who have lamented the fact that they feel the party has in some ways ceded patriotism to the GOP. Is this a moment that you see that offers an opportunity to take that back? Is this an attempt to do so, to reframe patriotism? KATZ: Yes, I think absolutely. I think we should also hold Republicans accountable for in no way being patriots. So patriotism isn't "love of country." Patriotism should be reframed as pushing a leftist agenda. Rather than challenge Katz, Hill moved on to who the leader of the Democrat party is now. Mamdani's speech was a vicious attack on America, as divisive as it was unpatriotic, yet Hill's segments featured praise for it, trashing of Republicans, and a possible Mamdani run for the presidency. This is CNN!

On Thursday’s Money, Power, Politics with MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle, panelist and frequent Morning Joe guest Donnie Deutsch was seemingly freaked out about the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party, which he paired with antisemitism. Despite Deutsch's concerns, Ruhle and other panelists heavily downplayed his concerns as just a “small group.” In the first segment with Deutsch, Ruhle’s question and panel discussion focused on the economy, as she asked him if Democrats need to change their messaging on the economy. Instead, Deutsch skipped talk of the economy and headed straight towards the rise of the socialists: Well, Democrats have gone off the rails. They're not even focused - what matters to people is affordability, and the Democrats right now are focused on two things. They focus on antisemitism and socialism   In a later segment, Deutsch continued to try to bring up the DSA, and after he said some candidates were “anti-American, anti-capitalism, anti-police, anti-prison, 9/11 was coming to us,” the whole panel jumped on him. Ruhle scoffed, “It’s a small group of people.” https://t.co/W0XhizZBAD pic.twitter.com/hdOV8rQ1n2 — Nick (@nspin310) July 2, 2026   Ruhle interrupted, “Not all Democrats.” Deutsch agreed before he explained that was the energy of the party: But that's where the energy in the party is. When you look at the two candidates that got elected in the last week, one of them talks about that there was not - that firebombing in Colorado was not anti-Semitic. He continued to call out their “insane” views, which he called “anti-American, not socialistic.”  But Ruhle, in a state of constant minimization, said, “They're electing them in some places, but not every place” as she moved back on to ask about the economy, Later, Deutsch continued his battle against the DSA, before NOTUS reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro defended the rise of the group because of their “popular” policies:  But also these candidates you're talking about. They're not just talking about Israel. They're talking about affordability. They're talking about Medicare for All. They want to raise taxes on the rich, use that to pay for more services. These are popular things. Apparently, according to McMorris-Santoro and others in the media, the DSA was just a small group in discussion over their antisemitism, but were geniuses when it came to socialist economic policies. Nearly 15 minutes later, in another segment focused on a completely different subject than socialists, Deutsch detailed the views of the rising radical wing of Democrats and warned about the establishment being tied to them: They're going to be on the defensive because there's a lot of anti-American, anti-capitalism, anti-police, anti-prison, 9/11 was coming to us – Ruhle then interrupted and minimized once again: “It’s a small group of people.” Deutsch, a little bit upset after Ruhle minimized his point again, blurted, “But they're going to brand the people - people are not getting it. They’re going to brand the whole party this way. To close, Reverend Al Sharpton, host of PoliticsNation, mocked Deutsch: “But wait a minute. Even when they demonize Mamdani. Mamdani is the first mayor we've had in how many years that has met with Trump, twice in the Oval Office, taking pictures, smiling. You know, what are you talking about?” Deutsch's fears seem to have definitely not been realized by the panel yet, including Ruhle with her constant minimization and Sharpton’s mockery, at least not yet. The transcript is below. Click "expand": MS NOW’s Money, Power, Politics July 2, 2026 10:03:31 AM Eastern (...) STEPHANIE RUHLE: Well, let's talk about messaging, Donnie, because even though voters are unhappy with Trump, they're still leaning Republican.  Do you think if the economy doesn't improve by November, it can change? Do Democrats need to figure out their messaging when it comes to the economy? Because for whatever reason, Republicans still seem to have this stronghold that we're good for business. DONNIE DEUTSCH: Well, Democrats have gone off the rails. They're not even focused - what matters to people is affordability, and the Democrats right now are focused on two things. They focus on antisemitism and socialism. That’s – RUHLE: Not all Democrats. DEUTSCH: Not all. But that's where the energy in the party is. When you look at the two candidates that got elected in the last week, one of them talks about that there was not - that firebombing in Colorado was not anti-semitic. I mean, would not acknowledge that when there was a firebombing of people holding a vigil for hostages by Hamas. Another candidate in New York, has been well documented, was at a October 8th rally, a pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian rally. This is ridiculous.  And they're both running on anti-American, not socialistic. Let's blow up - abolish ICE. Let's abolish prisons. Let's abolish everything. Let's abolish the police. It's insane. And the Republicans are going to tar them with this. This is the problem. Even though they are a small sector of the party, this is right now, every Republican strategist is salivating on what these people have said in the past, and they're going to wallpaper it with it.  And the Democrats are going down a bad path. They're electing these Democratic Socialists. It's a disaster no matter what you think of it. Wherever your politics are, it's bad strategy. RUHLE: They're electing them in some places, but not every place. So what should the strategy be as it relates to the economy? We got a question from a viewer who says, “so now does everybody see why Trump says affordability is a yawn. He is making so much money, why would he care? The real question is what is someone going to do about it?” This comes from Rachel in Ohio.  If the two issues to win this election are affordability and accountability, when it comes to affordability, what do they need to say to the American people? And to her point, how are they going to hold the president accountable in terms of his Uber wealth while people are suffering?  (...) 10:06:56 AM Eastern DEUTSCH: I think you pick up the head coach, you say, are you better off than you were four years ago? I mean, that's it. That's the simple message and George W. Bush used that one - George H.W. Bush used that one. And I just got to let me go off a little bit. There's just this anti-American thing. Some of these candidates have said that 9/11, we had it coming to us. Insanity. And even though it's a small piece. RON INSANA: It’s a really small piece. DEUTSCH: But they're going to get branded with this. They're not understanding. Do you remember what happened with the squad last election cycle? That's only two members. Well, now there are four DSA members. They're going to get branded with this. And every - you saw Josh Shapiro yesterday. You saw Chris Murphy. Not - they wouldn't go there. They wouldn't put it down because they know. RUHLE: Okay, but guess what? Chris Murphy. Had a video last week where he was speaking on the senate floor. It was a long speech where it was the 500 days of corruption. And he went through word by word, line by line, all that Donald Trump is doing.  Chris Murphy, who is hardly like, oh my god, super exciting on TikTok that got over a million views. People care about what Trump is doing. People care about - DEUTCH: How it affects them.. The grift in and of itself doesn't look, it doesn't matter. It's he's making this and you're getting screwed. You've got to bring it back to the voter. EVAN MCMORRIS-SANTORO: But also these candidates you're talking about, they're not just talking about Israel. They're talking about affordability. They're talking about Medicare for all. They want to raise taxes on the rich, use that to pay for more services. These are popular things. And also, if you're a candidate who doesn't have a critical take on Israel at this point, you're on the wrong side of a lot of the electorate at this moment. So some of this stuff, I mean, we've had this conversation before about these extremes and where they come out of nowhere, right? I covered the Tea Party very extensively in 2010, and people said, “There's no way these guys can win. There's no way this can work out.” And it did. They won and they've taken over a lot of the party. I mean, the Republican Party. The issue here really is that these guys are running on the voters trust them. I mean, they're not just winning by tiny amounts in some of these elections. They're beating these incumbents by a lot because they have a message that is authentic in the minds of voters. DEUTSCH: They're not actually getting the working-class, blue-collar. You know, it's interesting, the DSA, 80 percent of their members are white, 85% of college educated, 35% have graduate degrees. And they're losing with the real working class; they're losing with Hispanics. So there's this weird irony going on. (...) 10:25:35 AM Eastern DEUTSCH: They're going to be on the defensive because there's a lot of anti-American anti-capitalism. Anti-police, anti-prison, 9/11 was coming to us. So - RUHLE: It’s a small group of people DEUTSCH: But they're going to brand the people - people are not getting it, they’re whole brand, the whole party this way. RUHLE: Kevin? MCMORRIS-SANTORO: Every cycle, they boogeyman somebody, right? Nancy Pelosi's on every ad. In 2006, they do great. Mamdani, when he won, we're gonna put money on everything. Mamdani’s one of the most popular politicians in America. DEUTSCH: In New York. MCMORRIS-SANTORO: No, no. The Republicans that are gonna run every ad all over the place. DEUTSCH: Wait guys. You’ll see REV. AL SHARPTON: But wait a minute. Even when they demonize Mamdani. Mamdani is the first mayor we've had in how many years that has met with Trump, twice in the Oval Office, taking pictures, smiling. You know, what are you talking about? (...)

On Friday's PBS News Hour, pundit David Brooks struck a true centrist pose, denouncing Trump's "authoritarian power grabs," and then turning around and trashing the ascendant "authoritarian wing" of the Democratic Socialists of America, insisting the Democrats need to reject the left-wing authoritarians. In reply, Jonathan Capehart claimed this trend of DSA victories is not yet "a thing," and that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is doing just fine. They began with the end of the Supreme Court term, where Brooks celebrated the court taking steps to curb the so-called Trump authoritarianism. Brooks claimed the DSA victories in Democrat primaries are like the Tea Party wins in 2010, as if Rep. Dave Brat could somehow be compared to a pro-Hamas Marxist. ON PBS @NewsHour, David Brooks sounded like a centrist and underlined that the DSA "has been hijacked and taken over by an authoritarian wing, which supported Hamas in October 7, who supports Cuba, who supports China, who supports Maduro's Venezuela, who supports pretty much… pic.twitter.com/67ci6Ha1k9 — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 5, 2026 DAVID BROOKS: It's been compared, I think, accurately, to when Dave Brat beat Eric Cantor in the Republican primary, and you saw a bunch of people said, these -- my party, screw them. We're going to tear it all down. And in that case, and I think, in this case, Democrats are -- they're just looking around through the most furious candidate because they're furious at what's happened. And so they're doing that. And I understand the fury. My problem is, the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, should not be where you go. The Democratic Socialist Party was started in the 1980s by Michael Harrington, a very wonderful guy, a serious intellectual, and he wanted the DSA to move us toward Denmark, a perfectly good political position. Over the last five years, that party has been hijacked and taken over by an authoritarian wing, which supported Hamas in October 7, who supports Cuba, who supports China, who supports Maduro's Venezuela, who supports pretty much every left-wing authoritarian regime in the country. So I understand wanting to register a protest against Washington. But are the Democrats really going to take a position that we're going to become left-wing authoritarians, just as the Republicans become right-wing authoritarians? And the final thing to be said is, the Democratic Party became great not by fighting the right, but by fighting the left. It was Hubert Humphrey in 1946 who pushed the communists out of the Democratic Farmer -- the DFL, the Democratic Farmer Labor Party [in Minnesota]. It was [AFL-CIO leader] George Meany who pushed the communists out of the labor movement, basically. And they defined who they were by pushing against the right, but also by pushing against the left. And we're going to see if the Democratic mainstream has the guts, the conviction, or even the clarity of thought to push against what's happening. And we will see. Capehart was opposed to pushing a panic button on the DSA, and admitted the defeated Democrats were not moderates, although he tried to claim Brad Lander is a "mainstream Democrat."  Jonathan Capehart won't panic about the DSA wins: "I'm not going to fall into the Democratic trap of, oh, my God, the Democratic Socialists are taking over the country when we're talking about, one, wins in deep blue seats in congressional districts, two, when we're talking about… pic.twitter.com/hXcPs4Kjcx — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 5, 2026 JONATHAN CAPEHART: I'm not going to fall into the Democratic trap of, oh, my God, the Democratic socialists are taking over the country when we're talking about, one, wins in deep-blue seats in congressional districts, two, when we're talking about what really to me is the big trend here is that the establishment, the incumbents are being thrown out. And folks are angry. They're angry because of affordability. They're angry because the president is robbing the nation blind. They're angry because it doesn't seem like it any of these elected officials are doing anything to hold the president accountable for what's happened. I mean, Diana DeGette is no conservative. She was a progressive. Congressman Dan Goldman, not big capital-P progressive, but he was left of center. Brad Lander, who -- another person who beat Dan Goldman, he's no socialist. He's basically like a mainstream Democrat in New York City. And so, to my mind, I think we need to pay attention to what voters are saying. If they're choosing the Democratic Socialist candidate, then Democrats need to pay attention to, well, why did they choose the DSA candidate and not someone who's a little closer to the center? Could it be that their message on the economy, their message on what they're going to do is resonating? And, quite honestly Mayor Mamdani, who has put his weight behind a lot of these candidates, the thing he has going for him is, New York City is doing fine. A lot of people predicted that, oh, you put you elect a Socialist, and then the city will go to pot. And instead, it's -- I'm not going to say it's the opposite, but the dire predictions haven't proven true. And so I think it there's still time to look at other races to see whether the DSA is actually a thing, and a thing in the way that the Tea Party had become for Republicans in the way-back. Notice Capehart isn't denying the DSA favors dictators and terrorists, he's just saying hey, that's not "actually a thing" that they're taking over the party. 

MS Now treating the apocalyptic ramblings of Bill Nye — the so-called “Science Guy” — like serious scholarship is a criminal offense against its viewers’ intelligence.  MS Now Reports’ fill-in anchor Antonia Hylton brought on Nye July 2 to put the “climate change” whammy on the summer heat currently gripping the East Coast. In addition, she also teed him up to smack conservatives tearing into communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani playing nanny by instructing his denizens to keep thermostats at 78 degrees or people will die. “The Department of Energy has the same guidance. Is the science on Mamdani’s side here,” Hylton led with the leading question. “Of course,” screeched the make-believe climatologist with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, “Everybody, if you don't run the air conditioning systems as strongly as powerfully, you will use less electricity. That's everybody. That's not rocket surgery. That's intuitive.” Rocket surgery? It’s “rocket science,” genius! Nye proceeded to regurgitate his typical spiel about how the “planet’s on f–ing fire” for the umpteenth time: What I think’s happening with these heat events is we're going to get used to them in the same way we used to be used to snow days where people just stay home, just don't go — and some people venture out in the snow, but people become less productive, less business gets done, and so on. I think the same thing is going to happen with these heat events. But it is — it is very, very serious because of public health and so on. And there's a problem we have now where we're using a tremendous amount of electricity to not only air condition our living spaces, but also to run these data centers. This is a serious biz. .@MSNOWNews actually treating @BillNye like he's a serious scientific authority on anything is a criminal offense against viewers' intelligence quotients. pic.twitter.com/Rcw8PNXl2d — Joe Vazquez (@JV3MRC) July 2, 2026 Did he forget that the North East and Mid-Atlantic just had their coldest winter in about 20 years last season?  But it got worse. Nye — who went viral for saying during a podcast that climate change meant the U.S. was experiencing a “Pearl Harbor” moment every week in 2019 — proceeded to try bolstering his word salad by comparing two straws of different sizes and arguing “more liquid” can go through “this big straw, than this little straw. I think intuitively we could all accept that.” No kidding, Captain Obvious! “Well, the same is true of power. The same is true of power lines.” It’s almost as if mechanical engineers are too dumb to realize that more power naturally necessitates building more efficient power lines through capacity scaling! Using Nye’s logic, adaptability all of a sudden became stagnant as humanity just hopelessly waits for its power grids to blow up. “Science Guy’s here,” boasted Nye. Great. Now when does he leave? As Climate Depot founder Marc Morano stated in comments to MRC Business, "Wow. It's been a while. I haven't seen Bill Nye paraded around by the media as a 'climate expert' in many years, but he's back! Nye is really into recycling -- recycling his old talking points." Morano noted that "EPA data has consistently shown the 1930s heatwaves in the U.S. were much more severe than any heatwaves since and NOAA data reveals that 76% of U.S. states recorded their high-temperature records before 1955." At the end of his segment, Nye suggested that the solution to the eco-Ragnarok was climate-conscious voting in the upcoming midterm elections. Morano mocked Nye's not-so-subtle political agenda: "Vote yourself better weather and fewer heatwaves! The power of the ballot box will alter the Earth's climate, according to Bill Nye. Yawn." It's also worth revisiting the flub Hylton made at the beginning of her segment by using a rhetorical sleight-of-hand by hitting conservative critics of Mamdani’s thermostat prescription with the Department of Energy. The DOE recommendations for 75-78 degrees in thermostat settings were about saving on energy costs for consumers, as USA Today pointed out June 30 — not because Americans turning their ACs on to full-blast meant the grid was at risk of overloading!

President Donald Trump just redecorated the Boeing jet gifted to him by the Qatari Emir, and the liberal media did what it always does - throw a tantrum about it. On Wednesday’s episode of MS NOW’s The Last Word, host Lawrence O’Donnell and his squinty eyes glared through the camera and proclaimed "Donald Trump flaunted the single biggest piece of corruption in American history. Donald Trump showed off the largest object to ever be corruptly sought and accepted by an American politician." “The saying, ‘When you’ve got it, flaunt it,’ was never meant as advice for politicians,” O’Donnell began his rant over Trump, who he’s so obsessed with that he probably dreams about him. Where was his outrage when Jill Biden received an 18-carat gold and diamond necklace, also from the Emir of Qatar? That's (D)ifferent.    “The country will never get to fly on that plane,” O’Donnell lamented, like he thinks that any American can just walk onto Air Force One and fly wherever they want. Then, he connected Trump and dictators again: “Donald Trump said today that he went to a foreign dictator and asked him for a plane.” In the clip of Trump that O’Donnell used as backup for these claims, Trump himself said that he asked to borrow the jet “for a period of time” while the other Boeing 747 planes were under construction. O'Donnell claimed the president "has two perfectly capable and functioning 747's," but they're over 35 years old and increasingly obsolete and expensive to maintain. But O’Donnell simply couldn’t entertain any rational claims for a new plane: Donald Trump wanted one [plane] that he could take home with him. And so the scheme that a Democratic Congress must find a way to prevent is for Donald Trump to take that 747 with him as part of his so-called Presidential Library, and then use it to fly wherever he wants to go after his time in office. It's an unprecedented arrangement, but it's not some national emergency that Democrats "must find a way to prevent" it. O'Donnell's rant President Trump used it for the first time this past week to fly to the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library dedication in North Dakota, which O’Donnell of course used as another avenue of attack: Teddy Roosevelt would be horrified by Donald Trump's mode of transportation today. Teddy Roosevelt would have immediately urged the impeachment of a president who solicited a gift from anyone, especially a foreign dictator. On the contrary, Teddy Roosevelt was the first President to fly on an airplane in October of 1910. He also received many gifts from people O’Donnell would probably classify as “foreign dictators,” including the warmongering Emperor of Ethiopia and the rulers of Russia and Japan. “'Offensive and contemptible.' That is exactly what Teddy Roosevelt surely would have said about the 'screaming vulgarity of the foolish, spread-eagled orator' flying on a counterfeit Air Force One today,” O’Donnell added. Either O’Donnell was being intentionally obtuse or intentionally obfuscating the facts; there’s nothing “counterfeit” about the plane. Any fixed-wing aircraft carrying the President of the United States IS Air Force One. The left hates Trump so much that they can’t stand to see anything good happening for him, even as he represents them and all other Americans on the world stage. Instead, they’ll drag him down and pray that his new plane crashes and burns, along with the country at large. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: MS NOW's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 7/1/26 10:01:53 LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: The saying, 'When you've got it, flaunt it' was never meant as advice for politicians.  But today, Donald Trump flaunted the single biggest piece of corruption in American history. Donald Trump showed off the largest object to ever be corruptly sought and accepted by an American politician. [Cut to video] DONALD TRUMP: The head of Boeing said this is considered the best 747 they've ever built.  And I went to Qatar. I said, 'I'd like to use it for a period of time because the other ones, as you know, are under construction.' They'll be here in two years. And because, you know, the plane is 35 years old. So I said I'd like to use it.  And the Emir, Tamim, who's a great gentleman, he said, 'No, no, I'd like to make a contribution to the country.' [Cut back to live] O'DONNELL: The country isn't going to use that 400 million dollar gift that the Emir gave to Donald Trump. The plan is for Donald Trump to be the only person who ever uses that plane. That is the corrupt plan for that plane.  The United States of America already has two perfectly capable and functioning 747's in service right now as Air Force One. And the federal government has ordered two more Boeing 747's to replace those two versions of Air Force One that are currently operating.  But Donald Trump wanted one that he could take home with him.  And so the scheme that a Democratic Congress must find a way to prevent is for Donald Trump to take that 747 with him as part of his so-called presidential library, and then use it to fly wherever he wants to go after his time in office. The country will never get to fly on that plane, but the country actually ended up having to pay for that plane, hundreds of millions of dollars, at least, to outfit it as a workable version of Air Force One.  (...) 10:05:10 p.m. O'DONNELL: And suddenly, for the first time in world history, a President of the United States was given an airplane from another country.  Donald Trump said today that he went to a foreign dictator and asked him for a plane. And he used that plane for the first time today to fly to a dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Now, it might seem a little late to just now be dedicating a presidential library to someone who was president more than 100 years ago. But presidential libraries are actually a relatively new thing in presidential history, beginning with President Herbert Hoover, who left office on Inauguration day in 1933.  Teddy Roosevelt was a rich New York Republican like Donald Trump, who served as president from 1901 to 1909.  In a first for presidential library dedication speeches, Donald Trump today did not quote the President, who was being commemorated. Because the problem for Donald Trump today, in quoting Teddy Roosevelt, is Teddy Roosevelt saying things like 'No man can be a good citizen who is not a good husband and a good father who is not honest in his dealings with other men and women, faithful to his friends, and fearless in the presence of his foes who has not got a sound heart, a sound mind, and a sound body.' Teddy Roosevelt would be horrified by Donald Trump's mode of transportation today. Teddy Roosevelt would have immediately urged the impeachment of a president who solicited a gift from anyone, especially a foreign dictator. And Teddy Roosevelt would have despised the small-mindedness of Donald Trump because it was Teddy Roosevelt who said, 'The screaming vulgarity of the foolish spread-eagle orator who is continually yelling defiance at Europe, praising everything American, good and bad, and resenting the introduction of any reform because it has previously been tried successfully abroad, is offensive and contemptible to the last degree.' 'Offensive and contemptible.' That is exactly what Teddy Roosevelt surely would have said about the 'screaming vulgarity of the foolish, spread-eagled orator' flying on a counterfeit Air Force One today.