The only-ONLY-perverse joy I’ve been siphoning out of the Donald Trump presidency right now is that he, too, seems constantly pissed off and miserable. Remember that New York Magazine headline “Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President”? It was a gift, and I think back on it often and fondly.
But NO, apparently he does like to be President, or maybe he just wants to spite CNN for the rest of his God-given life. The network has captured audio from Trump’s speech at a Republican fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, in which he joked about being “president for life.” The remarks, referring to the Communist Party of China’s recent proposal to dispense with term limits, are chilling:
“Don’t forget China’s great, and [President Xi Jinping] is now president for life. [Laughter] Hey look, I think it’s great, and look, he was able to do that. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday.”
Saturday also marked his 100th day at a Trump golf property.