Trump wags the hippopotamus .
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/06/trump-wags-hippopotamus/
Any ordinary president can wag the dog, but President Trump wags the Best and Biggest dog.
He wags the Bernese Mountain Dog!
No — HE WAGS THE HIPPOPOTAMUS!!!
The idea of launching military action to distract from domestic political troubles has been a thing at least since the 1997 film “Wag the Dog” (as in, the tail wagging the dog) gave it a name. Republicans accused President Bill Clinton of it in 1998 when he ordered airstrikes against Sudan and Iraq as impeachment loomed. Trump alleged (wrongly) that President Barack Obama would “start a war with Iran” before the 2012 election.
“To be spending time on this political Hoax at this moment in our history, when I am so busy, is sad!” Trump tweeted Monday morning.
“Congress & the President should not be wasting their time and energy on a continuation of the totally partisan Impeachment Hoax when we have so many important matters pending,” he tweeted later.
In other words: They can’t hold my impeachment trial because I’m busy fighting the war I just started.
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But now, Trump, on the eve of his impeachment trial in the Senate, has assassinated one of Iran’s top generals, the first action of its