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It seems that when P.T. Barnum opined that there was “a sucker born every minute,” he underestimated the rate of birth of dupe’s. Because, when it comes to finding gullible patsy’s to hoodwink, it looks like Trump’s discovered the mother lode.   

In that regard, Trump’s been the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for about a week. And after running as an “outsider” whose greatest appeal was that he wasn’t a politician, has already waffled on two major issues in order to broaden his appeal to voters. 

 

Yesterday,  on ABC’s “This Week,” he “suggested that his tax plan, which now includes a tax break for the country’s top wage-earners, would likely be different if he becomes president, considering it would likely need support from Democrats as well as Republicans on Capitol Hill.” 

What’s even more incredible, although not unexpected, was his explanation: "By the time it gets negotiated, it's going to be a different plan," the billionaire businessman said in a pre-taped interview that aired Sunday. "On my plan, (tax rates) are going down. But by the time it's negotiated, they'll go up." 

In this case, he sounded very much like the continually confused John Kerry, who in 2003 decided to go on record as not supporting the legislation to fund soldiers when it was apparent the alternative bill would not pass. That’s when Kerry delivered his famous quote: “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." 

Additionally, “Trump also continued to suggest he’s now open to increasing the minimum wage, after indicating early in the election cycle that such a move would slow the economy. 

"I am looking at it,” he said. “I haven't decided in terms of numbers. But I think people have to get more."

So, if the rate of waffling for support continues, Trump will not only have become a politician, much like his significant failures in business indicate, he probably won’t even be a very good one.

 

On another issue, coming on the heels of deputy national security adviser for strategic communication for Obama, Ben Rhodes', claims of duping the incapable press when structuring the nuclear deal with Iran, he now looks like a major league leader in incompetence. 

Tamar Pileggi @timesofisrael.com, headlined her article today: “Iran claims to successfully test missile that can reach Israel” 

“A senior Iranian general on Monday announced that the country’s armed forces successfully tested a precision-guided, medium-range ballistic missile two weeks ago, the state-run Tasnim agency reported. 

“We test-fired a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and a margin of error of eight meters,” Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi was quoted as saying at a Tehran science conference.” 

Under the nuclear deal, Iranian ballistic missile tests are not forbidden outright, but are “not consistent” with a United Nations Security Council resolution from July 2015. 

“According to the UN decision, ‘Iran is called upon not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology,’ until October 2023.” 

But, that hasn’t stopped Iran from carrying out a number of ballistic missile technology tests since the nuclear deal was adopted on October 18, 2015. 

“In November, Iran launched a missile with a range of 1,930 kilometers (1,200 miles) from a site near the Gulf of Oman, US officials said at the time. 

“In March, Iran test-fired two more ballistic missiles, which an Iranian news agency said had the phrase “Israel must be wiped out” written on them in Hebrew. An Iranian commander said the test was designed to demonstrate to Israel that it is within Iranian missile range.”

While the testing has “sparked international fury as it appeared to flout the agreements made in the Iranian nuclear deal,” the only three people on the planet seeming surprised by Iran’s aggressive actions are Rhodes, his boss, and of course, Kerry. 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton's wife. And this one’s a classic example of absolute obtuseness.  

According to FoxNews.com, this morning, “Clinton told CNN on Wednesday, after Trump became the GOP’s presumptive nominee, that she felt certain that Americans won’t take a chance on electing a "loose cannon" like him. 

“And she appeared to warn Trump that others have tried and failed to defeat her politically with similar personal attacks. 

And then she delivered a line remindful of Gary Hart in 1987, who , responded to the rumors of his womanizing, by saying: "Follow me around. I don't care. I'm serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'll be very bored.” Which led to his suspending his campaign after the Washington Post threatened to run a story about a woman Hart had dated while separated from his wife. 

As for Bill’s wife yesterday, she said of Trump: “If he wants to go back to the playbook of the 1990s, if he wants to follow in the footsteps of those who have tried to knock me down and take me out of the political arena, I'm more than happy to have him do that." 

So, it seems that age may really beginning to dim her faculty’s. Because she's apparently completely forgotten that the last one who tried to “knock [her] down and take [her] out of the political arena” was Obama, who succeeded totally. Blowing her completely out of the presidential race in 2008. 

Thus, in the current analysis, it looks like in only a few short days Trump has really rattled her cage. And with no substance to run on, she’s responding like one who’s on the ropes with nothing left but empty threats. Bringing up the ongoing question again: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this?    

That’s it for today folks.     

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