Welcome to the Jim Acosta Morning Memo on a Thursday morning after Trump got bombarded by hecklers in San Antonio, Texas, while comically inept scandals erupted throughout his administration.
MAAP Quest: Leading off, some big news on the home front — We are proud to introduce the Measured Acosta Average of Polls, or MAAP, an exclusive proprietary interactive weighted map of polls and market odds that you can get in our newsletter or at JimAcosta.com.
We don’t sugarcoat; this is a sober, no BS and no bias look at the midterm races that you can’t get anywhere else.
Since Trump was in Texas last night, take a look at our MAAP average for the Lone Star State. We’re showing this a “Tough Call.”
But with Democrats up almost three points based on extensive polling, as they say, all things considered, I’d rather be Talarico.
And in other shocking Senate MAAP developments, Alaska has been moved into the “D-Zone” and Louisiana has gone from “R-Zone” to “Tough Call.”
The wave is coming.
Trump Show: Before Trump went to Texas, he held a photo op for his so-called “Trump Accounts” with children in attendance, and of course he immediately made it weird. Cringe your way through this.
Fake Taboo: And then there was whatever the hell this was.
Children, they are children. I guess I can use that term. You have to be careful. Sometimes you call somebody a child who’s about six months too old to be called, and you suffer the wrath of the press. But these young, beautiful children, they’re going to be watching their accounts.
I mean – WHAT?
Plague For Dummies: He gave this jaw-dropping answer about the Russian plague outbreak.
Q: Is the plague in Russia a bioweapon?
TRUMP: Well, we don’t think so. We’re going to find out soon enough, but we don’t think so. And if you listen to them, it’s under control. You know, people have said that before about other things. So we hope it is very sophisticated, very smart. And they’re saying it’s very much under control. So we hope not, Peter.
Just the kind of stable genius reassurance we’ve come to expect.
Clementine Caligula Strikes Again: Trump also went on a mad dictator rant about doing quote “whatever I want” to political opponents like Hillary Clinton and former Presidents Obama and Biden.
I could have done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could have done very, very bad things to Joe Biden. I could have done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama. I thought it was inappropriate to do so. Because you have to treat the office of the presidency with respect.
Then I found out that they impeached me twice. And I certainly, even to this moment, I have, I can do whatever I want, if I want.
He went on for three solid minutes.
Vlad To Hear It: And in a moment that would have been a month of think pieces for anyone else, Trump marked Vladimir Putin’s birthday like an eight-year-old excited to get some cake.
Really Don? Do you think his mommy will invite you over?
Nobel Gasbag: Trump also went on an extended rant about how much he deserves the Nobel Prize.
Yes, nothing says “Peace Prize” like ranting about nukes raining down on American cities.
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