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plus, the only CEOs I've ever met were of companies that weren't even a decimal point to EXXON, but the level of self-regard these cats tend to display...let's just say the first thing that must go through his mind when he wakes up, and the last when he falls asleep, has gotta be why am I, Rex Fucking Tillerson His Own Self, putting up with this dimwit's shit?

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Cubically fucked. Or Fucked^3, in MS Excel.

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Give the governor harrumph!

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Peter Thiel?

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Bitter Scribe, you're not quite fair on this occasion. Donald Trump does have one or two other talents. He's possibly the best at screwing up business deals and projects, then squirming out and leaving other people stuck for the costs and liabilities, while he walks away richer. He's also quite skilled at bullying people into dropping lawsuits by threatening them with endless litigation they can't afford ...

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With Jeff Sessions as a trouser role, of course.

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On the other hand, does anyone really know where Trump is going in any particular speech or rage tweet?

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Here's to you, JR Ewing, the nation turns its lonely eyes to you...

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trump won't let rexxon resign, he has to you're fired him. and he has to come up with some reason to fire him other than "he hurt my feelings by calling me a moron" so tune in to hannity tonight to hear how rexxon screwed up the north korea thing or that he sleeps too much. then later this week, your new secretary of state......... jared

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Reviews From The Future:'Don't miss "45," this summer's smash hit musical! Funnier and more surreal than "Spamalot!" You'll laugh until you covfefe!'

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Okay, I don't think that I ever thought Yakoff Smirnov was funny, and that "In Soviet Russia..." stuff was pretty damn unfunny yet the revival of that phrase in Trumparica? Pretty damn hilarious.

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When does he manage to fit in licking his own asshole?

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Or expensive plane flights.

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"The president speaks for himself" is actually a serious misdirection. Donnie speaks for whoever managed to reach his addled brains last. Hence the infighting that has been going on in the White House since his inauguration, as his words and decisions can be worth millions and even billions.

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My bets are on Kelly. SecState and SecWH simultaneously. It's the quiet ones you have to watch for.

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The Secretary of State appeared to deny that he threatened to resign. But his denial was expressed so “diplomatically” that I have to question its sincerity.

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