OH. MY. GOD. What a f’ing baby! Trump’s rage over past slights is unending… until someone does something for him more important than the past slight, and then it’s all good. Trump doesn’t have a single relationship in his life, professional or personal, that isn’t based upon “what can you do for me?” and he never forgives past “disloyalty” (the only quality in a person that matters to Trump). Everything is a transaction, “You do this for me, and I might help you. You oppose me and I’ll do everything I can to destroy you.”

There are very few Republicans that have been more “disloyal” to Donald Trump than Sen. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. Unlike many of the Western states, Alaska has a bit of a blue streak or at least an independent streak, a lot of union people working on pipelines and a lot of federal government support will turn an otherwise red state a little blue.

It made it easier for Murkowski to vote guilty in Trump’s second impeachment and he will never ever forget it. Murkowski is a veteran Sen. who knows what she’s doing, even if it’s primarily sliding stuff through for the Republicans. Trump doesn’t care. He would rather lose a vote and dump a frozen halibut in that seat over Murkowski.

So, it is hilarious that Trump is endorsing Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, 100%, unless… Dunleavy does something that has nothing to do with being a good or bad governor, just pissing Trump off.

CNN’s Jim Acosta had a fun time telling the story:

The former president is endorsing Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy for re-election, as he did four years ago, but this time a very important catch.

In a statement released Tuesday, the former president said Dunleavy ‘has my Complete and Total Endorsement but, this endorsement is subject to his non-endorsement of Senator Lisa Murkowski who has been very bad for Alaska, including losing ANWAR, perhaps the most important drilling site in the world, and much else. In other words, if Mike endorses her, which is his prerogative, my endorsement of him is null and void, and of no further force or effect!’…

“Sounds like a used car salesman. You know, got to read the fine print here in this endorsement, I suppose.”

Acosta again:

…He has a track record of using intimidation to advance his political goals, but this is clearly the most egregious example of basically a quid pro quo in the negative. That is, if you do something, I will take something away,”

What. A. Fcking. Baby. And uneducated. That’s not a “full endorsement,” Biff. That’s a very conditional endorsement. And notice Trump’s pompous, self-important, pronouncement. Not only did he clearly make it conditional, but he is also so mad at Murkowski that he had to say the same simple thing (“in other words”) twice. Plus, null, void, no further force, effect, as if Trump truly is picking the governor (and in Alaska, he actually is probably not picking the Republican nominee).

More of the same, but sometimes it’s worth a great laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysOdTDmqyHg

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