Greetings!  And happy Valentine’s Day, for those who observe. PJ Media’s resident wit Stephen Kruiser goes gushy for Donald Trump’s press secretary declaring, “Karoline Leavitt is my valentine after smacking down CNN hack Kaitlan Collins”…The American Conservative says The Donald needs to go  easier on our Canadian neighbors.  “Americans bridle at foreign interference,” wrote Doug Bandow.  “Canadians are no different. Trump should leave the future of Canada to the Canadians. Americans have enough work to do on this side of the border”…My advice for those of us sickened by the appointment of looney vax denier the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Sec. of Health and Human Services.  Take two aspirin and see me in four years…Speaking of the vaccine-adverse RFK Jr., The Federalist offers five tips to make America healthy again.  Here’s #5: recruit Melania to get his message across because “her body speaks for itself.”…One more thing to worry about: There’s a tiny chance an asteroid the size of a football field will collide with earth in 2032. Wonder how POTUS Vance will handle the crisis…The “Wide Awake Podcast” has dropped a two-hour interview with Errol Musk,  the odious and obnoxious father of Elon, America’s budget-bashing COO. In the interview, Musk senior discusses having a child with his stepdaughter. I’ll let that last line speak for itself….Weekend Watch:  Season 3 of HBO’s  White Lotus bows Sunday on Max. Seems like the award-winning series is a good way to wash the Trump horror show out of our brains for an hour over the long holiday weekend.  See you Tuesday!…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings!  The optics were all  wrong at Tuesday’s Elon Musk/DonaldTrump Oval Office presser. It’s taken me a day-and-a-half to get my head around it. Musk dissed the public, the media and even POTUS  by parading his son for the cameras like the four-year-old was some half-trained puppy seal. Obviously, the nation’s de facto COO believes it’s a savvy political move to have a preschooler on hand to discuss draconian cuts to the federal budget that is already putting people on the street and causing other easily avoidable pain to people here and abroad. (RedState wrote that the child, one of twelve spawn, was an important prop because it showed that the richest man in the world was pro-life. The stunt was deemed “heartwarming.”)  Musk’s super casual attire with his Silicon Valley meets Sunset Strip slovenly black t-shirt, jacket and slacks disrespected the American people and the near-sanctity of the Oval Office where consequential decisions that shape the destiny of the country and world get decided. The whole bro show appeared to be deliberately designed to show that the gazillionaire plays by his own rules, as if we didn’t already know…Vanity Fair seems to be playing matchmaker for Barron Trump, the  eligible NY University freshman. In a profile of The Donald’s youngest child, Vanity Fair cites a December Daily Mail piece that suggested fellow NYU student Maria Arana, whom the Mail called a “MAGA blonde,” could be a suitable match for business major Baron. Other possible romantic partners attending NYU in the photo-filled Mail article include Matt Damon’s daughter Isabella, and Sean “Diddy” Combs daughter Chance…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard