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

Greetings! There is no constitutional crisis.  So says the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal.  Good to know. Except why do I feel like my hair is still on fire?...Sign of the times? The Hollywood Reporter has a list of the top 40 anti-fascist films.  THR’s list includes, American History X (1998), Cabaret (1972), Casablanca (1942), and The Empire Strikes Back(1980)… According to WND, it’s National Marriage Week.  Wonder if The Donald and his often absent First Lady are joining the celebration...Glamour magazine is disgusted with male Super Bowl attendees who booed Taylor Swift when she appeared on the stadium Jumbotron Sunday. According to Glamour’s Stephanie McNeal, “It felt like the bros were winning. As they jeered and booed, I could hear the undercurrent of hatred and felt the real-life manifestation of the trolling I had previously only seen virtually. Trump is president, they seemed to say, and the era of inclusivity in the NFL is over”…American Spectator says don’t incinerate USAID. Install some “adult supervision” instead…Tesla’s stock price has tumbled 19% this year.  Quite the haircut for Elon Musk, given he owns 13% of Tesla. Before we pass the hat for the nation’s obnoxious de facto COO, remember gazillionaire Musk holds a 42% stake in SpaceX,  the privately held entity that has an estimated worth of  $350 billion, according to CNBC…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard