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So the viability of the Trump administration lasted about ten days.  For a day or two after his election, he mouthed the Kellyanne Conway-scripted platitudes that all presidential victors are obliged to say, or they’ll have to explain themselves to God later.

Now the Cheeto (thanks, wkmtca) is announcing more white guys to join him and homophobic Mike Pence, and some of them are troubling.  Mike Pompeo, who got the nod to direct the CIA, is a Tea Party member in the pocket of the Koch Brothers.  Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for Attorney General, has a spotty civil rights record.  Michael Flynn will be director of the NSA.  He was forced out of the directorship of the DIA due to his combative management style, and he doesn’t consider Islam a religion.

But beyond that, Trump was in vintage mode today bitching about Pence’s reception last night at Hamilton.  True, Pence was jeered as he took his seat, but he was also cheered.  After the performance, the cast thanked him for attending and asked the audience not to boo.

Then actor Brandon Victor Dixon expressed a concern that the new administration would not protect the “diverse America” on the stage and urged Pence to “work on behalf of all of us”.  That, to the Cheeto, was harassment, “very rude”.  He demanded an apology.  Newt Gingrich, because he’s Newt Gingrich, piled on.  He perceived the “arrogance and hostility” of the cast as “a reminder that the left still fights”.

And how weird is it that the new leader of the Party of Lincoln also tweeted “The Theater must always be a safe and special place.”?