Jim Acosta: Second Trump era moving into 'mind-numbing' stupid

“Jim Acosta Show” host Jim Acosta says Kid Rock addressing the Pentagon like someone with military expertise makes clear that we are living in a movie, and that movie is “Idiocracy.”

“Over a mind-numbing span of approximately the last 48 hours, American brains have been assaulted with an absurd amount of Trumpian stupidity,” said Acosta. “… Yes, that is Kid Rock addressing the troops at the Pentagon this week. It is tempting to think photos, like [that] are AI generated. But no. Your intrepid reporter checked. And that happened. Apparently, the Trump administration’s self-described War Secretary, Pete Hegseth invited Mr. Rock to Washington for a taxpayer-funded joyride on an Apache helicopter at a nearby base in Virginia.”

Between that and Trump warning Iran via Truth Social to “get their act together,” and declaring they “don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal,” Acosta said it feels like “living through a sequel to the film, Idiocracy.”

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s “comically strained” attempt to defend DOJ charges against former FBI head James Comey was equally embarrassing.

“Nobody is buying it, including Trump’s most ridiculous legal defenders,” said Acosta. “Even George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, who regularly runs interference for Trump on Fox News, said the case is likely to be thrown out. [And] When you’ve lost Turley …”

Acosta derided “other scenes from our Trumpian Idiocracy,” including federal workers currently applying blue paint to the bottom of the reflecting pool on the National Mall.

“The goal, according to the Trump administration, is to transform the appearance of the century old landmark into that of a swimming pool,” said Acosta. “Yes, that is really happening too. Having already paved over the Rose Garden, and with his congressional allies, like the once-serious Senator Lindsey Graham, now proposing a $400 million, taxpayer-financed ballroom on the White House grounds, Trump is busily turning the nation’s capital into the second coming of Mar-a-Lago.”

Thankfully, though, U.S. voters don’t appear to be as dumb as their government, said Acosta.

“A new Emerson College poll finds voters prefer Democrats over Republicans by a 50-40 margin. Dem Advantage in Midterms. Oof! This is not a ‘throw the bums out’ midterms cycle that is looming on the horizon,” said Acosta. “More like ‘throw the Dum-Dums out.’”

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