SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

ANTI-TRUMP CRAZINESS – FROM BIZPACREVIEW.COM:  Instead of celebrating President Donald Trump’s historic meeting Friday with Queen Elizabeth II, leftists took to social media to complain about his alleged lack of matters. According to them, Trump spoke incorrectly, walked incorrectly and probably even breathed incorrectly.  Consider the following clip from the The Daily Telegraph that complained about the president and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, not bowing to the queen when they first met her:  The Telegraph shared the video to Twitter Friday afternoon and captioned it with the question, “Did Donald Trump forget to bow to the Queen?”  In response, leftist airheads rushed to lambaste Trump for being a “just plain disrespectful” and “ignorant” “man-child,” among other things.  Conservatives then swooped in to drop some truth bombs on them, including this one from David Boaz of the Cato Institute: “We’re not her subjects.”  Bingo.   Of course not.  By tradition, Americans don't bow to foreign royalty.  That tradition is well understood and accepted around the world, except, apparently, by ignorant leftists. 

AND HE SAYS IT – FROM AP:    US President Donald Trump confirmed this weekend that he plans to stand for election in 2020, but says he doesn’t expect a tough challenge given that, in his opinion, there is no one who could beat him.  Asked during an interview with the UK’s Mail on Sunday whether he planned to seek reelection, Trump said; “Well I fully intend to. It seems like everybody wants me to.”  “Do you see a Democrat who can possibly beat you?’ interviewer Piers Morgan, a friend of the president, asked.  “No. I don’t see anybody. I know them all and I don’t see anybody,’ Trump responded. “They do not have the right candidate.”  He's right, they don't.  But overconfidence must be avoided.  They can come up with a media-invented performer like Obama. 

LATEST FASHION NEWS – FROM AP:   PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down.  Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said it makes the Navy more inclusive.  Many black women had asked for changes to the female grooming standards. A female sailor, Yeoman First Class LaToya Jones, announced the new policy during a Facebook Live event Tuesday with Richardson. The new standards went into effect Wednesday.  Lock hairstyles, or ropelike strands, are also now allowed. Wider hair buns too. And women can wear ponytails while in uniform.  Capt. Thurraya Kent is the senior member of the working group that recommended the changes. The group told the Navy that adding grooming options would eliminate a distraction, be more inclusive of different hair textures and enable people to keep their hair natural instead of processing it chemically.  Okay, cool.  Now let's spend at least five minutes on warfighting training.

July 14, 2018