Free fallin’
Good afternoon. Today’s points:
- Party chair’s hat trick for Trump
- Trump, international man of no mystery
- Third party candidate reaching for the skies
Overseas Point
Trump’s international intrigue
Donald Trump’s presidential bid is prominent news internationally, including in Dublin, where the Irish Independent’s lead editorial Thursday lambasted Trump’s unstatesmanlike qualities and nuclear waffling.
Instead, the paper wrote, he should model his behavior on a certain New York politician.
The editorial urged Trump to “familiarise himself with Mario Cuomo’s dictum -- 'campaign in poetry, govern in prose.'"
Besides the U.S. election coverage, a vacation in Ireland doesn't allow too much of an escape from American woes. Smudged graffiti in Dublin's Temple Bar neighborhood mourns victims of the Orlando club shooting, and posters on the main thoroughfare O’Connell Street advertise an upcoming Black Lives Matter event.
Mark Chiusano
Tallest Point
Ain’t no mountain high enough
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is a member of a very select group, telling CNN Wednesday that he has climbed all of the vaunted Seven Summits — the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents.
But he’s not likely to find success climbing the toughest peak of all — the presidency of the United States. The Libertarian Party candidate is going to find the air up there is a little too thin, even for a health nut like him.
Michael Dobie
Pencil Point
American boy
I draw Donald Trump several times a week, and I’ve become truly impressed with the complex creation he artfully shapes upon his head every morning.
Contrary to conventional belief, I don’t think he is bald. Instead, if you study the dramatic follicular sweeps and wisps, you will see his hair is actually quite long. So, I began to imagine what he would look like without hair product and early morning labors. Then it hit me: His hair would look like Tom Petty’s.
Aided by the magic of PhotoShop, here’s a mashup of the image that popped into my head. My apologies to Tom Petty.
Matt Davies
Brownie Points
The Donald's right-hand man on LI
Suffolk County GOP chairman John Jay LaValle pulls off a political hat trick Thursday night with a $1 million-plus fundraiser for Donald Trump in Nissequogue.
Bringing in the big bucks for the Manhattan developer comes on top of LaValle’s role as a media surrogate, mostly on CNN, and as an adviser to the presidential candidate.
Is it time yet to measure for the curtains in his D.C. office?
Rita Ciolli
