It is known that former president Donald Trump had aspirations to purchase the NFL's Buffalo Bills several years ago. As we know, of course, the Pegulas made the winning bid to buy the team, and also acquired the NHL's Buffalo Sabres.
America's Oldest Baby wanted very badly to get back into football as an owner (he was part of the original USFL from 1983-5 as the owner of the NJ Generals). Predictably, he couldn't accept the fact that he was outbid for the Bills, the only NY team that actually plays its games in New York (the Jests & Giants play in New Jersey, of course), despite a brief period of playing home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
According to another bloviating idiot, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, Trump began his attacks on Colin Kaepernick, then with the San Francisco 49ers, as a way of getting back at the rest of the league's owners, as if they actually had something to do with influencing the Pegulas' purchase of the Bills. Well, there is a protocol in place where they'd have to approve the sale, and that's all there was. Apparently, Trump's reputation as a bloviator preceded him to the NFL. They didn't want another Al Davis or Jerry Jones type in the league, an owner who'd meddle with the team's operations at first opportunity because they think they know what's best. To this day, Jones won't hire a GM in Dallas because he wants to keep all the power for himself. Which is what the NFL was afraid Trump would do.
The Bills imbroglio is just another illustration of how Trump sees everything negative through a child's eyes.
Today, Trump still sees himself as a kingmaker in the Republican Party, though some of his endorsed candidates have been abject failures, including Charles Herbster in Nebraska and former Senator David Perdue in Georgia. His mindset is that you do what he says without question. He can't comprehend that the judges he's appointed are following their oaths of office, and not doing his bidding because they understand they serve the entire country, not a 75, soon to be 76, year old man-baby with the attitude of a 2 year old. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the other day, was wise enough to declare he was the presumptive GOP nominee for Senator in Pennsylvania, as the race there requires a recount. Trump wanted Oz to say he won the race. To think Oz ended his daily talk show to enter politics, but he should've known that if he pledged his support to Trump, the former president wanted him to be beholden to him, no matter what the cost.
At least Oz can say he actually went to college. The jury's still out on whether or not Trump, who gained five military deferments because of bone spurs that no one's been able to prove he actually had, actually took classes in college, or decided to be a coward on campus, too, and had someone sub for him. More & more Republicans want the party to move away from Trump, and with good reason. After six years, they realize how toxic he is.
I wonder if Melania's ordered that custom onesie for Trump yet.
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