Today is Friday, February 11, 2022. In the growing whirlpool of revelations concerning the former president’s use of his toilet to shred important documents, we are finding out that the Orange Menace is facing his own “Toiletgate,” that could eventually bring him down just like Watergate ultimately resulted in Richard Nixon’s resignation as president in 1974. These soiled revelations appear in an upcoming book from New York Times reporter and Dumpf expert Maggie Haberman, where it was reported that White House staff would often find the former demagogue’s toilet clogged up with shredded documents. These staffers reportedly believed the papers were destroyed and flushed by the president himself. Haberman actually reports that workmen had to fix the toilet on more than one occasion. These dirty and soggy facts concerning the apparent malfeasance of the ex-president is covered in an online article in the Daily Beast by Jamie Ross entitled “Trump’s White House Toilet Was ‘Repeatedly Clogged’ With Torn Documents.”

Haberman appeared on CNN’s New Day to discuss the revelation later yesterday morning. To open the interview with Haberman, host Brianna Keilar said, “Maggie, we start with the toilet.” This sentence, as you would presume, is one that you won’t hear uttered again on a national broadcast news program. The reporter then tells Keilar that she learned that staff in the White House would periodically find the toilet clogged. She acknowledged that the engineer would then be sought to fix the toilet and that he would find wads of clumped-up printed wet paper. As Haberman further elucidated, the paper found in the crapper could have been notes Dumpf wrote to himself or it could have been Post-Its, but no one really knows.

In a statement issued yesterday, the principal actor in Toiletgate denied any knowledge of flushing his toilet with sensitive documents. But if you think he’s telling the truth about this serious accusation, then you are really gullible! He always uses the dismissive”fake news” to describe anything that has the air of veracity about it, so he resorted to calling Haberman’s story exactly that.

The book in which these serious accusations were made is set to be released in October and it’s called Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.

As the nation is focused on hearing about the ex-president’s toilet habits, the world is tensely watching as President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will talk tomorrow to discuss plans to deescalate Russia’s imminent war with Ukraine. The United States is warning Russia that it could attack Ukraine using bombs and missiles at any moment. This crisis is now set at its boiling point as Russia increased its ground forces and other military assets surrounding the independent country, where Putin could decide at any moment to activate them in a deadly invasion.

The phone call with Putin is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET tomorrow morning, and it marks Biden’s first since the end of December. Since then, the number of Russian troops near Ukraine has increased and the prospects for an invasion have risen, according to American intelligence assessments.

In the meantime, Americans were warned by U.S. officials to leave Ukraine over fears of an imminent Russian attack.

All I can say is that we need another conflict in Eastern Europe like a hole in the head. I hope that disaster can be averted somehow and that cooler heads will prevail, but knowing what kind of monster Putin is, who knows. If a war is declared against Ukraine, then our allies must hit Russia very hard with severe economic sanctions right away. What more terrible news can we hear these days?

It’s getting late here.

Not too much to report today except that Elliot and I had a lovely dinner with our good friend, “Mark,” at a new restaurant for us. The name of the Italian restaurant is Acquista Trattoria and is located in Fresh Meadow, on Union Turnpike. Mark had recommended it to us as we were discussing where to go since Elliot made it known that he was getting tired of the usual places.

There were a number of patrons in the restaurant when we arrived for our 7 p.m. reservation. We had good service and the fare was quite good as well. Elliot and Mark shared a Caesar salad first, while I ordered fried calamari for the table. Then we ordered our main entrees; I requested the gnocchi pesto, while Elliot had the farfalle alla nonna, which contained sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, and chicken in a light pesto sauce. Mark preferred the linguine alla vongole, which consisted of baby clams, white wine, parsley, garlic, a touch of crushed red pepper, and extra virgin olive oil. To top it all off, we had tiramisu and coffee for me and tea for Elliot. All in all, it was a very enjoyable evening to end a pleasant day for early February. The temperature was in the 50s, I believe. Tomorrow the temperature is supposed to be in the high 50s.

So have a nice weekend.

Stay safe and be well.