Ah, the presidential bill signing. It's a mainstay of the president's constitutional duties. The final hurdle in the "I'm Just a Bill" process (I believe that is the official name) that makes a law. It's also an A+ photo opp, where the president gets to sit at a big desk and sign his name to a piece of paper with like a dozen different pens, while a bunch of legislators stand behind him. It's a definite perk of the job, the only downside is that it requires actually, well, passing legislation. You know, the difficult work of governing. And wouldn't you know it, Donald Trump is not super interested in the difficult work of governing (or draining the swamp for that matter). I know. Shocking. But it turns out he is interested in the photo opps of governing. So he (or whoever is telling him what to do) set his best people to work not on passing major legislation, but on finding a way for him to get to do the cool pictures, anyway.

And they found one.

And it's really, really sad.

Donald Trump has taken to having "signing ceremonies" for memos. The New York Times breaks down Trump's ceremony FOR A MEMO announcing his "intention" of privatizing air traffic control:

At an East Room event that was choreographed like the elaborate ceremonies for enacting major legislation, Mr. Trump signed a memo and letter to Congress outlining his principles for overhauling the nation’s air traffic control system. He handed out pens to lawmakers who had been invited to attend, and reveled in several rounds of applause. But Mr. Trump’s announcement did not have any binding effect, and Democrats quickly denounced the proposal.

Look at these pictures. Look at what a buffoon we have in charge.

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sure, there's been actual legislation signed during his presidency, but it's all small stuff. Nothing big. Nothing eye-grabbing. Nothing begging for a ceremony. So, here we are. Memo signing. My only consolation is this is taking up valuable time he could be using to, you know, actually get terrifying things done. Instead he's playing "make pretend I'm the president." In a weird way, I guess that's comforting.

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