The Madness of King Donald:The British ambassador to the United States has resigned in the midst of a dustup over a leaked memo in which he called the Trump Administration “clumsy” and “inept.”

  Kim Darroch said in a letter that that even though his posting was due to end this year, he believed “in the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador.” 

  The “current circumstance” is that President Trump is in a rage over Darroch’s diplomatic cable evaluating his administration. He tweeted that, “The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy,” Trump tweeted. 

  Then Trump admitted he doesn’t even know the guy. “I don’t know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool,” Trump added. “Tell him the USA now has the best Economy & Military anywhere in the World, by far… ….and they are both only getting bigger, better and stronger…..Thank you, Mr. President!”

 Speaking of pompous fools ….

The Scandal Sheets: Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is facing calls for his resignation because of the sweetheart deal he gave to accused sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein more than 10 years ago. When he was US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Acosta approved a deal in which Epstein, now 66, was allowed to plead to prostitution charges rather than being prosecuted as a serial sex criminal who bedded underage girls.

  Acosta says the 13 months Epstein served in prison with daytime release was the toughest deal he could get at the time. He tweeted, “With the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that Epstein go to jail, register as a sex offender and put the world on notice that he was a sexual predator.”

  What he didn’t say was that the deal was kept secret from Epstein’s victims. Attempting to save himself, yesterday Acosta wrote, “The crimes committed by Epstein are horrific, and I am pleased that NY prosecutors are moving forward with a case based on new evidence.”

The Gathering Crowd: Billionaire Tom Steyer, best known for spending millions of dollars on television ads calling for President Trump’s impeachment, jumped into the Democratic fighting pit for President.

  Lose a candidate one day, gain one the next

The News Roundup:A federal judge has blocked the Justice Department from switching out its legal team pursuing the citizenship question on the 2020 census. — President Trump, who uses his Twitter account as a weapon of insult, can’t block followers who mock or disagree with him, a federal court has ruled. Because Trump uses twitter as an instrument of policy, the President has to take what he gives, the court said. — Border crossings from Mexico dropped 28 percent in June. Immigration officials attribute it to tougher measures by Mexico, but crossings always drop in the hot months as well.

The Obit Page:Ross Perot, the not-tall Texan who made a fortune in computer services, funded daring para-military operations, and ran for President twice, has died at age 89.

  The man who started as a Naval officer out of Annapolis became so rich he could say or do whatever he wanted, and he did.

  In 1969 he attempted to fly medicine and food to American prisoners of war in North Vietnam.In 1979 he staged a civiliancommando raid he claimed freed two of his employees as well as thousands of criminal and political prisoners from captivity in revolutionary Iran.

  Perot was short, blunt and apolitical. He’d say, “If you see a snake, just kill it. Don’t appoint a committee on snakes.” In 1992 he won 19 percent of the popular vote, very possibly costing President George HW Bush a second term. He said, “Failures are like skinned knees: painful but superficial” — Character actor Rip Torn, whose last great role was on the cable comedy “The Larry Sanders Show,” has died at age 88. His 70-year career spanned roles as dark and threatening characters to the comically absurd in his later years.

If You Can Make it There: New York City is preparing this morning to throw a tickertape parade for the World Cup winning US women’s soccer team. Wall Street doesn’t use tickertape anymore so it’s going to be shredded paper. 

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