Swamp Things: One president exits and the other refuses to leave the stage. Memorials have begun for President George HW Bush while President Trump makes himself unforgettable.

President Trump was busy on Twitter yesterday attacking the Special Counsel and his new prime witness, former Trump fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen.

While denouncing Cohen, Trump praised former associate Roger Stone, who has said he’ll never testify against the President. “This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about ‘President Trump.’ Nice to know that some people still have ‘guts!’.

That’s the President of the United States admiring a man for refusing to cooperate with a criminal investigation. It borders on witness tampering.

But he’s all in against the investigators. “Bob Mueller (who is a much different man than people think) and his out of control band of Angry Democrats, don’t want the truth, they only want lies. The truth is very bad for their mission!”

That tees up Michael Cohen, who used to have an office in Trump Tower and said he’d “take a bullet” for the president. “Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time,” the President tweetwhined. “You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term?”

Trump said, “He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.”

Let’s all keep that principle in mind.

41: The body of President George HW Bush arrived at the Capitol yesterday under military escort and to the booming of an artillery salute. His son, George W, the 43^rdPresident, stood with his hand over his heart restraining his emotions.

President Trump, who’s got bad blood with the Bush family, is keeping a low profile. He wasn’t there for the Capitol ceremony. He will attend the funeral service Wednesday at the National Cathedral, but will not be one of the speakers.

The body will lie in state until later tomorrow.

President Bush will be eulogized by his oldest son, George W, his friends,former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson. Also speaking will be Pulitzer-winning historian Jon Meacham, who wrote the biography of the 41st president.

The Fiction Section: The White House admitted yesterday that the details of a trade war détente with China advertised by the President do not exist. Trump had claimed China will lift a 40 percent tariff on American-made cars. Larry Kudlow, the President’s chief economic adviser, said yesterday, “We don’t have a specific agreement on that.”

Cheesehead Politics: After losing the legislative majority for the first time in 10 years, as well as the governor’s office, Wisconsin Republicans are making a last-ditch effort to limit the power of incoming Democrat Tony Evers.

Republican leaders called legislators back to the capital this week to consider a sweeping plan that would restrict the power of the new governor to oversee how public benefits programs are run and limit his authority to set rules for carrying out state laws.

They are also looking at limits on early voting and changing the timing of the 2020 Wisconsin presidential primary.

It’s not the only time this has happened. Michigan Republicans are also attempting to limit the power of newly-elected Democrats. A similar effort by North Carolina Republicans in 2016 is still being fought in court.

Fuel Economy: After weeks of demonstrations and riots, the French government has decided to suspend its proposed fuel tax. To fight climate change, the government had proposed an array of carbon taxes designed to push people into electric cars. The potential expense caused thousands of French citizens to go wild in the streets.

News from the Hemline:Employees are in revolt at Britain’sTed Baker women’s fashion chain where the women say they’ve had enough hugs.

Thousands of employees have signed a petition demanding an end to the practice of “forced hugging,” and for the company’s CEO Ray Kelvin to keep his hands to himself.

One petitioner writes, “I’ve seen the CEO ask young female members of staff to sit on his knee, cuddle him, or let him massage their ears. I went to HR with a complaint and was told ‘that’s just what Ray’s like’”.

A company statement says, “Ray greets many people he meets with a hug, be it a shareholder, investor, supplier, partner, customer or colleague.”

Political Corrections: The Princeton Tigertones have stopped performing the song Disney song “Kiss the Girl” from “The Little Mermaid” because they decided their routine violates the concept of romantic consent.

The singers used to call a woman up to the stage to dance, and then ask a man to dance with her. On the last line of the song the chorus urges the man to “Go on and kiss the girl!”

The Tigertones decision was in part a response to a letter written by a student to The Daily Princetonian. It said, the song was “more misogynistic and dismissive of consent than cute” and that “by performing the song multiple times each semester, the Tigertones elevate it to an offensive and violating ritual.”

The song is less threatening when it’s sung by a lobster.

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