Bill began the week's No Spin News by telling viewers that if anything at all went wrong with the eclipse today – cloud cover, for example – it was surely the fault of President Trump.  Just ask the Antifa loons. 

More seriously, Bill quoted a disturbing magazine piece written by a supposedly respectable academic named Reuben Brigety, billed as a foreign policy specialist at George Washington University.  "President Trump is America's first Nazi-supporting president," Brigety wrote, "and he is the Nazi-in-chief … the elected government of the day is now led by a Nazi and white nationalist sympathizer." 

"If I had a son or daughter at George Washington University," Bill reacted, "I would pull them out.  This is grossly irresponsible and Reuben Brigety doesn't know what he's talking about."  Bill continued with this analysis of President Trump's recent comments:  "The mistake the president made is a mistake that was also made by Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower.  He doesn't understand the true nature of the Nazi evil and how it emotionally impacted millions of people.  When you're talking about Nazi evil, it stands alone as the most monstrous thing that ever happened on this planet.  When President Trump made his comments about Charlottesville, he didn't have that mindset.  He wasn't trying to sympathize with the white supremacists, he was trying to add more perspective, but you can't do that.  His 'very fine people on both sides' comment was about the Robert E. Lee statue coming down, but that got lost because so many people hate Donald Trump."

For more perspective on the situation, Bill welcomed syndicated radio talk show host Michael Medved, whose Jewish mother and grandparents fled from Germany in 1934.  "When anyone is flying Nazi flags," Medved said, "and there were Nazi flags on display in Charlottesville that Friday night, any 'fine person' doesn't stick around, no matter how much you care about a Robert E. Lee statue.  You should have nothing to do with people who are dressed in Klan hoods or are flying Nazi flags." 

Medved also criticized President Trump for his chaotic news conference at Trump Tower last Tuesday.  "On Monday the president had read a fine statement about the evil of racism and he should have just said he stood by that statement.  His inability to do that is a real problem.  The core of what President Trump doesn't understand is the actual nature of the Confederacy, which was not formed because of states' rights.  They seceded because of slavery.  The vice president of the Confederacy said the new government was formed on the notion that 'the Negro is not equal to the white man,' so it's very tough to make the case that this is a memory that ought to be honored.  It's really questionable to display the Confederate flag proudly, unless it's in a museum." 

Before leaving, Medved excoriated the aforementioned Reuben Brigety of George Washington University:  "What he is saying trivializes Nazism.  When he says Trump is a Nazi, he is trivializing real evil."  Bill agreed, saying, "To brand Trump a racist or a Nazi is a lie and unfair." 

Bill turned to President Trump's imminent announcement of a mini-surge in Afghanistan:  "He'll move in another 5,000 or so troops.  He has also loosened the rules imposed by Obama so that the US military will be allowed to attack the Taliban, not just fire back when fired upon.  He'll also warn Pakistan that if they continue to harbor terrorists, we'll cut off funding or throw Pakistan out of some treaties." 

Bill then delivered a personal tribute to Jerry Lewis, who died Sunday at 91:  "He and I were friends, and he wrote me a beautiful letter in 2006 about reading 'Culture Warrior.'  Jerry Lewis was supremely gifted, he loved his country, and he raised all that money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  He had an unbelievable life.  R.I.P. Jerry, you're a patriot and a good man." 

Premium Members sounded off with their questions and comments.  When PM accused President Obama of dividing the country along racial lines, Bill didn't fully concur.  "He did believe the USA is essentially an unjust country for minorities and the poor," Bill asserted, "and he did make one big mistake by inviting Black Lives Matter to the White House.  But his general philosophy was income redistribution, not lighting fuses of hatred."  Bill agreed with another Premium Member who urged Congress to investigate radical left-wing extortionist groups like Color of Change and Media Matters.

Finally, Bill advised viewers that he'll be doing the No Spin News via audio the remainder of this week while on vacation.  The final weeks of August are usually time to rest, but Bill said "there's too much stuff going on" to go completely dark.  So tune in tomorrow for another edition of the No Spin News.