The interruption to his “final negotiations” does give him the escape door he has long wanted. Not in reality, but in the reality tv show he is running in its place. The challenge you have taken up is to keep a gap between the two as he tries to close it. Thank you for keeping your foot firmly in that crack between door and frame.
As quoted in a 1990 profile of Trump in Vanity Fair magazine, Trump’s lawyer at the time said “Donald is a believer in the big-lie theory. If you say something again and again, people will believe you."
In the same 1990 article, a colleague confirmed he gave Trump a book of Hitler’s speeches because he believed Trump would appreciate it. According to first wife Ivana, Trump kept this book by his bedside.
So here we are. The Big Lie lives on, now bolstered by a global, billionaire-funded right wing propaganda network and its allies.
Belief in truth based on evidence and the human capacity to reason guided our nation’s Enlightenment era founders as they designed our Constitutional Republic.
Trump instead relies on deceit and delusion. Applied to the exercise of great power, the Big Lie theory ensures eventual failure unless derailed by an effective opposition or luck.
Mary and family help keep us tethered to reality on daily basis - an extraordinary gift.
As usual, beautifully expressed-- Why does the truth these days so often induce melancholy...
The name "Trump" needs to become a synonym for "vulgarity" and enshrined in the Oxford English Dictionary. If I had his name I'd ask a court to legally change it--to anything more palatable...
What's always and eternally true about Trump and his works is that he is merely the lowest common denominator--the common hallucinatory holograph of a population that has so grievously lost its way that it may be time for another great flood...
What's--finally--so hard is keeping any actual perspective while trying to remain upright in the 24/7 shit-storm of delusions and lies.
What's needed is what you and other's supply--a kind of daily gyroscope--to keep all us shipwrecked citizens headed toward a safe harbor.
“Paris got an iron lattice monument to engineering, radio, and modernity. Washington, in Trump’s imagination, may get a permanent fight cage on the South Lawn. Proof positive that money cannot buy taste.”
Gauche would fit, which is ironic given his political bent in the other direction…
The interruption to his “final negotiations” does give him the escape door he has long wanted. Not in reality, but in the reality tv show he is running in its place. The challenge you have taken up is to keep a gap between the two as he tries to close it. Thank you for keeping your foot firmly in that crack between door and frame.
Wonderful column. Love the assessment of the time he spends on things big and small.
As quoted in a 1990 profile of Trump in Vanity Fair magazine, Trump’s lawyer at the time said “Donald is a believer in the big-lie theory. If you say something again and again, people will believe you."
In the same 1990 article, a colleague confirmed he gave Trump a book of Hitler’s speeches because he believed Trump would appreciate it. According to first wife Ivana, Trump kept this book by his bedside.
So here we are. The Big Lie lives on, now bolstered by a global, billionaire-funded right wing propaganda network and its allies.
Belief in truth based on evidence and the human capacity to reason guided our nation’s Enlightenment era founders as they designed our Constitutional Republic.
Trump instead relies on deceit and delusion. Applied to the exercise of great power, the Big Lie theory ensures eventual failure unless derailed by an effective opposition or luck.
Mary and family help keep us tethered to reality on daily basis - an extraordinary gift.
As usual, beautifully expressed-- Why does the truth these days so often induce melancholy...
The name "Trump" needs to become a synonym for "vulgarity" and enshrined in the Oxford English Dictionary. If I had his name I'd ask a court to legally change it--to anything more palatable...
What's always and eternally true about Trump and his works is that he is merely the lowest common denominator--the common hallucinatory holograph of a population that has so grievously lost its way that it may be time for another great flood...
What's--finally--so hard is keeping any actual perspective while trying to remain upright in the 24/7 shit-storm of delusions and lies.
What's needed is what you and other's supply--a kind of daily gyroscope--to keep all us shipwrecked citizens headed toward a safe harbor.
Thank-you very much!
Regarding the birthday cage fight, Trump will definitely get “a taste”!
Thanks, Mary
Great last words..."Proof positive that money cannot buy taste." Truth!
“Paris got an iron lattice monument to engineering, radio, and modernity. Washington, in Trump’s imagination, may get a permanent fight cage on the South Lawn. Proof positive that money cannot buy taste.”
Gauche would fit, which is ironic given his political bent in the other direction…