A White House event for mothers and working women dissolved into compliments, campaign riffs, culture-war sludge, and the usual gravitational pull of Trump’s ego.
I read fast but I don't think you mentioned 'the little woman' ... was Melania there? It was a night for women, right? I doubt she cares a hoot about any other woman but an icy smile directed at the gathering would have been appropriate.
I can't imagine where you get the time and energy to turn out such a constant stream of passionate, articulate essays--but I'm glad you do. For various reasons--political, emotional, age-and-health related--and, of course, to maintain my sanity during the reign of Donald the Pitiful, I look forward to reading your latest posts.
...But as I try to survive each day of this inflated wind-bag's rule, I increasingly ask myself the same question: ...Granted--Trump is the world's richest target environment; every time he opens his mouth or appears on camera he creates material for a hundred Substack posts.. BUT-all that aside, I WANT TO KNOW--Who are the MILLIONS of people who show up, clapping and cheering, swooning and buying cheap MAGA merch--at all his appearances, both on the road and in the Oval Office?
...I agree with you--Trump is the epitome of a vulgar, petty, self-involved, sadistic asshole--BUT, again, I ask: Who ARE all these people--lapping up every cubic inch of bullshit he churns out?
I read fast but I don't think you mentioned 'the little woman' ... was Melania there? It was a night for women, right? I doubt she cares a hoot about any other woman but an icy smile directed at the gathering would have been appropriate.
She was there but I didn’t catch what if anything she said
I’ll bet there were more, if not all, MAGA women in attendance.
I can't imagine where you get the time and energy to turn out such a constant stream of passionate, articulate essays--but I'm glad you do. For various reasons--political, emotional, age-and-health related--and, of course, to maintain my sanity during the reign of Donald the Pitiful, I look forward to reading your latest posts.
...But as I try to survive each day of this inflated wind-bag's rule, I increasingly ask myself the same question: ...Granted--Trump is the world's richest target environment; every time he opens his mouth or appears on camera he creates material for a hundred Substack posts.. BUT-all that aside, I WANT TO KNOW--Who are the MILLIONS of people who show up, clapping and cheering, swooning and buying cheap MAGA merch--at all his appearances, both on the road and in the Oval Office?
...I agree with you--Trump is the epitome of a vulgar, petty, self-involved, sadistic asshole--BUT, again, I ask: Who ARE all these people--lapping up every cubic inch of bullshit he churns out?
I just love that last paragraph; it's all well done!
Reading through this whole thing, my mind is intoning "adjudicated rapist, probable paedophile".