No, TP has not (yet) put his Trump-Putin, Eastern Ukranian-Estonian-Balonian reverse bankruptcy takeover plan on the table–or much of anything else that might be called a “plan.” There are plenty of abstract generalities & assertions of pie in the sky, but the plans themselves, if there are any, are kept under wraps, presumably for good reason.
As practice for the blind trust he’ll put his kids in charge of after he’s elected, we hear he’s putting Trump Steaks, Miss Universe & Trump University together in a new entity to be called Trump Universe of Miss Steaks University, Inc. (TUMSUi). Headquartered in the Trump-owned Bone Inn, site of the annual Miss Gristle Pageant, TUMSUi is already being sued by various “losers” disgruntled over the company’s bait-&-switch policy. “We thought we were getting lobsters, but got bait instead.”
Some evangelicals, meanwhile, are still having conniptions over their presumptive nominee’s “New York values.” Despite throwing them a bone or two in Pense & Platform, the supreme leader has been acting friendlier to the LGBTQ community than to Muslims, Mexicans, & Nato, an attitude seemingly at odds with both Pense & the Platform. He’s said that trans-gender guests at his Defunc’t Casino can use whatever bathrooms they want, all of which are now equipped with T-P monogrammed T P, which some think a harbinger of the Trump-Putin partnership being rolled out behind the scenes.
Apparently Trump’s campaign manager has worked (&/or is still working) for the Russian-supported ex-Ukranian president who fled back to Russia when his lavish lifestyle & iffy deals became public, with ties to Putin & the Russian-supported Eastern Ukranian separatists (who want to separate only long enough to be annexed to Mother Russia). “Remember the Alamo,” said Putin, on horseback. “Crimea River,” said Trump. “No, think bigger. Crimea Peninsula.”
On reflection, not even the peninsula, river & rest of the Ukraine was big enough for the likes of either half of the T-P partnership. Putin insisted that deep down, anyplace where Russian was spoken, heard, &/or listened to over Radio Free Siberia was rightfully his, or Russia’s, whichever came first (a joke, since they were one & the same). Chechens in exile immediately asked about places like Chechnya where Russian was not spoken.
“You must be crazy,” mocked Putin, “or deaf, because there are huge numbers of Russian speakers there, mostly armed & in uniform.” Of course the situation was worse in places like Estonia where Russian speakers had no armed forces to protect them from cultural oppression by Estonian nationalists, under the guise of protecting their own country. .
Trump himself has bigger fish to fry, & real estate to deal. Some say he’s already looking beyond not just the election, but his consolidation of American power. “It’s big country, but let’s face it, it’s not as huge as…the galaxy, or even the whole universe.”
Those who suspect a mild case of megalomania may take comfort in the fact that he remains keenly aware of the scope of that challenge. “I alone can fix it,” may work for the problems of a single country, even a super-power like the U.S. of A., but not the universe at large. That will require others pitching in, notably including the marines.
And that’s where we hear he’s taking some flack from Evangelicas over his support for a Mornangelical plan to make SEMPER BI the new Marine Corps motto. As distinct from their evening brethren, the Mornangelicals were Moron-Angelicals who shortened their name to join Reagan’s Morning in America Revolution. “Feel the heartburn.”
Trump reportedly said he’d deny supporting the motto change if the story got out before the election, at which he immediately let the story out by tweet. Did that mean he would or would not support Semper Bi, reporters asked. “Yes. I will or won’t, whichever is most appropriate,” he answered, apparently in a more responsive mood than usual.
Some believe this reflects his deal-making style–leaving things ambiguous, with enough wiggle room to turn completely around, and inside out if necessary, based on future convenience & personal advantages not yet clear. The only thing better than wiggle room is: a) making others squirm; b) bankruptcy; c) casino chits; d) doubling down; eczema.
One thing that is clear, however, is that this is the first American election in which the same person wrote the best speech for both major-party conventions–Michelle Obama. I guess it’s like the old saw, often repeated, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” And stealing is the fastest way to get what you don’t have, when what you don’t have is something to say for yourself in your own words.
And while it’s surprising they’d want to flatter Mrs. Obama, whose hand in Mrs. Trump 3rd’s speech they first denied as a ridiculous charge (until the denial was obviously far more so when the two were examined side by side), you’ve got to admit she’s a wonderful role model–though not for plagiarism. With such large chunks involved, It’s less understandable how no one caught it in house, or considered it wrong. Or thought no one else would notice.
Plagiarism, submitting someone else’s words as your own, used to be frowned on, except by poor students facing threatening deadlines, risking a failing grade in the course to avoid an F on the poor &/or missing paper. Then came Wikipedia, the creative commons, & a generous view of the “public domain,” which, as Trump followers have long noted, can be a conveniently free source of private value.
“What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours, his & hers is mine too.” Although offered as a “sure-fire formula for financial success” at prestigious institutions like Trump U., this may not have the ring of an “e pluribus unum” as a guiding principle for the nation or its titular head as a w hole. For that, the new coinage will carry mottos for both heads & tails: “I assert, so you can believe it. ” & “In the Donald, we trust.” Believe it [& trust at your own risk]. –July 26, 2016
PS This was written before various DNC speakers said the same thing last night, including the vice-presidential nominee. Others said they trusted the country not to be conned, while both doing & encouraging the work necessary to help make sure. It’s not something to talk for granted. More or less good people–& even countries–sometimes do stupid things. –July 28