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Benjy Compson's avatar

On the question you raised, leave aside the heads scratcher lumping all U.S. “We” together with the the megalomanic POSPOTUS and his cult of willing henchmen and high class call girls - to The Village Idiwitt, “Why are ALL good men and women under The Capital dome NOT declaring in unison “FOR GOD’S SAKE. THIS GUY CANNOT REMAIN IN POWER”. But we the people live in one nation that nominated Selina Meyer vs Tony Soprano at the ballot box office…and the nature of a mob boss is what it wrought…Dont believe me, take a look at the picture taken right under the G.W. bridge of T and Johnny Sachs, I mean The Don and his fellow gangster Numero Un at the D.MZ. (Our President literally took a proverbial shitte on the graves of over 50,000 American souls that did not return from that hellscape Un’s family turned North Korea into…Forgive me Jesus, where’s a L.H.O. when we need him, unlike the coward Pope Francis, I still believe in the death penalty for mass murderers and would never shake hands with one, as even Christ would tell him “Go to Hell”).

Right now I can picture The Don King Trump staying up late at night Mar a Lago, making like the little Austrian turd watching the same movies over and over nefore bedtime at the Berghof, both being amazed how a little isles of white peoples could cast a net over the entire globe…and both being in their nature saying “I can do that”, because nobody in the inner circle of jerks like Secretary’s of War had the balls, the brains, or the moral compass to say “YOU CANNOT DO THAT” that would make U.S. all war criminals

We the Living in Kakistocracy Jay. Let me be frank. Donald J Trump should already be rotting in a six, by six, by six cement block with iron bars for a door and window cell (and not just for his making like Presidente Duterte and summarily executing “‘suspected’ drug smugglers”). Ashli Babbitt died for a big fing lie Americas Biggest Sore Loser Donald J Trump made up whole cloth…which is why the Joooozes (hat tip Jonah) that stabbed in the the back, I mean the real November criminals that rigged the 2020 elections have never been caught..for the 2,000 Mules (world premiere screened at …where else, The Dons penthouse) literally do NOT exist.

We the People are in critical condition and it is way past time making like Bach in a beautiful church and to make like The Clash. Western Civilisation is hanging by the skin of our teeth and Kenneth Clark greatest generation is rolling in its grave yelling we have seen this bad movie before. Gotta run on. Thanks for taking my rant Onward and Upward. GOD HELP U.S. Please Jesus, forgive me, and take him (unlike Comey, I ain’t joking, for it is no laughing matter a mob boss is in the Bada Bing, I mean Oval Office)…I mean Calgon take me away. Peace through superior mental firepower

Carol S.'s avatar

America becoming a predator nation is the natural consequence of having a president with an unremittingly selfish understanding of right and wrong, and with only sycophants around him. It's malignant narcissism as foreign policy.

However: the picture with the flowers and the mountain is very nice -- subtle colors, a mx of moods. and an air of secrecy.

Jay Nordlinger's avatar

Thank you, C.!

Donald Ashman's avatar

Donald Trump is unfit to lead such a fine Nation, and such a splendid people.

Those splendid people will somehow get America back on the rails.

However long that might take, or however difficult the task may appear, they will find a way.

The world has come along way since Reagan, Thatcher, and Mulroney, but the good guys are still in charge, and the castle walls are holding.

It will take character and integrity to face all that the USA has in front of her.

Debt obligations, unfunded liabilities, and the whisper of socialism in the air.

The “integrity and character gap” is the real deficit plaguing our respective Countries; whether or not that gap can be repaired may hold the key to the future.

North Korea is an evil, despicable, and vile torture state. Enough about that, for now.

Great essay, Jay.

Richard Finch's avatar

The American people are not splendid. They know what they did. They’re not who we thought they were.

Jay Nordlinger's avatar

Thank you so much.

Patrick Brennan's avatar

The current President of the United States is blatantly irrational: he assails South Korea for failing to join the war he started, while proclaiming his affection for the North Korea dictator who also did not join it. However(!) the real problem in the United States rests not in the chief executive, but in the millions of citizens who display their approval and support of a corrupt, racist, dishonest and selfish bully. The America Trump represents is the America that elected him. And(!) that, my friend, is not the America we remember.

Irwin and Cita Stelzer's avatar

Your 'pivots' are useful and always interesting.

Jay Nordlinger's avatar

I so appreciate that!

Victoria B's avatar

Trump's penchant for cruel people (and cruelty, etc.) makes me ill. He keeps coming up with things I haven't thought of, or maybe I'm just naive.

CynthiaW's avatar

"Then a women with a multicolored bag emerged."

Do we now use "a women" because "they" is a singular pronoun?

However, we must not begin sentences with coordinating conjunctions. We simply must not. There's a direct line from this to close friendship with Kim Jong Un.

Paul Britton's avatar

Jay, I wonder if you saw the good piece in the NY Times a couple days ago about Stefan Zweig and his former home in Salzburg, which is apparently now up for sale. Like you, I'm a fan. https://share.google/IS4u3BPnHrt4PBGe0

Jay Nordlinger's avatar

I had missed it! Thank you, Paul.