So rest assured, even if his politics might lead him to think that as the King of Israel (undeclared, but in the hearts of many, people are saying) he really has every right to at least make an offer on Greenland, it is totally not at all batshit that he has suggested that maybe to stop hurricanes, we should just fire a nuke into the eye of the thing, and that'll teach it!
I guess the best part of the story, for me, is that he didn't just suggest it one time, but brought it up more than once. Like, at first, people were taken aback a little (at his sheer brilliance, no doubt!) and tried to break it to him that they had their top men look into this, and it was not feasible. But then he brought it up again and again. As if, well maybe it wouldn't it work, but wouldn't it be cool to try it though?
The second best part of the story, of course, is some anonymous soul explaining to an inquiry, basically: "Yes, but stopping hurricanes would be good, so his heart was in the right place." Right. His heart is in the right place, but his brain happens to be made of tapioca pudding. Reassuring!
What is disturbing beyond the sheer incomprehension Trump has of even the most basic facts and apparent inability to absorb new information (absolutely essential qualities one might want in a world leader) is that he is surrounded by people willing to just....roll with that. They see this kind of thing every day, and there is not a full-on rush out the White House door to scream "holy shit the Emperor is nekkid!" at anyone who will listen. And don't tell me this is proof he isn't that dumb. It's proof that there are people surrounding Trump who are just that grotesquely toadying and ambitious, convinced he's their vehicle.
These people are bad. They should feel bad, but won't, and their lives should be bad, and won't nearly be half as bad as they ought to be.
No comments:
Post a Comment