You have to hand it to Donald Trump for having the innate
ability to be funny. He is without doubt the best President ever for anyone in
the media, particularly those in the business of satire. Comedians have been
given enough material to last a lifetime. He is like one of those magic pens
that writes the script as he goes along. One event from the Trump White House
produces fresh material for every comedian in America and beyond.
You have to remember; this is the man who won an election on
the premise that he was going to stop the world from laughing at the USA. He
told the ordinary American that he was going to ‘drain the swamp’ and that he
would stop the world from trying to take advantage of America. The world that
was laughing at America would stop laughing once he came to power.
The American voters loved it. Unfortunately, they forgot
that there are certain things in life which should not be said out loud, unless
you need to cover for something. I think of men who talk about their size as an
example. Do you really need to tell anyone how well you’re built down there?
Or, I think of restaurants that call themselves “delicious.” Why do you have to
use such descriptions – unless ………
Somehow, the American voter in 2016 failed to understand
that concept of not having to say something unless you were compensating. Here
was a man who had to call himself a “stable genius” (with no record to show he
was) and “very rich” (while at the same time refusing to release his tax
returns). So, what made the voters think that he would stop the world laughing
when he announced that he would?
Trump is funny and he doesn’t realise it, which is a shame.
The most prominent instance could be found at the latest NATO Summit in the
United Kingdom when a group of world leaders (The British and Canadian Prime
Ministers, the French President and what appears to be the Princes Royal) were
huddled in a group making fun of the Donald. The Canadian Prime Minister was
particularly audible in his comments of Donald Trump holding a “40-minute”
press conference. The clip can be seen at:
As predicted, a being with the fabulous ability to come up
with nicknames for other people (think of “Crooked Hillary” and “Shifty Shiff”
as prominent examples) couldn’t handle it when he was on the receiving end, and
fled back to Washington DC, but not before taking the time out to call Canada’s
Prime Minister, “Two-Faced,:” at a press meeting.
One would expect the leader of the most powerful nation on
earth, or “the most powerful man in the world,” to be above most things. It’s
like this – who cares what people say about you when entire countries come knocking
at your door.
Unfortunately, Americans don’t quite understand that they
are the strongest nation on the planet. While other countries, particularly
China, India and Russia have grown in power and stature, America remains by far
and away the leading economic and military power (US military spending is greater
than the next 26 nations, of which 25 are allies).
So, how did America get so blind to this and voted for a man
who talks so much about projecting strength that they couldn’t see the obvious
weakness in the man. When the world’s most powerful military runs out of Syria,
which has people armed with pea-shooters to send their troops to the Mexican
border to fight an invasion of poor and unarmed people, you know something is
wrong.
America is a great nation, and in many ways, the greatest in
history. It’s achieved this strength by basing its national foundation on
individual liberty and happiness. America succeeds because it allows people
from all over the world to come into America to succeed. A strong Germany and
Japan did not subtract from America but added to it and the same will be true
of a strong China and India.
It’s such a shame that America chose to be elected by a man so
weak that he’s doing everything to trash the things that make America so great.
This is actually quite sad but at least the comedians have helped us laugh out
what should be an obvious tragedy.
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