The 12 Days of Trumpmas: A Trumpmas Carol
'Tis The Season To Be Worried
In slightly less than twelve months, the United States will hold a general/presidential election. The last general election (for what its worth) occurred 36 months ago and ousted Donald J. Trump as president, a human form that I derisively refer to as Agent Orange. I am guessing that most reading this column are old enough to know that Agent Orange was, and is, a carcinogenic herbicide. A cancerous poison deployed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War that is to this very day one of the greatest war crimes in the history of the world, and affected my family. It poisoned and killed generations of people, including U.S military personnel, and its effects continue. I will leave it to you to stretch the not-so-subtly implied metaphor should you choose to live on the edge.
Not only is the holiday season upon us (or y’all), so are the twelve days of Trumpmas. In the general election held 36 months ago, Joseph Biden was elected President of the United States after a trinity of attempts at the coveted office. Perhaps it was a consolation prize, so to speak. Joe Biden was elected for one reason and one reason only and that was: he was not Agent Orange.
A Eurocentric United States did not really have a problem with Agent Orange and what he stood for or represented, which was/is, basically, white supremacy and greed both global and domestic. The problem was with the optics his persona showcased. It was not what he said or did that was the problem, it was how he said it and how he did it that was problematic. He is still as perilous as ever in that sense, so whether or not he is elected president again in 2024 and occupy the "White" House is moot because he will return. Maybe he never left (Ghost of Trumpmas Past).
Like turds clumped in a litter-box, Trump left clones subsequent to his physical ouster from office. Clones that occupy every level of both government and society at large. These clones, or Trump Clumps, have names like Matt Gaetz, Tom Cotton, Ron DeSantis, John Durham, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Mike Lindell, Kyle Rittenhouse, Gregory and Travis McMichael, good ole generic Billy Bob plus a plethora of others. However, his most dangerous clones were left on the United States Supreme Court, which has already overturned multiple laws.
What next, dare I say? Perhaps a reversal of the Brown decision or the exhumation of Dred Scott. Perhaps a return to me having to go to the back door of the Taco Bell to order the crap, were I so gastronomically foolish. Perhaps a return to women not being able to vote or my melanin-infected children having to be in the house by sundown. Given all of my children are Black Women in the United States that would mean they catch hell thrice; yet another trinity, of sorts.
There has not been a solitary day, since Trump's physical departure from the "White" House, that his name has not dominated the news. I often find myself astounded at the media's, as well as the opposing political party's, obsession with him. It appears as though they are either willfully ignorant or too stupid to know that this constant acknowledgement not only amplifies him, it also validates him, gives him power and orgasms while simultaneously sabotaging their respective rhetorical agendas. An unholy alliance?
If one reads the news, watches the news, or listens to the news Agent Orange may as well still be in office; sure seems like it on many fronts. This is indicative of either complicity, conspiracy or abject stupidity and all three are possible, running concurrently for profit. There's that damned trinity again.
He is still in office (Ghost of Trumpmas Present). Like it or not, Trump is now a king-maker that rules the republican party with a political iron fist. He is both bully and coward (and the two typically go together), which renders him particularly dangerous; especially behind the scenes. Agent Orange, through his fund-raising/grifting operation, has raised millions upon millions of dollars in his third run for the presidency (accursed trinity again).
Whether he “wins” or doesn't, he can use that money to virtually do what he pleases. There is talk of a Donald Trump Network (DTN) and there already exists a Trump social media platform that could, potentially, be more ominous than having Agent Orange himself in office. No republican will dare fail to kiss his ring or his ass, for he makes the king. Ergo, indictments be damned. It is far more rewarding, effective and exciting to be the king-maker, than trying to put yourself on the throne all the time. Given that Agent Orange is an idiot-savant, he may or may not be savvy enough to forego his ego enough to realize this potent political reality.
The only one more powerful than the king is he who makes him. Kind of like the father, the son and the holy spirit; the ultimate trinity if you are inclined to such mythology. Agent Orange will be in office (Ghost of Trumpmas Yet to Come) one way, or another. In Dickens' tale, A Christmas Carol, it is my opinion that it was the Ghost of Yet to Come that creeped-out old Ebenezer the most.
Trump "wrote" a bestselling book called The Art of the Deal of which many are familiar as his literary flagship. But, few recognize the other "Art" book he allegedly authored and that is called "The Art of the Comeback". Trump was here, Trump is here (as he never left), Trump is coming; and he'll not be sending a turkey to the Cratchit home. God bless us, everyone!
On the First day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
A tale of white supremacy.
On the Second day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Third day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Fourth day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Fifth day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Sixth day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Seventh day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
One Tucker Carlson,
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Eighth day of Trumpmas The U.S. brought to me
Backwards supreme court,
One Tucker Carlson,
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Ninth day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Civil war pending,
Backwards supreme court,
One Tucker Carlson,
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Tenth day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Voting rights toppled,
Civil war pending,
Backwards supreme court,
One Tucker Carlson,
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Eleventh day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Worldwide pandemic,
Voting rights toppled,
Civil war pending,
Backwards supreme court,
One Tucker Carlson,
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMIchael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
On the Twelfth day of Trumpmas the U.S. brought to me
Declining nation,
Worldwide pandemic,
Voting rights toppled,
Civil war pending
Backwards supreme court,
One Tucker Carlson,
An insurrection,
Lynched Ahmaud Arbery,
Travis McMichael,
Kyle Rittenhouse,
More police killings,
and a tale of white supremacy.
Fahgettaboudit!
"The problem was with the optics his persona showcased."
^^nailed it
White supremacy and greed are basic American values, but they aren't supposed to show. That's what the Democrats are for. They give us a way to pretend we can vote against white supremacy and greed.
What good are voting rights when your demockeracy gives you a "choice" between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Obummer and McCain? Bush and Gore? Wilson and Roosevelt? Jefferson and Hamilton? The Republicans pee on my head and call it Trickle-Down Economics. The Democrats wave their BLM and Pride flags and promise me a dab of vaseline they never seem to have handy at the right moment. I have one political option left, and that's making fun of their bullshit.
Got a problem with the Supremacy Court, do you?
Another fine article, thanks.
"I often find myself astounded at the media's, as well as the opposing political party's, obsession with him [Trump}."
Mr. Kenyatta, I'd like to offer a potential explanation for what you call obsession.
Simply put, both aggression and sex are controlled by neurons in the hypothalamic region of the brain. Depending on childhood conditioning, some people experience aggression and sexual arousal as the same impulse – release through aggression. Put another way, for some people, aggression/violence is a form of masturbation (or relief).
Look closely; the expressions on the faces of a lot of people involved in the jan-6 insurrection suggested arousal (rather than anger, rage or purpose). You see the same expression on the faces of people at Trump’s rallies – and when these people are interviewed, its like trying to talk to someone close to orgasm – (too pre-occupied to think).
I happen to think that is what happened to the professional media. Just like MAGA voters, the media is getting off, on Trump (releasing pent up frustration and aggression). Why is the professional media so frustrated – and angry? I think social media is the reason.
Social media was still coming of age during the Obama presidency. Trump is the first president in the full-blown social media age. By the time Trump rode that escalator, the traditional media was hugely outnumbered by social media’s wanna be reporters and op-ed writers.
Social media is inexhaustible and never stops shoving Trump in our faces. While social media is unaccountable, reporters are accountable for every word they write and say. Harder still, on social media, people like you and me, and your readers, hold ourselves and each other accountable.
No matter how hard I try, I cannot go one day without Trump popping up somewhere. I am so frustrated and angry, I’m ready to say fuck it, lock and load, stand my ground and enjoy some relief. I have not done that, because I know that the only reason I can even consider it is because I live in the country.
Anyways that’s where my mind took me while reading your article.
PS. Good morning