“Caesar Disgustus
has become a persona non grata; a stench in the forum; a pole-cat at
a barn dance.”
----from
“The Quotations of Chairman Joe”
That was the judgment of Ashley Parker, writing recently in The Washington Post.
“Less than two years into his
first term, Trump has often come to occupy the role of pariah—both
unwelcome and unwilling to perform the basic rituals and ceremonies
of the presidency, from public displays of mourning to cultural
ceremonies” (1)
Not only has he
been dis-invited to the funerals of former First Lady Barbara Bush,
and now Senator John McCain, but he was pointedly struck from the
attendance list at Royal wedding. Indeed when he did visit earlier
in the year the trip was downgraded from a 'State' to a 'Working'
meeting and even then he managed to make an ass of himself. No,
Disgustus cannot be invited into polite company.
Moreover, he has
shunned throwing out balls on opening day, a once revered
presidential ritual. He has been a no-show at the Kennedy center
celebrations, for he cannot abide anyone celebrating anything that is
not orange. He has faced continued rebuffs from athletes, forcing
cancellations of White House celebrations of national championships.
He has failed to go to one single 'war' zone and meet the troops. He
has failed to celebrate or commemorate anything or anyone that is not
named Donald J. Trump. He is scum, momentarily triumphant.
The truth is that
where once he may have been—even grudgingly—welcome, nearly half
the country now wants him gone. For Disgustus to move, as any
previous president has moved, would now most certainly invite
catcalls and rage.
He is alone now,
holed up with his cheeseburger and his anger and, as his stomach
roils and his mind rages, he finds himself increasingly isolated.
Nowhere was this more evident than his 'tweetstorms' as the birdbrain
took to tweeting, alone in his limousine and on his golf course, as
the nation mourned the passing of a statesman. While the nation
turned its grieving soul to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the occupant
was nowhere to be found.
“We’re talking about a president who can’t even go and participate in a ritual where presidents are usually welcomed, and that is one of the consequences of his having defined the presidency in a sectarian way(,)” notes presidential historian Tim Naftali,
Disgustus not only, as Hillary pointed
out in the debates, does not have the temperament to be president, he
also has no understanding of what the office entails. He lacks the
basic countenance for the office—both the aura and the aroma for
the office. Not only does his boorishness offend, but also the stench
that telegraphs his every move. He is a repulsive national
embarrassment. No one, it is clear, welcomes this pole cat to their
barn dance.
And, as he tears away at the fabric of
the presidency....
“Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh”
Impeach and Imprison.
____________
- Parker, Ashley.
“President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-non-grata-trump-often-unwelcome-and-unwilling-to-perform-basic-rituals-of-the-office/2018/08/28
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