“Only from the Mind of Minolta”
-----from a television commercial ca 1980s
“Only from the mind of Revolta”, to paraphrase. Revolta meaning, of course, our very own Caesar Disgustus, the Orange Turd, our Shitting “President”; the pole cat at every barn dance, the greasy fart let loose in every congregation.
Of late there has emerged at least two podcasts attempting to plumb the vast emptiness that is the 'mind', if you can call it that, of our putative Caesar. One is “Shrinking Trump” hosted by two psychologists, the other is hosted by Michael Wolff, tRUMP chronicler and author of Fire and Fury one of the first to reveal the chaos that surrounds this man hopelessly out of his depth.
Attempting to assign the 'reasons' tRUMP is the way he is has become something of a cottage industry. Everyone from political analysts, to psychological professionals, to his niece and nephew have attempted to convey their understandings of the vast emotional and intellectual vacuum that is The Donald.
What emerges is a toddler now approaching his 80th year. This is evidenced by his emotional immaturity, getting his way by bullying and throwing temper tantrums, as well as his obvious mental retardation in that he evidences so little basic understanding.
Take his comments on the conflict in Gaza. Disgustus stated with a straight fact that “They (meaning Israel) gave them all this ocean front property and what did that get them?”. Disgustus has no understanding of the history of the region. Israel didn't 'give' Gaza to the Palestinians. Gaza was and is a spit of land not yet stolen from Palestine as is what is left of the West Bank.
Take his understanding of tariffs. As noted in earlier columns, the trade deficit divided by the total trade with a particular country DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A TARIFF. Donald has no idea what a tariff is and all efforts to instruct are pointless.
Then there is the “stable genius” telling his Maggots with a straight face that he is going to reduce the cost of prescription drugs by 1100, 1200, 1500 per cent, not 30 or 40 or 50 per cent. Any fool knows you can't reduce prices by more that 100 per cent, unless the manufacturer and retailer is paying you to take the item home. Donald doesn't understand percentages. Donald, after all this time, has the mind of a per-pubescent youth, till stuck in the 2nd grade. Donald hasn't mastered 3rd grade math.
Oh, you protest, he graduated from an Ivy League School, certainly he must be a genius. I would retort that Former Washington Redskins star Dexter Manly testified before Congress that he got through school, including a major university, without learning to read. As Ted Cruz, J.D. Vance, George W. Bush, Louisiana Senator John Kennedy and a host of others readily attest, diplomas from our nations most prestigious educational institutions are, more often than not, the product of legacy programs and contributions not academic merit.
Donald's sister Maryanne was quoted as saying that she did his homework for him while he was struggling in school and that his father paid someone to take his university entrance exams. One suspects, since no one can remember him being in class, that someone else took his college exams as well. Clearly, there is no evidence that he ever learned anything.
As his biographer David Cay Johnston has repeatedly said, “Donald doesn't know anything.” Political commentator George Will famously quipped “Donald doesn't know what it is to know”, and clearly cannot be taught. Ambrose Bierce once defined “War” as God's way of teaching American's geography. That is, Americans have no idea where a particular place is on the map unless we are at war with it. I seriously doubt Donald could find Vietnam on the map. Another lesson “studiously” left unlearned.
His total lack of curiosity is staggering and, I suspect, has been so since birth. Normally when a young child approaches school, or any learning, there is wide-eyed curiosity coupled with a burning desire to learn and master. Each new discovery a revelation.
Not so The Donald. As with any religious fundamentalist worthy of the name, tRUMP reacts to each new 'discovery' as an affront challenging his already fixed universe, a space filled with narrow narcissistic ambition Each new discovery reveals his ignorance and misunderstandings and, therefore, must be avoided. The answer: away with discovery. “Stop the testing” he screamed as the Covid Pandemic swept the nation; cut funding for NOAA and the monitoring of climate; eliminate research into cancer and Alzheimer's disease; fire the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics lest the truth about the condition of the economy be discovered. And the Last Maggot nods and blinks.
There is a price to be paid for elevating an empty shirt and an empty head to positions of power; and we are about to be confronted with the bill..
Impeach and Imprison this ignorant bastard.
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