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Donald Trump: The Eminem of Politics?

In the song ‘Without Me’, Marshall Mathers (Eminem) talks about the public needing his alter ego Slim Shady, 'Cause we need a little controversy, Cause it feels so empty without me.’ The same could be said of Mr Orange in The Whitehouse. What will we have to write about if we don’t have the 45th President? The meme makers will be redundant. The outraged will have little to be outraged about. Politics will be handed back to the politicians. Boo!

Disapproval Rating? Donald’s approval rating is more than 20% down on George ‘Double-Yew’ Bush. Really? Never was there a greyer President, except of course, his Dad. Dangerous Donald survived impeachment which is more than Tricky Dicky did, who quit before the heat really got turned up. The other two were forgettable professional politicians, Andrew Johnson (Lincoln’s Vice President) and Bill Clinton (husband to crooked Hilary). The thing about Donald is that he’s so deliciously amateur, a car crash waiting to happen. Who can resist rubber-necking Donald’s latest debacle? Not me.

You’re fired! Unsurprisingly from the reality TV star of The Apprentice, Donald has carried on exercising his right, to point a finger and say ‘You’re fired!’ With 65% of his senior-ranking advisers revolving out of The White House door, pretty sharpish. Normal, Presidential teams stay together for a year or two. But with Donald the revolving door at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC, has nearly spun off its hinges.

Mixing Hollywood & Politics. I would’ve loved to have been a fly-on-the-wall at the producers meeting on who’d succeed Donald as host of The Apprentice. ‘How about ‘The Governator’, Arnold Schwarzenegger?’ Sorted! Love him or hate him Donald has big shoes to fill. But in America the muddying of reality and fantasy is nothing new. Ronald Reagan went from Bedtime for Bonzo, to the 40th President, via the Governor of California. Clint ‘Dirty Harry’ Eastwood has crossed the political line, becoming Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea twice. ‘Vote for me and make my day, punk!’

Line? What line? When mere mortals have the temerity to suggest that Donald might have over-stepped the mark or crossed the line, his response is, ‘What line? I didn’t see any line!’ He argues like he’s arguing with you, not taking a party line but one that's exclusively his own. His insults and mockery has enraged ‘high-browers’ but he's not aiming at them, he’s aiming at the lowest common denominator and lands bang in their simplistic brains. No President has started so many feuds. Hell, he's even picked a fight with the Pope!

The Unsinkable Mr Trump! Donald is quite frankly Gaff-tastic! He makes so many gaffs about U.S. policies, his handlers have given up trying to keep him in check. Like us ordinary folk, Donald loves a good conspiracy theory and can stretch the truth so thin, that no-one knows where the truth begins and the lies end. For normal, run-of-the-mill politicians, this would spell the end but not Donald. He has the skin of a rhinoceros, criticism just bounces off of his thick hide.

The Infectious Optimist. Even in these dark, daze of COVID19 pandemic and lockdown, Donald’s unrelenting optimism is as infectious as the virus itself. Nothing it seems weighs him down, certainly not the burden of having well thought out policies. Why not treat running the most powerful country in the world, exactly like one of his many businesses. If one doesn’t work, drop it and try another one. The Trump brand carries on working regardless.

Trump’s Trump Card is Trump! Who remembers Trump Airlines? Trump beverages? Trump: The Game? Trump Casinos? The Trump Magazine? The Trump Mortgage? Trump Steaks? The Trump Travel site? Trump Communications? Trump Vodka? And somewhere I’d loved to call my alma mater, Trump University? The point is Donald Trump himself is the brand, not what follows his name. The fact is he’s failed so many times but got off the deck and carried on. It’ll take more than a pesky virus to stop President Trump’s America.

Ode to the Orange Man.

Please, please Donald Trump

Don’t read this & get the hump

As Presidents go you’re a nutter

Because every word that you utter

Is more insane then Forest Gump!




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  1. DareZaWillJune 3, 2020 at 9:23 PM

    Thanks for reading but I can't read Arabic, so you'll have to forgive me. Stay safe. Will (DareZaWill) x

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