I’m not the only one who sees a pattern emerging in the tweets of the PEOTUS. Faced with damning evidence of his own criminality and bad behavior, he sets off a fake controversy intended to create conflict between liberal elites and the working white class.
Donald Trump is the first PEOTUS in my lifetime to pay $25 Million dollars to settle a fraud case. The first in my life to use the Presidency to advance his own business interests without regard for laws governing conflicts of interest. Donald Trump is the first PEOTUS in my life to have ties to the Russian government, at least according to the Russians themselves.
The SNL and Hamilton “controversies” will not be remembered in ten years. I’m not suggesting people shut up about either. Just the reverse! Mock on, my fellow patriots! Tyrants depend upon fear, and laughter can be a powerful uniter.
FOLKS WHO VOTED 4 TRUMP: “He’ll make America strong!”
TRUMP: “The theater kids are harassing us!”
— Taran Killam (@TaranKillam) November 19, 2016
In my day booing was not the worst thing to happen to a politician at the theater.
— Old Hoss Radbourn (@OldHossRadbourn) November 19, 2016
Your parents in 1996: Don't trust ANYONE on the Internet.
Your parents in 2016: Freedom Eagle dot Facebook says Hillary invented AIDS.
— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith) November 19, 2016
But I encourage all those committed to keeping our Constitution safe and resisting the radical right agenda of Steve Bannon and Mike Pence, but somewhat lacking in the funny department (like me), to ask ourselves one question as the controversies swirl.
Is this something most people will care about in two years, when they vote in mid-term elections? Or are we unwittingly complicit in a campaign designed to alienate voters?