I have been to Cancun recently. As in common with most tourist destinations, One sees a lot of selfies being taken. It occurred to me that the selfy is a perfect metaphor for Donald Trump. Everything is about him. He lives a truly solipsistic life. There is no independent reality out there which he needs to know or understand. Whatever pops into his picture of himself is more than adequate. He is similar to the French statesman, whose name I don't right now recall, probably Napoléon or some Louis, said. The state is me. Having accomplished what nearly everyone said could not be accomplished, and doing it in a way that everyone said would not work, Donald Trump feels no need for advice nor consent.
Apparently someone told him over the weekend that the Mercedes, Audi, And the BMW Automobiles are manufactured in Germany. He now is focusing on Germany and finds Angela Merkel no more trustworthy then Vladimir Putin. He undoubtedly believes he can require those automobiles to be manufactured in Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin or Michigan. Either that or prohibitive tariffs.
As we proceed towards Friday and the total eclipse of intelligence in the White House , we are getting closer to seeing what he will actually attempt to do. It will be interesting to see how the Republicans who have been railing against what they perceive it as an autocratic White House will have to say about Donald Trump. To paraphrase e e Cummings, how do you like your blue-eyed boy?
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