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There ain't no Sanity Clause when it comes to Donald Trump's bizarre Christmas greetings [1]
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Date: 2022-12-25
Groucho and Chico Marx in the contract scene from " A Night at the Opera"
The Republicans are right. There are a lot of Marxists out there and I offer a full confession: I am a fan of Marx Brothers movies.
And for my fellow travelers who can’t forget the contract scene with Groucho and Chico from the 1935 film A Night at the Opera that concludes with this classic line: “Ha, ha, ha, ha … you can’t fool me, there ain’t no sanity clause!”
And somehow that line sticks in my head whenever it comes to Donald Trump’s Christmas tweets. They are almost like a road map into his descent into insanity. So let’s start with this one from President-elect Trump in 2016.
Nothing conveys the holiday spirit better than standing in front of a Christmas tree with a raised fist — unfortunately a portent of bad tidings for the next four years.
His first Christmas in office found Cadet Bone Spurs declaring victory in the fake war on Christmas:
x People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 25, 2017
On Christmas Eve 2018, Trump was holding a pity party for himself because he was “Home Alone” in the White House with nothing better to think about than getting Congress to agree to set booby traps at the border to keep out those bad hombres.
x I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about. Crazy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018
On Christmas Day 2019, a week after the House voted to impeach Trump for the first time, there was no more peace on Earth, goodwill to men (not to mention women). After perfunctory Christmas greetings in the morning, Trump was rage tweeting at Nancy Pelosi and others by the evening.
x ...& overwhelming,” but this Scam Impeachment was neither. Also, very unfair with no Due Process, proper representation, or witnesses. Now Pelosi is demanding everything the Republicans weren’t allowed to have in the House. Dems want to run majority Republican Senate. Hypocrites! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 26, 2019
And as he sat in the White House on Christmas Eve 2020 — in the middle of plotting a coup to overturn the presidential election — Trump turned his rage toward Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans.
x I saved at least 8 Republican Senators, including Mitch, from losing in the last Rigged (for President) Election. Now they (almost all) sit back and watch me fight against a crooked and vicious foe, the Radical Left Democrats. I will NEVER FORGET! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2020
And that brings us to today — Christmas Day 2022 — just days after the House Jan. 6 select committee released its final report detailing there was no question over whodunit. His latest Christmas post on his failing Truth Social platform offered fitting testimony to the madness of King Donald.
x totally normal Christmas wish pic.twitter.com/rBGOcOtEtU — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 24, 2022
I think this is best left to mental health professionals to dissect — what say you Mary Trump?
“I HAD ALMOST NOTHING TO DO WITH JANUARY 6th” — LOL.
And for my fellow Marxists, I can only say, “Ha, ha, ha, ha … you can’t fool me, there ain’t no sanity!”
My advice for any future Trump criminal defense lawyer — aside from getting your fee in advance — would be to throw a Hail Mary and plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Let’s give the last word to Groucho and Chico from this scene in the Marx Brothesr’ 1933 film Duck Soup — Chicolini’s treason trial.
And as Scrooge said at the end of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol:
“A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!”
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