CASH MICHAELS
TRUMP’S GILDED AGE OF IDOLATRY
By Cash Michaels
Congratulations, America! Finally, we have a president who admits he truly does not feel our pain. A narrow-minded leader who could give a tinker’s damn about the rising rate of inflation or how the soaring cost of living (due of course, to his starting a never-ending war he got suckered into) is affecting our families.
Now you know me. I always come with the receipts. I have Trump quoted right here, right now, word for word about how much he even cares that the country he’s supposed to be leading, is struggling:
"Not even a little bit. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all. That’s the only thing that motivates me."
Now unless he’s lying like a three-dollar bill (and he usually does), I for one, believe him. Donald Trump truly doesn’t care… about anyone, but himself, and his low polls numbers show the American people know it!
Still, he’s spending hundreds of millions of dollars of our money honoring himself, whether we like it or not!
Of course, I’m talking about all of the disgraceful vanity projects the “Emperor of Gilded Idolatry” is having either constructed or created in great tribute to himself and his criminal dynasty all around OUR nation’s Capitol.
It’s an impressive list if you’re into self “arse”- kissing. A billion dollar ballroom, a giant arc, a renovated National Mall reflecting pool, gold commemorative coins, etc.
And here’s the thing - absolutely none of these projects have anything to do with nuclear weapons, meaning that in fact, contrary to his stated belief, something else really does motivate Donald Trump.
Namely, Donald Trump.
Let’s start with his audacious golden remodeling of the Oval Office, shall we?
To be fair, every president gets to remodel the Oval Office when they’re inaugurated. You know, personalize the place some so they feel more at home when they’re starting World War III (GOD forbid).
Those refinements are generally patriotic in nature, and are usually a reflection of each president’s devotion to duty and serving all of America.
But Trump’s Oval Office is much, much different. Outside of a painting of Ronald Reagan and a sculpture of Winston Churchill, the rest of the Oval is a gold-embroidered monstrosity, reflecting this president’s daily devotion to not serving, but screwing all of America.
Trump’s gold-accented Oval is a daily reminder to him that he serves the rich and powerful, not us. So it should be no surprise that he would leave other indelible reminders behind that will last long after he’s gone (he hopes) that it’s the wealthy of America who have dominion over this country, if not the world.
Clearly Trump’s family carries that flag too, given the way they’re cashing in like fat rats on all of his government connections.
Besides, we already know that Trump had previously referred to the White House, a.k.a. the “People’s House,” as a “s—thouse,” which partially explains why he took a wrecking ball to the historic East Wing. He also had the Rose Garden cemented, turning it into a patio for rich folks and heads of state to mix and mingle in.
So beyond the golden Oval O, Trump has started:
- the construction a $1.4 billion White House ballroom (which was originally touted to cost $400 million in private funding until Republicans in Congress decided to start sponsoring bills raising the price tag almost four times and stiffing taxpayers with it. But BREAKING NEWS from The Hill - The Senate parliamentarian late Saturday ruled against a $1 billion provision intended to fund President Trump’s White House ballroom in the budget reconciliation package [because]…“a project as complex and large in scale as Trump’s proposed ballroom necessarily involves the coordination of many government agencies which span the jurisdiction of many Senate committees” and can’t be done by just writing a government check. Senate Democrats are taking credit for the hiccup. Let's see if they can kill it.
Finally, some common sense to the rescue!
- renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be an American flag blue, to the tune of over $13 million paid to Trump’s “pool guy”;
- construction of a 250-foot “Independence Arch” (just under half the size of the towering 555-ft Washington Monument) across from the Potomac River;
- a 250-statue “National Garden of American Heroes” in West Potomac Park featuring some of Trump personal heroes (though, surprise, surprise, the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan isn't listed as one of them);
- changing the renamed John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, which saw Trump rudely add his name in front of our beloved late president's a few months ago after taking over the board, and announcing that the once cherished facility will close for two years as of July 1st for $200 million in renovations after performers immediately began cancelling their bookings in protest.
Forbes Magazine reports:
The Trump administration is expected to spend at least $162.5 million on projects at and around the U.S. Capitol, in addition to the $1.4 billion ballroom—though the actual cost is likely to be much higher.
By the way, let’s see just how high that Independence Arch will actually be built. I read that at 250-feet, it could interfere with the flight path of some of the air traffic on final approach into Reagan Airport, and Lord knows the sky there is too congested already.
No, we haven’t forgotten the 22-foot golden statue of “Don Colossus” raising his defiant fist that was recently dedicated at the Trump National Doral Miami golf course. We don’t know who paid for it, but since we strive to stay accurate around here...!
Hey, you MAGA folks, have you read enough? Boy, did Trump clown YOU! Bet your gas, food and cost of living is no cheaper for any of you than for the rest of us!
Don’t forget your MAGAmaster’s infamous words about “caring” about you:
"Not even a little bit. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody…”
Unless your name is Donald J. Trump, or you have a nuclear weapon, that is. How’s that for loyalty?
So what’s the point of bringing up Trump’s expensive penchant for self-flatulence, most of it on the public dole?
Simple. Symbols are deeply cherished by Americans, especially when it comes to defining what freedom, liberty and democracy have always meant to us as a 250-year-young nation. Our flag, various monuments to historical figures and events, the naming of important buildings in tribute to those whom we choose to honor after they’re gone, carry deep meaning for us as a nation.
All of this is very important because we, the people, own our country, no one else. We bestow these honors as a grateful nation to those who have bravely, and unselfishly served us, sometimes giving their last measure. Sure several presidents have instituted various renovation and construction projects in the past, but absolutely nothing on the size or scale of what Trump is pulling, and certainly nothing to pay tribute to themselves.
So when a convicted criminal like “Don Colossus” comes along and insidiously claims ownership of our country by plastering his name, face and memorials all over Washington without the people’s consent (at least three federal buildings currently feature extremely large banners with Trump’s 2023 mugshot on them; there is the limited edition Trump passport, again with his mugshot image; and passes to the national parks also sport his dower mug for entry), in addition to him renaming the U.S. Institute of Peace, becoming the first president in history to have his signature on American currency, and a "Trump-class" of Navy battleships named after him, that calls into question what the hell is next.
I mean, no one is stopping Trump. The man could build himself a diamond-studded bridge from the White House to the U..S. Capitol at this point, and our elected officials who are supposed to stop him wouldn’t lift a finger.
And yet, that’s exactly the reason why all of this insane Trump idolatry is happening - because no one is even trying to stop him. And he knows it! Trump is not going to cease this mess until, and unless he wants to.
That’s NOT the way this country is supposed to work!
We have laws, rules and restrictions built into our democracy and system of government to prevent exactly what we see happening right now, and the courts overall are too slow. But those guardrails can’t work unless we make them work.
Yes, Trump is doing any damn thing he wants, but it’s our fault that he’s able to even think he can.
This craziness is what happens when we don’t vote in numbers that make a real difference. Certainly we should always vote for the type of government we want and need, but we should also vote against the crazy foolishness like we have now to ensure that we never again get the kind of power-hungry ”Master of the Universe” in office we clearly have there now.
Donald Trump is not a joke, though there are times when there are clear questions as to exactly how much off his rocker he actually is. He may act crazy frequently, but believe me, a good deal of that act is his way of keeping the rest of us off-balance while he’s making his next move. Before you know it, he’s done something else that wasn’t near anybody’s radar, let alone on it.
Trump wants monuments built honoring what he actually is, a master criminal, someone who has not only corrupted the system, but rewritten the rules to conquer the greatest nation in the history of the world, and doing so by violating every societal norm in the book. Somehow, we must weigh-in to stop this madness!
Trump indeed deserves an edifice named after him alright, and if I had my way, he could start building it right now… with taxpayer money no less!
And when it’s finished, he can call it the DONALD JOHN TRUMP CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE.
In fact, I invite him to be the very first inma...I mean occupant of the place, and be locked up in a 14k gold prison cell for the rest of his natural life, with a platinum-plated toilet bowl right next to his luxurious mink-covered bunk bed (in case one of his enterprising family members has also been convicted of illegally getting rich off of one of Daddy’s conflict-of-interests government schemes and would like to share his cell with him).
What a special honor that would be… for ALL of us!!!
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