Thursday, March 20, 2025
The Origin of the Obama Bomb: Trump's
Spreading the Bogus "Birther" Brouhaha.
Foryears Donald Trump mischievously pounded into voters' heads that BarackObama was born in Kenya — not in the U.S. — and therefore ineligible to be president in violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Worse, he might even be a dreaded Muslim. A sampling of the Donald's scam rhetoric:
"He (Obama) doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. Now, somebody told me - and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be - that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.' And if you're a Muslim, you don't change your religion, by the way."
—Donald Trump, The Laura Ingraham Show, March 30, 2011.
GOTCHA!
PresidentObama's extraordinary retribution for the birther fraud was a brilliantassault on Trump's fragile ego. Obama planned his delicious revenge to take place at the White House black-tie Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington, D.C. Hilton, 30 April 2011. There Obama — and his 6' 3" dyedblonde overweight victim — were surrounded on all sides by 2,500+ members of the nation's glitterati in politics, showbiz and the media...plus 6 million viewers on national television. This was the very universe Trump was (and is) desperate to impress and gain respect from. Instead of respect, Obama gleefully made Trump the goat of the evening in a night of boffo laffs at Trump's expense.
A Quickie Personal Aside.
"Themost essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it." —Ernest Hemingway
Ibelieve you agree with me the Correspondents' Dinner was a hoot. The audience went nuts with delight and laughter, as we did at home. At the same time, the red flag of my built-in s**t detector started waving furiously in my head. I went to bed and woke up with a deep sense of foreboding. I was spot on. Barrack's entertainment so riled Donald Trump— this perennial injured victim who yet again came off as a bloody idiot — angrily threw his hat into the presidential ring. And by golly he became the 45th president.
A Sampling of Donald Trump's Campaign Oratory
Americans Have Come to Expect Over the Past Decade.
Trump: "I am your retribution," Trump said to crowds of his supporters throughout the campaign."
—The Guardian, March 4, 2023.
Trump: "Iwill appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden and the entire Biden family."
—The New York Times, January 19, 2025
Trump: "This will be a time for all citizens of the USA to celebrate! This guy (U.S. Army four-star General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) whoturned out to be a Woke train wreck who, if the Fake News reporting is correct, was actually dealing with China to give them a heads up on the thinking of the President of the United States, and act so egregious that in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!"
—Mark Wilson, Newsweek, September 22, 2023
Trump: "Ina completely illegal, psychotic order, the deeply conflicted, biased and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan had completely disrespected the United States Supreme Court, and its historic Decision on Immunity. But even without Immunity this illegitimate case is nothing but a RiggedHoax. Merchan, who is a radical partisan, wrote an opinion that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution, and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it."
—Truth Social, @realDonaldTrump, December 17, 2024
Nuff said here, Okay? —DH
What's Going on Inside President Trump's Head?
A Frenzied Crusade to Become a Dictator... or King.
Illustration by Tim O'Brien for TIME.
Trump's Deep Love of Dictators
Trump: "Let me just say about world leaders, Viktor Orbán, one of the most respected men, they call him a strong man. He's a tough person. Smart prime minister of Hungary.
—Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect, 30 Sept. 2018.
Trump: (On Kim Jong Un) "We fell in love over beautiful letters."
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 Sept. 2018.
Trump: "Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping and Viktor Orbán were at the top of their game whether you like it or not."
—Praveena Somasundram and Frances Vinall, The Washington Post, 24 May 2024.
Trump: "I love you. You got to get out and vote. In four years you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going to have to vote."
—Maggie Astor, The New York Times, 30 July 2024.
Trump: "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
—Winnie Hu and Stefanos Chen, The New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
NOTE: Boldface above is mine. —DH
A Terrifying Scenario
Ouronce-beloved country is in the deepest distress headed by two power-crazed Dictators-in-Chief—Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They must beoperating in cahoots with their sycophantic cadre of presidential-pardoned January 6th rioters. Vast additional thugs, mutineers and wannabes will be hellbent on generating crippling international tariffs, putting governments and citizenry out of work, pocketing their paychecks, jailing judges, ignoring the wave of murders,suicides, perpetual poverty, starvation, deaths and abandonment of basic medical care for the washed and unwashed.
Trumpand Musk will eventually die (or be assassinated) satisfied they will be remembered and studied forever as the civilization's elite — the mostpowerful dictators who ever lived. They have uncovered mankind's ultimate goal: life after death. :)
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A Riveting Rave Review of Denny Hatch's Masterpiece.
By Oluchi Samuel
10 December 2024
An official OnlineBookClub.org review of Method Marketing by Denny Hatch.]
5 out of 5 Stars
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