That’s entertainment

There are many people who attribute any opposition to Donald Trump to alleged hatred toward him. I don’t hate Trump (or anyone). How is it possible to hate someone whose hair so resembles a fair-weather cloud? This paper printed a letter I wrote just prior to the 2016 election in which I predicted that a Trump presidency (Trump Show) would be more thrilling than a Hillary Show. In retrospect, I realize that I should have used “entertaining” rather than “thrilling” as I have found that the former word is more descriptive of the actual Trump presidency. The entertainment ranges from the black comedy of Dr. Strangelove to the absurdity of slapstick. I personally find him endlessly fascinating as each day brings the anticipation of “tweetnadoes” (apologies to Sharknado) and “what’s he done now?” He feels it necessary to be in the news almost every day and then becomes upset that the press doesn’t think of him as highly as he does (he gives himself an “A+” as president). The Trump Show has featured pardons and firings, embrace of enemies and kicking of friends, speaking of himself in the third person, juvenile name-calling, “covfefe,” calling the media “enemies of the American people” (except the Trump/Fox News Network), alternative facts, fake news, easy to win trade wars, witch hunts, Stormy Daniels and Omarosa. It’s quite clearly the most entertaining administration in our history. The Trump Show may very well be renewed in 2020 unless the Democrats learn how to become more entertaining. They have been way too serious in recent years. The subtitle to a possible remake of 1964’s Dr. Strangelove should be How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Donald.

ED CHESS Little Rock