Obama’s my choice for a fun night on the town
Right now the destiny of the world rests on the political skills of Donald trump, a man who didn’t even win the popular vote in his own election.
in other news: gin and Frosties can make an unconventional way to start the day.
We’ve talked a lot about President trump this year; his policies, his petulance, the way he’s filled his cabinet with men who are fascinatingly confident in their genetic superiority, despite looking like people who sleep in coffins at night.
We’ve also examined what we’ve learned about the private trump: a man who bankrupted his own casino, even though the whole point of owning a casino is that the house always wins. Unless it’s Donald trump’s house.
Also, for a man who loves to boast about writing the bestselling Art of the Deal, when asked what books he likes, Mr trump talks about reading in the same remote way other people talk about maybe retiring and getting a little allotment some day.
trump’s approval rating has now dipped down to the point that he’s less popular than sitting next to someone wearing a Pac-a-Mac on a rainy day. he’s less popular than phonecalls about replacing your boiler, or people who want to show Youtube videos of their home birth. he’s less popular than putting your hand on a wet doorknob.
Meanwhile, his predecessor Barack Obama has been on holiday. he’s even posted pictures of himself online, enjoying a spot of kitesurfing on the Virgin islands with Richard Branson. i don’t think he’s trolling the rest of the world, but it does seem a bit tactless. this is why people unfriend their exes on Facebook.
Now for the good news: a golfloving US president is coming to Scotland next month, and it isn’t Donald trump. it’s the hip one who can sing Al green numbers.
Obama will be in Edinburgh for a charity dinner, and if i had a spare £500 i would definitely go along, even though at a previous dinner he told a long anecdote about growing up in indonesia and eating a dog. Some critics thought this was not a suitable topic for a dinner. On the plus side, his approval ratings shot up among cats.
this is going to be a very confusing opportunity for the SNP. On the one hand, Barack Obama spoke out against Scottish independence at a joint press conference with David Cameron in 2014.
ON the other, he can trace his ancestry back to William the Lion, who was King of Scotland from 11651214. Can they make him an honorary Scot, or is that privilege only extended to those who bend to political convenience?
i hope they opt to introduce Barack to our traditional hospitality. Maybe take him out after dinner on a pub crawl down Rose Street with Pete Wishart, then bag Nicky’s election helicopter, steal some hogmanay fireworks and launch them at trump’s Menie golf course, with cries of ‘away and boil your head, you numpty’.
Can we do it? Yes we (irn-Bru) can!