In the 1972 movie version of Cabaret there was a chilling, frightening scene where a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Hitler Youth stands up and starts singing “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”.
Yesterday that scene immediately came to mind:
And I’m the old man shaking my head …
I’ve had it with the Right-Wing press. They demand NO information on TFG’s policies but are obsessed with constantly badgering Kamala about hers – which have been thoroughly detailed.
Biden’s “gaffe” of saying Trumpkins’ values are “garbage” was good for TWO DAYS as the LEAD story over at NBC by Garratt Haake.
But TFG can call Americans “scum” “vermin” “the enemy within” etc. – and the MSM sane-washes him as “It’s just Trump being Trump. Whaddaya going to do?”
Biden’s gait has slowed down and the MSM concludes he’s too old to be president.
But Trump puts on a full display of his neurological or age-related fumbling, and you get bupkis from them for coverage.
So to correct that oversight, let’s enjoy TFG trying to get into his garbage truck yesterday in his failed effort to mock Biden:
Or the Cliffs Notes version:
We probably all believed the first-ever criminal trial of a former president would be bit quite riveting. But according to The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman (one of the very few reporters allowed in the actual courtroom) and a handful of sketch artists, not so with Donnie.
As Jon Stewart succinctly framed it:
Given Trump’s now well-documented snooze, you’ve got to hope we’ll be hearing a good deal less about “Sleepy Joe” from viral-trending Sleepy Don.
If Sleepy Don is too low energy to stay awake during the first day of his criminal trial, does he even have the stamina to be President? pic.twitter.com/hrk4FC0lr0
— Christopher David (@Tazerface16) April 15, 2024
In truth, that was just the spicy tidbit the Internet was hoping for – and boy, did they run with it!
But before we get to enjoy some of the highlights, we’ll give Donnie some fair time to whine, noting that he took to Truth Social to strongly deny he was napping by including an “unaltered” photo to prove it.
But that only led to some helpful suggestions on how to better disguise his catnaps.
Almost immediately Trump earned a couple of new monikers that I’m sure would have made Mario Puzo proud:
Both George Takei and MeidasTouch noted that Trump has imitated the persona of at least three of the Snow White Dwarves: Dopey, Grumpy and now Sleepy.
No doubt a good many Americans wondered what Trump dreams about when he drifts off. Can’t help but believe this one comes pretty close …
It’s been noted that this isn’t the first time Trump has been caught “resting his eyes”.
So, like with yawning in a group, there’s some concern that Sleepy Don snoozing in court might be contagious:
And while I suspect more than a few good folks would enjoy playing Shakespeare’s Horatio to Trump’s Hamlet with “Good night … and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest” – right now we’ll just have to make do with “Keep counting those sheep, Don”.
As for me:
Since we’ve all seen TFG’s mugshot, I felt we should preserve some of the internet’s handiwork that turned it into a Meme. I’ll admit that some of the ones I came across were so inside (at least to this 75 y/o), I had NO idea what they were referring to.
And then there was the problem of what to exclude to make the size of this post even halfway manageable. But let’s start with a side-by-side comparison of the fake one that circulated before his mugshot was even taken. It’s amazing how close it was to the actual one.
It used a photograph of Trump captured by Carlos Barria (Reuters) during a press briefing on prescription drug prices at the White House on Nov. 20, 2020.
Fact Check-Altered photograph of Trump circulated as Fulton County mugshot | Reuters
Several Tweets referenced the fact that TFG is hardly the first “celebrity” to have a mugshot taken …
One brought up how a number of presidents are so famous we know them just by their number. Might be a little hard to remember at first, but TFG has now entered that pantheon – including the need to rename his eponymous plane …
Speaking of presidents, Pres. Obama appeared a couple of times …
The new unveiling necessitated the rehanging of TFG’s official White House Portrait …
Although after TFG commented on his mugshot …
I’m sure this is how all of his MAGAts see his mugshot …
A couple commented on TFG’s history that led to his Fulton County Jail booking …
There was no escaping comments about his unhappy scowling pic …
And in addition to the pics on Twitter (aka, X), there were a few entertaining GIFs as well. Lincoln Project captured the moment it was Breaking News …
TRUMP MUGSHOT JUST DROPPED #TrumpMugshot pic.twitter.com/vnbhxA8Amh
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 25, 2023
However, that certainly was NOT representative of the GQP reaction:
Republicans after they see #TrumpMugShot pic.twitter.com/vV1bogZrNr
— P ❤️ (@therealpeela) August 24, 2023
So, to Donnie and his Trumpkins, I say let’s turn that scowling frown upside down:
We can’t leave the historic week of Trump being UNANIMOUSLY found GUILTY of SEX ABUSE AND DEFAMATION in UNDER three hours without marking the occasion for posterity.
There were a number of options open to me on how best to commemorate this historic marker, but I decided to go primarily with editorial cartoons.
One of the surprising things I came across while doing my research was Fox News actually showing a clip of TFG’s deposition where he incorrectly identifies his victim, E. Jean Carroll – someone he has repeatedly claimed as “Not my type”, as Marla Maples, his second wife.
And then when his mistake is pointed out to him, he immediately responds that the photo was “very blurry”.
For the record, here’s the actual photo marked as an Exhibit that was shown to TFG (blurry, my A$$):
[SIDEBAR: To be honest, I have no idea why his team of lawyers (NOT exactly a stellar lineup) let Trump repeatedly go with his “Not my type” as a defense. It implies that if Ms. Carroll were his type, then his sexual abuse of her would have been OK.]
In going through dozens and dozens of cartoons the most common theme was Lady Justice exacting her well-deserved retribution. So I put them together as a GIF and grouped similar ones sequentially.
I’ll let Ms. Carroll introduce the other Lady Justices:
[Reportedly the one with Lady Justice grabbing & dragging TFG by his balls was banned by Elon Musk’s Twitter]
Moving on to individual cartoons, I particularly enjoyed the one with Ms. Carroll doing a parody of Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood quote:
There were quite a few that focused on his tiny hands – and I particularly got a kick out of the one mocking his itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny paws:
The handcuff drawing raises a frequent question with folks wondering that since TFG was found GUILTY of sexual abuse, will he have to register as a sex offender. Unfortunately for us (but fortunately for him) the answer is no. Since this was a civil lawsuit rather than criminal case, he will not have to register.
But I still enjoyed this cartoon by Clay Bennett dealing with that issue:
A couple of times I’ve read about Team TFG really searching for a silver lining by pointing out that while found guilty of sexual abuse, he was not found guilty of rape:
That’s like the classic joke asking Abraham Lincoln’s wife:
“Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was your night at the theater?”
Trump has long voiced thoughts that he belongs up on Mount Rushmore – even Tweeting out a picture of himself lined up like a fifth face.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2020
Later adding:
“Never suggested it [to Gov. Noem (R-SD)] although, based on all of the many things accomplished during the first 3 1/2 years, perhaps more than any other Presidency, sounds like a good idea to me!”
Well, Donny, as the saying goes, “Be careful what you wish for”.
Certainly looks like the appropriate cast of miscreants Trump would be comfortable with. I think we can all agree with Obi-Wan Kenobi’s assessment:
“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
And like the other criminals in the Mount Rushmore tableau, the main question now is how many more shoes will drop …
Looking forward to hearing more from Georgia and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith!
We can all enjoy the good news being spread across America via today’s headlines in a sampling of major newspapers.
They’re arranged alphabetically mostly by geography.
