Resurrection of the Trickster King

Over the past eight years... I have referred to 45 (he who shall not be named)... as the Great Robber Baron/Trickster King. I have chronicled his mobster past... his unlikely rise to the Presidency... his (massively attended) Inauguration... the craziness and grift of his presidency... the genesis, rise, proliferation and mechanisms of Maga Amerika... and of course the attempted coup d'état on January 6th, 2021. I have done so with continued incredulity.

Recently, I have received constructive criticism from certain denizens within the Reddit community, concerning the use of the above title. It seems that some within Reddit's Discordian community took umbrage with my use of the Trickster moniker, claiming that 45 does not deserve the high honor of the title Trickster. They also suggested that I not give 45 any undue additional press, thereby denying he who shall not be named any more psychic, thought energy. However, like a case of Syphilis, 45 won't go away by ignoring him.  

However, the Reddit Discordians make a good point, so in the spirit of their irreverent suggestions, I have determined that a edit be made to the Great Robber Baron. Henceforth, 45 shall be know as the... Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King  (the Great Pretender for short). This edit carries forward the dubious honor of his previous title, while additionally indicating 45 to be a fraudulent poser, un-deserving of the sacred designation: Trickster.

Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King

With that said... the Great Pretender has dominated the news cycle for the last year (hell... when it comes right down to it, he's owned it... ever since the infamous Jan 6th). The various subpoena, legal actions and indictments, the take-over of the RNC and appointment of Daughter-in-law Lara Trump, all kept the all-seeing-eye of modern media fixed upon the Great Pretender. Ship of Fools indeed.

In May, the Great Pretender was found guilty of 34 felony counts, becoming the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes, as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election... through hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who testified that she had "known" 45 in the biblical sense, in 2016. So it was that the GP added convicted felon to his list of accolades, clearly the most well-deserved. 

Not withstanding the above, the momentum kept building for the GP throughout 2024... right up to his assassination attempt on July 13th, 2024. Now I know what you're thinking... you're thinking there were so many absurdities surrounding the botched attempt, that there is no way this spectacle wasn't staged. You're smirking at the mental image of 45 slapping a Heinz ketchup packet up side his head as he grabbed his ear, simulating blood splatter. Am I right?

Conspiracy or not, false flag or bonified plot... the attempted assassination/spectacle gave the Great Pretender a huge bump in the ratings polls, leading up to the Republican National Convention. Having successfully framed Biden as a fumbling, unfit old dotard, the GP surged in the polls... seemingly unstoppable.

And so it was that the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King ascended to the sun-king throne at the Republican National Convention. Clearly drunk on power and the adoration of his faithful MAGA disciples and followers, the pick of J D Vance seemed like the recognition and reward of the most faithful, ideological flip-flopping disciple. After all... to the victor goes the spoils.

So with the coronation of the divine despot... with the ascension of the seemingly unstoppable Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King... the dictator on day one... the stage is set (in fine, tragic, Shakspearian fashion) for all the planning of the Heritage Foundation, to finally come to fruition. With the anointment of the Heritage Foundation's golden boy, and his lacky VP pick, the White Nationalist-informed Republican Party, now fully transformed to the Party of MAGA, is poised to seize power by the very democratic means they plan to abolish.

The stage thus set... the curtain poised to draw back... brace yourselves dear intrepid readers... for what is about to go down. November the 5th promises to be one of the most consequential, potentially world shaking and life changing days in the modern era. Are the stakes high enough for you? Time will surly tell as to the fortunes of the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King... time will tell. Stay tuned intrepid readers... stay tuned...      

There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs...

Nobody told me there'd be days like these...

Strange days indeed

- from "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon