I was all for the idea until this frightening yet apt suggestion.
Trump did not place his hand on the Bible when he took his oath of office.
I wouldn’t either. But I assume he meant to and just fucked it up.
He put it behind his back, with his fingers crossed?
Let’s just file that in the “Stuff that if a Democrat did it would have the right howling but is fine when Trump does it” bin.
We’re going to need a bigger bin.
The hell with a bin, we’ll need the Grand Canyon.
I think it was more of a concern about it bursting into flames and I believe one of his latest grifts is selling “special edition” Inauguration Bibles. It would be a bad look.
It appears DJT is going to attempt to erase those he hates. The WH just ordered Gen. Milley’s portrait be removed from the Pentagon.
So childish, petty and disrespectful.
He didn’t want to catch on fire.
“It hurts us, it hurts us. It freezes, it bites! Antifa twisted it, curse them! Nasty cruel Democrats!”
Democratses.
Maybe it wasn’t HIS Bible?
Maybe he was finguring out where to grab it.
It’s mildly reminiscent of The Coronation of Napoleon where that worthy placed his crown on his own head as a way to symbolize the non-reliance of his reign on any other power, spiritual or temporal (other than the people, who had confirmed his empire in a constitutional referendum).
The use of a Bible in U.S. inaugurations goes back to Washington; it is not specified in the Constitution (though the oath is), but rather symbolizes the telling of truth by the person swearing (the analogue is the oath to tell the truth as a witness in court). The symbolism of not placing the hand on the Bible is that Trump is implicitly giving himself, and only himself, as the standard by which his swearing of the oath is true or false.
Buckle up, folks! Only 1460 more days (and 16 hours) of this.
You assume Trump is capable of understanding symbolism.
Maybe that’s why he wants Greenland, so as to have Canada surrounded-- Alaska in the west; Greenland in the east.
Or maybe just to have more Arctic wilderness in which to mine and drill.
According to his Wikipedia article, Enrique Tarrio has been fully pardoned.
He’s going to pardon them all.
I won’t be surprised if he orders the Mint to issue a commemorative $10 gold coin to honor the “patriots”. Or if he has a monument to them built on the Mall.
Stranger
The Mango Mussolini in action.