Seriously. Congressional Republicans should go ahead and make it official. Pass a law that states every month Trump is to be given a ‘Bigly’ award complete with a gold trophy and medal. Moses Mikey Johnson is jumping up and down to head the committee that will decide who (Congress, a business/industry, some rich person etc.) will be tasked with stroking Trumpty’s ego with some made up award. Johnson just auditioned for the job with his fawning presentation of the “Inaugural” America First Award to Trump. Hey, he’s not going to be Speaker much longer and will need a new gig.
Remember when conservatives just loved mocking so-called Participation Awards? Now they are falling all over themselves to create (or get others to) the things, at least for Trump. Before long they’ll have given him more Participation trophies, medals and doo-dads than Ronny Jackson gives Trump happy pills!
As for that first ever America First Award nonsense I can’t help but think what the world, and these days Iran in particular is thinking about this country having a President who’s ego requires the kind of stroking and fluffing Trump’s does. It’s no secret (hasn’t been for a long time) that flattery will get a person or entity damned near anything they want from Trump. He believes it’s his birthright to receive every award and honor ever given out. Whether it’s the sad spectacle of the dude who gave his Purple Heart to Trump or a Nobel Peace Prize winner handing over her citation and medal, or Trump stealing it outright like he did with the FIFA trophy that’s supposed to go to the winning team Trump doesn’t just covet, he demands all honors/awards to himself!
That leads us to this Huffpost article which lays out the vomit inducing spectacle of House Speaker Moses Mikey Johnson doing everything short of dropping to his knees to kiss Trump’s fat butt. And give him a ‘reach around.’ Warning, don’t click on this video unless you’ve got a puke receptacle in your hands:
Mike Johnson: Tonight we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before. We will honor him with a new award. He is the first ever recipient of the America first award. That is this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the golden era. pic.twitter.com/SFp174yTWo
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 25, 2026
Ok, so I’ve made you nauseous but deep inside there’s some of the good guy, the dude who was always being called a ‘gentle giant’ before Trump came along. I dug deep and he’s briefly re-emerges to provide an antidote. Trust me when I say you’ll enjoy the hell out of clicking on the link and scrolling down the tweets responding to Moses Mikey’s fawning. HuffPost points out the mockery and ridicule that broke out:
The over-the-top tribute quickly sparked ridicule online.
It follows a string of similarly eyebrow-raising accolades for Trump, including the newly created FIFA Peace Prize, The Washington Coal Club naming him the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal” and his controversial co-opting of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
There are plenty of delightfully snarky responses to Johnson show in the Huffpost article. Even better, the other night Jenn Psaki reverted to an unfiltered WH Press Secretary mode during her show on MS NOW and dropped one of her famous ‘Psaki Bombs’ on Trump and this whole phenomenon:
MS NOW host Jen Psaki didn’t hold back: “Little Mike Johnson and all those Republicans have just created yet another participation trophy to give their very special boy in the White House to make sure he feels good about himself.”
It got better:
Psaki: Trump’s many awards are “like the EGOT for insecure man baby presidents”
— The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social)2026-03-26T02:13:51.155Z
For some reason (ok, so I’m sort of a tech luddite) I can’t get Psaki’s tweet saying what she did to embed here but please, please trust me when I say to click on the link to her MS NOW show The Briefing. It’s priceless. Her famous Psaki Bombs were always delivered deadpan but now as host of a regular cable news and opinion show Psaki is allowed to let her Troll Trump Flag fly. Her humorous sarcasm about the GOP placating their ‘little boy’ (more like man-baby) is pure contempt delivered with a smile.
What the hell have we (and the world) come to that the person who holds and worse abuses the most power in the world needs to be treated like a toddler prone to freaking tantrums? That’s why I suggested Moses Mikey put his head together with Thune and create an official (or unofficial) Participation Trophy of the Month for Diaper Donnie. Something he can look forward to when he’s feeling bummed out or stressed. It doesn’t even have to be a bill Trump has to sign, just a Joint Resolution of Congress.
Of course, this is Trump we’re talking about so after two or three months once a month won’t be enough. Fortunately there are plenty of Trump suck-ups out there who upon getting an emergency “He’s gonna blow – create an award for him quick!” call to meet the need. Personally I think even though Vance wouldn’t be much better at least our country wouldn’t look so pathetic to the rest of the world. Vance would just glory in the perks of the job and not constantly be demanding shiny new baubles.
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