(Affecting a Rod Serling tone.) “What you’re about to see is a portrait in dysfunctionalism. In normal social circles, let alone high ones, the usual seating for a dinner party is boy/girl, boy/girl. That’s how it’s done. Except not at a place called Mar-a-Lago. And not for a man called Donald Trump. There the normal rules of etiquette don’t pertain because the fact of the matter is, nobody can stand the man, despite the fact he’s been elected to his nation’s highest office. For you see, while Trump thinks he has the world by the proverbial balls, he has, in fact, entered The Twilight Zone.”
First Buddy Elon Musk joined Donald Trump for Thanksgiving dinner. Musk has rarely left Mar-a-Lago since the election.
Will he move into the White House with Trump on January 20? pic.twitter.com/HHfZTvaUa2
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 29, 2024
I have no idea how to call this shot, but clearly a couple of things are obvious: Trump may have griped last week, “I can’t get rid of him,” referring to Elon Musk, but the fact of the matter is, that it is Trump’s house. So if Musk is there and we mean right there, right next to Trump, as close as he can be without actually sitting in his lap, we have to presume it’s with Trump’s approval. Unless Elon has something on Trump we don’t know about. Maybe the same thing that Putin has? Or perhaps something different?
Then the second thing that is obvious is that Melania is as much there as she can be and yet not be there. She places Barron right next to Donald. She could sit next to Donald and in any normal situation that would be the case. But this is not a normal situation.
And no, we don’t know if Ivanka and Jared showed up. If those two have a lick of sense, they’ll keep a low profile. And that may be the case. Ivanka said that politics “goes against her core values” which I translate as, “I had no idea how much people hate my father, not that I’m surprised, but it’s still a bummer, and they hate my phony ass by extension as well.”
And who also knows (or cares?) about where Junior or Kimberly are. Meanwhille, the leader of the free world, the most powerful man on earth (yes, I will wait while you go throw up……………………….feel better now?) is sitting at a holiday dinner flanked by his 18-year-old son and a guy that he supposedly wishes would leave yesterday.
Should we send Trump a copy of that wonderful movie, The Man Who Came To Dinner? Maybe he needs to see that.
Trump has entered The Twilight Zone. The trouble is that 330 million of us are along for the ride and half of us want to be someplace else.
It’s easy to imagine that the cost of Melania’s ‘appearance fees’ might be a major expense of the new administration.
She really didn’t want to be there the last time, she’ll charge a much higher price this time.
She wants to be very comfortable after the impending divorce.
I think she’s hoping he’ll die. Both NY and FL guarantee a 1/3 share of the estate, with the rest divided among the heirs,2/3 divided among the 4. Depends on how the prenup.is written. A divorce makes,sense if she doesn’t think there’ll be much to split after he crock she may be right.
Agreed! That seating arrangement is just … odd. And unsettling. And as much as I love (which may turn into past tense loved on January 21, 2025) our country, I sure as hell would love to be somewhere else. My friends overseas have offered us help to get started. The only reason I cannot seriously consider it is elderly-ish relatives. Oh, and getting the cats there. I’m turning very, very cynical.
I’ve thought about this a lot and I think that if all of us leave, MAGA gets run of the country by default. The only hope we have reclaiming our country is if we stay and fight for it.
I had COMPLETELY been looking at this backwards. You are correct. We *have* to stay and fight for it. Thanks for the reminder. Seriously.
🥰 Beautiful family traditions on Thanksgiving…the singing and chair-dancing to “YMCA,” the drunk uncle President, and the oligarch patron who paid for it all!! It’s so cute how Trump thinks he’s in control of anything. He sold his soul to a man who can’t be President, but he sure knew how to buy the Presidency for himself. The Trump is dead, long live the Elon!! 🤑🤑