Did you hear that Toyko rocked with an earth tremor, as Air Force One was preparing it’s final descent with Donald Trump onboard? It did indeed, which shows that even Mother Earth was not looking forward to this buffoon landing — say, you suppose She could arrange for Trump to enter that space in the Twilight Zone where the plane just flies and flies, through all of earth’s past, and can’t catch up to its own time?
Nah, we can’t get that lucky, we’re going to have to sit through this episode to the bitter end, whatever that might be. In the meantime, Trump is trashing Japanese customs. They graciously invited him to present a trophy at the Sumo wrestling championship Sunday and Trump will show up — but he refuses to sit cross-legged on the cushion provided, thereby flouting, if not mocking, centuries of Japanese tradition, which, needless to say, was honored by the presidents before him.
Now, the yous and mes know that the reason Trump won’t even try is because he’s too fat and he knows how ridiculous he will look, getting up and down off the floor, even with Melania and four Secret Service men propping him up. But that’s not how it’s framed in the international press — at least, not yet. Reuters:
Masaru Tomamoto, 73, said he sympathized with Trump but nonetheless would prefer the U.S. leader to follow custom.
“I also want to sit on chair as we watch sumo wrestling,” admitted Tomamoto over a steaming bowl of chanko nabe, the stew favored by sumo wrestlers.
“But if (Trump) watches a Japanese traditional sport, sumo, I think that it would be much better for him to sit cross-legged with the cushion on the floor, rather than on chair.”
Izumi Chiba from Sapporo in northern Japan echoed the sentiment: “As we say, when you are in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Trump will have to climb onto the ‘dohyo’ – or sumo ring – to present the award alongside Abe. Shoes are typically not worn on the dohyo so he may have to wear slippers or shoe covers.
Almost one-eighth of the 11,000 seats have been reserved for Trump, Abe and their security teams. Ordinary attendees will have to go through security checks, media reported.
Now, canned beer is usually sold, but is expected to be banned from the front section, according to D.C. Tribune, which quipped, “Can you imagine sitting near Trump, watching him be a colossal dick to your customs, and not even be able to drink?!”
A quick, and truthful, rewrite of this story would be:
“Toyko: Fat slob American president touches down in Air Force One today, while even the earth shakes — she must be throwing up as Donald Trump draws near — and we can’t say we blame her.
“The rotund pig that regularly squats in the Oval Office has been invited to honor our finest Sumo wrestler with a trophy. And what does he do? Does he accept this honor like a statesman and a gentleman? Hell no. He refuses to sit on the ceremonial cushion provided, or take his shoes off, because he knows; 1. Taking his shoes off, which contain lifts, will expose the lie that he is 6’3” and 2. Flailing around trying to get up and down off the ground will make him look ridiculous and so he is foregoing that circus act, for obvious reasons. The press has more than enough reasons to laugh at him.
“Meanwhile, he tweets sweet nothings at Kim Jong-Un, who would just as soon blow him to smithereens as spit on him and he’s too stupid to know that.
“We are a proud people who have overcome much misfortune and we shall overcome Donald Trump. Many blessings and much sympathy for the poor American servicemen who gave their lives on our shores during WWII — that the country they died for should sink to this.
“We actually envy them, however, because at least they are mercifully dead and do not have to suffer the presence of this beast, as do we.”
Now THAT would be an accurate accounting of Trump’s visit to Japan, and some op/ed person may pen it, but don’t look for it to be in the next few days.
So he’s off insulting another ally. Maybe I’m overly bitter these days especially given the news about what he’s empowered Barr with (is our republic already dead and doesn’t know it?) but the ugly part of my character is glad he’s not here in the states making insulting statements at Arlington.
To answer your question, not yet. Mr. Tangerine Man and his cronies absolutely suck on fostering loyalty and this move will do a lot to put them in Dutch with the Alphabet Soup agencies. Without that support, they got nothing.
Oh no, almost as soon as he landed, what’s the first thing he started spouted off about? The ‘witch hunt’ and how he’s been treated so badly, him him him, trying to make his case for re-election, he’s not a crook, he’s the greatest president ever, bullshit on top of bullshit, lies, lies, and more lies, the soiled pamper dick-tator wannabe, who is so innocent and has had to endure 2+ years of “presidential harassment” at the hands of those angry democrats, but fear not as our fearful president bone spurs has a plan for everything as he knows everything about everything and if by god there is anything he doesn’t know, he will just think for a nanosecond, it will all come to him in a flash, and presto! he will fix it pronto and move on the save the world from…himself.
When he started going off about how persecuted he was, that struck a note with me. Long story short, one of my relatives got so isolated, no friends, that whenever he was around people socially, he would start to talk about his wife, and how she had wronged him and screwed up this and that — point being, it was so grossly inappropriate and people just smiled politely and I was dying, because I was related to these people. That’s what I heard when Trump was going on, an isolated personality acting out inappropriately.
This is not only inappropriate for a head of state, it is off the walls for even common folk. You don’t go to a party, let alone a state visit, and start telling everybody your troubles and putting your business in the street. My God, the conversations these people must be having behind closed doors!
Well, to be fair – it could be somewhat difficult to do all that with bone spurs 😉
My God, you’re right! How could I have forgotten the agony of bone spurs? The poor man would be crippled. They’d have to carry him off the stage. And then he might be mistaken for one of the sumo wrestlers and they would just keep him….say….now there’s a Twilight Zone episode right there.
I’m living with heel spurs and I would have trouble getting down and back up, but in a situation at this level of importance to our country, and the whole world for that matter, I’d sure as hell try …, asking politely for a hand from one of the SS people, suffering through all the BS DJT delivers constantly … as unstable in all ways that Donald is, he’d roll like a ball if not exactly centered on the cushion. 🙂 😉
The Ugly American strikes again. If it weren’t for the fact that Japan’s national security wasn’t completely dependent on the US, I wouldn’t be surprised if Japan tells Mr. Tangerine Man to eff off and never come back.
They may do it anyway. This visit is just a “going through the motions” visit. They know how hopeless Trump is. They’re all waiting for the moment of his departure, and then they’ll loosen their ties, woot, and have a drink…as will we, when the time comes.
Hell, the day Trump leaves should probably be declared a national holiday. A chorus of “Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead” seems appropriate for the occasion. In the meantime, every elected official in Japan probably has a case of Sapporo beer waiting to be cracked open.
I pulled my hamstring and have a problem with my hip and for once I have to agree with Dotard Donald…..if I could even possibly get down I certainly wouldn’t be able to get up!!! 🙂
Besides, I don’t find the thought of obese men wearing only a diaper trying to push each other out of a circle appealing in any way.
…..just me. *shrugs*
Yeah…just you. Nothing personal against you, I promise. I just see no reason to cut this crass fool any slack, especially since his physique looks like he’s been training for a sumo match.
I have this fantasy that the sumo wrestlers think he’s one of them and keep him, but I guess we can’t get that lucky.
I’m not thrilled with the sport either, but that can be said about any sport. I personally like baseball better than most other sports, and a lot of people have told me how boring it is. They would rather watch football, where a lot of bodies smash into each other and fall down. Point being, it’s all relative.
But point being also, Trump can’t ebb and flow with anything. He’s a killjoy. If he could just get on the floor, do his thing while everybody else is participating (like they taught us in first grade) have a piece of sushi afterwards, he would at least be demonstrating good fellowship and a desire to broaden his horizons. And he would be a decent representative of America. This whole thing in Japan is a farce and his entire administration has been a farce.
Never, not even in jest, agree with the dotard. Not. Here.
There’s a reason Tillerson coined him a “moron” ……just sayin’
And did you read Trump’s tweet about Tillerson, that he was “dumb as a rock?” Wow, what politics has plummeted to in just a few short years. I don’t remember kids in the sandbox behaving this badly and I certainly never thought I’d see it in Washington.
You mean like, that he IS a moron?
How dare you fat shame! LOL.
He’s so “fit and vibrant” by his own description, why not show us all how it’s done? And seriously, if he could get up and down on a cushion, and one would think that could be done easily with a little bit of practice, he might gain the respect of the Japanese — at least he would gain some respect for making the effort. But no.
Wish to Christ the idiot traffic cone would give sitting on a cushion a try: physical science suggests that once he’s on the ground, it’ll take days to get him upright again, and we could all use the break.
Isn’t this a joke? I mean truly? He can’t even be enough of a good sport to attempt to go along with these customs? I have to believe that sitting on the cushions with Shinzo Abe and toasting a thimble full of sake would be good for international relations. At least it would be a good photo op. This is just one more instance where Trump shows he has no dignity, no class, no sense of fellowship and I could go on with my lexicon of his defects, but you get the picture.
Unfortunately, I do.
Perhaps it’s best the idiot traffic cone doesn’t get stuck rolling around on the Sumo-wrestling venue’s floor for who-knows-how-many days: I know I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from watching the video, and much like the Macondo blowout’s seeming endlessness, that grotesque image would be burned on my retinas forever.
He wouldn’t even go out in a light drizzle in France, to honor dead American soldiers.
That was a visceral moment for me. That was the same as when his wife wore the $32 pea jacket, “I really don’t care do you?” When those two do these things, they reveal who they really are. It’s like a disclosure scene in a sci fi movie, you get a glimpse of what the monster/alien really looks like, and it’s an “arghhhh” moment. The event in France was one of those for me.
Pretty sleazy I think, and the
Dotard (the undercover Russian agent) in the WH has the balls
to be wearing an American flag
pin on his coat.
Excuse me, the undercover Russian agent out in the open!
I’ve already written off Japan as a farce. What I can’t wait is for him to get over to England and make an ass of himself there. That’s going to be rich.
Can you imagine the pillow talk between these heads of state and their spouses as this incredible fool lands, does his buffoonish turn, and then departs? My God, the dialogue has got to be something. I hope these people are taking notes for their memoirs.
But, thinking about it, he would be committing treason, I mean he IS a Russian agent, you know. *wink* *wink*
and the plastic voodoo woman? He gropes his daughter, how gross is that? Or is being a so-called billionaire who HAS to buy it? Or just write bad checks.
Back in the day, when I was in management, we had people come out to teach customs across the world to those that were going to other countries to prevent Company embarrassment to the customer AND the Company reps …
One of the most important facts were the customs of Japan are everything to them … after centuries of doing things in certain orders and ways, to disrespect them and their ways could cost millions in trade at that time, and in this case, billions and is definitely noticed by the whole country of Japan … AND the world, just adding to the lowest opinion we have ever experienced, since we used to be a world leader in helping and working with other countries, a couple years ago … the stench coming from the WH is nauseating.
On a day of thanks to our fallen troops, and respect for their sacrifice with solemnity and pride in our common goals, the sneering face and animated hands of the worthless bone head in the WH has created hidden animosity from many countries … it scares us a lot out here in the farmland country …
Without question, this potus is the most pathetic, inept POS that’s ever entered American politics. May he choke to death on a Big Mac soon. Peace.
I understand the sentiment, Grosnick, but I have to warn you. One of the site rules is that we can’t advocate violence or death — I know you’re joking, but I have to draw the line. Just letting you know this is where the line is drawn, so that we don’t become labelled as some bizarre hate-site, or some b.s. We live in strange times. I hope you take my criticism in the constructive manner in which it was meant, and please do keep coming by to read and comment. We welcome you.