Some folks incorrectly see me as a Trump advocate, and I am therefore asked quite often how I think a Trump presidency might play out.
Donald Trump is not the kinda guy who is ever going to have his life scripted 24/7. The think tank here at Falling Downs figures Trump is gonna delegate the business of the nation to the usual bureaucrats, and then he's gonna be playing a lot of presidential golf.
I'm hoping to get in a round or two myself!
Showing posts with label Donald Trump 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Trump 2016. Show all posts
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Pope Francis admits to kissing feet of Muslim migrants
Apparently he wisely washed their feet first!
And who wouldn't? I mean, if you're into kissing the feet of some dude who walked to Rome from Kabul, you'd be well advised to give those feet a good scrub first, wouldn't you?
The think tank here at falling downs couldn't be more aboard with the Pope's humanitarianism; we truly are all brothers, are we not? The Catholic, the Hindu, the Muslim, the Jew... we are all children of the same God.
But it might take some time for the general public to get on the feel-good bandwagon, especially after that latest business in Brussels, and in the interval I sense a business opportunity.
Trump may think he's gonna build a fence down the middle of the Rio Grande, but it's an engineering challenge of a completely different order of magnitude to build one down the middle of the Adriatic Sea. As in, it ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes. Even the Israelis, wall-builders extraordinaire, couldn't pull that off.
That means the Adriatic will be wide open for the foreseeable future. Wide open for what, you ask? Wide open for stuffing the cuddy of your Donzi 45 with a couple dozen desperate migrants and heading for Otranto or Brindisi with those triple supercharged big-blocks at redline!
A couple of dozen would fit comfortably in the front of a Donzi 45, especially if you took out the pimp-den and the galley. You'd be marketing to the premium refugee, of course. The riff-raff are paying scoundrels two thousand euros to lead them to a razor wire fence on the Bulgarian border. The premium class will be happy to pay ten thousand a head to be led ashore in Italy.
Did you realize that it's hardly fifty miles from Albania to Italy at the narrowest point in the Adriatic? A round trip is gonna be what, an hour and a half? You could do three or four a day as long as the demand holds up!
And there's nothing in the Italian navy that's gonna get near you. True, they could blow you up good with a heat-seeking missile, but imagine the global headlines on that!
It'll never happen.
So I figure, as long as you have a fast enough fast-boat, you're good to go!
And who wouldn't? I mean, if you're into kissing the feet of some dude who walked to Rome from Kabul, you'd be well advised to give those feet a good scrub first, wouldn't you?
The think tank here at falling downs couldn't be more aboard with the Pope's humanitarianism; we truly are all brothers, are we not? The Catholic, the Hindu, the Muslim, the Jew... we are all children of the same God.
But it might take some time for the general public to get on the feel-good bandwagon, especially after that latest business in Brussels, and in the interval I sense a business opportunity.
Trump may think he's gonna build a fence down the middle of the Rio Grande, but it's an engineering challenge of a completely different order of magnitude to build one down the middle of the Adriatic Sea. As in, it ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes. Even the Israelis, wall-builders extraordinaire, couldn't pull that off.
That means the Adriatic will be wide open for the foreseeable future. Wide open for what, you ask? Wide open for stuffing the cuddy of your Donzi 45 with a couple dozen desperate migrants and heading for Otranto or Brindisi with those triple supercharged big-blocks at redline!
A couple of dozen would fit comfortably in the front of a Donzi 45, especially if you took out the pimp-den and the galley. You'd be marketing to the premium refugee, of course. The riff-raff are paying scoundrels two thousand euros to lead them to a razor wire fence on the Bulgarian border. The premium class will be happy to pay ten thousand a head to be led ashore in Italy.
Did you realize that it's hardly fifty miles from Albania to Italy at the narrowest point in the Adriatic? A round trip is gonna be what, an hour and a half? You could do three or four a day as long as the demand holds up!
And there's nothing in the Italian navy that's gonna get near you. True, they could blow you up good with a heat-seeking missile, but imagine the global headlines on that!
It'll never happen.
So I figure, as long as you have a fast enough fast-boat, you're good to go!
Monday, March 21, 2016
For fucks sakes Donald, you just made me look like a moron
So today Mr. Trump stands in front of the AIPAC folks and declares he's gonna move the American embassy to Jerusalem!
Get the fuck outta here!
Moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is gonna cement your bona fides with folks who gave you the benefit of the doubt when you declared yourself "neutral" on Israel - Palestine?
And that was what? Two days ago?
On the other hand, 18,000 Jews in a hockey arena barely had a chance to sit down between standing ovations... looks like Donald hit the sweet spot again!
The fucked up thing about the Trump campaign is this; the same guy could address the America Palestine Political Action Committee Annual Meeting (not that there is such a thing) tommorrow night and get just as many standing ovations.
What does that mean?
Get the fuck outta here!
Moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is gonna cement your bona fides with folks who gave you the benefit of the doubt when you declared yourself "neutral" on Israel - Palestine?
And that was what? Two days ago?
On the other hand, 18,000 Jews in a hockey arena barely had a chance to sit down between standing ovations... looks like Donald hit the sweet spot again!
The fucked up thing about the Trump campaign is this; the same guy could address the America Palestine Political Action Committee Annual Meeting (not that there is such a thing) tommorrow night and get just as many standing ovations.
What does that mean?
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Donald Trump, the Prince of Peace?
It's not hard to see why the Washington war camp have their knickers in a knot over Trump. In the event that America had a President who could get along with Putin and at the same time be neutral on the Jewish State file... hell, who knows what might happen?
Ya, Trump's a flakey condo promoter who has missed way more than he's hit out of the park in his business career. But what he is definitely not is a bumboy for the AIPAC crowd. That's why the Washington elite are so rattled by the success of his campaign.
It's always been our view here at the Falling Downs think tank that the Jewish State would be willing and able to make peace with her neighbours in about two weeks or less were it not for the blank cheque support the Likudniks were guaranteed by the Washington establishment.
The reason you're seeing a tsunami of anti-Trump propaganda these days is because the Israel-firsters in DC are hearing the death rattle.
Donald Trump is the first presidential candidate in the modern era not in thrall to AIPAC money.
Ya, Trump's a flakey condo promoter who has missed way more than he's hit out of the park in his business career. But what he is definitely not is a bumboy for the AIPAC crowd. That's why the Washington elite are so rattled by the success of his campaign.
It's always been our view here at the Falling Downs think tank that the Jewish State would be willing and able to make peace with her neighbours in about two weeks or less were it not for the blank cheque support the Likudniks were guaranteed by the Washington establishment.
The reason you're seeing a tsunami of anti-Trump propaganda these days is because the Israel-firsters in DC are hearing the death rattle.
Donald Trump is the first presidential candidate in the modern era not in thrall to AIPAC money.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Washington elite scandalized by Trump scandal
Yup, that interloper Trump has done brought massive disrepute to the GOP brand.
He's wrecking the Republican Party!
I mean, how does it look when Trump is the only GOP candidate not geneflecting before Sheldon Adelson?
What the fuck is wrong with that guy?
And then he talks that shitty shit about Muslims... like keep them out of America till the folks in charge can figure out what's going on?
Hmmm... why is that a bad idea?
And suddenly, there's a petition to keep him out of England?
And even better; there's a move afoot to keep him out of Israel, 'cause the Likudniks are distressed that Donald Trump has dissed Muslims???
Ya! Like, get the fuck outta here!
Bibi and company are championing Muslims by dissing Donald Trump?
How retarded would you have to be to fall for that gambit?
Here's what's really going on; you've got a rich guy taking a run at the White House. He's seriously rich enough not to have to kiss ass like everybody else. He's telling everybody that the system is broken...
Poor people have known that for years!
When a rich guy is crushing the establishment in the polls, it's no wonder the Jebs and Teds are shitting bricks... and it's no wonder the poor folks are applauding.
He's wrecking the Republican Party!
I mean, how does it look when Trump is the only GOP candidate not geneflecting before Sheldon Adelson?
What the fuck is wrong with that guy?
And then he talks that shitty shit about Muslims... like keep them out of America till the folks in charge can figure out what's going on?
Hmmm... why is that a bad idea?
And suddenly, there's a petition to keep him out of England?
And even better; there's a move afoot to keep him out of Israel, 'cause the Likudniks are distressed that Donald Trump has dissed Muslims???
Ya! Like, get the fuck outta here!
Bibi and company are championing Muslims by dissing Donald Trump?
How retarded would you have to be to fall for that gambit?
Here's what's really going on; you've got a rich guy taking a run at the White House. He's seriously rich enough not to have to kiss ass like everybody else. He's telling everybody that the system is broken...
Poor people have known that for years!
When a rich guy is crushing the establishment in the polls, it's no wonder the Jebs and Teds are shitting bricks... and it's no wonder the poor folks are applauding.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
About that so-called "backlash" against Donald Trump
Yes, there's a backlash alright, but it's not coming from the grass-roots. It's coming from the corporate media, the Big Politics machine, and the Beltway boffins who have been collectively denouncing Trump ever since he broke open their rigged game.
What has been Trump's latest outrage? You gotta admit, it's right up there with border fences and shipping out 12 million illegals... he's gonna block entry to Muslims! Yup, Trump just came down on the Islamophobia button with both feet.
And who created that Islamophobia button?
Not Donald Trump. No, it's the same corporate media, Beltway bag-lickers, and professional political class, the very people now "outraged" about Trump's outrageousness. Those are the people who have worked gleefully to sow suspicion and fear of everything Muslim for many years.
Those are the folks who turned American politics into a reality show, and they should not be shocked that an authentic reality TV star has hijacked their carefully choreographed political theatre.
You gotta admit, we've come to quite the pass in American culture when the expression "authentic reality TV star" can be used without a hint of irony.
What has been Trump's latest outrage? You gotta admit, it's right up there with border fences and shipping out 12 million illegals... he's gonna block entry to Muslims! Yup, Trump just came down on the Islamophobia button with both feet.
And who created that Islamophobia button?
Not Donald Trump. No, it's the same corporate media, Beltway bag-lickers, and professional political class, the very people now "outraged" about Trump's outrageousness. Those are the people who have worked gleefully to sow suspicion and fear of everything Muslim for many years.
Those are the folks who turned American politics into a reality show, and they should not be shocked that an authentic reality TV star has hijacked their carefully choreographed political theatre.
You gotta admit, we've come to quite the pass in American culture when the expression "authentic reality TV star" can be used without a hint of irony.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Trump; a new Hitler in the making
The professional pundits universally predicted that Donald Trump's White House campaign would crash and burn long before now.
He was, after all, nothing more than a buffoon, clown, self-aggrandizing entertainer, etc... not to mention a racist, bigot, misogynist know-nothing who accidentally became a billionaire because his dear daddy left him a whack of Manhattan real estate.
I imagine it would be hard to miss the Billionaires Club when fate favours you with that sort of break...
Nevertheless, the Trump campaign has unexpectedly grown legs, and the professional political and punditry class is getting worried.
That's why they're getting more and more comfortable tossing the "F" word into their speculations.
Fascist.
Yup, Trump is a fascist. Or at least he talks like one. Or he sounds like he might be morphing into one. Or something...
Look around. It's everywhere these last few days.
The Sydney Morning Herald.
ABC News.
The Globe and Mail.
Salon.
And that doesn't even scratch the surface.
Yes, Salon is correct; whether leftist or rightist in tone, America's mainstream news and opinion portals have united as one in labelling Trump a "fascist."
But what does that mean?
Not much.
Lots of really smart political theorists have spent a lot of ink defining "fascism." (anybody up for a re-reading of the works of Antonio Gramsci?)
You know fascism has arrived when the capitalist uber-class and the military-industrial complex and the government policy-makers have melded into one seamless ruling clique. The two nation states most approximating such a condition today would be the USA and Israel.
I think "fascism" is what Ike warned us about in his famous speech about the "military-industrial complex."
Look around... America has more or less arrived at where Ike was hoping it wouldn't.
And it has arrived thanks to the Democratic and Republican establishments.
Those are your fascists; the political careerists who segue from elected rep to lobbyist to think-tanker and back again, and champion the military industrial complex every step of the way.
The beltway is chock-full of these shit-bags.
They're Republicans, they're Democrats, they're the establishment on both sides of the aisle.
As for the inveterate casino promoter and reality TV star Donald Trump, while he may be an abrasive windbag, he is definitely NOT a part of that fascist establishment.
He was, after all, nothing more than a buffoon, clown, self-aggrandizing entertainer, etc... not to mention a racist, bigot, misogynist know-nothing who accidentally became a billionaire because his dear daddy left him a whack of Manhattan real estate.
I imagine it would be hard to miss the Billionaires Club when fate favours you with that sort of break...
Nevertheless, the Trump campaign has unexpectedly grown legs, and the professional political and punditry class is getting worried.
That's why they're getting more and more comfortable tossing the "F" word into their speculations.
Fascist.
Yup, Trump is a fascist. Or at least he talks like one. Or he sounds like he might be morphing into one. Or something...
Look around. It's everywhere these last few days.
The Sydney Morning Herald.
ABC News.
The Globe and Mail.
Salon.
And that doesn't even scratch the surface.
Yes, Salon is correct; whether leftist or rightist in tone, America's mainstream news and opinion portals have united as one in labelling Trump a "fascist."
But what does that mean?
Not much.
Lots of really smart political theorists have spent a lot of ink defining "fascism." (anybody up for a re-reading of the works of Antonio Gramsci?)
You know fascism has arrived when the capitalist uber-class and the military-industrial complex and the government policy-makers have melded into one seamless ruling clique. The two nation states most approximating such a condition today would be the USA and Israel.
I think "fascism" is what Ike warned us about in his famous speech about the "military-industrial complex."
Look around... America has more or less arrived at where Ike was hoping it wouldn't.
And it has arrived thanks to the Democratic and Republican establishments.
Those are your fascists; the political careerists who segue from elected rep to lobbyist to think-tanker and back again, and champion the military industrial complex every step of the way.
The beltway is chock-full of these shit-bags.
They're Republicans, they're Democrats, they're the establishment on both sides of the aisle.
As for the inveterate casino promoter and reality TV star Donald Trump, while he may be an abrasive windbag, he is definitely NOT a part of that fascist establishment.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Trump; the big picture
America should not be surprised that Donald Trump, real estate billionaire and reality TV veteran big-shot, continues to hog the spot-light in the on-going reality show known as the 2016 US election.
After all, the think tank here at Falling Downs has been giving America the heads up for years.
Once "democracy" becomes a reality show, it's only right and proper that an experienced reality show survivor hogs the headlines...
And how about those prescient producers of that famously prescient film "Idiocracy," who so deftly caricatured Trump in the character of Dwayne Camacho?
Trump. Leader of the Free World.
Where nobody has a chance but everybody has a gun.
What could go wrong?
After all, the think tank here at Falling Downs has been giving America the heads up for years.
Once "democracy" becomes a reality show, it's only right and proper that an experienced reality show survivor hogs the headlines...
And how about those prescient producers of that famously prescient film "Idiocracy," who so deftly caricatured Trump in the character of Dwayne Camacho?
Trump. Leader of the Free World.
Where nobody has a chance but everybody has a gun.
What could go wrong?
Monday, August 31, 2015
Trump instability shuts down financial district
A tilting antenna atop the Trump tower in Toronto has led authorities to close Bay Street.
That's got nothing to do with Donald Trump, candidate for the Republican party in the race for the White House in 2016.
Trump just franchises out his "brand" to keeners eager to cash in on its perceived value out in the provinces, which means anyplace outside of New York City.
So folks in Chicago or Toronto or Scotland will fork over big bucks to the Trump Organization to win the right to have the Trump name adorn their golf course or their hotel or their condo development.
That's pretty pathetic if you ask me.
But it certainly proves Donald's marketing genius!
That's got nothing to do with Donald Trump, candidate for the Republican party in the race for the White House in 2016.
Trump just franchises out his "brand" to keeners eager to cash in on its perceived value out in the provinces, which means anyplace outside of New York City.
So folks in Chicago or Toronto or Scotland will fork over big bucks to the Trump Organization to win the right to have the Trump name adorn their golf course or their hotel or their condo development.
That's pretty pathetic if you ask me.
But it certainly proves Donald's marketing genius!
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The Trump factor
I'm sure Falling Downs wasn't the only think tank that labelled Trump's official entry into the 2016 race the "Gong show."
But you have to admit he's made a remarkably good run of it so far.
While Trump has habitually overstated his net worth, he doesn't need to dip into it very much so long as hordes of media types are clamoring for the latest insight to fall from his lips.
As long as that persists, as long as the MSM insists on giving him millions of dollars worth of publicity for free, he won't even have to tap his personal fortune.
What you gotta love about the guy is that he's operating totally outside the orbit of mainstream message massaging.
Millions of Americans think hey, we got enough Mexicans already.
NOBODY, not Jeb or Rubio or that twat from Wisconsin or Hilary or anybody else is willing to stand up in public and say so.
That's a sentiment that resonates with a lot of Americans... hell, I'm willing to bet it resonates with a lot of Mexican-Americans... especially the ones who got here by legit channels.
Ya, he may be a rich-boy doofus, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
But you have to admit he's made a remarkably good run of it so far.
While Trump has habitually overstated his net worth, he doesn't need to dip into it very much so long as hordes of media types are clamoring for the latest insight to fall from his lips.
As long as that persists, as long as the MSM insists on giving him millions of dollars worth of publicity for free, he won't even have to tap his personal fortune.
What you gotta love about the guy is that he's operating totally outside the orbit of mainstream message massaging.
Millions of Americans think hey, we got enough Mexicans already.
NOBODY, not Jeb or Rubio or that twat from Wisconsin or Hilary or anybody else is willing to stand up in public and say so.
That's a sentiment that resonates with a lot of Americans... hell, I'm willing to bet it resonates with a lot of Mexican-Americans... especially the ones who got here by legit channels.
Ya, he may be a rich-boy doofus, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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