After dinner with friends in St. Charles County my wife and I came home via I-64. We took the split for I-270 north and south, with us heading south. Way past the split a black Japanese luxury car crossed over the safety diamond, jumping into our lane right in front of us. I had to brake hard and swish to the right edge to avoid getting a big black hood ornament.
Once on I-270 I didn’t want to risk passing such a low ability driver, so, I followed in his lane several car lengths behind. We passed Manchester, I-44, Gravois, Highway 21 and I-55. I remained behind him as we both got off at Telegraph Road and headed south.
I wonder if he was aware that the same silver car had been in the same place behind him for all those miles?
“Just because your paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.”
Joseph Heller, Catch – 22
That drive makes me think of Donald Trump.
The ultimate narcissist, the current President obviously lacks empathy yet sees everyone coming after him, conspiracy upon conspiracy attempting to bring him down.
This week he’s probably correct.
Oh, I do not believe Donald Trump worries about SNAP families praying their local pantry has food for them or federal workers frantic after missing multiple paychecks. I am convinced he sees all the media coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein saga as a personal attack, the determined work of his enemies to destroy him.
Of course, Trump will never take responsibility for the years and years he stayed close to history’s most notorious pedophile. Ghislaine Maxwell may get Thanksgiving with her family so long as she purposely remains forgetful of the Donald’s fun and games on Epstein Island, at Epstein’s New York play house or on his private plane (Lolita One?).
In a way the actual facts about what Trump did nor did not do with the young ladies in Epstein’s harem no longer matter. By saying on the campaign trail that he wanted all the Epstein files revealed – then spectacularly abandoning that position as soon as he was sworn in again – Trump created his own conundrum. After months of delay and conflicting statements by his Attorney General and FBI Director, any information they release will be openly suspected of being scrubbed to protect Trump. Yet, Trump must support the release of the file to maintain the appearance that the GOP still dances to his tune.
Call it your basic lose-lose scenario.
Meanwhile, while the media watches Trump squirm over Epstein, his USDA Secretary issued an order which appears to require all 42 million food stamp recipients to immediately re-apply for benefits. Brooke Rollins claims the President wants all “waste, fraud and abuse” eliminated from a program where searching for waste, fraud and abuse has been a constant, low-sum effort for decades.
And, the administration appears to be stepping up efforts to dismantle critical parts of the Department of Education, especially the services for special needs kids.
So it’s probably appropriate that Trump feels paranoid. But he’s still dangerous and supporting bad things.
Oh yes, that black luxury car? We followed it for a couple of miles south of the Interstate on Telegraph. Right past the Dierbergs plaza a couple of SUVs squeezed in between us and blocked the black car’s view of our car. He never saw us turn left onto our street, we simply weren’t there behind him any more.
I wonder if that made him feel better?
Glenn