Three Strikes and Trump’s In

Anthony Bialy
4 min readDec 19, 2024

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It takes three examples to form a trend. Take getting hassled for a dozen years. Pending president Donald Trump will be responsible for back-to-back-to-back lousy terms like the Tom Emanski of politics. He’s the center of attention at all times just like he wishes. The genie is not laughing with you.

The retread’s impact is evident even if he didn’t oversee the second while the third has technically not happened because of how time works. Patterns are clear even if plans aren’t. The unceasingly detrimental effect brings to mind blighting Manhattan’s skyline with a few hideous black glass-clad monstrosities. Inflicting offensive aesthetics should’ve been enough damage.

The perpetrator of what will be a dozen gloomy years didn’t even have access to the Oval Office swivel chair during all the bad times. But the showman without a worthy show did enable the cursed Biden presidency which went poorly enough that any alternative seemed welcome even if it was the clod from the step before. Offering to fix what the replacement repairman busted is a neat trick, at least compared to his usual regrettable business maneuvers. The continuing attack on sense has still been going on since early 2017 regardless of whether he served directly or inflicted the shift in tone.

A full-time dedication to politics is an odd choice for a purported outsider. But the liberal who calls everyone else in the party he commandeered a RINO is full of contradictions. If the game show host had spent this much time choosing decent cuts of meat to sell, he might have made a living selling steaks on QVC. Slapping his name on trash in an effort to convince you it’s valuable certainly isn’t a sign that should’ve been heeded in 2016. It’s never too late to learn except for how it is by at least a decade.

The important thing is that everyone is paying attention to him, at least to him. You don’t have to keep indulging the rather selfish tendency. But Trump’s Sea Org considers feeding their prophet’s ego a glorious responsibility. He could endure no greater punishment than being ignored, which never seems to occur to primary voters.

The central focus of politics for way too long has been its alleged enemy. We’re plagued by someone who claims to be an outsider then proves such. It’s not like Trump has dedicated his life to lusting after being part of the establishment. Ranting about a system he keeps wanting to commandeer is only for reform purposes, of course. The poor president-elected had to pretend he only desired access to sabotage. Trump is a spy like James Bond, who was also quite visible for an undercover agent.

A dissenter might even be able to think of someone other than him to run for office. Shrewd hirers could perhaps locate someone who knows enough about transactions to realize tariffs are a tax paid by consumers. But that’s only if they buy stuff. You would think the self-professed tycoon might have encountered notions about trading freely during the course of being the best entrepreneur in human history. Daring to engage in commerce with humans who are not Americans is the behavior that’s most severely punished. Unlike erecting a vertical surface at the border, the financial burden will actually happen.

Fans consider it blasphemous to even consider that Trump would do anything not divinely planted in his superior skull. The fact he’s himself the Almighty reduces a communication step.

Pretending he’s out to save you requires presuming he’s just so dedicated to your happiness that he can’t think of his awesome self is the presently most popular political notion. And now you know how he’s suckered marks since he boldly made Atlantic City even bleaker. I’m not saying they’re in a cult just because they chose the worst person possible to link to their own identities in the hope he would fulfill every dream they ever had. Their behavior says that.

A parody of a corporate titan becoming a parody of a president is a natural step in its way. Trying it already didn’t deter voters who feared adventure. Why watch a new show when you can see if Kevin spills the chili again? Viewers out to create patient could binge an entire show at once but try to not watch every episode in order to appreciate the experience.

Americans are blessed with savoring the best conceivable presidency for as long as the mean Constitution allows. The forced break just allowed us to extend the stockpile. The embodiment of virility could’ve finished the pedestrian task of saving America during the opening moments of the first term but pretended to bungle so we could enjoy more time in his delightful presence spaced past a measly eight years. Our time with our hero would be nearly concluded if he greedily and easily cruised past Biden. Screwing up the easiest win is another gift to treasure even if we can’t place it on the mantle like an empty vodka bottle.

We’ve seen this movie. It was on HBO about 30 times per week. A preening golden-clad arrogant domineering aspiring alpha is as obsolete as the parachute pants outlet store. The ’80s movie villain will serve as a ’20s president with none of the retro charm.

Scamming customers as a business model shows how private sector experience applies to politics. We shouldn’t have to keep reviewing his appalling economic tactics. But he keeps getting nominated. If you can’t offer desirable goods, run for office. The time to stop buying whatever he’s selling was about half a century ago. But it’s worked for the biggest reality elimination show two out of three times.

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Anthony Bialy
Anthony Bialy

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