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| What comes out of a Donald Trump piñata -- little pink slips saying "You're Fired" |
He’d
be Bruce Rauner times 50 (as in he’d have say over all the states, rather than
just Illinois). Or like one of those third-rate dictator types that have
imposed their will on too many Latin American nations (maybe that's why he's obsessed with Mexico) throughout the years.
IT
SEEMS THAT Trump thinks that stupid persona he created for the television
program “The Apprentice” is somehow legitimate – that he’d have the authority
to bark out orders and scream and screech “You’re Fired” at everyone who
displeased him.
Just
like we in Illinois have a governor now who thinks he can behave as some sort
of benevolent dictator whose instructions are to be followed explicitly by the
peons who actually have the nerve to think their election by the people to represent
them in Congress gives them any say in the process.
In
Illinois, we have seen how ridiculous this very notion is. Nothing gets done
here. We’re at a standstill. Do we really need a national version of this
happening as well?
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| Would Trump use Congress like Rauner acts to Madigan? |
This
vision of Trump as a buffoonish president only got reinforced for me Tuesday
when I read the Washington Post’s report (complete with “Bob Woodward” byline)
that told us how His Trumpishness thinks he can force the government of Mexico
to pick up the cost of building that barricade along the U.S./Mexico border.
THE
ONE THAT will turn out to be just as unsuccessful in keeping the outside world
at bay as that one-time Berlin Wall was in keeping the Soviet sector of the
German capital free from the “evil influence” of capitalism!
It
seems that Trump is eyeballing all that money earned by Mexican citizens or
people of Mexican ethnic ancestry in this country, then wired back to their
relatives in Mexico.
There
is a significant number of Mexicans who actually rely upon that money, and it
does provide a measurable boost to the Mexican economy. Trump thinks he can
mess around with the ability of people to wire money to Mexico, which will then
cause the government to give in and make a one-time payment of some $10 billion
to build a wall along the 1,900 or so miles of desert that separate the two
nations.
Of
course, federal laws concerning those payments do provide certain provisions
for the government to mess with them, but only under certain specific and
unique circumstances where national security or health is impacted.
IT
IS OF questionable legal grounds that we’re even close to fulfilling any of
those conditions! Unless you’re of the midget mentality that wants to believe Mexico’s
very existence on Planet Earth somehow represents a security threat.
But
as Trump perceives things, he makes his threat on Day One, on Day Two, “Mexico
would immediately protest,” but then would be forced to acquiesce because it
would have no choice. After all, no one says “No” to Donald Trump.
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| What kind of uniform would Trump adopt? |
Which
is such a laughable notion, particularly since Mexico this week installed a new U.S. ambassador with experience to handle a political lightweight like Trump with his laughable hair-do. Or if a “President
Trump” were to adopt a military persona like one-time Chile dictator Augusto
Pinochet!
It
makes me wonder how big a meltdown he would experience the first time the
Congress tells Trump to “stuff it” on one of his goofy proposals. Does he
really think he can tell Congress, “You’re Fired!” and impose his will on us
unilaterally?
IF
ANYTHING, I probably owe the Illinois governor an apology for bringing his name
into the equation. Both are corporate types who think they can bark orders and
think other officials are insolent for not meekly complying with them.
But
I don’t think Rauner at his worst would concoct this nonsensical a scheme –
which really seems more intended to reinforce his backing among the segment of
the Wisconsin electorate with xenophobic and nativist sentiments. They did,
after all, cast their votes on Tuesday.
And
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was expected to win, even though he was publicly caught
on video refusing to wear one of those cheese head hats – which may be the one
thing he has done during this campaign that made any sense.
It
would be more ridiculous than trying to put a sombrero on the head of Trump –
the man who on Tuesday reminded us that Mexico, “has taken advantage” of the
United States for years through “gangs, drug traffickers and cartels”
responsible for “the extraordinary daily cost of this criminal activity.” Even
though the demand for this criminal activity comes from the United States
itself.
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