thependulumswings

There are a few not subtle differences between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0.

The main one is that 1.0 listened to others due to his inexperience in government and the swamp known as D.C.  Now, 2.0 is doing it, like Frank Sinatra, his way.

Forty-seven hired his crew and didn’t settle for any leftovers or legacies.  He’s got his own from plumbers to project managers.  Send Musk in to clean out the waste, fraud, fat, and those ghosting the payroll like Tony Soprano’s boys.

The real estate developer extraordinaire is flexing his menacing mogul muscles.  He has his eye on quite a few properties.

Unless the land is raw, you tear down.  The Gaza Strip and Ukraine demolitions were already well on their way.

Gaza is waterfront, so let’s envision an enterprise district complete with resorts on the waterfront.

Ukraine needs money to defend and rebuild.  We’ll take some precious minerals in a fair exchange.  When the buyer changes his mind, you loudly walk from the deal. The bet is he’ll be back.

But, but, but what about nasty Putin?   How can you allow him to be the bully on the earth’s block?  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.  The Art of the Deal has many layers.

We’ll need a generous amount of everything for our home remodel to go smoothly.  Maybe Greenland can help ships safe passage or at least be a refueling station in the Northern Hemisphere.  Let’s offer to buy it on the cheap.

In the Southern Hemisphere we can saber rattle about reclaiming the Panama Canal.  That’ll at least open their eyes to our needs, keep the price of the journey low, and the odds of safe passage high.

Down in the basement, our southern neighbor won’t honor what the wall we started building in 2017 was meant for.  We need illegals kept out and fentanyl too.  Pay attention to that, or we’ll slap tariffs on your imports.

Up in the attic, Canada might want to be our 51st state.  That’s unlikely at best but it gives its occupants a feeling of unrest.  Tariffs for you too unless you reduce yours.  And, fentanyl from China needs the full attention of your Canadian Mounties.

You can’t pick your neighbors, but you can pick your nose.  We digress.

Most of all, this is designed to bring America back to the top in producing its own needs.  It’s hard to Make America Great Again unless you make a lot of stuff at home again.

Oh!  How about a new front door welcome mat?  Let’s throw away the Gulf of Mexico one and replace it with the Gulf of America.

Yes, the wrecking ball is in full swing.  As mentioned before, to build up you must tear down first.

You don’t build so many “bigly” and “very beautiful” buildings in the toughest city in America without a lot of dust and a few verbal fistfights.

Billy Bob Thornton is the Landman on Paramount Plus.

Donald Trump is the Landman on planet Earth.

He lives rent free in the White House and in way too many people’s heads.