If we didn't know it already, we certainly do now. As far as former president Donald Trump is concerned the most important thing in the world isn't war, pestilence, or impending environmental doom. No, all those issues are pale annoyances compared to what really counts--you know, the legacy and future of Donald John Trump.
How else do you explain Trump's bizarre appeal to Vladimir Putin the other day on some obscure Trumpist new show. Why would the wife of Moscow's mayor give both Joe and Hunter three and a half million dollars he asked. Putin would know, he said. Putin should release the why to the world.
El Don pulled something akin to this back in the 2016 campaign. During a rally he asked the Russians to release Hillary Clinton's emails, if they had them. Within 48 hours emails began to emerge letting everyone know who Vlad Putin preferred in the White House.
Over the next four years Trump paid the Russians back by doing everything he could to foment discord with NATO members and weaken the alliance. His unabashed fawning over Putin himself was a national disgrace. It became so embarrassing at times that the idea of the President of the United State performing fellatio on Putin didn't seem that far fetched.
Ah, but time has marched on. Unfortunately for all of us Trump hasn't. His most recent public call for Putin's help isn't to a slyly smiling Russian autocrat with unknown plans and ambitions. Now it is to a widely perceived war criminal who has openly threatened the world with nuclear weapons while invading a sovereign nation for no other real reason than he wanted to. In historical context it is as if Herbert Hoover called on Herr Hitler to dig up dirt on Franklin Roosevelt in 1939.
Of course the late, unlamented, Adolf was a tad busy at the time invading Poland, just as Vladimir's excellent adventure in Ukraine is ongoing. It's highly doubtful helping out Brother Don is foremost in the Russian president's mind since his army is bogged down and taking heavy casualties in a war he thought would last for maybe a week.
Putin might try to explain the situation to Mr. Trump but the ex-president is unlikely to understand. After all, he, Donald J. Trump is the most important thing and will be as long as he is alive. One can easily imagine Trump blustering into the phone, saying something along the lines of, "Good God man, can't you multi-task?"
Well, sometimes priorities just don't match up. And with The Big Orange Guy we will always know what his top priority is.
sic vita est
3-31-22
Truth truly is stranger than fiction. How could anyone possibly make this stuff up?
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