And somewhere in the increasingly tiresome presidential tirades, 11 downed aircraft and 30 million supposedly saved lives in the Indian subcontinent have made another fantasy-fuelled appearance.
Norway has suddenly been reduced from a desirable source of immigrants to a “shithouse country”; comedian Bill Maher has received a 1,324-word dressing-down worthy of a bitter divorce petition. TOI correspondent from Washington: Hell hath no fury like Donald Trump scorned.
“Frankly, Norway sucks,” the MAGA boss announced at a Michigan rally on Sunday, before upgrading the insult to “Norway has become a shithouse country, actually. The U.S President, who has made his not receiving a Nobel grievance a recurring feature of his political repertoire, explained his pique with the wounded dignity of a man who has been dumped by his girlfriend: “So I’m not in love with Norway,” he sniffed. Having discussed international conflict and immigration, Trump turned to the Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, a vocal supporter who appeared alongside him, to say, “By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before, Nicki Minaj,” he announced. For those wondering if he had taken on the job of a casting direction in addition to that of a White House contractor, Trump explained that he was miffed with the “fake news” for misinterpreting his lingering description of Republican Senator Jon Husted’s physique, including his backside, legs, hands and neck, while admiring the former football player’s athletic build. The US President’s campaign rhetoric, regarded as “unhinged” by a growing number of commentators, was compounded on Sunday by a 1,324-word screed – his longest Truth Social post as per tracking databases – attacking the comedian Bill Maher as a “COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER,” ostensibly because Trump believed they had a good dinner meeting at the White House but Maher dumped on it on his HBO show. Former President Barack Obama summed it up during a rally over the weekend, saying, “These people are not serious.”
The Michigan rally also offered a reminder that the U.S President’s digressions can go to uncharted territory, including sudden anatomical excursions. “That’s hard to miss. Stand up. Minaj rose and waved to the cheering MAGA audience. Trump’s admiration for the male anatomy is now the butt of jokes on the comedy circuit, but he apparently regards it as more than a joke of butts, a paean to the human body. Numerous commentators worried about the tone, tenor, and digressions in Trump’s campaign speeches, at a time the country is facing far more consequential issues than his construction projects, his relationship with a comedian or his not receiving the Nobel Prize , are starting to express concerns over the widening gulf between the gravity of the President’s office and the material occupying the his attention.