Blogpost #937                                                THE KING OF BLING

As we understand it, the semi-slang word, “bling,” denotes flashy, ostentatious ornamentation, together the crude, showy, materialistic, attitudes associated with it. The penultimate, award for such qualities, in equal functional combination with an innate, unabashed, tendency to practice deceit, are the salient features of the skewed, outward, persona of our “past President,” Donald J. Trump

Until recent days, general discussion on the subject of famous con- men, or professionally, talented and successful, “grifters,” would predictably, include the notorious, Charles Ponzi and Bernard (“Bernie,”) Madoff. The broad scope and temporal success of their perniciously, conceived and executed, acts of fraud and deceit, would, (until the present time), justifiably, award them winners, gold medals, for the substantial extent of their perverse, monetary, achievement.  However, whatever may be the extent of deceitfully, obtained, riches, attributable to these two highly, successful miscreants, the same pales in significance, when compared to the extent of deceit, and harm, caused by the amoral and shameless, Donald Trump; the comparison may be analogically, represented as the extent of difference between a trip to the moon, in comparison with a voyage to Uranus.

Considering the innumerable, acts of spontaneously, demonstrated, ignorance and manifest incompetence, perversely, coupled with the plethora of his intentionally, criminal acts, we had until the present moment, found it impossible to divine the nature of Trump’s presented persona. These acts include his demonstrated serial mendacity, absence of moral compass or empathy, and multiple commission of felonies to the extreme extent of treason against his own Nation. Trump’s proven criminal behavior includes the instigation and support of a violent insurrection against the United States, founded upon his autocratic denial of the results of a fair election (“the big lie”), the ominous, purloining of top secret government documents, extortion, bribery, as well as an additional bulging cornucopia of reprehensible acts, many, bizarrely, witnessed on public television, captured on tape, and publically known.

For, several years, we made attempts, to comprehend Trump’s underlying motivation and elusive persona, based upon his aberrant record of performance, both in or out of office, but were, essentially, incapable of doing so. We had been, obliged, by elimination, to attribute his bizarre statements and miscreant acts to some species of unhealthy, pathology.

Despite Trump’s ardent, passionate, and eternal public outcry that he was politically misled, that the election was miscounted and the Presidential victory was tactically, and conspiratorially, stolen from him, the media has uncovered and published that,  from the outset, Trump knew (and acknowledged to a few intimates) that, he indeed, had lost. Yet, multitudes of defrauded but loyal MAGA adherents, have persisted in their imposed belief and actively join in Trump’s, public program of cynical, deceit, falsely averring that he was, conspiratorially, deprived of his win. The vast quantity of such false and undemocratic, propaganda, had its (televised) apotheosis in the violent insurrection on January 6, in Washington, D.C.

The disclosure that the neurotic, orange-haired, avatar of bling and consummate practitioner of grift, (contrary to his false incitement of his vast horde of misled followers to, “patriotically,” seek redress for his “stolen” victory), always knew and had, in fact, acknowledged, to his intimate associates, that he had, in fact, lost. This revelation provided the skeleton key, enabling us, to unlock the sinister door and shine some needed light, on his singular persona and motivation.

Our previous inability to construe an understanding of our protagonist, was in no small part, due, to his complete lack of doctrinaire belief, political, economic or social. His sole and entire interest and motivation, as now confirmed, was, exclusively, to be a “Winner.” “Winning,” for “the Donald” was always, easily, definable, viz., you made large sums of money “off” (from) “Losers,” by exigent methods, fair or foul; considerations of rectitude, conscience and morality, being (for such sociopath), non-existent.

 Trump’s intended, “bling” seems to include his occasionally, exhibited and beautiful,( but silent and staid as a mannequin) wife, but, most importantly, the ownership of Hotels, Country Clubs, Golf Clubs and real estate. It would, inarguably, appear that the sole incentive of Trump’s nuanced persona, as comprehended, is one, solely, and opportunistically, to make money, by the tactical use of his  those capital assets, independent of considerations of legality, societal morality or principled ethics. In creative manner, any government inquiry, public condemnation, investigation, or actual criminal indictment, is artfully, transmogrified by him, to a fortuitous, opportunity to solicit monetary contributions, from his vast horde of underbelly, populist supporters. Having occupied the highest National Office, being twice impeached, by Congress, therefrom, and being the “accused” in a plethora of government (Federal and State) criminal subpoenas, to this “King of Bling,” has significance, primarily for their opportunities, for him to attract attention and, by grift, solicit huge amounts of money.

After the political smoke has cleared and, hopefully, normalcy is restored, we might, appropriately, make the suggestion, that the traditional award of a Presidential Library, in honor of the service of past American Presidents, not be extended to this “King of Bling,” for fear that the same might signify an historical abasement, of American Presidential history.

-p.