When I first began posting these blogs, there was no shortage of topics. The outrageous behavior of Trump and his minions provided what photographers call a “target rich environment.” The problem was that, as I was spending a day or two writing a blog about one day’s developments, they would commit even more outrageous acts the next day. A number of times, I left one screed unfinished in order to tackle another more-current subject. It was very frustrating. Finally, it just became too exhausting to try and keep up with them.
But Trump’s latest acts that are so egregious as to warrant discussion. I’m talking about his renaming of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts to include his own name. This is doubly disturbing, firstly from the standpoint of the desecration of an iconic American monument and, secondly, being done by a man with absolutely no artistic credentials or even good taste. This is the man, after all, who has redecorated the Oval Office to look like a cheap imitation throne room set from a movie.
He also renamed the United States Institute of Peace to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. This is a gross abomination given that he is waging a fake “war” against fishing boats and is planning to soon invade another country in order to steal their oil.
This comes after his plans to release a U.S. coin with his image on both sides, to construct the Trump Ballroom, and to create “Trump accounts” for children.
Regrettably, this is probably not the end of his desecration of American icons. Trump has a deep narcissistic need to put his name on everything he can. Over the next three years, I think we can expect to see the following:
The Trump-Washington Monument (with his enlarged image in bronze plaques attached at the base to all four sides)
The Trump-Lincoln Memorial (with Lincoln’s immortal words chiseled away and replaced by “President Donald J. Trump – AMERICA’S GREATEST PRESIDENT!”)
The Trump-Arlington National Cemetery
The Trump-Reagan National Airport
The Trump National Mall
The Trump-Smithsonian Museums
Trump Boulevard (formerly Pennsylvania Ave)
The Trump-Pentagon
The Trump National Zoological Park
The Trump Capitol Building
Trump Plaza (formerly Black Lives Matter Plaza)
Trump-Franklin Square
and “The Trump…” on the various other public spaces and the 70 or so government buildings In Washington D.C. (especially The Trump Supreme Court Building).
Not to forget the Trump Triumphal Arch that he’s also planning to build.
In fact, I would not be surprised if he were to rename the whole town to Trump City. And since that is merely a city, he will probably pressure the Republicans in the Texas legislature to rename Texas to The State of Trump. They would, undoubtedly, be happy to do it.
This just goes to prove that there is no bottom for Trump or the GOP. They are willing to sink to whatever the lowest level of fifth-grade behavior they can reach in their efforts to glorify Trump.