There are some moments in history that can leave the public’s jaw dropping in utter disgust and amazement. That point in time was reached by Donald Trump’s response to the multi-million people protest of “No Kings” on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Trump went to his social media platform, Truth Social, and posted an AI-generated video depicting himself wearing a crown while piloting a fighter jet emblazoned with the words “KING TRUMP.” He then proceeds to fly that plane over a large city while dropping tons of excrement onto the demonstrators below.
When I first saw this bizarre YouTube video, I was incredulous. I simply could not believe it. It was just too much to fathom. How wrong could I have been?
While there is some doubt as to whether Marie Antoinette ever infamously uttered the words “Let them eat cake” to the entreaties of starving Parisians, there can be no doubt as to the authenticity of the fantastic Trump video.
When 42 million Americans are just days away from losing SNAP benefits, days away from starvation, Trump is saying, “Let them eat shit.” In my home state of Tennessee, just days away, 690,000 will lose SNAP food benefits. Could there be food riots in the offing, like in 1789 France?
While the president, again in the spirit of Marie Antoinette, tears down the East Wing of the White House to build his own palatial ballroom, he enjoys dreaming of pouring feces on demonstrators opposed to his fascist regime.
He relishes the thought of bombing the American people with tons of poop and simultaneously has the unmitigated gall to demand that the American taxpayers give him $230 million for his personal grievances against the Justice Department because it investigated his crimes.
Trump sinks to a new low of crudity, crassness, and vulgarity while dragging his minions in the Republican Party along in his defense.
This loathsome video was the most disgusting and repulsive that I could recall in recent memory, below anything I could have imagined, even for the likes of Trump. This is indicative of a deeply, deeply troubled mind. This shows a monumental disconnect between this so-called president and the American people.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the sickening video “unserious, unpresidential, and un-American.” His words were too moderate, an understatement.
On the other hand, the sycophantic Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, to be expected in supporting the reprehensible video, clumsily said that Trump was “using a satirical point.” Obviously, Johnson does not see the difference between satire and low-life crudity.
Trump’s video brings to mind a saying in Germany with Hitler’s ascendancy: “The gutter has come to power.”
As with all op-eds published by People’s World, the views reflected here are those of the author.
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