by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
New York City has begun showing its support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement by painting the words "Black Lives Matter" in large yellow letters on several streets in various locations around the city. Each large painting covers about a city block. This week, in an obvious attempt to twist the tail of the city's most famous non-resident slumlord, Mayor De Blasio announced that one of the locations where the slogan would be painted should be along 5th Avenue - just outside of Trump Tower.
Right on cue, Trump, himself a well known racist whose father was arrested at a Klan rally in Queens, New York, on Memorial Day weekend in 1927 for "failure to disperse," exploded. The former New Yorker who now claims Florida as his official residence - but continues to vote by mail from Washington, DC - went on one of his famous Twitter tantrums and made a blatantly false claim that the BLM movement had made threats of harm against New York police, that the mayor was defacing a beautiful part of 5th Avenue (as if Trump's "tower" didn't!), and that the police were furious about the plans to paint the street.
(There is also a citizen movement afoot to rename that section of 5th Avenue for former president Barack Obama.)
Some felt that Trump's hostile reaction might have much to do with perceived property values as it did with his feelings of injustice either toward himself or the city police department - an institution which he appeared to be trying to incite.
Score one for De Blasio.
New York City seems to be taking its cue from Washington, DC, where Mayor Muriel Bowser has also been busy having her city crews paint "Black Lives Matter" at various locations on the streets of our nation's capital - including new signage on 16th Street in Washington DC, just outside of the White House grounds and Lafayette Park which declares that area - in very bold lettering - to now be "Black Lives Matter Plaza." "Black Lives Matter" has also been painted on that section of the street.
The church where Trump held his bible stunt a few weeks ago is now officially located on "Black Lives Matter" Plaza, but the White House remains at its old address of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - at least for now.
But Trump regards it all as his own personal neighborhood, like the section of 5th Avenue in New York City that runs in front of his pretentious and gaudy "tower," and he predictably erupted at Mayor Bowser's insolence. Trump referred to the Mayor of Washington, DC, as "incompetent" and claimed that she had a budget that was out of control. The mayor, who has never flown to Florida to play golf on her city's money, did not respond directly to Trump's taunts, but she did call for federal troops to be removed from the streets of her city.
Score one for Bowser.
And so it goes. Donald Trump, who once seemed to believe that he ruled all aspects of the land through some sort of Divine Right of Monarchs' license, now seems to be getting his comeuppance at every turn. Is it any wonder that he jets off to Florida whenever he can, a place where is safe and secure - and remains well respected - at least for now?
Citizen Journalist
New York City has begun showing its support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement by painting the words "Black Lives Matter" in large yellow letters on several streets in various locations around the city. Each large painting covers about a city block. This week, in an obvious attempt to twist the tail of the city's most famous non-resident slumlord, Mayor De Blasio announced that one of the locations where the slogan would be painted should be along 5th Avenue - just outside of Trump Tower.
Right on cue, Trump, himself a well known racist whose father was arrested at a Klan rally in Queens, New York, on Memorial Day weekend in 1927 for "failure to disperse," exploded. The former New Yorker who now claims Florida as his official residence - but continues to vote by mail from Washington, DC - went on one of his famous Twitter tantrums and made a blatantly false claim that the BLM movement had made threats of harm against New York police, that the mayor was defacing a beautiful part of 5th Avenue (as if Trump's "tower" didn't!), and that the police were furious about the plans to paint the street.
(There is also a citizen movement afoot to rename that section of 5th Avenue for former president Barack Obama.)
Some felt that Trump's hostile reaction might have much to do with perceived property values as it did with his feelings of injustice either toward himself or the city police department - an institution which he appeared to be trying to incite.
Score one for De Blasio.
New York City seems to be taking its cue from Washington, DC, where Mayor Muriel Bowser has also been busy having her city crews paint "Black Lives Matter" at various locations on the streets of our nation's capital - including new signage on 16th Street in Washington DC, just outside of the White House grounds and Lafayette Park which declares that area - in very bold lettering - to now be "Black Lives Matter Plaza." "Black Lives Matter" has also been painted on that section of the street.
The church where Trump held his bible stunt a few weeks ago is now officially located on "Black Lives Matter" Plaza, but the White House remains at its old address of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - at least for now.
But Trump regards it all as his own personal neighborhood, like the section of 5th Avenue in New York City that runs in front of his pretentious and gaudy "tower," and he predictably erupted at Mayor Bowser's insolence. Trump referred to the Mayor of Washington, DC, as "incompetent" and claimed that she had a budget that was out of control. The mayor, who has never flown to Florida to play golf on her city's money, did not respond directly to Trump's taunts, but she did call for federal troops to be removed from the streets of her city.
Score one for Bowser.
And so it goes. Donald Trump, who once seemed to believe that he ruled all aspects of the land through some sort of Divine Right of Monarchs' license, now seems to be getting his comeuppance at every turn. Is it any wonder that he jets off to Florida whenever he can, a place where is safe and secure - and remains well respected - at least for now?
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