Weaving into Incoherence

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Donald Trump, whose train of thought is prone to derailments, refers to his near constant verbal meanderings as "the weave," as though his babbling incoherence is some art form of public speaking which he has mastered, rather than a concerning inability to speak as an adult and in a manner that makes sense.   During the campaign when his team was trying to highlight Joe Biden's declining mental acuity, it was painfully clear that what Trump was saying on any topic would quickly deteriorate into gibberish.

Now Trump is back in office, and he is still "weaving."  This past weekend in two important speeches he rambled far and wide and at times made little sense at all.

Trump, who prefers to spend his weekends playing golf, spoke to the graduating class of the US Military Academy at West Point on Saturday.  He apparently began with a prepared text but quickly either lost his place, or lost interest in the remarks that had been prepared for him.  He veered off into DEI, a favorite topic of his, and told the graduating cadets that their job was not to host drag shows.  He went on to talk about golf (it was Saturday, after all), the real estate developer who created Levittown, PA, and warned cadets to steer clear of trophy wives.

(Trump has been married three times - each marriage to a young(ish) former model - and two of whom were immigrants.)

Oh, and while he was at West Point spouting all of that nonsensical oratory, the President of the United States was wearing a red MAGA ball cap, of course he was, and the performance was all very dignified and presidential, of course it was.

Trump ended the graduation ceremony by declining to participate in the tradition of the President saluting and shaking the hand of each graduate, and then he quickly flew off to his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey - on the public's dime.

On Monday Trump went back to work, for part of the day, by visiting Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier.  But before he got to Arlington, he began Memorial Day with one of his famous all-caps whine fests;

"HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS."

Then he referred to judges who have blocked his deportation initiatives as "MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL."

So statesmanlike, so very presidential.

Trump "weaves" on social media, and he "weaves" in public speeches, and every time he does the fabric of America seems to loosen and fray.  He will be seventy-nine in two weeks, and it definitely shows.

The White House was never intended to be a retirement home.