Yesterday Trump made another ceremonial visit to Real America while President Musk ran the country:
Donald Trump swept into Daytona, Florida for the Daytona 500 on Sunday while the arrival of a rainstorm — combined with the president’s own pre-race stunt — threatened to delay the race for hours.
Sunday afternoon storms forced race officials to stop NASCAR’s biggest event on the 11th lap. Initial reports indicated that the race could be held up until around 7 p.m. EST.
But the rain couldn’t stop the president from hogging the spotlight, which a crowd of cheering Trump fans in the audience didn’t appear to mind. The president took a lap around the track in “the Beast,” the president’s armored vehicle, followed by his motorcade ahead of the race’s start, while the Foo Fighters’ “There Goes My Hero” blared comically loud throughout the track.
If it was meant as an ironic gesture, it was lost on the crowd who cheered the flyover of Air Force One and the arrival of Trump’s motorcade.
Sunday’s event marked Trump’s second episode of crowd work in as many weeks; his attendance at the Super Bowl last weekend in New Orleans also drew a reaction (one that was notably more mixed) from the fans in that arena.
But his latest — and expensive — stunts serve as a reminder that there remain limits to his administration’s purported goals to cut “waste” in government spending.
His appearance at Sunday’s race prompted social media users to ask “where’s DOGE?” referring to Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency operation taking the axe to federal agencies.
There is no limit on how much taxpayer money Trump can spend to celebrate the new Thousand Year Reich … er sorry, Golden Age of America. Look for more of this.
A series of legislative proposals introduced by House Republicans, seemingly aimed at currying favor with President Donald Trump, would almost be funny, according to their Democratic colleagues, if they didn’t hint at a darker reality.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., introduced a bill to put Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore. Freshman Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., has a bill to rename Dulles International Airport in Trump’s honor. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has introduced proposals to help Trump rename the Gulf of Mexico and expunge his two impeachments.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., meanwhile, has floated a constitutional amendment that would let Trump seek a third term in the White House.
“It’s kind of sick … They want to get on his good side,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., ranking member on the Rules Committee. “It’s like a cult. And I think they need help.”
It’s unprecedented to do this sort of thing for a sitting president. It is a cult and he is their Deal Leader. This is solely to appeal to his vanity which is the size of Mt Everest. And that means this little penny ante tributes aren’t going to be enough to get his attention. He’s going to need some truly monumental tributes. Perhaps re-naming the White House, “Trump House” or changing Florida to Trumpland. If they can change Gulf of Mexico to Gult of America, why not change the Atlantic Ocean to The Sea of Trump? Planet Trump!
I’m joking, but not entirely. I fully expect that they will start this renaming stuff in earnest in the next few months and there;’s no doubt they’re going to change the names of Dulles International to Trump International and probably a lot more highways, schools, Post Offices, Government office buildings and more. I won’t be surprised to see statues pop up, possibly even in DC itself. These are easy things to do, much easier than voting for things their constituents don’t want.
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They didn’t even make Hitler’s birthday a holiday.