No Self-Respect Anonymous
Needy god-emperor Donald Trump held another of his regular suck-up sessions on Tuesday in the White House Cabinet Room. In front of cameras, naturally, so the public gets the full intended effect. My God, the grovelling is humiliating to watch even from hundreds of miles away. Trump Cabinet members must need to return to their offices afterwards and dress down their staffs just to compensate. Viewers might need a shower.
From Wikipedia:
A kowtow /ˈkaʊtaʊ/ (simplified Chinese: 叩头; traditional Chinese: 叩頭) is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground. In Sinospheric culture, the kowtow is the highest sign of reverence. It was widely used to show reverence for one’s elders, superiors, and especially the Emperor of China, as well as for religious and cultural objects of worship. [1]
These members of No Self-Respect Anonymous haven’t even reached Step 1.
30th U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon started out as the mayor of Happy Valley. She’s just happy to be here:
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“In the Army we called this ‘Butt-snorkeling’….” tweets retired Gen. Ben Hodges in response to billionaire real estate developer Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East. One supposes Trump wants Witkoff in place for overseeing Trump resort development in Gaza once it’s “cleansed”:
33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins of Texas, Wikipedia notes, once served Texas governor Rick Perry as deputy general counsel, ethics advisor, and one other post he can’t remember. (Oops.) You’ll have to ask Google AI what “1863 or so” revolution she’s referring to because it can’t be the Emancipation Proclamation that freed Texans’ slaves:
From Websters:
kowtow 1 of 2 verb
kow·tow ˈkau̇-ˌtau̇ (ˌ)kau̇-ˈtau̇
kowtowed; kowtowing; kowtows
intransitive verb1 : to show obsequious deference : fawn
kowtows to the boss
2 : to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect
Synonyms include toady and bootlick.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi once held regular conference calls with Democrat-allied nonprofits (and a few bloggers). Reports on their groups’ field efforts routinely began with a bit of obsequious praising of “the Speaker” for her wonderful leadership. But these Trump Cabinet meetings are next-level.
Funny / not funny:
The only reason Trump doesn’t have supplicants literally get down on their knees is it would take them out of the camera shot: bad TV.
Update: Had not caught that Hodges is a retired lieutenant general. Amended.
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