Hard Act To Follow

  

Kensington Market store front decorated by ShitShow, the same guy who 
did the small curb side graffiti we saw on one of our first COVID walks.
Both epic and disturbing.

The focus has changed now that Trump's in the rearview mirror. In what might be my last blog about DJT (but I'm making no promises), I ask some questions, make some observations and analogies, think of some fictional treatments, and make a couple of predictions.

What's the Last Gasp Gonna Look Like?

Recent media speculation about Trump is what will be his next act. Will he rule the Republican Party from Mar A Lago? Will he drown in litigation and criminal charges? Will he go to jail? Will he be assassinated? Since January 6, the first one's less likely, though the odds are improving on the next three.

If he lives and stays out of jail, he might become a kookie recluse like Howard Hughes, who was also a germaphobic emotionally immature billionaire obsessed with being seen as rich, powerful and successful with the ladies. 

Other Numbers Down ...

Lots of people are looking at different business plans now that Trump is out of the spotlight. For example, the people selling merchandise at Trump rallies, and the YouTube stars who became members of the multi-million view club in the age of Trump – Randy Rainbow and Legal Eagle, to name two.

Not a God King, But Still ...

The media also speculates about Trump successors like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. But I think Trump is a once-in-a-generation asshole. Pretenders to his throne don’t have his combination of dull-witted charisma, life-long sense of entitlement and mental illness.

In the same once-in-a-generation vein, Trump is like Rubens - a great painter who amplified his production through his “workshop”. While the master was still active, there seemed to be lots of other people who shared his genius. But once he was gone, his followers showed themselves to be talentless hacks.

Future Fiction ...

Some of my readers know that I am writing a novel. Part of writing a novel is preparing query letters to send to literary agents. That art form requires a deft hand at identifying genres and crafting plot summaries. While procrastinating about writing a summary of the book I actually have written, I thought of these possible future novels written in the wake of the age of Trump.

Miscalculation 

Genre: Science fiction 

Plot summary: A futuristic Nazi hunter travels back in time to kill Hitler, lands in the wrong year and instead tries to stop Trump from running for President. His attempts work, until  2011.

My MAGA Mom 

Genre: Young Adult

Plot Summary: A socially awkward protagonist meets their soul mate at a MAGA rally they're attending with their parents. They negotiate the ups and downs of their young love while helping their parents deal with Trump's defeat.

(Dis)loyalty

Genre: Mystery

Plot Summary: A congressman’s tortured and decapitated corpse is found floating in the Potomac. He had once been a staunch supporter of Trump, but turned on him after the January 2021 insurrection. A promising novice Black FBI agent is put on the case with a veteran agent, but she finds troubling clues that he may have been involved with the murder, and that she's his next target. 

The 'Gator Riders of Trump

Genre: Fantasy

Plot summary: in the not too distant future, greasy-faced white people will rule the Florida swamps.

 Finally, two predictions ...

One or more disaffected Trump supporter(s) will stage a desperate and doomed raid on the ex-president's Florida home to wreak their revenge on the man they've finally realized was lying to them all along.

Kimberly Guilfoyle will dump Trump Junior.

Thanks for reading!

Have a great week!

Karen