Scott Adams is the cartoonist/writer that brought us the Dilbert comic strips and he says he is supporting Donald Trump for president. He is not saying Trump would be a great president, or that he is a perfect Republican, or that he’s even a competent politician, though. No, why Adams is supporting Trump is because Trump is pulling off the prank of the century on the Republicans. For that chutzpah, Adams thinks Trump deserves support.
Headlining his blog post “Donald Trump: Magnificent Bastard,” Adams’ post is certainly little else but pure snark. But, he has some great points in this comedic take on the Trump candidacy. It all raises the central question: what is Trump’s real angle, here?
Adams started his piece saying that he thinks that this whole absurdist Trump for president thing is just an example of Trump “screwing with the media.” Adams thinks the whole deal is just a “prank” and he loves it all.
The magnificent part of this whole thing is that he’s putting no effort whatsoever into concealing his prank. That’s what I love about the guy. He knows that no level of clownery in a field of clowns will single him out as the one clown that doesn’t really mean it.
Take Trump’s recent empathy with the so-called birthers. That’s the most brilliant part of his plan. It’s a dead giveaway that he’s just screwing with the media, and it has the added benefit of concentrating most of their attention on that one trivial issue. He doesn’t even need to study up on the other issues. While Romney is writing position papers, Trump is golfing.
Adams goes on to say that it “isn’t the least bit credible that Trump thinks the birther issue is real” and insists that this whole thing is just a Trump gag on the media. Trump “is a man who is winking at the camera and daring you to see the obvious” he says.
Adams wraps up by saying that he thinks Trump will never admit that this was all nothing but an attention-grabbing prank.
This is a snarky take on the Trump bid for the presidency, to be sure. But there is a ring of truth to it all. Can Trump be serious? I just don’t see how he can. This guy has never in his life exhibited any interest in a cogent political ideology. His campaign donation history shows that. He’s all about making the bucks. Period.
Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with being single-minded on makin’ the bucks, certainly. But it seems that this whole dalliance with running for president is, indeed, a sort of prank perpetrated on the world by one Donald Trump, a prank meant only to get The Donald as much free publicity as possible.
In the end, though, if Adams is right (and I think he is) and this is just a grab for publicity, I can only condemn Trump for the arrogance of putting the country through it all for his own personal interests. With this faux run for the White House he is putting his petty interests above the interests of the American people.
April 22nd, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I think he is going to run. Trump is an egomaniac, as most presidential candidates are. He is certainly more interesting than Chuckabee and Zomney-Zombie. As they say in the movie “Network”, The American people want somebody to articulate their rage for them.
Trump does that, spouting off about China and OPEC. How the whole world thinks we are a joke and are taking advantage of us.
Maybe he started out just doing this for laughs or publicity. But he’s getting a lot of positive feedback from people, including cheering crowds at recent speeches. He’s going to run, marks my words.
April 22nd, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Its cool n all that Trump is articulating and catering to present American sentiment.
Remember, thats how dickhead got elected
But lets be serious and not buy into a bunch of platitudes n rhetoric, the kind that got us Barry.
I’d love for more than anything to backhand b*tchslap most middle eastern states and take their oil, use the revenues to set them all straight and then get the fck out.
But seriously.
Anyone who doesnt think such action wouldnt start world war three amongst us and the International mob is flat out stupid.
Its good to light up the people so they’ll be more demanding of future leaders.
But Donalds recipes would never be applicable in the real world.
Not to worry.
When most people are filling up their tank right now, just as in Carters days, its the present administration they’re thinking of.
Not Bush, not Libya, not Wall Street.
Rising fuel n food costs may be the conservatives best friend til 2012.
Progressive ‘hope and change’, faux cries for the little guy, has failed again
April 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Anyone who doesnt think such action wouldnt start world war three amongst us and the International mob is flat out stupid.
If we take the oil and hoard it, it’s WWIII. If we secure the oil and offer it to the world at reasonable prices and let the Chinese and Russians in on the deal….no war. I think the consuming world would appreciate it. Now obviously, it ain’t that simple but I think it could be done.
April 22nd, 2011 at 3:09 pm
“Now obviously, it ain’t that simple but I think it could be done.”
I think on the other post I mentioned its a wonderful idea.
Saying it and doing it without retaliation from the international communal mob could prove not worth it.
Trump makes it sound simple.
I promise you the first retaliation would be against Israel and then us against those arming the Muslims, the dominoes would never stop falling.
All hell would break lose in so many concievable manners its not even funny.
Really, does anyone think the rest of the world wont see it as the ultimate totalitarian power grab ever ?
April 22nd, 2011 at 3:43 pm
“If we secure the oil and offer it to the world at reasonable prices and let the Chinese and Russians in on the deal….no war. ”
Do you think China and Russia would trust us anymore than we trust them to be the lead horse in that race ?
Whats to say once we’ve got the Muslim theocratic dictatorships out of the way the Russian and Chinese wouldn’t try to checkmate us ?
If Donald could explain a little more in detail and elaborate exactly how he’d pull it off I’d feel a lot better.
Until then he sounds a lot like Barry did in 06-7 making outrageous promises with no detailed execution.
Lets not be the same kinda idiots that elected dickhead and sentimentally fall for the same sht.
If we started drilling tomorrow for our own oil and natural gas, eased up on the nuke fear mongering, stopped shoving green sht down everyone’s throat at the most inconvenient and unrealistic rates and focused on our own ‘viable’ sources with a vengeance like that Donald wants to perform in the middle east world energy prices would drop in a heartbeat.
Until we actually did secure all the fields in the middle east the first day of any such intention would have us paying 50.00 a gallon at the pump.
To say Krauthammer does not think out of the box and ‘old school’ is really not fair seeing as how hes actually the multi dimensional thinker that can see the collateral effects that would take place outside the box of simplistic thinking such as Trumps
April 22nd, 2011 at 4:06 pm
All true.
If gas gets to 5-6 dollars and it percolates thru society the American people may well demand something be done. The sht may hit the fan in any case. We better be prepared. WWI and WWII and even the Civil War started over economics. These are dangerous times. Add in an easy enemy to hate and Bah Da Bing.
I agree, Trump is an arrogant blow hard.
April 22nd, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Agree that the Trump thing is kind of a art performance piece, and as I said many times on this blog I’m hoping he runs because I find it vastly entertaining.
It’s good stuff how he’s pushing the mouthbreathers to see how far off a cliff they’re willing to walk, how blindly they’re willing to follow red meat dangled in front of them…
Very fun. And they will NEVER get that they’re the butt of the joke.
April 22nd, 2011 at 4:14 pm
“Very fun. And they will NEVER get that they’re the butt of the joke.”
I doubt the right will fall for the Donald the same way you morons fell for Barrys crap.
So please, with everything were looking at and have witnessed, don’t talk to us about ‘jokes’ without sounding like one yourself.
The lead we see for Trump in the polls right now only reflects sentiment and choosing between lesser evils.
I hardly think once everyone becomes a little more educated on the Don will they vote for him.
Hes not a conservative with any history to prove it.
April 22nd, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Well, Micky,
Remember what Nancy Pelosi says. Elections shouldn’t matter. Both parties should be on the same page.
Is Trump going to fix anything if elected. Probably not. Is anybody going to? Probably not. The other guys who might actually know what to do are Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and maybe Herman Cain. Sarah Palin is a maybe, too. Only somebody who is ready to take on the Federal Reserve and Washington bureaucracy/lobbyists will succeed in saving the nation from disaster. Anybody who tries to do that either will never get elected or get assassinated mighty quick.
April 22nd, 2011 at 4:54 pm
As far as Trump starting World War III, at least he would make a good job of it.
“I will give you a world-class, world war. It will be second to none!”
Like it isn’t going to happen anyway.
April 22nd, 2011 at 5:15 pm
“Remember what Nancy Pelosi says. Elections shouldn’t matter. Both parties should be on the same page.”
I remember when Donald thought she was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
But, I digress, who gives a fck what the senile bat says ?
Ya know Andy, I’d like to see Nugent and Trumps attitude in office but theres just some things they wouldnt individually be good at.
Donald should be running the books. Not foreign policies or wars.
Yeah, WTF am I talking about ?
As if I’d get to put a cabinet together.
I believe Krauthammer would show the ragheads a world of hurt if they got stupid-er.
I know he’ll never run or even enter the fray.
I just wish more would listen to him.
I’m not happy with this line up were lookin at.
Seen it all before.
Like most I want some security going into 2012.
I’m just not gettin it
April 23rd, 2011 at 5:03 am
“Maybe he started out just doing this for laughs or publicity. But he’s getting a lot of positive feedback from people, including cheering crowds at recent speeches. He’s going to run, marks my words.”
Ding ding ding – we have a winner. I would just add that in addition to the positive feedback and cheering, he’s had a fair amount of ridicule and incredulity as well. I think the affront to his ego will make him want to prove them wrong.
Not sure he’ll go the distance in a run, but he’ll be around for a while at least.
April 23rd, 2011 at 6:25 am
If you put an idiot like GWB in office, then why in the world would anyone think that Trump is a joke?
We already had the joke. Eight years of it.
Time for anuther, I guess.
April 23rd, 2011 at 8:38 am
“If you voted for Obummer in 08–to prove you weren’t a racist
You have to vote for someone else in 12,to prove you are not an idiot”
sign in back of a Mercedes
LMAO
April 23rd, 2011 at 9:32 am
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April 24th, 2011 at 8:24 am
If Trump would target his energies toward drilling here and drilling now, instead of ‘off the wall’ grabbing of oil everywhere else but here, he’d have a real shot.
As it is, he has none.