The Greatest Troll Ever by Trump But Not Many Understood It

San Angelo Live ^ | JUL 19, 2024 | JOE HYDE

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All his enemies to be assassinated instead of tried?

They were not Jack Ryan's enemies, they were the enemies of every. single. one. of. us.
Every human on earth, Russian, American, Brazilian, Nigerian, Chinese, German.

It's as if they had vowed to kill 7½ billion of us.

That's just plain evil. They got what they deserved, and less. They got a quick coup de grace, it would have been more satisfying to have the sweat through a decade of trial with all their evil exposed and then tremble in anticipation of the noose.

That would have been just.

But I'm satisfied with what they got.

[Savage Beast]

Turandot is set in China, all right. I can't see a connection between the plot and present US politics.

Prince Calaf is in love with Princess Turandot. (I can't imagine why.) He wants to marry her, and to do so, he must answer three riddles; a wrong answer will result in his execution. He gets 'em right, but she still refuses to marry him. So he tells her that if she is can guess his name before dawn the next day, he will accept death. (Really dumb if you ask me.) A decree goes out that nobody in Peking can sleep until she learns his name and if she can't learn it everybody in town's going to be wiped out. That's when Calaf sings Nessun Dorma. She doesn't guess it. He refers to her as "The Princess of Death." (She had also reneged on her agreement to marry him when he answered the riddles.) Nevertheless he kisses her--and then marries her! (Consummation was probably the biggest challenge yet.)

Who would want her for a wife?

I can't connect this to the present situation, but maybe someone who's smarter than me can.

The homeland of Calaf and his father has been conquered and oppressed by China. Maybe he's hoping to liberate it, but a marriage to "The Princess of Death" is a heavy price.

Maybe this connects to the heavy price Trump has paid for liberating the American People?

The People's Republic of China initially forbade performance of Turandot because they said it portrayed China and the Chinese People unfavorably, but in September 1998 a beautiful performance of it was held in the Forbidden City and broadcast in the USA. Many of us watched. It was very good.

[lastchance]

I first misread your post and thought it read “All his enemies to be assassinated instead of T.I.R.E.D.” Which sure fit the theme of the aria.

[egfowler3]

I think it’s more of a warning promise as in: this COULD be you!

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Is it because they have ideologues running their party and not intelligent people?

 

Greedy little criminal factions with more ambition than brains, using their access/positions to further agendas for feathering their own nests at the expense of a competing faction. Always a big game of king of the hill. All conspiracies function exactly the same way no matter at what level. Seen it all before, many times.

 

 

[crusty old prospector]

We still listen to The Three Tenors Christmas CD every year.