We’re sick of his habit to scoff at us

“How shall we make sense of the gross elitism at the heart of the Trump administration, embodied in its devotion to Ayn Rand—elitism that its supporters overlook or ignore, and happily ascribe to the left instead?”

 

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EMBRACES AYN RAND’S DISDAIN FOR THE MASSES
Firmin Debrabander, Opinion, Newsweek

 


 

We’re sick of his habit to scoff at us
While wagging his shiny gold coif at us.
We’re sick of his lying,
And sick of his trying
To offer what he would cast off at us.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


“an island in the Pacific”

“President Trump previously called a federal judge in California a so-called judge. Now U.S. Attorney General Sessions appears to dismiss a federal judge in Hawaii as just a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific. Our Constitution created a separation of powers in the United States for a reason. Our federal courts, established under article III of the Constitution, are co-equal partners with Congress and the President. It is disappointing AG Sessions does not acknowledge that.” -Hawaii’s Attorney General, Doug Chin

 

Hawaii Tells Jeff Sessions: ‘Have Some Respect’
Continue story at NPR

 


 

Jeff Sessions, in terms unspecific,
Mocks “an island in the Pacific.”
He should search his own soul,
And his dubious role
As a toady to one so horrific.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


Ivanka has trademarks galore

“The commercial currents of President Donald Trump’s White House are unprecedented in modern American politics, ethics lawyers say. They have created an unfamiliar landscape riven with ethical pitfalls, and forced consumers and retailers to wrestle with the unlikely passions now inspired by Ivanka Trump’s mid-market collection of ruffled blouses, shifts and wedges.”

 

Ivanka Trump has been absolutely raking it in since her father became president
The Journal

 


Ivanka has trademarks galore,
And suddenly she’s got some more—
And in such a hurry,
It’s making us worry
There’s some sort of sneaky back door.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson


Though he thinks he’s the illuminati

“President Trump held a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Italy today where he took the opportunity to brag about his friendship with the very prominent Italian celebrity Luciano Pavarotti which is an interesting statement to make because Pavarotti has been dead for ten years. Luckily for Jimmy, he got a rare opportunity to speak to Pavarotti so he could find out whether he actually is friends with Trump once and for all.” – Jimmy Kimmel Live (video)

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker

Though he thinks he’s the illuminati,
The BLOTUS is really quite dotty,
So flushed with his fame
That he made a false claim
To be buds with the late Pavarotti.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson and Steven Kretzmann

He’s wolfish and wicked and wily.

“The governing irony, of course, is that in the world according to O’Reilly and other cultural scolds, everyone else is wrong and they alone are the uncorrupted. Their spin is no-spin; their truth is the Truth. They promise their followers: Do as I say (but not as I do), and America will be its own best self again, whatever you perceive that to be. Moral certainty is their armor, and it allows them at times to be immorally cruel. It takes a very smug kind of meanness to watch Representative Maxine Waters speak passionately on race in the Trump era and only be able to crack a joke, as O’Reilly recently did, about her ‘James Brown wig.’ A very white kind of meanness, too.”

 

The O’Reilly factor that mattered? Hypocrisy.
Ty Burr, Commentary, The Boston Globe

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker


 

He’s wolfish and wicked and wily.
He treats women rudely and vilely.
He’s up to no good,
And we wish that he would
Go down like his pal Bill O’Reilly.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


Another judge rules he must pay

 

A judge rules Trump may have incited violence … and Trump again has his own mouth to blame
The Washington Post

 

Did Trump and military get it wrong about San Diego warships rushing to North Korea?
The San Diego Union Tribune

 

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago kitchen slapped with 13 health violations
CNN

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker


 


 

Another judge rules he must pay,
His warships go badly astray,
And his gaudy resort
Gets a bad health report—
It’s a typical Trump kind of day.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


Most presidents share their return

“But it is Mr. Trump’s own taxes that have provided the crucial leverage for his opponents. More than 100,000 of his critics took to the streets over the weekend in marches around the country, demanding that the president release his returns. Tax legislation, they say, could be a plot by Mr. Trump to get even richer.”

 

Trump’s Unreleased Taxes Threaten Yet Another Campaign Promise
The New York Times

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker


 


 

Most presidents share their return,
Reporting the income they earn,
But Donny cops out,
Because, without doubt,
He’s hiding some crimes we would learn.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


Remember how plainly he spoke

“Still, coal’s long-term outlook is poor, less because of environmental regulations than market forces, including competition from natural gas and increasingly cost-effective renewable sources. Loosening environmental laws won’t make coal cheaper than natural gas, and it certainly won’t make it cleaner.”

 

Wrong Message, Wrong Coal Mine
Editorial, The New York Times

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker


 


 

Remember how plainly he spoke
That he’d rescue the blue-collar folk?
Now the miners and truckers
And factory workers
Are the butt of a billionaire’s joke.

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


No visitor logs?

“The White House announced Friday that it would cut off public access to visitor logs revealing who is entering the White House complex and which officials they are meeting, breaking with the Obama administration’s practice and returning a cloak of secrecy over the basic day-to-day workings of the government.”

 

White House to Keep Its Visitor Logs Secret
The New York Times

 

 

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker

 


No visitor logs? Tell me, is it
To hide something dark and illicit?
Or is the big twit
Ashamed to admit
He can’t get his own wife to visit?

© 2017 Colleen Anderson

 


When his name is engraved upon granite

“Only 10 weeks into his presidency, and at great risk to future generations, Donald Trump has ordered the demolition of most of President Barack Obama’s policies to combat climate change by reducing emissions from fossil fuels.”

 

President Trump Risks the Planet
Editorial Board, The New York Times

 

Graphic by Rafael Barker

 


 

When his name is engraved upon granite
In the rubble that’s left of our planet,
Some wandering spirit
May say (we won’t hear it),
“This can’t be America, can it?”

© 2017 Colleen Anderson