It’s supposedly never over till the fat lady sings and while there is still a microphone, a camera, and an internet out there the fat lady will never ever sing as long as The Donald has an audience. Now that he indirectly recognizes that he is losing this election, he changes his explanation to “The elections are rigged”. He expounds that he will eliminate the likes of Kasich and Cruz, in the future when he will form Political Action Committees to attack them. Also he is threatening what might happen in the streets if he loses a "rigged" election, implying revolution as he will be the savior that has had the election stolen from him by the Establishment. The New York Times has on tape his consistent inciting the crowd and the aggression that then spills over into the streets.
It is fair to say that his free flowing consciousness has reached heights never imagined. This followed the outcome of his flat uninspiring convention in contrast to Hillary’s screaming success. The question is does he care what anyone says about him or as some are arguing is he just not capable of caring? His mental stability is being openly questioned in very respectable circles.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
The week that was reached new bizarre heights even for Trump. He attacked the family of a national hero, who had sacrificed his life for his army unit. The Donald went on and on for days exacerbating his crass insensitivity and boorishness. (He thought he would whip up the usual hysteria because the family were Muslim). He implicitly laughed off what is surfacing as the most egregious story of sexual harassment perpetrated by his friend Roger Ailes of Fox News, and then ejected a crying baby from a rally - presumably firing her.
He is continuing lying on and on, even on minutia to the extent that it has to be pathological. He claimed that “The National Football Association wrote him a letter” which they humiliatingly denied to his face. Then he infuriated the Republican National Committee by refusing to endorse Senator John McCain, another American hero who he has called a loser. He then not only declined to back Paul Ryan, the de facto Republican legislative leader, who is entrusted to deliver the House to the GOP, he supported his opponent in his Primary. He was indifferent to the feelings of all those in the armed forces who were injured or died by accepting an offer of the Purple Heart medal and responding that he always wanted one and this was an easy way to get it. The litany is endless and not on the radar at the moment is his allying with Russia against NATO and the trail that leads to the Putin Government assisting him with the hacking of the DNC’s E - mails. When this hits the fan it will be quite a news day and it is going to be one helluva treasonous story.
AMIDST THE CHAOS HE JUST DOESN’T CARE
The Republicans are battling to hang onto the Senate, which would be an onerous task even if Trump had kept his trap shut because of demographics. Then if Hillary wins there is the coat tail effect even without The Donald’s help. He just won’t support the Republican ticket because he doesn’t care, it is all about him. The stories being leaked are that his campaign professionals are going ballistic as well as is an “apoplectic” Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. But The Donald still doesn’t care. There is talk of the RNC removing him as a candidate or hoping against hope that Trump will just call it quits. Either of the latter would be declared a victory by him by proving that it is indeed The Donald against the world and that just because he is paranoid doesn’t mean every one isn’t against him. But don't hold your breath waiting for him to exit as Jay H. Ell cannot see it happening.
He is losing established Republican donors some, like Meg Whitman, going over to Hillary. He has been criticized by even Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich. His Vice President running mate , who incidentally is not running with him and seems to be in his own campaign, made an ostentatious point of endorsing Ryan. Campaign workers of nearly every major Republican dignitary are abandoning ship and even stating they are voting for Hillary but none of this touches him. His beloved polls are also in the toilet - how he loved to quote and magnify those that were in his favor, so he isn’t talking about them. Hillary is ahead by 6 to 10 percent that represents an over 10 percent swing since the conventions. Even Nate Silver the famed political forecaster has come out of his preconvention funk when he put Trump ahead about 51 to 49 now positions Hillary ahead, 73 - 27. Trump didn’t even taking swings at Clinton even after she tried to nuance her e mail story - it is all about him.
He has a script, which has only one name on it and he is sticking to it - Mr. Khan insulted him and he will not let him get the better of him even if he is now incurring the wrath of everyone including the Veteran Groups who are supposedly his biggest constituency. So while everyone pulls their hair out he blithely carries on giving interviews to anyone who will listen, tweeting and retweeting and dominating media cycle after media cycle - as he explained when Melania was getting all that bad press for plagarazing Michelle Obama’s speech - “Any publicity is good publicity”.
BUT TIMES ARE CHANGING AROUND HIM
The sycophantic fawning media however are now fearful of the monster they have created and are no longer treating him like a normal candidate except Fox News that is. (The latter are still regarding him more or less like a conventional candidate - don’t forget the Supreme Court Judges. He has after all consistently held onto forty percent of the electorate they point out. Lest we forget, he garnered 13 million Primary votes and he won. The reality is he has changed the GOP but that is another story that has been told again and again). The media are now hammering him not letting anything go but he is not phased. There is a growing consensus that he cannot be entrusted with the nuclear codes and is an embarrassment. Obama who normally plays it down the middle virtually screamed at the Republican Establishment to cut him lose. Morning Joe Scarborough let it out of the bag that Trump had months ago asked military experts why the US shouldn’t use nuclear weapons! The Republicans should ditch him unceremoniously now as they are going to have to sooner or later. This because as it becomes more and more obvious that he can’t win he is going to taunt and defy them till they do. This will feed into his narrative that it is he against the world because he supports the downtrodden masses.
DONALD’S FAT LADY WILL BE IN THE WINGS FOREVER BECAUSE HE IS A WINNER
So those waiting for Trump to see the light it is not going to happen. It is like Waiting For Godot. All these futile pleas for him to get his act together are a waste of breath. He is what he is and worse. Also as the Fat Lady will never sing for Trump there is always a chance that he still might win….. All his life he has used and victimized others to feed his megalomania. He has been in denial at his failures. He has created his own mythical narrative. He has consistently said one thing and done another. For example he has attacked the outsourcing of jobs but his companies utilize and commission overseas goods. He is against the employment of foreign workers except when it applies to his own interests. He is against the fat cats but every indication is that he hasn’t paid a cent in taxes and robbed society blind. He is a hypocrite.
He has misused and honed his God given talents of persuasion and entertaining and become a salesman selling dreams and fantasy while feeding into prejudice and hate. Whether it be in the form of Trump University or his latest and biggest con promising to recreate a manufacturing society that is long dead and jobs in industries like coal mining that society has to ditch to survive. Then he feeds into the uneducated’s paranoia that they are victims and he alone can bring them back into the Garden of Eden. He will do whatever it takes to feed his own narcissism even if it is accepting the gift of a Veteran’s Purple Heart earned in battle. This he does not even do with humility at what this has to mean to the soldier who is probably giving him his proudest procession. The veteran has parted with his trophy because he has been conned that this con will deliver. He will rid the country of the Mexicans, Muslims and the like who are ostensibly feeding of the fat of the land, raping robbing and murdering forcing the whites to become poor whites again.
AT THE END OF THE DAY
But as it becomes increasingly evident to Trump that he can’t become President he will change the goal posts and declare victory at whatever he defines as victory - because one thing The Donald can never become and that is a LOSER. Jay H. Ell fears he will define victory as pandemonium in the streets proclaiming him as the savior. Jay H. Ell suggests that the Trump incited protestors gather around the Trump Towers in the land. The latter are symbols of greed, excess, exploitation by the one percent who pay no taxes.
By the way he remains ecstatic as he still dominating the news cycles. He has a new statistic to brag about - the high numbers of small donations his campaign is receiving. He has morphed from being the blue collared billionaire to the schnorrer billionaire. What happened to the white knight in shining armour who was going to finance his own campaign?
Hillary is left on her own to campaign in the wilderness. If you want to know what is going on with her try Public Radio or Public Television. She better stay focussed as she has to believe it is over when the Fat Lady Sings.
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