Plundering Booty

For Donald Trump, every day is speak like a hypocrite day

Donald Trump is the king of projection. We've seen it over the last few days with Trump caught repeatedly falling asleep in cabinet meetings, when he's the one who gave Joe Biden the nickname “Sleepy Joe.” Donald Trump projects so much that I've always suspected that he was born in Kenya.

Trump held a rally on Tuesday in the Poconos, where he was supposed to give a speech about affordability, which is another issue that he projects. He ran his 2024 campaign on affordability, which he now calls a hoax.

At this rally on Tuesday, Trump said, “We always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime. The only thing they’re good at is going after ships.”

And the very next day, Donald Trump went after a ship. The Trump regime seized an oil tanker sailing from Venezuela with Venezuelan oil, and Trump said afterward that we are going to keep the oil. I guess Somalians aren’t the only ones good at piracy.

Even if this ship has violated sanctions, as the Trump regime claims, what gives the Trump regime the right to steal the oil? This is the very definition of piracy.

Trump also admitted to some racism that he denied during his first administration.

In a meeting with senators in 2018, Trump used the term “shithole countries” in reference to non-White immigrants coming here. According to those in the room, Trump complained about immigrants coming to our country from places like Haiti and the African continent, and not enough from places like Norway. You know, white countries.

Trump claimed he used “tough” language, but that “this was not the language used.” It was all along; it was the language he had used.

Well, on Tuesday in Mount Pocono, Trump said, “I’ve also announced a permanent pause on Third World migration, including from hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, and many other countries. Remember I said that to the senators?” We remember you denying it.

He said, “Our country was going to hell. And we had a meeting, and I say, ‘Why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right?’ Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few? Let us have a few from Denmark. Do you mind sending us a few people? Do you mind?”

That's not just admitting that he is a liar, but that he is a racist. I guess it doesn't matter now because whether he is never running again or he's just going to cancel elections altogether and stay in office as a dictator, there's no danger for him to admit he has a racist. If anything, he'll score more points for it from his base.

Creative note

I spent a long time in this cartoon. I started it late this morning, took a break for an OT session, then resumed around 1 PM. I did not finish until after 7 PM. So basically, I took a break from my occupational therapy to have an occupational therapy session, and then I returned to my occupational therapy, as in, drawing a cartoon.

Drawn in 30 seconds

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