With all of his bluster, you notice the POTUS—
His hands may be small; his persona is large
But hiding behind him? Loose cannon Steve Bannon,
The racist and bigot who’s really in charge
And there in the shadows, Mike Pence’s offenses
Are under the radar—at least, that’s the plan—
Attending to Trump as the vaster disaster
Means Pence gets to play the Invisible Man
Trump’s smoke-screen provides a distraction; the action
Is swift and chaotic, all over the place
(Though much is incompetent blunder; no wonder
It pleases the “down with the government” base)
The mountain of scandals worth knowing keeps growing
To feed one side’s hatred; the other side’s fears
We need to keep watch without blinking, I’m thinking…
Get used to not sleeping for four fucking years.
I’ve seen (at least) two contradictory narratives: one is that someone (usually Bannon; never Trump himself) is orchestrating chaos intentionally, that there are feints, distractions, trial balloons, outrages, as a deliberate tactic. The other is that the same things we have been labeling feints, distractions, trial balloons and outrages are simply the flailing around of an incompetent administration, and that any attempt to see it as more than that is motivated by the desire not to believe that the administration is really actually that fucking stupid.
Incompetence or a shock action distraction –
Regardless, we’ve all got our heads in a noose
When nuclear warheads are falling, the squalling
About how we got there is really no use.
Though Donald’s a fool, it’s real evil when Steve’ll
Join up with Mike Pence to make everyone pay;
If hate has America crumbling, or bumbling,
The fact is we’re thoroughly fucked either way.
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Great rhymes there from you & abbeycadabra. Love them although the realitty theydescribe is appalling and very disturbing indeed. Thankyou both.
Which one do you think it is? Or could it be a combo of both?
It’s almost 2 months since the OP and it is still uncertain but I’m leaning toward “incompetent”.