Looking Ahead. . .

(Looking Ahead. . .)

There are any number of insurance commercials where an allowance for healthy groceries is provided. Sadly, for many people, subsisting on such meager rations could result in starvation. It is an immutable truth that that are bad taste good. If one mainlines bacon cheeseburgers and also goes heavy with Hostess' treats like Ding Dongs or Twinkies, and at the same time has moderate weight and controlled cholesterol. 


That might be the situation for some but not all. Roert F/ Kenedy Jr, would have a field day with these people but they are rare. What is also rare is an individual like Donald Trump. It is getting tedious with all singing hie "praises" and everything else that is being said, but any objective analysis comes to the same conclusion.


For all intents and purposes, Trump has been President, not just President-Elect since Election Day. He has been the one collapsing governments, al Assad in Syria is just the latest. President Biden while Uncle Sam still signs his checks, has expanded his Pardon authority. In addition to Hunter Biden, Biden's dragnet is now including Trump critics Liz Cheney, and Dr. Fauci. Their crime was to oppose President Trump and, for the moment least. that is not a credible offense. For the moment.


January 20th cannot come faster. Trump however has never been a patient man and that is why he is being pre-emptive. It is why he has put together his Cabinet selections. It is why he is re-introducing himself to his global audience. The shot in Notre Dame with First Lady Jill Biden was a scene.


But First Lady Biden is still married to President Joe Biden. And he will continue to be President Biden until Trump takes over. After the Inauguration, who meets President Trump  ? President Biden or his wife. Interesting question.


People remember the end the movie Patton. George C. Scott is walking "Willie" and he voices over the Roman tradition of a "Triumph," oversaw by Roman conquerors for over a thousand years. Looking ahead, President Trump will be arriving in Washington in what Julius Caesar could scarcely have imagined.

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