CSI: American Carnage (Friday, November 29. 2019)
Donald has been stretched out in the recliner of the Executive Lounge for several hours after being deposited by a squad of SEALs on active duty. The gurney is folded near the door, cranberry relish partially wiped off. His wrapper is in some disarray. He says, You got those mashed potatoes? Potatoes? More potatoes! Hector is charging and unable to attend. Donald says, Where’s the remote? I need the potatoes and the remote. Silence but for the rustling near the kitchen garbage. Donald tries to throw part of a broken cup toward the noise, but it falls next to the recliner into a puddle of coke. He picks up the remote and with great effort punches play. On the teevee, Donald is at Bagram. He says to what appear to be soldiers, $2.5 trillion. Donald punches pause, rewind, play. $2.5 trillion. Again, $2.5 trillion. Donald looks to be in a reverie. On the teevee he continues talking: And nobody beats our great Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines. And we think, soon, we’re going to be adding a thing called “space” — you know about that, right? Space. We’re going to have space covered very well. We’re covering it now, but we have to cover it to a much greater extent. He pauses the teevee and says, You hear that Hec? Space. Space is where we all are. You hear that? We are going to have all of where we all are. Hector, charging, remains silent. There is more rustling from the kitchen. Several bottles fall to the floor and break. Shapes scatter. Donald punches play again, And I was all set to go, and I had some of the mashed potatoes and I had a bite of mashed potatoes. And I never got to the turkey, because General Milley said, “Come on over, sir. Let’s take some pictures.” I never got to my turkey. It’s the first time in Thanksgiving that I’ve never had anything called turkey. But that’s okay. But it looked awfully good, I have to tell you that. I should have started with that, instead of the mashed potatoes. I made a mistake. But I hope everyone enjoyed the fantastic meal. It’s nice to know that you’re fighting for something that is doing well, as opposed to something that was not doing well just a number of years ago. Our stock market has reached the highest level ever in the history of the exchanges — all three, if you look. All three. It’s incredible. It’s incredible, what’s happening. – Friday, November 29, 2019