Monday, April 22, 2019

“Easter Orange, Plus One”



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The Setting: America’s White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Decorated with festive bunnies and eggs for the season.

The Players: Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States; Kellyanne Conway, counselor; Mick Mulvaney, Chief of Staff; Rudy Giuliani, lawyer and adviser.

Mick Mulvaney - “Welcome to our Monday meeting with President Trump. I hope everyone had a blessed Easter holiday!”

Kellyanne Conway – (Cheerful and breezy) “Mr. President, I would just like to say that it was great to see you at church, yesterday. A great visual for the press...”

Rudy Giuliani - “Fox News ran that video all day long!”

Donald Trump - “I wanted to celebrate. Celebrate big, you know. Celebrate huuuuuuge! Celebrate the miracle of Easter.”

Mick Mulvaney – (Buoyant) “The miracle of Jesus and his resurrection?”

D. Trump - “The miracle of my resurrection! Thanks to Robert Mueller. No collusion, no obstruction!”

K. Conway – (Laughing) “That really is a miracle, Mr. President!”

M. Mulvaney - “You just needed to look more humble, sir. To focus on the true meaning of Easter...”

D. Trump - “Look, Jesus has been on my side since this campaign started. Believe me. I know that. Jesus is on the Trump Train. Jesus wants America to be great again. I don’t need to make noise for Jesus. I have Jesus right here, beside me. Even he knew there was no collusion!”

K. Conway – (Rolling her eyes) “Well anyway, it looked good on the Sunday news shows, Mr. President. I am glad you went to church.”

R. Giuliani - “I flipped over to CNN and never saw any of that. They had Elizabeth Warren, calling for your impeachment.”

D. Trump - “A loser network! Bad ratings. Very bad.”

M. Mulvaney - “Rudy is right, sir. NBC News had Pete Buttigieg saying that he is ‘pretty sure’ you should be impeached.”

D. Trump - “Another bad network. They should have stayed with ‘Seinfeld’ reruns. News does nothing for them, nothing.”

R. Giuliani - “Julian Castro is calling for your impeachment, Beto O’ Rourke says you are guilty of offenses that would merit impeachment...”

D. Trump – (Red-faced) “Guilty? The Mueller Report said ‘Not guilty.’ No collusion, no obstruction. Listen to Robert. I did nothing. Never did. NOT GUILTY!”

K. Conway – (Cheering) “Not guilty, Mr. President!”

M. Mulvaney - “Your own husband has called for impeachment, Kellyanne.”

R. Giuliani - “Ouch! That has to be tough at the dinner table. Would take a few glasses of wine to wash that down.”

K. Conway - “George has his own opinions. Alternate opinions, like alternate facts.”

D. Trump - “I never liked that guy much! Him and John McCain.”

M. Mulvaney - “Sir, we need to think about more events with you in a religious context. Let’s play to your base of supporters. Change the narrative from talk of impeachment.”

R. Giuliani - “How about speaking at a fundraiser to help rebuild Notre Dame in Paris?”

D. Trump - “They should have dropped water from the airplanes. I had that on Twitter. I told them what to do. Twit-ter. Don’t they have Twitter in France?”

M. Mulvaney - “Sir, experts in fire science say that would have intensified the structural damage...”

D. Trump - “I saw it work in an episode of ‘Code Red’ or something like that. It worked. Worked better than trucks and hoses. Better than trucks.”

M. Mulvaney - “Mr. President, I think you are mistaken.”

K. Conway - “Wasn’t Lorne Greene in that show?”

M. Mulvaney - “Nobody remembers Code Red anyway.”

D. Trump - “Lorne Greene! I loved him on Bonanza. That was a great show, about America when America was great before. Great, great America.”

R. Giuliani - “I liked Bonanza.”

D. Trump - “Mick, Can we get Lorne Greene at one of my rallies?”

M. Mulvaney - “He died in 1987, sir.”

K. Conway - “And he was from Canada.”

D. Trump – (Frustrated) “Look, the Canadian people love me. Maybe I have problems sometimes when we negotiate, because we have to negotiate hard, you know, but they love me in Canada. Believe me.”

M. Mulvaney - “I think we need to focus on your softer side, Mr. President. Divert attention from the impeachment talk with more church, more grandchildren. More of that material for the press.”

D. Trump - “I can’t be impeached for being NOT GUILTY! No collusion, no obstruction! Why don’t they impeach Adam Schiff? Why don’t they impeach Nancy Pelosi? Why don’t they impeach Chuck Schumer?”

R. Giuliani - “Why don’t you dump Mike Pence for 2020 and add Sean Hannity to your ticket?”

M. Mulvaney – (Exasperated) “What???”

K. Conway - “Mike Pence has been loyal to you, Mr. President.”

R. Giuliani - “His wife has that book about ‘Marlon Bundo’ the rabbit.”

D. Trump – (Frowning) “A bunny book? Weak, that is very weak I think. Very weak.”

K. Conway - “It is for children, Mr. President.”

R. Giuliani - “Sean Hannity would bring some ‘tomatas’ to your 2020 ticket. A good set-up for 2024...”

M. Mulvaney - “Tomatas?”

R. Giuliani - “Tomatas! Stones! The guy has balls!”

K. Conway – (Giggling) “Well then, okay. Balls are good on a national ticket.”

D. Trump - “Balls would be great if your husband had any, Kellyanne!”

K. Conway – (Shocked) “Mr. President, please!”

M. Mulvaney - “Sir, late-night television host John Oliver published his own book about Marlon Bundo. He portrayed the bunny in a relationship with another male rabbit.”

K. Conway – (Gasps audibly)

D. Trump - “That is bad, I think, very bad. Bad to have in a book. Very bad. A Democrat bunny. Peter Cottontail was never like that... never.”

M. Mulvaney - “Did Peter Cottontail have a specified orientation of any kind, sir?”

K. Conway - “Mike Pence must have needed oxygen after that.”

R. Giuliani – (Coughing) “Mr. President, Sean Hannity does not have a bunny. I bet he has a German Shepherd. Maybe two or three of them. Maybe a Pit Bull!”

K. Conway - “Personally, I’d rather have a rabbit!”

M. Mulvaney - “Sir, we need to think about 2020 and beyond. We need to plan...”

D. Trump - “I like the idea of a German Shepherd coming to Washington. Pick up the phone, Kellyanne and get me Sean Hannity!”

(Silent pause as everyone ponders whether to obey or channel their own inner Don McGahn.)

D. Trump - “NO BUNNIES, NO COLLUSION!”

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