It would be great if you could get a big bus and have a traveling art show with some of the most provocative portraits plastered all over the outside—with more inside. I am so impressed with the creativity of the wonderful artists.
Thanks for making me smile this morning, despite all the grotesque Trumpian news headlines. And big cheers to all the artists who participated! So much fun to see their interpretations of the presidential warthog. Bravo!
Trump's professor at Penn's prestigious Wharton School, William T. Kelley, stated "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had."
Trump traded in a formal education and even the development of a vocabulary beyond the 4th grade for the life of a morally dissolute playboy after his father arranged for him to evade the draft to join the family's real estate firm.
Over the years, Trump hungered for more and more publicity and constantly appeared in the tabloids surrounded by fawning women. We now know that along the route, he bragged about grabbing women by their genitals, one of whom successfully sued him for sexual molestation and defamation, cheating on his wives and cooking his company's books to "catch and kill" the revelation of his sexual forays with a porn star.
He also managed to set up a self-glorifying university which turned out to be a fraud on its students, as did his applications to numerous creditors whom he swindled out of hundreds of millions of dollars by vastly overvaluing his assets.
So how did Donald Trump get to go from being a rich dissolute playboy with the morals of an alley cat to being a rich dissolute President with the morals of an alley cat?
The closest explanation I can think of is by means of a riff on a comment made by Samuel Johnson to his biographer James Boswell about an acquaintance: " Sir, he was repugnant in his company, he was repugnant in his style, he was repugnant everywhere. He was repugnant in a new way and that made many people think him great."
Yes. He was repugnant in a new way. Paying a ghostwriter to write "The Art of the Deal" in Trump's name and with his wealth, swagger, ego and bluster, this blowhard and clown came to be the perfect sitcom attraction for prime-time t.v. And the more he growled, grated, gloated, grimaced and glamorized himself on t.v., the greater his audience swelled to be entertained by his bloated ego, bombast and put-downs.
In short. No one had even seen such a pompous, obnoxious and egotistical blowhard before, with the possible exception of Don Rickles's onstage persona. He was novel and refreshing, and offered a new face and style to enter the political arena with the support of right-wing conservatives, along with wealthy and influential friends, domestic and foreign, who learned how to manipulate his insecurities through flattery, money and promises of power.
During his first term in office, the dark side of him palpably emerged, in which he revealed his insecurity and desperation and lust for power and admiration, relying on lies and self-delusions to sustain his mental equilibrium. Over time, even his staff openly admitted that he relied on conjuring "alternate truths " and "alternate facts" to hold his world of illusions together. Even his niece, a psychologist with a Ph. D. in psychology, has openly referred to his serious mental unbalance and delusions of grandeur.
As we all too painfully know, his unwillingness to accept reality and to accept defeat in the 2020 election led to his desperate lies to his gullible cult followers that he actually won the election, though he was unable to convince a single court among the 80+ law suits he filed that his election was stolen. To this day, he is mentally incapable of letting go of his delusion that he won the 2020 election.
And while his victory in 2024 was more a repudiation of Joe Biden than a vote of confidence in him, he still cannot let go of the fact that he was a loser and that most people know he was and may still be.
I believe that it this obsession to crush his perceived enemies and non-believers through promises, threats, manipulations and extortion, and blackmail that drives his every waking hour.
And though Donald Trump now believes that he is on the verge of dominating every facet of life in the United States, it is not enough to satiate his unquenchable ego.
It is the entire world to which he now looks to become the Master of the Universe by turning upside down every country's economy and evoking the fear and admiration of every human being on this planet, all of whose lips will now be talking about the mighty and powerful Donald Trump
.
So at what price to all of us does Trump aspire to be top of the world?
It conjures up visions of Jimmy Cagney's movie character's self-immolation shouting:
ATTENTION: I have easily verifiable proof that the entire federal judicial system is corrupt. How does that tie in with current topic? Well, that's how the corporate criminals running this country get away with everything. You can protest the bought and paid for polices all you want, but nothing is going to change until you realize both parties have sold you out.
If you want a government that acts in your best interests--go to my Substack and read the introduction letter. It's your only hope.
I'm sorry, but I do not agree with the comment "that the entire federal judicial system is corrupt". There is no question that at least two and possibly a total of 4 Justices of the Supreme Court are hopelessly corrupt, but I believe that corruption throughout the U.S. federal judicial system is isolated.
Let's hope you're right. I've been a lawyer for 49 years and have watched the advances achieved in the last half of the 20th century slowly, but steadily, become watered down or simply disappear. After all, nobody still needs any protections offered by the Voters Right Act of 1965, right? And does anyone even remember Viola Liuzzo? She'd probably be sent to an El Salvadorian jail cell, if she were still committing acts of "terrorism" in the U.S. of 2025.
It's not my opinion that the entire federal judicial system is corrupt--it's fact.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases), but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. These so-called Justices either willfully ignore corruption or they deny certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. Either way, the entire Supreme Court is irretrievably corrupt.
If you would like to know the truth, read Judge Posner's amicus brief. It's posted on the Supreme Court's website. The case number is in the introduction letter on my Substack.
I do have a personal gripe! The district court judges in two separate cases incorporated the defendant's fraudulent defenses into "their" opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. They are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff's briefs. This means they are fixing every case in favor of corporate interests and no one in the government has a problem with that.
It's not unusual for judges, federal and state, to adopt arguments and citations in briefs proffered by counsel if they believe they have merit. As a federal prosecutor, I was flattered when judges accepted my arguments and citations. It doesn't mean they're corrupt.
These are Fabulous! I’m an artist but I couldn’t bring myself to do one. It’s enough that he’s everywhere I look in every news outlet. To bring him into my studio. I just. Can’t.
But - Thank you Michael for this terrific opportunity for everyone to share - even those of us who can only look.
As I protest this weekend I will most certainly draw inspiration from these masterpieces. It is so good to know that even in the darkest times, we can turn to each other for humor and hope. Thank you Michael Moore.
I love the artists! Especially the children! I have no artistic talent, and I was trying to dream up something. If I can get my camera to cooperate with the download, I'm in! Love this project!! Love the talent!!
It would be great if you could get a big bus and have a traveling art show with some of the most provocative portraits plastered all over the outside—with more inside. I am so impressed with the creativity of the wonderful artists.
Thanks for making me smile this morning, despite all the grotesque Trumpian news headlines. And big cheers to all the artists who participated! So much fun to see their interpretations of the presidential warthog. Bravo!
" MADE IT MA! TOP OF THE WORLD!"
Trump's professor at Penn's prestigious Wharton School, William T. Kelley, stated "Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had."
Trump traded in a formal education and even the development of a vocabulary beyond the 4th grade for the life of a morally dissolute playboy after his father arranged for him to evade the draft to join the family's real estate firm.
Over the years, Trump hungered for more and more publicity and constantly appeared in the tabloids surrounded by fawning women. We now know that along the route, he bragged about grabbing women by their genitals, one of whom successfully sued him for sexual molestation and defamation, cheating on his wives and cooking his company's books to "catch and kill" the revelation of his sexual forays with a porn star.
He also managed to set up a self-glorifying university which turned out to be a fraud on its students, as did his applications to numerous creditors whom he swindled out of hundreds of millions of dollars by vastly overvaluing his assets.
So how did Donald Trump get to go from being a rich dissolute playboy with the morals of an alley cat to being a rich dissolute President with the morals of an alley cat?
The closest explanation I can think of is by means of a riff on a comment made by Samuel Johnson to his biographer James Boswell about an acquaintance: " Sir, he was repugnant in his company, he was repugnant in his style, he was repugnant everywhere. He was repugnant in a new way and that made many people think him great."
Yes. He was repugnant in a new way. Paying a ghostwriter to write "The Art of the Deal" in Trump's name and with his wealth, swagger, ego and bluster, this blowhard and clown came to be the perfect sitcom attraction for prime-time t.v. And the more he growled, grated, gloated, grimaced and glamorized himself on t.v., the greater his audience swelled to be entertained by his bloated ego, bombast and put-downs.
In short. No one had even seen such a pompous, obnoxious and egotistical blowhard before, with the possible exception of Don Rickles's onstage persona. He was novel and refreshing, and offered a new face and style to enter the political arena with the support of right-wing conservatives, along with wealthy and influential friends, domestic and foreign, who learned how to manipulate his insecurities through flattery, money and promises of power.
During his first term in office, the dark side of him palpably emerged, in which he revealed his insecurity and desperation and lust for power and admiration, relying on lies and self-delusions to sustain his mental equilibrium. Over time, even his staff openly admitted that he relied on conjuring "alternate truths " and "alternate facts" to hold his world of illusions together. Even his niece, a psychologist with a Ph. D. in psychology, has openly referred to his serious mental unbalance and delusions of grandeur.
As we all too painfully know, his unwillingness to accept reality and to accept defeat in the 2020 election led to his desperate lies to his gullible cult followers that he actually won the election, though he was unable to convince a single court among the 80+ law suits he filed that his election was stolen. To this day, he is mentally incapable of letting go of his delusion that he won the 2020 election.
And while his victory in 2024 was more a repudiation of Joe Biden than a vote of confidence in him, he still cannot let go of the fact that he was a loser and that most people know he was and may still be.
I believe that it this obsession to crush his perceived enemies and non-believers through promises, threats, manipulations and extortion, and blackmail that drives his every waking hour.
And though Donald Trump now believes that he is on the verge of dominating every facet of life in the United States, it is not enough to satiate his unquenchable ego.
It is the entire world to which he now looks to become the Master of the Universe by turning upside down every country's economy and evoking the fear and admiration of every human being on this planet, all of whose lips will now be talking about the mighty and powerful Donald Trump
.
So at what price to all of us does Trump aspire to be top of the world?
It conjures up visions of Jimmy Cagney's movie character's self-immolation shouting:
"Made It Ma !Top of the World!"
What a detailed (and disgusting) description of this person who so tricked so many. Insatiable. Well written L.D.
Thanks Janie!
Thanks SO much for this. I wish every single person in this country could read and comprehend this!!! I appreciate each word.
Thanks very much Nancy!
ATTENTION: I have easily verifiable proof that the entire federal judicial system is corrupt. How does that tie in with current topic? Well, that's how the corporate criminals running this country get away with everything. You can protest the bought and paid for polices all you want, but nothing is going to change until you realize both parties have sold you out.
If you want a government that acts in your best interests--go to my Substack and read the introduction letter. It's your only hope.
I'm sorry, but I do not agree with the comment "that the entire federal judicial system is corrupt". There is no question that at least two and possibly a total of 4 Justices of the Supreme Court are hopelessly corrupt, but I believe that corruption throughout the U.S. federal judicial system is isolated.
Let's hope you're right. I've been a lawyer for 49 years and have watched the advances achieved in the last half of the 20th century slowly, but steadily, become watered down or simply disappear. After all, nobody still needs any protections offered by the Voters Right Act of 1965, right? And does anyone even remember Viola Liuzzo? She'd probably be sent to an El Salvadorian jail cell, if she were still committing acts of "terrorism" in the U.S. of 2025.
It's not my opinion that the entire federal judicial system is corrupt--it's fact.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases), but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. These so-called Justices either willfully ignore corruption or they deny certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. Either way, the entire Supreme Court is irretrievably corrupt.
If you would like to know the truth, read Judge Posner's amicus brief. It's posted on the Supreme Court's website. The case number is in the introduction letter on my Substack.
I see you have a vested interest and a personal gripe which you want to air. That's your right.
I do have a personal gripe! The district court judges in two separate cases incorporated the defendant's fraudulent defenses into "their" opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. They are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff's briefs. This means they are fixing every case in favor of corporate interests and no one in the government has a problem with that.
It's not unusual for judges, federal and state, to adopt arguments and citations in briefs proffered by counsel if they believe they have merit. As a federal prosecutor, I was flattered when judges accepted my arguments and citations. It doesn't mean they're corrupt.
Thanks for the laughs. Great fun on another sad day.
Inspirational! Unleash the artists!!!
These are Fabulous! I’m an artist but I couldn’t bring myself to do one. It’s enough that he’s everywhere I look in every news outlet. To bring him into my studio. I just. Can’t.
But - Thank you Michael for this terrific opportunity for everyone to share - even those of us who can only look.
Wonderful work by all. I look forward to the next batch.
APRIL 5, HANDS OFF ,be there or be square:-)
Fabulous!! Amazing, creative artists and very cathartic. Thank you to all who contributed. I hope a gallery picks this up.
BRAVO!!!
These are priceless 🤣
It's a Great Contest—a Michael Moore Special. But the most significant message is to PROTEST SOMEWHERE ON APRIL 5TH.
As I protest this weekend I will most certainly draw inspiration from these masterpieces. It is so good to know that even in the darkest times, we can turn to each other for humor and hope. Thank you Michael Moore.
I couldn’t select a favorite! I’d like to suggest you hold an auction for them. Aspirational!!
And inspirational!
I love the artists! Especially the children! I have no artistic talent, and I was trying to dream up something. If I can get my camera to cooperate with the download, I'm in! Love this project!! Love the talent!!
These are fabulous. No, better re Pam Doughty --> PRICELESS! Thank you to everyone who made our morning just a bit more special.
How creative and inspiring! Let’s see some more!🤡😀😁
You give me such hope! Thank you.