THE REPUBLICAN IDEAL  (2020)

Under his sunlamp he tweets and basks.
“We don’ need no stinkin’ masks!”
“As King, I have full authority!
But for my policies, I take no responsibility!”

His reckless and dangerous management style
Tosses treaties and science in the circular file.
We fund the golf junkets of this affluent free rider –
A disunifier, polarizer, and country divider.

Don’s fly-by-night “foundation” in New York?
The state shut it down. It’s gone— stick a fork.
Bondi dismissed suit of ersatz Trump U
After his bucks to her campaign came through.
Hid his adultery—Cohen wrote checks.
Evangelicals OK’d his extramarital sex.
Not protecting wild lands, but radically downsizing.
For votes in the West, Big Fossil he’s subsidizing.
“Forget $#!thole countries. But on the other hand,
Let’s buy oil-rich countries like Norway and Greenland!”

To dissuade brown peoples in desperate migrations,
He imposed at our border harsh family separations.
The rights of oppressed peoples are foreign to him.
Their hopes of asylum were dashed and remain dim.

From the Human Rights Council he’s pulled us out.
Compassion and caring he operates without.
Preferring to party on the beach in West Palm,
With “bone spurs” he craftily avoided Vietnam.

Without warning he abandoned Palestinians and Kurds.
No rationale, or empathy, or kind, parting words.
Denying Kashoggi’s murder by a Saudi crown prince
Has enriched his business with Arabia ever since.

He tweets until late. The sad orange geezer
Seeks tribute and homage—a wannabe Caesar.
Ruthless, dishonest, unreliable and callous,
King Midas resides in a gold-plated palace.

His new puppet Barr cleared Page and Flynn
Of spying for Russian kompromat-holder Putin.
He fired Yovanovitch who was fighting corruption:
In his political dealings, she was causing disruption.

His tax policy benefits only those holding shares.
Middle-class struggles are the least of his cares.
His attitude’s always been, “Let ‘em eat cake!
Never give back—there’s much more to take!”

Deutsche Bank launders his countless millions.
His elaborate shell game evades taxes on billions.
The thin-skinned crybaby got nailed when he cheated.
“It’s unfair!” he wailed, as though unfairly treated.

Impeached for concealing his quid pro quo call,
He’s retaliated often with revenge and downfall.
“Hide children from Obama and MLK.”
Teach ‘em “Me First!” (That’s the DJT way.)

Xenophobia, misogyny, and lying—Oh my!
He’s a real piece o’ work, this Mister Tough Guy.
He captains our government’s global decline.
No virtue or ethics? That’s perfectly fine.


—Will Walsh