{"id":407969,"date":"2024-04-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=407969"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Red-Caesarism-Trump-trial-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Red-Caesarism-Trump-trial-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Caesarism: Trump trial baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h4>45\u2019s *DROIT DU SEIGNEUR DAYDREAM<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Inspiration from W.S. Hamlet \u2018To Be or Not to Be\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When to lie or not to lie? Well, it depends!<\/p>\n<p>Why not take advantage of the stupidity<\/p>\n<p>Of fools that follow and swallow what I say<\/p>\n<p>I post my litany of lies on Truth Social<\/p>\n<p>When posting those lies I lie more and more<\/p>\n<p>No more will I ever seek or speak the truth<\/p>\n<p>My heart and soul in prevarication lock<\/p>\n<p>On falsehoods to feed my ignorant flock<\/p>\n<p>Devoted I catch the foolish fish. I lie. I live.<\/p>\n<p>I live to become king. That\u2019s my main thing<\/p>\n<p>When I ascend the throne I will rule alone<\/p>\n<p>From US Capitol II my Mar-A-Lago home<\/p>\n<p>The US Congress will come and pay respect<\/p>\n<p>Abeyance to their new King, I rightly expect.<\/p>\n<p><em>N.B. The phrase \u2019droit du seigneur\u2019 in French<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>means right of the feudal lord. Any alleged<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>right arrogantly presumed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><h4>MY PRESIDENTIAL LEGACY IN DISGRACE<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Parody of Will Shakespeare Sonnet XXIX<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen in disgrace with fortune and men\u2019s eyes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I all alone beweep my outcast state<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And look upon myself, and curse my fate\u201d<\/em> <strong>-W.S<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My presidency in disgrace in the nation\u2019s eyes<\/p>\n<p>I all alone campaign in my confused state<\/p>\n<p>And trouble judge and jury with my baby cries<\/p>\n<p>Too bad I can\u2019t seem to \u2018Make America Great\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Wish I was like Sleepy Joe from Delaware<\/p>\n<p>Talk policy like him; understand what I heard<\/p>\n<p>Jealous that he shows how much he can care<\/p>\n<p>While in these thoughts filled with self-loathing<\/p>\n<p>I think of money I owe and that I\u2019m losing<\/p>\n<p>So I sell Bibles, sneakers, hats, and clothing<\/p>\n<p>Discounts on everything, you\u2019re choosing<\/p>\n<p>Bling and bucks remembered on this occasion<\/p>\n<p>Block thoughts of a prison cell for tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/51ec1f1100d5d7eea9228e5f43276c9f.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joey aka &#8220;Pepe Batbon&#8221; Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>45\u2019s *DROIT DU SEIGNEUR DAYDREAM Inspiration from W.S. Hamlet \u2018To Be or Not to Be\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}