No. CXXIV.I: EXTRA! Don't Bother

USA Today: Trump presses Mexico's Peña Nieto to stop publicly opposing border wall "If you are going to say that Mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then I do not want to meet with you guys anymore because I cannot live with that," Trump said in a January call, according to the Washington Post. (With apologies to Stephen Sondheim ("Send In The Clowns") Son of a bitch.

One thing is clear.

I've got to keep out all immigrants

or it's my career.

Send in the clowns.

Whatever I tweet,

Congress won't move

As much as I lie,

my folks still approve.

Where are the clowns?

Send in the clowns.

When I try to start

building my wall,

never acknowledging

the idea is screwball,

holding my rallies again,

with my beautiful hair.

Same old stale lies.

Does anyone care?

I am a farce.

Don't you agree?

Whatever else this is,

it's great late night TV.

And where are the clowns?

Quick, send in the clowns.

Don't bother, they're me.

No. CXXIV: Born That Way

WSJ: Trump Pushes Bill to Cut Number of Green Cards Issued by Half (Paywall)

Proposal would prioritize high-skilled workers, English speakers and those who are financially stable

So...Donald supports immigration bills,

if they require certain skills

to enter the U.S. Of A.?

Had this been the law in the recent past,

his foreign-born wives would never have passed.

At the end of the day,

say what you will,

being born pretty is not a skill.

No. CXXIII: Plane And Simple

Quartz: The new Air Force One will be a leftover from a bankrupt Russian airline

Both “new” Air Force Ones will be “used cars”,

previously "driven" by Vlad, Russia's "Czar".

A misinformed rant from tweeter-in-chief

forced USAF to seek relief

from price of new aircraft from Boeing.

Boeing complied, all the while knowing

the final cost would be the same 

as if they'd built two new airplanes.

Boeing 747-8 in Transaero livery

(How does this make America great?
An airframe designed in nineteen sixty-eight!?
Why not, for cost efficiency,
use Air Space Museum's antique DC-3!
In keeping with this — really, Good Lord! — 
must the president's car be a Model T Ford?)

Douglas DC-3 in Eastern livery (National Air And Space Museum)

Happily, there is another solution.

Sending Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin
to buy two NEW planes direct from Ilyushin: 
IL-96's, exactly like Putin's.

Ilyushin IL-96 in Russian government livery

No. CXXII: Kelly Cleans House

According to informed sources who requested anonymity since they are not authorized to speak on these matters:

Kelly told Trump he had no option:

put Don jr. and Eric up for adoption.

He then recommended that in due course

Ivanka and Jared file for divorce.

To White House aides he highlighted

countries from whence they won't be extradited*.

McConnell and Ryan he told (said one source),

“You deal with me. I am your boss.”

Off the record our source, being discreet,

said Kelly admitted his work won't be complete

until he entombs Trump in concrete.

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*http://www.wsfa.com/story/22665099/countries-with-no-extradition-treaty-with-us

No. CXXI: GOP's Thinking [sic]

WSJ: Scaramucci Removed at Urging of New Chief Kelly (Paywall)

Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his position as White House communications director, just 10 days after it was announced he would take it. He was ousted at the urging of the new Chief of Staff John Kelly.

We must not let White House chaos dismay us.

Granted, it will somewhat delay us.

Making America "great" again

will just have to wait until when

the muck and the nonsense with Trump

helps President Pence over the hump

with a palace coup led by John Kelly.

(Who has, you know, read Machiavelli.)

With Pence as prexy and Kelly v-p,

we achieve ultimate (lasting?) victory.

See the shadow noon gnomon? It is an omen.

The U.S. is become the Empire Roman.

And, no, that is not just a teaser.

The Republic is over. Hail Kelly! Hail Caesar!

No. CXX: The GOP Theory Of No Government

The Second Amendment, since you inquire,

is the one we Republicans most admire.
The one, furthermore, in our estimate,

the whole Constitution must emulate.

(And, no, this is not about only gun freedom.
See our cards on the table? Weep as you read 'em!)

Since ALL legislation sticks in our craw,

under us, the Congress shall make NO law.

(Except, of course, you know...that is...

to dictate precisely how everyone lives.)

Laws passed (in error) when Dems get elected,

we will see expeditiously vivisected.

We believe in freedom, the RIGHT to choose.

We are the FAR RIGHT. When we win, you lose.