Humpty Trumpty

The mind-bending Trumpian world operates in a bulletproof moral and factual vacuum, which has made sarcasm and irony, my tools of trade, largely redundant in that sphere. So I’ve refrained from commentary on the Big Schlanger since his election.

However, his latest diplomatic sortie to meet his mate Vladimir in Helsinki and his subsequent press conference is obviously redolent of Alice in Wonderland. BS explained that when he said ‘would’ he meant ‘wouldn’t’ or v.v. This famous quote below from a literary masterpiece has probably come to mind for many of us.

When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less. The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things. The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, which is to be master—that’s all.