As the finale of S01 blockbuster binge-watch HBO series “TRUMP” left us with the cliffhanger revelations from greaseball son DonJu, here’s my take on what we might see in upcoming episodes of S02.
Trump is known to have been in the Trump Tower at the time of the Russian meeting. You know, the one about *cough* “adoptions”. We know some of the attendees at that meeting, but there’s a central character who is curiously absent from the list. So far.
What is the possibility that Trump (played with chilling authority by Nick Nolte) would NOT be helming a meeting with some juicy Russkies and his own top goodfellas – including made guy Paul “Mano” Manafort (James Caan) – about the subject closest to his heart?
Seriously – if he wasn’t in the room (Trump/elephant … please yourselves) what was he doing? Fantasising about Ivanka? Taking a long piddly leak? Playing paddleball? He could all that while he was in the meeting.
Or look at it this way: would DonJu (Matthew McConaughey, heading for an Emmy nom) have had the authority to bring Kushner and Manafort – not exactly his biggest fans – into the meeting?
These are rhetorical questions. DonJu is taking the bullet for the capo. Being the Good Son.
H.P. Saucecraft says
*HBO HUMMMMMMMMMM*
Moose the Mooche says
“Woke up this morning, Got myself a comb”
JustB says
Don Junior makes Fredo look like Michael.
Sewer Robot says
In the story, Michael has no problem disposing of Fredo, even though he’s his brother. Trump has shown that letting those around him take the bullets to save his skin is part of his M.O. Fine and dandy when they are “associates”, also playing the backstabbing game, but he’s also surrounded himself with family members who he genuinely seems to care for, so it will be interesting to see, as the thumbscrews begin to tighten, how behaves towards – for example – ticking time bomb and favourite daughter’s beau, JK.
JustB says
Do you think he does care for them? Or are they just more trophies, more extensions of his self? I wonder what love means for a man like this; part of me supposes that he must feel it, but he seems so consumed by that toddlerish narcissistic grandiosity, and the rage which inevitably accompanies it, that I honestly wonder if there’s the capacity for loving another human being in there.
Mike_H says
I’m sure the vast majority of Trump’s love is directed inwards.
Moose the Mooche says
ewwwww!
Moose the Mooche says
Loved the use of Kung Fu International at the end of ep. 7.
Lodestone of Wrongness says
After seeing him pushing a female reporter in front of a subway train, winning an election by manipulating and lying at every turn and then being forced to put his wife forward for the Presidency in one last desperate attempt to hold onto power I reluctantly accept I no longer have any idea what’s going to happen next.
Vulpes Vulpes says
Barrett .50 at 1200 yards is my best guess.
Moose the Mooche says
While Interstellar Overdrive hammers away on the soundtrack. Genius.
Mike_H says
Just as he’s stepping out of the Trump Tower towards the waiting limo, something similar to that little sequence in “The Proposition” where the guy takes a bullet and his head just explodes.
Except, in the case of The Donald, his hair is sure to remain intact and will fall onto the pavement with a splat just one second later.
Sewer Robot says
“Elephant in the room” is such a tired phrase. Perhaps, Russophile Don is more like “the bear in the sidecar”?
Beezer says
This Mel Brooks movie of a Presidency enthrals me.
The guy is impervious and is almost beguiling to watch as he foghorns along under that haircut. I read in The Graun earlier this morning that, it seems, he is considering pardoning everyone that may fall foul of the Russia investigation. Even himself. Because he’s The Prez. So he can. So there.
If you’re as fascinated as I am by all of this then do check out Keith Olbermann’s ‘The Resistance’ pieces on youtube. Very eloquent. And he’s got a decent haircut. That must mean something.
H.P. Saucecraft says
The problem with Olbermann’s clips is they look like something from The Fast Show. You can see where every one of those ten dollars for set design and construction went.
Beezer says
Indeed so. I like the pieces of A4 he glances at now and again, too. So add another three bucks for a ream of copier paper.
He’s made over ninety of them since Trump was elected. Plus the fifty-odd he made under another heading during the election campaign. He has made calling someone a liar and a traitor into a career option. I don’t think Trump will ever be impeached (well, yes but not quickly. It may take the bulk of his term) but if he does then I expect Olbermann to release a video of himself grinning at a camera for a period of hours.
H.P. Saucecraft says
I’m having a hush-hush steamy affair with Rachel Maddow. It’s so hush-hush even she’s unaware of it. I have a problem with her hairstyle, though. It just doesn’t suit me.
Sewer Robot says
I’m thinking maybe your chromosome arrangement wouldn’t suit her..