When Truth Marches...

by Richard the Saint at RtS – The Power Pen

T-Minus 16 Days

The closer we get to November the more and more I begin to realize just how amazing this story has become. 2025 will make 10 full years since the start of the Donald Trump era. When one thinks of presidents of the past, rarely do they think in terms of more than 8-10 years (assuming re-election), then they begin to fade in short order. But in the case of Donald Trump, if/when he wins in a few weeks, we will ultimately see nearly 15 years (2015-2029) pass where his influence will have been felt far and wide. But even that is woefully understated when you consider the imprint he will leave on the psyche of this country and the entire world. Transcendent times.

Well, let’s get predictions out of the way. If I were a betting man, I would say things will settle somewhere in this neighborhood…. but I could be wrong.

Who knows, he may even snag New Mexico. Much more on this in a few minutes.

THE CROWN JEWEL

In the 1999 film ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ a very rich self-made billionaire, Thomas Crown, became quite bored of being able to buy everything he desired. So, he decided to amuse himself by stealing priceless pieces of artwork. In this case, he stole Monet’s Venetian landscape San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art…. worth a cool $100 million.

The story had all sorts of twists and turns but in the final scene, Thomas Crown was apparently telegraphing his own arrest by informing authorities of his arrival and then showing up at the museum wearing a uniquely identifying piece of clothing…..a bowler’s hat. He even peered into the security camera to let them know he’d arrived, so all they had to do was close in on him and it was game over. But suddenly, intermingled with the rest of the crowd, dozens upon dozens of men began appearing around every corner wearing the identical black bowlers’ hat and suit.

The authorities were suddenly chasing ghosts and Thomas Crown went from being…