Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter
P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.
I was literally just going to write a post about the dishes right before I saw this. I hate doing the fucking dishes, but it keeps me human. It's a constant reminder that I need to take responsibility if I want something, that I am the arbiter of the conditions in which I live.
So let me get this straight.
Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.
Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.
Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.
Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.
And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”
Please.
Trump has lost in iran. They are fully in control. Global inventories are running out. Energy crisis about to hit that will make 2022 seem like a breeze. Asia, which is where roughly 40% of the world's manufacturing takes place is going to take the biggest hit first then Europe. We wont run out of gas or oil, whether you'llbe able to afford it is a different subject. Maga has literally made everyone's life in the entire world shittier other than the epstein pedo billionaire class they support. The world is being held hostage by the dumbest sacks of shit in our society. This is by far the worst strategic mistake of my lifetime and the repercussions will be felt for at least a generation. You cannot hate these ppl enough. Their stupidity has ruined us.
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Marco Rubio posted a video to Cubans claiming there’s no oil blockade. Needless to say, it didn’t land well with Cubans who are living through blackouts that became far worse after the U.S. began stopping oil from getting to the island.
Bo Burnham's Inside is not only the best piece of art about COVID, it's probably the defining piece of art for the 2020s (not the best piece of art, but the one that is most quintessentially of this time)
Ik moet zo hard lachen om mensen die pretenderen ‘rechts’ te zijn en tegelijkertijd om hun moeder janken over benzineprijzen.
Nee proleet, je bent niet rechts. Je bent tegen asielzoekers. En daarmee is het wel gezegd. Je hebt in je hele godvergeten miserabele kutleven nog nooit box 3 op je aangifte gezien. Geen vennootschapsbelasting betaald. Je hebt geen idee wat dividend is. Je hebt niet te maken met de FIOD en ACM.
Nee. Jij bent tegen AZC’s. Dan ben je niet rechts. Dan ben je een racist. Je kan niet lopen janken over eigen risico en dure boodschappen én rechts zijn. Als je rechts was dan had je 12 supermarkten en pakte je wat extra marge.
Je bent tegen nareizen maar jankt over € 30,25 vliegbelasting. Je zit all inclusive je vette schultenbräubek vol te rammen met gefrituurde troep van Ed Kroket bij Sunny Beach in Bulgarije.
Je bent niet rechts. Je bent een ongenoegzame, jaloerse, altijd ontevreden sukkel die zijn onvrede niet op zichzelf kan betrekken. Je bent mislukt en daarmee alles behalve rechts.
Je bent wannabe-rechts. En een fascist. En zielig.
In feite ben je een gelukszoeker zonder de moeite doen om te zoeken.