#199 In which we do not abandon ship

The Democratic Shutdown Hoax seems to be drawing to a close, although we here at ConstiToonies HQ are rather baffled at His Majesty’s description of it as a hoax. Seemed pretty real to us, add to which we did slightly sense that the combination of Republican congress and Republican executive branch might bear at least a tad of the blame for it. The man of wealth and taste wrote a long screed on social media about how he was rewarding air traffic controllers who showed up for work—calling them GREAT PATRIOTS—with a $10G bonus. We would advise these poor folks upon whom a lot of burden was indeed placed not to spend that money until it is safely in their pockets. Trump is “recommending” it, he says, which is not the same as actually doing it. Keep in mind that he has just stiffed the GREAT PATRIOTS who demolished the East Wing for him, the latest in a long line of the master builder’s notorious stiffs. And speaking of stiffs, we love that photo of himself standing stiffly by ignoring the whole scene as some goober passes out in the Oval Office. We understand that what you don’t see in the picture is the Kennedy Curse, who ran out the door at the first sign of trouble, which is probably not the best action for the secretary of health and human services. Now if we could only get him to completely run out the door of the department of health and human services, we would support the move 100%.