In his latest post, Parenthetical goes satirical on our asses. I even granted “papal dispensation” to the featured image. I’m no longer down with Trump pictures; I’m down on them. This one is essential to the post.

-Adrastos

On with the Parenthetical show, this is it:

I told some friends that these four years are going to be one rolling constitutional smash-and-grab. Then in the wake of a series of odd Oval Office appearances by Elon Musk and his assistant, President Donald Trump, I pondered the tech-world “move fast and break things” mantra that Musk is deploying as he screws the Constitutional order DOGE-style.

And that’s when I realized that we’re watching the worst buddy movie ever, and they have a name.

They’re Smash & Grab.

The meaning behind Smash is pretty obvious. The meaning behind Grab can go either way, naturally, depending on how much cash is on the table and/or who is within arm’s reach. In any event, their movie may have up to a four-year runtime.

The last word goes to the tagline for the Smash & Grab movie poster:

They’re here to remake a constitutional republic into a fascist techno-oligarchy and chew gum. And they’re all out of gum.”