The post title is, of course, a rhetorical question dripping with sarcasm. No Kings Day proved that it’s not Trump’s country, he just thinks it is. In a word: Delusional.

The featured image is a Trump signed dollar that sold for $2550 online. I am not making this up.

This Trump buck is on the verge of being the norm as the Insult Comedian plans to deface our currency with his illegible signature. It’s the best reason imaginable to go cashless.

“Treasury says the plan to include Trump’s signature on all new paper currency is intended to honor the nation’s 250th birthday, and that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s signature would also appear on the currency.

Bessent said in a statement that “there is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country” than with U.S dollar bills bearing Trump’s name.”

Is Scott Bessent the Trump regime’s bull goose sycophant? He’s certainly a contender.

Nobody will ever confuse pasty billionaire Bessent with Brando at his peak. Before we return to our main storyline, one more On The Waterfront GIF:

How’s that for a neat summary of Trump 2.0? His guts are all in his wallet. He has people to pull the trigger for him.

Back to the Trump buck. It’s appropriate that the Kaiser of Chaos defaced George Washington’s image on that bill: He’s taken an exuberant dump all over GW’s legacy, after all. He’s the demagogue the founders warned us about.

The Insult Comedian is on a rebranding bender. I haven’t quoted Maureen Dowd in eons, but when she’s right, she’s right:

“When Trump was a celebrity developer, people laughed at his megalomania in plastering his name everywhere. He grabbed buildings by the crotch. But now that he is president, it’s not funny. It’s foul.

He forced his name onto the Kennedy Center. He scratched the “U.S.” out of the U.S. Institute of Peace and made it the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. He is branding his name on a class of battleships. A multistory banner of his glaring face hangs from the Department of Justice. He tried to have Washington Dulles Airport and New York’s Penn Station renamed after him, and is plotting a Trump-style arch across from the Lincoln Memorial so tall it could interfere with Reagan National Airport flight paths.”

Oy, just oy.

The only thing I have in common with the Kaiser of Chaos is an illegible signature. I learned that from my father whose own scrawl was unreadable to prevent possible forgeries. I follow his example as a tribute, not out of paranoia. My guts are NOT in my wallet.

Finally, the New Orleans No Kings Day rally featured fewer signs with the presidential image thereon. People seem to be learning the lesson I learned last year: If the Insult Comedian sees his mug on anything, it confirms his belief in his own awesomeness. That’s why I banned Trump pictures from the First Draft home page. In a word: Vindication.

Trump’s so vain, he probably thinks this post is about him. The last word goes to Carly Simon followed by Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet: