Just in the Nicki of Time
The other day, Trump made a surprising statement, even by his standards, claiming that there was a genocide against Christians in Nigeria, and that he might send the U.S. military into the country.
Putting aside that Nigerian officials say the charge is untrue, that the terrorists are killing people of all religions alike, Christians and Muslims. And putting aside, too, that the officials say such a threat by the U.S. could exacerbate the situation worse and cause the terrorists to focus on killing Christians even more. And putting aside, as well, that sending U.S. troops to a foreign country and contrary to the foundational wishes of his “America First” base –
-- there was one other thing that cropped up in all of this that makes the story so lunatic that I don’t think the satirical publication The Onion would touch it.
It's so lunatic, in fact, that I feel obligated to embed the RawStory headline. Because it's one of those that no one would believe otherwise, and I need the crediblity.
No, this headline and photo are not photoshopped.
Oh, if only it was. Because it's the kind of story that Hollywood would have made as an outlandish political satire starring Kevin Hart or maybe Will Ferrell. In fact, they sort of did. That was a decade ago in 2014 with The Interview that starred James Franco and Seth Rogen which almost caused an international incident. The one big difference is that with this story, Trump wants to start an international incident!
In fact, the story is so utterly ludicrous that I feel I need a second source to back this up into even just "You have got to be kidding me???!" semi-believability. This was a tweet from Time Magazine's Senior Political Correspondent Eric Cortellessa.
What I most admire in Mr. Cortellessa's report is how "Unexpected collaboration" is such an impressive, polite phrase. In fact, it's so good that I wonder how many drafts of different descriptions he had to reject before coming up with the right one.
Because when I think of who I want to listen to for making the case about going to war, my go-to military expert is Nicki Minaj.
And because when I think of who I want to listen to for making the case that, despite government denials, there is religious persecution overseas -- my go-to source is Nicki Minaj.
Ms. Minaj has been surrounded by some high-profile controversies, perhaps totally unjustified, perhaps valid, though that's academic as a matter of becoming a spokesperson on making the case for military intervention. Still, in fairness to her, there has been a bit of support for this on social media by Nicki Minaj fans -- several along the lines as:
Though they all missed the obvious choice of using the tag line, "Nicki Minaj wants you!"
On the other hand, there have been a lot of postings from MAGAs and religious devotees who are mortified by this effort. Especially at a time, as several noted, when the MAGOP party seems divided an in disarray.
What leaps out most to me, though, is that it's a shock that Trump has a 37% approval.
That, and Trump has dementia, which is degenerative.
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