No More Pearls to Clutch

Long accused of giving financial support and shelter to terrorist organizations, the nation of Qatar hatched an ingenious plan. They understood the Don of Pennsylvania Avenue craves adoration, luxury, and gold. So they offered him a $400 million luxury jet, a flying palace once reserved for royalty. In return? Perhaps a little more indifference toward American soldiers who died at the hands of Qatar’s proxies. It’s a play straight out of Putin’s playbook: flatter the Don, and get whatever you want.

Amazingly, there’s been some pushback, however muted, from inside the Republican camp. Laura Loomer, ever loyal to the Don, took to social media to say: “I love President Trump. I would take a bullet for him,” she tweeted. “But I have to call a spade a spade. We cannot accept a $400 million ‘gift’ from jihadists in suits.”

Oh really? This is the red line? Trump has already embraced open bribery, raking in millions through Trump-branded cryptocurrencies and licensing deals. And it’s about to get worse: a firm backed by Abu Dhabi is poised to pump billions into $TRUMP and $MELANIA meme coins, potentially inflating his net worth by another $2 billion.

Republicans have no more pearls to clutch. Whatever objections they raise about this flying bribe will fade just like all the others. They exhausted their outrage in his first term, right around the time Senator Susan Collins claimed the Don had “learned his lesson.”

Meanwhile, Republicans aim to drop millions of Americans from Medicaid. Their lifelines will be cut—not because we can’t afford them, but because the ultra-wealthy need more yachts, more meme coins, and more gold-plated jets for the Don of Pennsylvania Avenue.