(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Don plays "Evito" in his return to Broadway. Tough house sheds tears of joy and sends him packing... [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-15 Evito! Don’t Cry for Him, NYC “When I went to the courthouse ... they signed me in, and I’ll tell you, people were crying. It’s a tough, tough place, and they were crying. They were actually crying. They said, ‘I’m sorry.’ They said, ‘2024, sir. 2024,’” Trump said. “And tears were pouring down their eyes.” — NY Daily News, “Trump mocked for ‘BS’ claim that Manhattan court officers got weepy at his arraignment”, by Dave Goldiner Oh, but how some diaries just seem to write themselves! In the aftermath of the interview with the perpetually perplexed Fox News host, the world was treated to another little white lie— court personnel cried and apologized when Donald Trump was arraigned last week. Imagine the tears, the verklempt, that played out between the chastened ears of the Divo from Queens as he conjured cries and tears that were shared with him alone— phantom grief for the prima don of grievance whose fib was mocked by witnesses to the event: “There were zero people crying,” a law enforcement official told the site. “There were zero people saying ‘I’m sorry.’” “Absolute BS,’ the source added. Officials say Trump, who is running for president in 2024, had limited interaction with court officers during his processing at the lower Manhattan courthouse prior to his court appearance, and the officers acted professionally at all times. — NY Daily News, “Trump mocked for ‘BS’ claim that Manhattan court officers got weepy at his arraignment”, by Dave Goldiner Vaude-villain He lies with such ease due to his upbringing in real estate which started in previews way off-off-off-Broadway in the outer borough where he rehearsed with his racist daddy for his big break in Manhattan. With lots of money and buckets of flop sweat, he put his brand on the Big Apple using a fortune inherited from Daddy. Bankruptcies and messy divorces punctuated his apprenticeship to the presidency. His rise from racist landlord to billionaire, disgraced ex-president follows a well-worn theater leitmotif. His drama, however, is rather pedestrian. In a Manhattan courthouse last week he played to an audience of one. Two things can be true in this instance, either he was lying when he claimed to see the tears on sorrow-filled faces of hardened court workers, or he has lost his mind and sees stupid people. Either one seems possible, but my suspicion is both. “No one asks how smart these assholes are.” In an interview with the often befuddled Tucker Carlson, Trump revealed himself to be a petulant fool and a defender of despots: “Top of the line. Top line. They’re all top of the line. Are our guys not top of the line? Never was. These are top of the line people at the top of their game. President Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn’t find, there’s nobody like that. The look, the brain, the whole thing. We had a great relationship. You know, when he first came to Mar-a-Lago, It was so organized by them and by us, but by them very pom, pom, pom... People ask how smart is Kim Jong Un? Kim Jong Un is smart too. You know, when you come out and as a young man at 24, 23, even though he sort of inherits it, most people when they inherit, they lose it. And that’s easy stuff. He took over a country, a very smart people, very, very energetic people, very tough people at a very young age... Putin, very smart. Now, he’s had in and probably a bad year. If he took over all of Ukraine and what are we going to do because Biden is so committed to Ukraine. What happens if it’s a not winnable war? You know, there are people that say Ukraine cannot win. You can’t beat Russia. — mediate.com,” ‘Top of the Line!’ Trump Absolutely FAWNS Over Brutal Dictators Putin, Xi and Kim Jong-un to Tucker Carlson,” by Colby Hall, April, 23, 2023 The praise heaped on the three most hateful men in the world comes easily for the man likely to join them in infamy. Not since the days of the Axis Powers were there three more dangerous foreign leaders afoot. To my knowledge, no American president had gotten “love letters” from Hitler. FDR never would have praised Hirohito for his tactical prowess in planning the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trump’s embrace of war criminal Putin is even more disturbing because it reinforces the long-held belief of many that Russia under Putin has been complicit in electing him in 2016 and continues to support subversive activities to destabilize Western democracies. Trump may be our drama queen as he stumbles his way toward oblivion, but to the evil forces of the world, he is their stooge. He shares that distinction in an inverse relationship he has with his own rabid followers. They serve as his stooges while he picks their pockets. croaking divas Lloyd Webber’s rags-to-sainthood version of Eva Peron’s rise to the most powerful woman in South America skims over the Perónistas’ despotic rule in Argentina. It is a tale spun from the perspective of Eva and not Juan Peron. Eva, both beloved and hated by her countrymen, died at 33. Here is what Harold Prince said about Evita as he directed the original musical: "It’s not about politics. Media manipulation, that’s what it’s about. And the fact that we have next to no idea who really lives in the White House, for whom we’re voting, what’s going on. We’ve learned too well how to package things, and now, people."\ — Harold Prince, Inside EVITA background and analysis, by Scott Miller Trump’s production fits nicely with Prince’s view. Evita shares much with the failed president whose base is totally enamored with him as Eva Perón’s was with her. Their fascination turned to adoration. It is difficult for Donald Trump to avoid comparisons with history’s worst dictators, or, in this case, to a dying diva’s final act. His “Evito” plays an off-key fabulist facing the inevitable end to his own power and fame at the hands of the Manhattan DA. He reimagines the Tim Rice/Lloyd Webber tearjerker with a twist. He swears that there was crying and rending of garments for him— pleas for him to run again. Like a vaudeville hoofer with a tired act shamelessly plugging for applause, he needs their tears, really wants their donations. Don’t cry for him. Incapable of getting over himself, he continues his hustle: Have I said too much? There's nothing more I can think of to say to you But all you have to do is look at me to know That every word is... BS (cue orchestral flourish) — Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, apologies to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice No one cried for him this week. They were too happy watching him finally face the music. Swan songs are rarely this anticipated— judgment rarely this welcomed. 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