This America

Trump’s Toxicity Will Extend for Generations

We live in a world where 4-year-olds are dropping F-bombs in the Oval Office

A remarkable thing happened recently. A private citizen wearing a tech bro uniform and carrying a booger-hurling four-year-old boy invaded the Oval Office. He reminded us all that not only has Donald Trump lost control of the country, but has stolen our children.

Original image: Screen grab from CSPAN YouTube video of Elon Musk’s deplorable appearance in the Oval Office with a glum and disinterested (and probably either heavily sedated or simply incapacitated) Trump. Fair use claim. Speech bubble by Lil X added by the author.

CSPAN recorded the carnage:

And, it made me think of how lost our youth is. And, we may never get them back. It made me think of Jacob Marles.

Jacob Marles was ten when Trump was first elected. Jacob was exposed to Trump’s toxic presidency until he was 14. Among the things young Jacob learned was the Trump way of treating a lady. I could go on, but most of you are familiar with Trump’s many layers of mendacity.

Jacob cut his sports appreciation teeth while closely following Barstool Sports, whose podcasts and website articles are often sports bro fermentations laced with…