F.U., Donald

Nelson, delivering a full Nelson.

Hello.

Yesterday, Donald Trump did the first thing he ever did right — ever, in his long, turdlike life. He became the first president of the United States to publicly say the word “fuck,” thereby forcing the media — absurdly prudish as always — to decide whether to publish it. It’s here. Some media did but some, absurdly, didn’t. Also please note the stunningly aptonymic byline here.

Unfortunately Trump’s f-bomb was in the context of telling a huge, self-serving lie about how Israel and Iran had allegedly fallen in line behind his “cease fire” command, but still. A good journalist such as myself grabs what he can when credit is due. It helps inoculate you for the times when you are promiscuously vicious.

It reminded me of a time so long ago that many of you were not yet born, but, tragically, I was. It was 1976. Nelson Rockefeller, Gerald Ford’s vice president and a way funnier person than anyone currently practicing politics anywhere, was being heckled by a crowd, and jubilantly responded with a flipped bird. It is what is pictured above. Most newspapers used the picture. Newspapers were rolling in dough then and not cowardly about losing readers.

Okay, in other news…

… is pleased to report that the insanely expensive lavish wedding of Jeffrey Bezos to
Whatsername McBosom has been moved from central Venice to the ARSEnale (emphasis mine), a place that is more secluded and fence-protected. It is because protesters had threatened to flood the canals with inflatable crocodiles.

Speaking of which …

… hereby discloses that Drew Goins, the Wapo editor and brilliant, charismatic Jeopardy champ we interviewed a few months ago, is leaving The Post. I strongly suspect it is to join The Atlantic, where he would presumably continue to edit the excellent humor of Alexandra Petri, who also left The Post to join The Atlantic. The brain-drain hemorrhage continues. It delivers me no joy to report this.

Mr. Bezos does not care. He will be busying himself with a wedding to which a reported 100 fantastically rich and famous anus people (clever slant rhyme) will be arriving in their private jets.

Good. Today’s Gene Pool Gene Poll:

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