Satire from Ted Block
AROUND THE BLOCK*
News
with a Twist
Trump brought “Cliff
Notes” to Parkland meeting
McMaster: Incontrovertible proof
that Trump can read
President
Trump took the official White House cue card into a listening session for survivors
of school mass shootings organized in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas
High School shooting that left 17 dead.
The
handwritten cues that could be seen on the card included "What would you
most want me to know about your experience?" and "What can we do to
help you feel safe?"
Mr.
Trump has been accused of feigning compassion after photographs of the notes
emerged, reinforced by the final one, “I hear you.”
In
a rigorous defense of the president, General H.R. McMaster, White House national
security advisor, said “the president’s cue card is incontrovertible evidence
of his ability to read.”
In
a tweet some say is critical of McMaster, Trump said, “H.R. forgot to say ‘I am
a great reader, maybe the best reader ever!”
*Note to readers: As many of you know, ‘Around the Block’
has been missing in action for several months. This is due to a combination of
some personal issues that have taken up more time and effort than I expected
and, more importantly, the fact that I’ve found it difficult satirizing and
making fun of the current miserable state of our affairs. When I watch people like
Samantha Bee and John Oliver, or read Andy Borowitz, and my takeaway is that
their satire, their comedy, seems forced and frankly not particularly funny, I
question my own modest efforts. I can’t say yet if this post is a tip-toe back
and there will be more to come. But keep watching this space.
BTW, my last post in November was entitled
‘Kelly:
"Adult in the room or Mini-me."’ Now, wasn’t that prescient?
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