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The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris also marked the de facto coming out of Donald Trump as leader of the free world.Β
His overbearing handshake with French President Emmanuel Macron sent a powerful message to the rest of the world. America is back, whether they like it or not.
As Trump is feted by world leaders and royalty in Paris, holds preliminary peace talks with Ukraineβs Volodymyr Zelensky and sends his envoy to the Middle East, the inauguration next month seems like a mere formality.Β
Joe Biden is a pitiful afterthought in history. The ostentatiously Catholic president was somehow too busy to fit Notre-Dame into his sluggish schedule and sent his wife instead, who made googly eyes at Trump.Β
Joe is PINO β President in Name Only β short for Pinocchio, appropriately enough, given his penchant for lying.
Trump, on the other hand, is at peak triumph before he even officially takes back the presidency.Β
Mar-a-Lago β his private club in Palm Beach that was raided just two years ago by FBI agents, who rummaged throughΒ his wife Melaniaβs underwear drawer β has become the center of the universe.
The Winter White House
World leaders, movie stars and billionaires are flocking to the βWinter White Houseβ to find favor with Trump, who presides genially at a table in the center of the balmy terrace overlooking the palm-fringed Intracoastal Waterway or takes meetings in the sumptuous wood-paneled library.Β
Exquisitely dressed women glide around through the golden light that presages the golden era that Trump has promised America.
One of the βfriends of Elonβ who have become fixtures on the terrace said last week it was hard to leave because it is so interesting to observe the parade of courtiers who Trump βbends to his willβ by sheer force of personality β and, of course, the cult status that comes from winning the most powerful office in the world against all odds.Β
The other thing Trumpβs friends tell him is that, with a single election, he managed to vanquish the βFive Familiesβ of politics: the Bushes, Cheneys, Clintons, Obamas and Bidens.Β Β
Let us count the ways.
Bushes: While former President George W. Bush has wisely resisted openly criticizing the president-elect or endorsing hisΒ Democratic opponents, the Bush familyβs relationship with Trump has been strained ever since he demolished the presidential aspirations of former First Brother βLow Energy Jebβ Bush and stole the nomination out from under him in 2016. While most of them have kept their thoughts to themselves, the Bushes are influential symbols of the Republican partyβs Never Trump establishment that is predominantly peopled by former Bushies and suffered a humiliating defeat on Nov. 5 at the hands of their nemesis.
Cheneys: Liz Cheney, the former Wyoming congresswoman sent packing by voters in 2022, went all in for Kamala Harris, traveling with her on the campaign trail, appearing in ads and raising millions of dollars from Never Trumpers.Β
She threw her lot in with the poisonous Lincoln Project, a political action committee comprised of Trump-deranged former Bush strategists irate when their gravy train dried up in 2016. She pledged to purge the Republican party of Trump, calling him an βunrecoverable catastrophe.β
For her dubious role on the Jan. 6 committee, she also has made it onto the ballooning list of unindicted villains who the Biden White House reportedly is considering for a presidential pardon, along with COVID dictator Anthony Fauci, Russiagate Democrat Adam Schiff, General Mark βwhite rageβ Milley, Alejandro Mayorkas, architect of the border invasion, and, of course, various first-family members, such as Jim Biden, who profited from the family influence peddling scheme
Dick Cheney, the former two-term neocon Bush veep and warmonger, joined his daughterβs war on Trump, calling him a βcoward [and a person who] can never be trusted with power again.βΒ
Trump responded by calling him an βirrelevant RINO.β Neither Cheney has been seen in public since the election.
Clintons: Bill and Hillary Clinton threw their considerable weight behind Harris, praising her on stage at the DNC convention. βArenβt you proud to be a Democrat,β gushed the former prez when he introduced Harris as βthe president of joy.β After Harris lost, he admitted he βcouldnβt sleep for two yearsβ and was prone to βoutbursts of rageβ after Hillaryβs loss. Who knows what heβll do now?
Hillary, who claimed to have mentored Harris through her vice presidency, called the VP βa singular figure [who] will be our first woman president . . .Β I am thrilled that Kamala is carrying the torch forward.βΒ
At least Hillary can console herself with the thought that she is no longer the only Democrat to have lost to Trump. But after backing one too many losers, the Clintonsβ era of influence is over.
Obamas lose their mojo
Obamas: Barack Obamaβs very public involvement in the back-stabbing of Joe Biden and anointing of Harris has tarnished the Teflon coating the former president and his wife previously enjoyed. Michelle, once contemplated as the savior of the party, stooped to insulting men as her campaign pitch by telling them their βrageβ was stopping them from choosing Harris: βIf we donβt get this election right, your wife, your daughter, your mother, we as women will become collateral damage for your rage.βΒ
From his own angry scolding of black men to his use of the thoroughly debunked βvery fine people on both sidesβ smear against Trump, Obama showed during the campaign that he has lost his touch with voters.Β
He cemented that impression with a hysterical speech last week in which he accused Republicans of doing exactly what Democrats did to Trump: rigging elections and weaponizing the justice system. βOne side tries to stack the deck and lock in a permanent grip on power, either by actively suppressing votes or politicizing the armed forces or using the judiciary criminal justice system to go after opponents,β he said, triggering hearty belly laughs all over the nation.Β
Itβs over for Obama. The spell is broken. Donald Trump broke him, Biden, Harris, the Bushes, the Clintons and the Cheneys. With a spring in his step and a twinkle in his eye, Trump consigned them all to the ash heap of history.Β