The post below is from April 2017. That unnamed new CEO had only been in his new job for three months. Was he fired? He lost the job for a while, but astonishingly got his job back. Still has it.
He thought the job would be easier.
We are praying. Constantly.
Imagine that you hired a new CEO for your very, very big company (annual budget: $3.8 trillion). The job he takes is universally considered the most difficult job in the world.
Imagine that not all the shareholders approved him. In fact, the shareholders were very, very divided on his being hired.
Imagine that in his early days, he demonstrated some serious gaps in his knowledge and ability to do the job.
Then imagine the new CEO is interviewed and says this:
“I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”
There may be a bit of confusion about the above image, so a clarification.
No, this is not him as the Buddha, unlike images that appear to claim that he is Jesus. This is an image of him in Buddhist meditation.
No, he is not sleeping, although meditation has been known to lead to that, and he is known for spontaneous sleeping. This is an image of him in Buddhist meditation.
It would be good for America and the world if he followed any of beneficent traditions. By his own admission (sometimes) he is not much of a Christian or anything else. Whatever faith he may hold seems to include heaven and hell, since he has said he does not expect to go to heaven.
If he doesn’t want to adopt an entire Buddhist view, just sitting in meditation daily could do wonders for him and for all of us.
Putin thinks or would like to that Russia is still one of the top superpowers in the world. It isn’t, but he has a plan to get there.
All he has to do is knock one of the two superpowers from the top spots. Russia is never going to dethrone China. But he believes America is vulnerable. Putin is an expert and experienced intelligence officer–and dictator–so he knows vulnerabilities and can read people. He read Trump from first encounter. A man who thinks he’s smart but isn’t. A man who could be compromised and manipulated. Most of all, a man who, in the right position, could create chaos.
There are some particular American policies that Putin would like to see Trump adopt; weak support for Ukraine, for example. Mostly though, Putin wants to incite dissension and chaos in America because Putin, as a student of history and geopolitics, knows that internal dissension and chaos lead directly to national weakness.
Putin may not yet be able to declare mission accomplished. But every day he is getting closer to success.
We look for answers that account for the most evidence. If the questions regarding Trump are “Huh? Wha?”, the answer is not what you and others might think.
The sign reads “Hemispheric Defense Command”. In the movie, reports of flying saucers were investigated by the Hemispheric Defense Command. My mind raced. Hemispheric Defense. The Trump Doctrine. Flying saucers.
It’s true that the Epstein story remains one of the continuing coverups in Trump’s life. But what if there is something else that is hidden, something bigger, something that explains…everything.
If you had arrived on a flying saucer, wouldn’t you be sure you were smarter and better than any mere earthlings? Wouldn’t you often sound a little—or a lot—crazy to those earthlings?
He arrives as a child by flying saucer in Queens. He is adopted by a local family, the Trumps, just as Kal-el was adopted by the Kents. Just as Kal-el’s earth identity is Clark Kent, the child from the saucer becomes Donald Trump. Just as Kal-el/Clark is actually a superman, so the young Donald is a superman too.
Impeachment won’t be happening. Twenty-fifth Amendment won’t be happening.
No worries. Trump is a Florida resident and Florida allows no-fault divorce. Following is an excerpt from the statute:
FLORIDA STATUTES
TITLE VI CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 61
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
61.052 Dissolution of marriage.—
(1) No judgment of dissolution of marriage shall be granted unless one of the following facts appears, which shall be pleaded generally: (a) The marriage is irretrievably broken. (b) Mental incapacity of one of the parties.
(2) Based on the evidence at the hearing, which evidence need not be corroborated except to establish that the residence requirements of s. 61.021 are met which may be corroborated by a valid Florida driver license, a Florida voter’s registration card, a valid Florida identification card issued under s. 322.051, or the testimony or affidavit of a third party, the court shall dispose of the petition for dissolution of marriage when the petition is based on the allegation that the marriage is irretrievably broken.
If, at any time, the court finds that the marriage is irretrievably broken, the court shall enter a judgment of dissolution of the marriage.
Is the marriage between America and Trump irretrievably broken? The evidence is overwhelming. No recriminations, no bitter accusations. No need to resort to mental incapacity (61.052(1)(b)). Just an end to a relationship that does not work.
Can we find a judge in Florida who will dissolve this marriage? It may be hard, but it is worth a try.
On May 1, 2026, Donald Trump spoke at The Forum Club in West Palm Beach. Rambling wildly for over an hour, he excitedly described the Navy actions in Iran: “We’re like pirates. We’re sort of like pirates.”
In normal times, whenever that was, the president proudly claiming America acted like pirates would be big news. First, because if we are engaging in piracy, that is not something you proudly announce. Second, piracy is a breach of international law, which is why you don’t announce. There were some mentions, images and cartoons, but it was not big news. Quick coverage, then on to the next instability, incompetence and insanity.
It did offer a creative opportunity.
Below is an excerpt from the speech. And since pirates were a theme, I’ve recreated what that rhetoric would sound like if recited by a pirate, who I’ve named Dread Pirate Donald. Please enjoy.
And when you look at the Hormuz Strait and you see all of those ships, all of those people and ships, they want to get out or they want to get in. They’re all over the place. They’re like little ants, right? They look like a little anthill, and hundreds and hundreds of ships. And we have a navy that is unbelievable. We put up, it’s a blockade. It’s a blockade. But you saw him saying, uh, we have guns trained on your ship, turn your ship around, turn — and this is loudspeakers that go over the ocean and they hear them from two miles away. Turn your ship around, turn your ship around, and all of a sudden, you hear, yes, yes, we are going back to Iran, we are going back. We have such great military and great navy. And they were going straight through. And they said, turn your ship around, and there was no response. Turn your ship around, evacuate your engine room immediately. And you see all these guys running out of there. Now, they’re five miles away and one shot into the engine room, blew up the engine room, the ship stopped, that ship. They use tugboats and then we landed on top of it. On top of everything else, we then land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business. Who would have thought we were doing that? We’re like pirates. We’re sort of like pirates. –Donald Trump, May 1, 2026
We are experiencing mass obsession. Both Trump and AI have found their way/forced their way into seemingly every moment of lives in America and the world.
One major distinction is that while Trump is the same old Trump, devolving as he becomes omnipresent, AI is evolving exponentially.
Another distinction is that while Trump will not be with us forever, despite his attempts at legacy, AI will be with us forever in some form at some level of capability.
Which obsession is better for us?
For those of us able to resist, as much as our real lives make it possible, the less Trump the better.
On the other hand, our interest in AI, regularly approaching obsession, can be good for us if we approach it knowingly, intelligently and conscientiously. Knowledge and intelligence about developing matters always seems to lag and for some sometimes never catches up.
Think of learning about evolving AI and applying it beneficially as an alternative to learning about Trump, about whom there is nothing more to learn, no matter how obsessed we are.
After even his biggest supporters criticized the above image posted by Trump today as “disgusting”, the post was taken down.
First saying he would not apologize, he then said “I thought it was me as a doctor.”
Many times over the seemingly endless years of Trump, I’ve referenced the DSM-5, the manual of psychiatric disorders, as applied to him.
Following is from the DSM-5, concerning grandiose delusions, a feature of Paranoid Personality Disorder. There is no clinical diagnosis of “messiah complex”. But professional designations aside, we know it when we see it.
Associated Features of Paranoid Personality Disorder
Individuals with paranoid personality disorder are generally difficult to get along with and often have problems with close relationships. Their excessive suspiciousness and hostility may be expressed in overt argumentativeness, in recurrent complaining, or by hostile aloofness. They display a labile range of affect, with hostile, stubborn, and sarcastic expressions predominating. Their combative and suspicious nature may elicit a hostile response in others, which then serves to confirm their original expectations.
Because individuals with paranoid personality disorder lack trust in others, they need to have a high degree of control over those around them. They are often rigid, critical of others, and unable to collaborate, although they have great difficulty accepting criticism themselves. They may blame others for their own shortcomings. Because of their quickness to counterattack in response to the threats they perceive around them, they may be litigious and frequently become involved in legal disputes. Individuals with this disorder seek to confirm their preconceived negative notions regarding people or situations they encounter, attributing malevolent motivations to others that are projections of their own fears. They may exhibit thinly hidden, unrealistic grandiose fantasies, are often attuned to issues of power and rank, and tend to develop negative stereotypes of others, particularly those from population groups distinct from their own. Attracted by simplistic formulations of the world, they are often wary of ambiguous situations. They may be perceived as “fanatics” and form tightly knit “cults” or groups with others who share their paranoid belief systems. (emphasis added)
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
No Kings protests are scheduled across America on March 28, 2026. These protests are essential.
It is also Passover season, which begins on the evening of April 1, 2026.
Along with No Kings, we may also add No Pharaohs. Trump does not want to just be the ruler of America. He wants to be emperor of a global empire. Just as Pharaoh did. And just like Pharaoh, Trump considers himself, as do some of his followers, a divine ruler.
The Trump people tried hard to keep The Apprentice movie from being seen in America in 2024, an election year.
The Apprentice is a candid, devastating and entertaining look at how a fledgling Donald Trump came under the diabolical wing of the notorious and unscrupulous lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn. Cohn’s tactic, beginning with his role in the McCarthy era hearings, was the Big Lie. Cohn’s strategy was winning at all costs, caring about nothing and nobody.
The movie won awards and finally ended up available in the U.S.—in 2025. It is currently streaming on Prime, though it is anybody’s guess when Amazon will pull it if too many people remember it’s there and start watching.
You did remember it, didn’t you? Or maybe you forget, dazzled by the Melania movie, also on Prime, or maybe you are numbed by the daily assault on our humanity by the man the movie is about.
Watch it while you still can. More and more media are likely to disappear, including The Apprentice, if the censorship and reeducation juggernaut isn’t stopped.
Bob Schwartz 