Conscience of Nations

Of all the moral pressures that might cause the Trumpster and his hydrophobic orange head-tribble to think again, there can surely be few more weighted with significance than a sermon by the Ascended Incarnation of the Reverend Blair; at least in the estimation of Saint Anthony himself. His reverence apparently hopes to gain still greater moral traction from his association with the Trumpster's son-in-law: an association pursued "mainly over the middle east" where Saint Anthony achieved such spectacular peace-making results both during and after his ministry, but no doubt also pursued because Jared Kushner's father-in-law has the unbeatable ethical advantage of being incredibly rich. His reverence is concerned that global politics may be returning to the dark days of the nineteen-thirties, when governments rode roughshod over international law, started wars on the basis of lies, imprisoned people without trial, practised torture, and used force to suppress peaceful dissent. His reverence, of course, achieved all that and more, shoulder to shoulder with Baby Jesus and the White House chimpanzee; yet still his martyrdom continues.