“Be assured Mrs.Scott, that in this room there are knives sharp enough to cut you to the bone and hearts cold enough to eat yours as hors d’oeuvres.” — trumP’s line from Ghosts Can’t Do It
Peeotus, The Golden Shower, The Golden Raspberry and The Freudian Slip
Does anyone care if it really happened?
The point is, many people are convinced that it could have:
and so on in a similar vein.
The Golden Raspberry
Trump was awarded a Golden Raspberry in 1989 for worst supporting actor in a role where HE PLAYED HIMSELF opposite Bo Derek:
Turquoise buildings and a golden sunset in this maritime Scandinavian city.
Once, Karen Blixen was asked if the stories she wrote were true.
“Yes,” she said, “and some of them even happened.”
Another Golden Sunset reflected in Copenhagen Playhouse (not that kind of play)
Yet Buzz Feed has no tradition of letting the truth stand in the way of a great story.
Copenhagen Opera House
Here’s my favourite tweet on the topic:
It was extremely difficult for Samantha Bee 🐝 to make this absurd situation funnier but she rose to the challenge:
This situation is a GIFT for comedic writers, or as Samantha herself points out, it’s comedy christmas.
NumberOneTricky Freudian Slip
Number One Tricky is the name of a Russian escort agency that specializes in golden showers.
Trump used this exact phrase in his press conference yesterday.
I rest my case.
Update January 19 2018:
Here’s some fascinating testimony given by Glenn Simpson on Nov. 14 2017, providing rich background to the Christopher Steele dossier.
Update 5 June 2017: Reporting directly from Vicky Langley’s hair salon in London, Allan Ishac discovers the astonishing connection between Trump’s hair and his, ahem, bedroom habits.