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No. 114

It's A Thin Line

Depends on the goal, I suppose

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It's A Thin Line

The essay

This started out as a straight “Donald Dementia” strip. It was pretty simple. After all, he is. And charging a toll to pass through a strait we don’t own and never have is pretty nuts. Then Trump pulls a complete reversal and announces no toll. He’s going to impose some “Trade and Investment Deals” with Middle Eastern countries. Given past “investments,” these deals are what normal people would call “bribes,” but that’s for another strip.

I learned of Trump’s change of grift after completing the first draft of It’s A Thin Line. I could have started over, but it was more fun to come up with a different punch line. The Epstein Files are an evergreen. It is astounding that Trump and his puppets at the Department of Justice are getting away with their limited and illegal disclosure. When it comes to distractions, Trump is truly a genius. He’s also senile.

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