Doonesbury - Really Relates

[JHB]

[MyOwnPeace]

1. He'll claim it was from

cheap MAGA hats made in China.....

[2naSalit]

2. Thank you!

[steventh]

3. Who is TRFF?

I usually understand Doonesbury but this one has me stumped.

[Aviation Pro]

4. Trff

Trff Bmzklfrpz – Former President-for-Life of the fictional Republic of Berzerkistan. Ex-President Bmzklfrpz was a typical dictator, and, according to an interview with Mark Slackmeyer, engaged in genocide and is anti-Semitic. In a parody of former Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov, he renamed the month of April (as well as a species of plant and a type of bird) "Trff", after himself. Uncle and Earl Duke acted as his advisors, and after he was airlifted out of Berzerkistan he moved himself into Duke's home. Until he is able to return to power, he is sponging off Duke while working on receiving asylum in the U.S. (August 9, 2011) and trying to get his memoirs published (August 16, 2011). He later became an adviser to Donald Trump (March 19, 2017).[5]

[jaxexpat]

6. Thou dost know thy Doonesbury.

[TeamProg]

7. Okay, thanks, for all of us. n/t

[steventh]

10. Thank you.

That explains so much.

[PatSeg]

11. Thanks so much

That was very helpful.

[krispos42]

15. Thank you for filling in the blanks n/t

[calimary]

16. Thanks, Aviation Pro! That answered my question as well.

[KS Toronado]

17. He's also the guy pictured with FailedCoupGuy in the last panel.

[L. Coyote]

5. Trff Bmzklfrpz - Former President-for-Life of the fictional Republic of Berzerkistan.

Ex-President Bmzklfrpz was a typical dictator, and, according to an interview with Mark Slackmeyer, engaged in genocide and is anti-Semitic. In a parody of former Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov, he renamed the month of April (as well as a species of plant and a type of bird) "Trff", after himself. Uncle and Earl Duke acted as his advisors, and after he was airlifted out of Berzerkistan he moved himself into Duke's home. Until he is able to return to power, he is sponging off Duke while working on receiving asylum in the U.S. (August 9, 2011) and trying to get his memoirs published (August 16, 2011). He later became an adviser to Donald Trump (March 19, 2017). wiki

[steventh]

9. Thanks for the quote and the wiki link.

Very helpful indeed.

[L. Coyote]

13. Search engines are our friends. "Ask Google first" is a useful mantra.

And when you quote a website word for word, provide credit instead of just plagiarizing.

[steventh]

14. Kindly consider apologizing.

Your reply to my simple thank you note suggests I need a reminder about crediting quotes. I certainly did not plagiarize. I didn't quote anyone or anything in this thread or elsewhere. Please consider apologizing for replying to my thank you note with an unwarranted upbraiding of me, suggesting I should "provide credit instead of just plagiarizing." Surely you intended the reminder for someone else, not me.

[PatSeg]

8. Ah, it appears there are a few of us

Fortunately there are some very knowledgeable DUers to fill in the gaps for us!

[keithbvadu2]

12. Donald could go to Melania's 'kidney' doctor?

Donald could go to Melania's 'kidney' doctor?

[planetc]

18. Let Doonesbury be kicked.

[uponit7771]

19. K&R,

[crickets]

20. K&R for visibility.

[Hekate]

21. Kicktoons for the inestimable Doonesbury. Just before Trff appeared in Doonesbury...

… for the first time, I read an article about how certain American public relations firms were working for despots and deposed despots to clean up their reputations in the West. God forbid anyone in the US should recall them only as heartless and bloody-handed dictators. True story, people.

Enter Trff Bmzklfrpz, formerly of Berzerkistan, approaching Uncle Duke for assistance in turning around his bad rep. He’s been a semi-regular ever since.

I love Doonesbury.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Another great Doonesbury strip

[burrowowl]

23. Kick