We are living through "The Producers"; except it's not a play, it's a nation

[Tom Rinaldo]

When Trump first ran for President he didn't want, nor expect to win, the job. His campaign was simply the next step up for his Reality TV career. He milked the media and gleefully pursued polarizing politics, expecting to end up with the short end of the stick. Which was fine. In media terms, securing the devotion of just a third of the electorate would still be a huge "share of the market." The perfect set up for launching "The Trump TV Network", which was well in the works for going on air this year prior to election day 2016.

And then came opening day for "Springtime for Hitler" - November 8, 2016. Amazingly, the play wasn't shut down, its run was extended. There was no back up plan for dealing with actual victory. A successful Trump presidency was never more plausible than promising each of ten investors half of "Springtime for Hitler" profits could have been in the film "The Producers." Trump has been winging it ever since. Like a back up to the back up to the actor playing Hitler in that fictional play, Trump never bothered to learn the script, and now he's tripping on stage each night under the bright lights. And all those loans that were made to finance a show that was deigned to fail from the start, they're all coming due.

It can be dangerous when life imitates fiction.

[lapfog_1]

1. The Producers mixed with "Being There" - n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. Chauncey Gardiner would feel like a blessing right about now n/t

[lapfog_1]

3. In the Spring, there will be growth... - n/t

[TeamPooka]

4. Where did he go right?

[Tom Rinaldo]

6. When he was trying to go wrong?

I haven't seen "The Producers" in years. I'll have to re-watch it to get a clue.

[yurbud]

7. people around him like Roger Stone weren't in on the scam

or rather they were pulling their own scam on him and actually made him president.

[Tom Rinaldo]

8. "pulling their own scam on him and actually made him president"

Yup. When politics is divorced from public service all that is left is money, and schemers scheming how to make more of it. There's no honor among thieves. I doubt they expected Trump to unravel this quickly though - they are barely getting a chance to cash in on him.

[lunasun]

5. Except it's not funny and has bad actors