Will Trump ever drain the Sinkhole?
[ by Charles Cameron — if hell exists — and we’re easily persuaded it does — best believe in paradise, too ]
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Bryan Alexander of Infocult headed his report, Earth opens campaign against Trump. Bryan has been following sinkholes around the globe for some time now, and has also been keeping a wary eye on Donald Trump, so the correlation wouldn’t surprise him, and he leaped to causation, with or without good reason.
Let’s take a look, first, at the hole itself:
It’s black, as though part of the world had been redacted for security reasons.
Sinkoles are not uncommon in Florida, and frequently feast on human habitations:
The City of Palm Beech is calm and carries on:
Sinkhole in front of Mar-a-Lago: A 4' x 4' sinkhole has formed on Southern Boulevard directly in front of… https://t.co/5xOpmJ8Y2v
— Town of Palm Beach (@townpalmbeach) May 22, 2017
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It takes the Washington Post to put the event in truly cross-disiplinary perspective, titling its article on the topic brilliantly:
Sinkhole forms in front of Mar-a-Lago; metaphors pour in https://t.co/pXmAxgtBTf
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 22, 2017
Indeed they did. Oliver Willis had the best reading of the Sign:
A sinkhole just opened in front of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate https://t.co/vlSlzzwBCP THE ORB DEMANDS SACRIFICE
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 22, 2017
The orb in question is the Saudi counterterrorism orb:
What Was That Glowing Orb Trump Touched in Saudi Arabia?, via @nytimes. Yeah Kristol https://t.co/LcCGx5giCm
— David Kalow (@daknycip) May 24, 2017
Bothing to do with Saruman, I assure you. But take a look at those eyes..
@KingSalman and @POTUS inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh. #RiyadhSummit pic.twitter.com/do6cFL7wBW
— Saudi Embassy (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) May 21, 2017
And FWIW, tthe orb’s direct impact on the pavement in Palm Beach is confirmed by Chad Fondiller:
The sinkhole began forming seconds after the Orb was touched. https://t.co/zBVio0ejjs
— Chad Fondiller (@ChadFondiller) May 22, 2017
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Some, like Conchita Leeflang, read the Sign more mundanely in terms of Trump‘s own rhetoric:
@owillis @Trumpnado2016 The Swamp is draining.
— Conchita Leeflang (@conchitaleef) May 22, 2017
That’s clever, but it doesn’t really explain this photo of the sinkhole alt-event now, does it?
What does that orb have to do with counterterrorism, BTW?
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May 28th, 2017 at 12:18 pm
“Draining the sinkhole” doesn’t work as a metaphor. Sinkholes are formed when material underground is removed, often by water. So they themselves are drains. The metaphorical significance, it seems to me, is that the very earth is trying to drain the pestilence that is Trump.
May 28th, 2017 at 10:02 pm
LOL, yes Cheryl, you’re right of course. I just dropped “sinkhole” in where “swamp” might be expected for the mild shock value ; )
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I’m secretly a fan of clickbait, at least where my own work is concerned.
May 29th, 2017 at 3:39 am
lol