{"id":56349,"date":"2017-08-12T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=56349"},"modified":"2017-08-12T15:26:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:26:48","slug":"when-one-fantasy-come-true-is-proof-of-all-the-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=56349","title":{"rendered":"When one fantasy-come-true is proof of all the rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; sheer gossamer speculation about the trump effect ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a sort of weird logic to it. <strong>Trump<\/strong>, the fantasist extraordinaire has indeed had one of his fantasies come true, and it&#8217;s a big one &#8212; &#8220;most powerful man on earth&#8221; &#8212; akin to being heavyweight champion of the world, but moreso. <strong>POTUS <\/strong>says it by implication: <strong>MPMOE <\/strong>makes it explicit.<\/p>\n<p>Give the man credit for that, and then watch as he tosses out other fantasies &#8212; like a gambler scattering coins in a fountain after a successful night at a Vegas hotel casino &#8212; and declares them all true by extension &#8212; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>biggest crowd?<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>if he&#8217;s the MPMOE, must be.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>et cetera, et cetera<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>if he&#8217;s the MPMOE, must be.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>ad infinitum<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>if he&#8217;s the MPMOE, must be.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>never before seen<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>if he&#8217;s the MPMOE, must be.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>last trump<\/strong>? <\/p>\n<li><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>This really has to do with <strong>magical thinking<\/strong>, or <strong>poetry as it veers towards prophecy<\/strong> perhaps, as in &#8220;and of his kingdom there shall be no end&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Or so I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><div id=\"attachment_56408\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56408\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Putin-MPPOE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Putin-MPPOE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Putin-MPPOE-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian President Vladimir Putin is the most powerful person in the world right now, according to the latest ranking from Forbes. REUTERS\/Sergei Karpukhin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Putin<\/strong> has other fantasies, too..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; sheer gossamer speculation about the trump effect ] . There&#8217;s a sort of weird logic to it. 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