It is almost impossible to find — and afford — an appropriate holiday gift for extremely wealthy people.
Thus, I have been tearing out what remaining hair I have in trying to come up with an appropriate, affordable gift for our president-elect as an acknowledgement of his ascendancy to the top of the swamp. Thankfully, I just had an epiphany!
I am going to give Donald Trump the best gift he could ever, ever want, one that would make him the Twitter king of the world. My gift would more than double his actual 16,854,596 twitter followers (not the 22.4-plus million followers he claims) and feed his deeply felt emotional need for attention and approval! AND, he would be revered in every country in the world, small and large, with perhaps the single exception of Russia. “Who could,” as the song goes, “ask for anything more?”
The absolute best thing about my gift is that it wouldn’t cost me a dime. It’s a gift that the entire world desperately wants. Actually, a gift every single person on planet Earth needs to survive what lies ahead.
My gift for Trump this holiday season is simple: it’s the suggestion that instead of all these “thank you” rallies Donald, hit the international campaign trail and run for climate change alleviation champion of all time! You campaign so well!
Yes, there would be some push back from the fossil fuel folks, the Koch brothers and the callous conservative cabal, but Donald! You could make Al Gore look like an amateur in the area of mitigating climate change. You could pull the internet plug on those environmental noise makers, Bill McKibben and James Hanson, the same way you do when you stop critical Twitter followers from accessing @realDonaldTrump.
There are no strings attached to my holiday gift. Donald, you could save the world!
John Bos
Shelburne Falls