२४ फेब्रुवारी, २०२०

Trump at the Taj Mahal.

I realize, writing "Trump at the Taj Mahal," that it needs some clarification like "the one in India." Anyway, I enjoy the raw footage... scroll to the parts you like... lots of Trump and Melania getting ready to be seen, with Trump adjusting his jacket and Melania moving her hair back in place...

५२ टिप्पण्या:

rhhardin म्हणाले...

The Taj Mahal is the only tomb with a men's room.

chuck म्हणाले...

Whenever I see the Taj Mahal I think of Richard Halliburton swimming in the reflecting pool. Or so he claimed. I should reread The Royal Road to Romance to see if my memory is playing tricks on me.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

Trump in Paris -- you know, the place in France.

Limited blogger म्हणाले...

Trump wants to subdivide.

Not fan of the yellow tie, the gold one he wore in Vegas was a good look.

Ivanka and Jared pop up later in the video

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Our foreign allies love Trump! (heh).

Sebastian म्हणाले...

This Taj Mahal gives him good material for future campaign riffs.

Melania has good hair.

Achilles म्हणाले...

Obama only got crowds like this in Muslim countries and Germany.

Hmmm...

Actually Obama never got crowds like this.

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

I'm probably the first to notice, but that is a beautiful structure.

The first lady ain't bad either.

Chuck म्हणाले...

I'm worried that the Taj Mahal will be forced to declare bankruptcy 14 months after a Donald Trump visit. Because Fred Trump won't be around to bail it out.

Narr म्हणाले...

There's a Taj Mahal in Paris (the one in Tennessee) and the food is supposed to be really good.

Narr
Mexican and Thai were getting old

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

Melania looks fantastic in that white jumpsuit.

Drago म्हणाले...

LLR-lefty and Sudden Onset Socialist Chuck: "I'm worried that the Taj Mahal will be forced to declare bankruptcy 14 months after a Donald Trump visit. Because Fred Trump won't be around to bail it out."

LOLOLOLOLOL

Yep.

That is literally all the lefties have left.

The democrat political talking point cupboard is bare. Oh so very bare.

Bit of advice for Chuck and the rest of the dems: its never too early to start working on the 2024 campaign.

Drago म्हणाले...

What I like most about Trump's Presidency is how he has shrunk his political opponents.

LLR-lefty Chuck has become microscopic.

Don't worry Chuck. There will always be room in Adam Schiff's waist coat pocket for you.

Milwaukie guy म्हणाले...

chuck: I read all the Richard Halliburton books! Thanks for the memory! Completely forgot about him.

mccullough म्हणाले...

Get Trump a Nehru Jacket

Skeptical Voter म्हणाले...

I remember the "good old days" when the First Lady came barging out of Air Force One wearing wrinkled Bermuda shorts and tee shirt that looked like she'd slept in it.

Melania was a model; she is a clothes horse---but what clothes and what style. Always easy on the eyes and that's a good thing. She also either doesn't have much to say, or the press isn't quoting her. I can live with that.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

Indian food is terrific. Toss it all together, mix it up, eat it with that heavenly puffy bread.

It looks like hell, but tastes great.

Drago म्हणाले...

(In Soviet Russia Voice) In Trump India, Brahma Businessman Trump helps you discover yourself and reach higher plane of enlightenment.

Drago म्हणाले...

The most amusing aspect of LLR-lefty Chuck's post is that you just know he was sitting in front of his computer, looking at pictures of millions of Indians celebrating Trump with the beautiful Melania beside him, and then Chuck, in another of his seemingly endless spittle-flecked Rage Moments, just HAD to "attack" in some way. ANY way he could to relieve that destructive inner rage.

Marc in Eugene म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
अनामित म्हणाले...

chuck: Whenever I see the Taj Mahal I think of Richard Halliburton swimming in the reflecting pool. Or so he claimed. I should reread The Royal Road to Romance to see if my memory is playing tricks on me.

Wow, that brings back memories. That was one of the first books my mother ever gave me, it having been a big favorite from her own childhood.

Marc in Eugene म्हणाले...

The monkeys must have behaved themselves since there are no headlines reporting that the Trumps were assaulted by them. Perhaps the langurs helped, not that the article explains why it was thought that the langurs would prove useful.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have for the first time given mud-cap treatment to the graves of Emperor Shahjahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal.

My fickle attention has been diverted from the monkeys to whatever 'mud-cap treatment for graves' might be.

Michael K म्हणाले...


Blogger Milwaukie guy said...

chuck: I read all the Richard Halliburton books! Thanks for the memory! Completely forgot about him.
?

I did, too. Loved them and read them over and over.

Sheridan म्हणाले...

It appears to me that Trump favors his right leg as he walks. Is that a new thing or has he always done that? And if his right leg is painful, for whatever reason, could that partly explain why he is overweight? I seem to remember that he does not workout in an organized manner.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

@skeptical voter

Melania's a pretty, nice girl
But she doesn't have a lot to say
Melania's a pretty, nice girl
She changes from day to day
Wanna tell her I love her a lot
Just to make the liberals whine
Melania's a pretty, nice girl
Someday they'll appreciate her mien

Narr म्हणाले...

Halliburton, like Tennessee Williams, had close connections here; he was an older alum of my father's and aunt's alma mater and his papers are there.

He's credited with essentially inventing modern travel writing, at least by some. I read most of his stuff as a kid--but only once.

Narr
He had cojones

Milwaukie guy म्हणाले...

My dad passed on his books to me when I was about 10.

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

Chuck is devolving into gadfly. It’s sad.

Milwaukie guy म्हणाले...

Yes, Richard had monster cojones. Thus, I think, my father's recommendation. Boy do I miss him.

Milwaukie guy म्हणाले...

Also loved the Mark Tidd series, if anyone remembers that.

Milwaukie guy म्हणाले...

BTW, Mark Tidd and the Citadel was the inspiration for Home Alone, by John Hughes, a high school classmate.

Milwaukie guy म्हणाले...

To beat a nearly dead horse, does anyone else remember Mark Tidd besides John Hughes [RIP] and I?

Mark Tidd was a boy-book series. The only copy I still have is Mark Tidd Manufacturer, published in 1918. There were nine books in the series then. The Home Alone book was Mark Tidd's Citadel.

Memories….

Hagar म्हणाले...

This visit is not about Trump, but about India coming up big time after abandoning fashionable brahmin caste socialism and going for brawling capitalist development.
For Modi and his party, a BFD indeed!

Hagar म्हणाले...

And notice the pageantry they are giving him; not just all American, but Trumpian American.
It is really quite extraordinary!

JaimeRoberto म्हणाले...

I know this won't be a popular opinion, but I don't think Melania is all that hot. From the neck down, sure. But her face is just ok. But then I lived in eastern Europe for several years and saw dozens of women who were better looking every single day.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

"Always the negative waves, Chuckie, always with the negative waves".
Big Boys Don't Cry.
The Trumps are such good PR for America!

Narr म्हणाले...

None of PDJT's wives have been all that beautiful of face IMO; our tastes differ in many things.

Narr
Not bad for a FLOTUS but that's a low bar

gadfly म्हणाले...

Sheridan said...
It appears to me that Trump favors his right leg as he walks. Is that a new thing or has he always done that? And if his right leg is painful, for whatever reason, could that partly explain why he is overweight? I seem to remember that he does not workout in an organized manner.

Younger folks need to think about the the effect of physical ailments on Septuagenarians. I would bet that he has a common peroneal nerve (a branch of the sciatic nerve) dysfunction leading to loss of movement or sensation in the foot and leg. Impaired sciatic nerves can often bring severe pain from the small of the back to the end of the big toe in one or both legs.

We can't ignore Trump's secretive visit to Walter Reed recently - nor can we ignore too many burnt steaks. But I personally like to imagine that Trump woofs down opiod painkillers without normal limits because he is Donald after all.

AllenS म्हणाले...

Say what you want about first ladies, but compare Melania to Obama and BJ Clinton's first ladies.

Drago म्हणाले...

Aunty Trump: "Chuck is devolving into gadfly. It’s sad."
2/24/20, 1:49 PM

Yep.

Here we go:

gadfly: "But I personally like to imagine that Trump woofs down opiod painkillers without normal limits because he is Donald after all."
2/24/20, 3:24 PM


Remember, gadfly attempted to launch his/her/xer's own blogsite some time back and was using Althouseblog to try and drum up readers from here to go visit the loser website.

Do we really have to be explicit about the results of that effort?

LOL

John henry म्हणाले...

Chuck (small c)

Someone gave me Royal Road for about my 12th birthday.

It made a lasting impression on me.

I remember him swimming in the pool too.

I think the thing that impressed me most was AngkorWat which had been discovered not long before he visited. First time I'd heard of it. Even in the 60s it was still very mysterious.

I also liked his accounts of Tibet. Here too it had only been about 20 years since the first Europeans (Younghusband) had visited Lhasa. Still unspoiled.

He did mention being disappointed by not being able to find a Burger King

John Henry

John henry म्हणाले...

Dick, (big C)

How many creditors lost money in the Taj Mahal bankruptcy?

Got any names? I'm sure the demmies paraded them all but I think my tv was on the Fritz that day.

Did any creditors lose money in his other 3 bankruptcies?

Got any names?

John Henry

Mike Sylwester म्हणाले...

If you've seen one Taj, you've seen Mahal.

Churchy LaFemme: म्हणाले...

And if you've *heard* one Taj?

Michael K म्हणाले...

Did they stop at Garage Mahal? Where is he anyway?

Michael K म्हणाले...

But I personally like to imagine that Trump woofs down opiod painkillers without normal limits because he is Donald after all.

The guy who has never drunk or smoked and asshole gadfly has him on drugs.

Merny11 म्हणाले...

Haha Unknown!

Narayanan म्हणाले...

My theory .... Discuss
https://aliengearholsters.com/blog/guide-to-ankle-carry/

Narayanan म्हणाले...

Trump should clean his gun in Oval Office.

Doodad म्हणाले...

Classiest first lady since Jackie.

Marc in Eugene म्हणाले...

Hope you continue to recover, Mike S. A long road sometimes.

RK म्हणाले...

That's how I want to see the Taj Mahal: without all of the fucking tourists. And I didn't know the current First Lady was so stacked. All I remember about Lady Obama was her big ass and her resting bitch face.