Is Trump like an angry caged monkey throwing feces at the fence? By Hal M. Brown

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This was my comment:

I wrote:

 This is clearly a diversion.  I wrote about how he does this here: Trump is throwing yet another dead cat on the table.There's nothing that really needs to change as far as creating something like the EU. With smaller countries in Europe this made sense. Let's suppose that Canada even considered this. I see no way that they would agree to not having their citizens vote. They would have to be represented in Congress. It they became a 51st state they would be allocated two Senate seats since this is mandated in the Constitution. As far as the House went by whatever formula was used it is likely that when the representative got there they would most likely vote with the Democrats and this would totally change the balance of power. As for our Constitution, there's the pesky problem of the fact that  Canada has its own constitution. Like with states and their constitutions, things like their socialized medicine would be available to people who lived there.

Nobody outside of Trump's inner circle knows where, how, and when Trump comes up with these ideas. This Truth Social message appears to have been posted at 11:42 AM which doesn't mean he didn't get the idea at 2:00 AM. 

Perhaps Trump has a muse in his head that gives him these ideas. Or it's possible there's a real person who comes up with some or most of them. If it's a real person my bets are on Stephen Miller or Elon Musk who we know are with him in person. It could be Tucker Carlson,  Steve Bannon, Alex Jones or anyone who he comes across in social media. It's possible he has multiple maniacal and malevolent muses. He could be one of the biggest plagerizers of pointless pissantery in modern history.

I am basically blowing smoke on the Canada matter because I am not conversant with the issues involved. I am just spitballing, or perhaps better put as shitblogging, when I suggest that of the three ideas: common currency, open trade, and a EU type passport, at first blush only open, or more open, trade seems to make sense. It seems that this could accomplished with the usual kinds of trade treaties. We can't change to a common currency like the Euro without huge complications. It seems to be doable if this would benefit trade. There's no need for any change in how citizens of each country travel across the border.

Being charitable to Trump, I see that being able to entertain new and radical ideas (the cliche "out of the box thinking" applies) can be a positive. I think of how the best sitcom writers put together a show by being unhibited and even unhinged when they throw out ideas. The saying about throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks applies.

With comedy writers, for example, the crappy ideas never get to see the light of day. For example, unfunny ideas never made it onto a Seinfeld episode or into a Monty Python skit. Trump's 2:00 AM waking fever dreams are in the news within hours.

When Trump throws his spaghetti at the wall and it doesn't stick it can have negative national and international ramifications. Even when it does stick with some people because, well, because he is The Donald, he can start a process that will end up in a disaster. There are times where one can give him the benefit of the doubt and say there's method in what seems like madness. Perhaps it is all intentional, however with this supposition the saying "when pigs can fly" comes to mind. Pigs are one of the smartest mammals, but the only time a pig can fly is when it runs off a cliff.

If he is being calculating and deliberate I think at least some of the time he is using the dead cat strategy, which if you haven't already looked it up, is a "thing."

Unfortunately, if Trump actually was strategic, while as terrifying as this possiblity is,  frequently he is like an angry caged zoo monkey throwing feces at the fence. Nothing sticks, but he sure puts on a show.

If by some magical spell he turned into a monkey he'd probably sell simian Trump turds. These aren't available though you can get this on eBay.

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