SEND TRUMP TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

IF A MIDDLE-SCHOOLER SPOKE, WROTE, OR TEXTED in the manner of President Trump, the student would be promptly sent to the principal’s office for a reprimand. If any MAGA supporters find objection to this argument, God save their kids from growing up with the same bullying, name-calling, ego-driven arrogance. To wit, I originally planned this item as tidbits gleaned directly from Trump’s recent communications. But, as you’ll see, my research took an unexpected turn. (Maybe enough already with the Queens felon.)

Re Fed Chairman Powell. As reported by cnbc.com, April 17, 2025, “In a Truth Social post, Trump said: ‘The ECB is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, “Too Late” Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete ‘mess!’ Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and the USA is getting RICH ON TARIFFS. Too Late should have lowered Interest Rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now. Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”

Indeed, if a bullying middle-schooler were to use “termination” in this context, not only the principal but likely police authorities would be getting involved.

A Los Angeles Times View. Lorraine Ali writes in the Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2024, “I Spent 24 Hours on Trump’s Truth Social So You Won’t Have To. No Wonder It’s Tanking.” Briefly, she says, “Truth Social feels like a MAGA town hall in a ventless conference room, where an endless line of folks step up to the mic to share how the world is out to get them.”

Of Trump himself, Ali recounts, “His posts are a mix of loud, Trumpian ALL-CAPS warnings — ‘UNDER CROOKED JOE BIDEN WE HAVE BECOME A THIRD WORLD NATION’— and run-on, word-salad grievances: ‘I’ve just posted a 175 Million Dollar Bond with the sadly failing and very troubled State of New York, based on a Corrupt Judge and Attorney General who used a Statute that was never used for this before, where no Jury was allowed, my financial statements were conservative and had a 100% perfect caution/non-reliance clause, there were no victims (except me!), there was no crime or damage, there was only success and HAPPY in BANKS.’ ”

Let’s consult the English teacher and school-district psychologist as well.

A Napoleon Complex? From The New York Times, February 15, 2025: “President Trump on Saturday posted on social media a single sentence that appears to encapsulate his attitude as he tests the nation’s legal and constitutional boundaries in the process of upending the federal government and punishing his perceived enemies.”

Queens felon aims high. Image by Al Drago for The New York Times.

The Times continued, “ ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,’ Mr. Trump wrote, first on his social media platform Truth Social, and then on the website X. By late afternoon, Mr. Trump had pinned the statement to the top of his Truth Social feed, making it clear it was not a passing thought but one he wanted people to absorb. The official White House account on X posted his message in the evening.”

“The quote,” The Times notes, “is a variation of one sometimes attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, although its origin is unclear.” 

Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame on December 2, 1804, by Jacques-Louis David. Image from Wikipedia. 

Wikipedia Recounts: “For the crowning, as recorded in the official procès-verbal of the Coronation,…. while the pope recited the above-mentioned formula, Napoleon turned and removed his laurel wreath and crowned himself and then crowned the kneeling Josephine with a small crown surmounted by a cross, which he had first placed on his own head.”

That was 1804. But see also The Battle of Leipzig, 1813; Elba, 1814;  The Battle of Waterloo, 1815; and St. Helena, 1815. 

Spin à la Française I doubt that Trump reads that much, but he might be comforted to know that the Fondation Napoleon says Elba “is where Napoleon chose to retire when he abdicated for the first time.”

“Chose to retire”? Quelle choice of words. 

 About St. Helena, the website recounts, “St. Helena was chosen by the British government as place to exile the deposed Emperor. ‘The island of St. Helena is the ideal place to lock away such a character. In such a place, far away, no scheming of any kind will be possible and, far from Europe, he will be quickly forgotten.’ Lord Liverpool, the British Prime Minister, was greatly mistaken on saying these few words: the legend surrounding Napoleon was started on the Island of St. Helena, the place of his death.”

Ha. “Greatly mistaken.” Google Translate has a name for this: connerie, along with some interesting French etymology: The singular, “La connerie,” is slang for “stupidity, as in “faire une connerie” meaning “to do something stupid.” The plural, “des conneries” means “bullshit.” 

I suspect the singular might get a French middle-schooler sent to le directeur, but the plural certainly would. As for les autres des conneries later, what about Trump being the 2020 election winner? The patriots of January 6? The invader of Ukraine? And the Gulf of ….?

Isn’t website research fun? ds

© Dennis Simanaitis, SimanaitisSays.com, 2025