Huh? Say what? You had just managed to convince yourself that Donald Trump would not have a second term, and now you hear the rumor that he will remain in the White House until 2028. How could that happen?
Before reading any further, please understand that this is just a rumor. Let me assure you that there is no truth to this rumor. Absolutely no truth.
It all started when President Trump overheard Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, mutter to financial advisor, Larry Kudlow, that the US economy was no longer growing and had, in fact, begun to contract.
The President went ballistic. Luckily, he managed to resist his first impulse, which was to fire both advisors. Instead he called Steve Bannon for advice.
Bannon, quoting Rahm Emanuel, told the President to “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” “But we don’t have a crisis,” cried Trump! “No problem,” replied Bannon. “We will simply manufacture one.”
And thus, the Corona Virus epidemic was born.
How could this happen, you ask? How did a phone call to Steve Bannon lead to this devasting virus? Not a problem. President Trump, falling back on his (supposedly) proven skills as a master negotiator (six bankruptcies between 1991 and 2009), did a deal with Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Trump agreed to remove all economic sanctions imposed on China, to allow the Chinese unfettered access to US intellectual property, to withdraw the US Sixth Fleet from the Western Pacific, to allow the Chinese to annex Taiwan and, finally, to give Xi Jinping preferred tee times at the Mar-A-Lago club.
In exchange Xi Jinping agreed to release the COVID-19 virus, which his secret bioresearch lab had been developing in Wuhan.
The rest was easy. President Trump had one of his medical advisors state that credible scientific evidence indicated that the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States, would continue, unabated, well into 2027.
Immediately following that pronouncement, Trump declared martial law and postponed all national elections until 2028.
He also considered changing his title from “President” to “Supreme Leader,” a move intended to enhance his ability to negotiate with North Korea’s Kim Jung-Un. He decided against that move because it would have meant that he would no longer be able to claim that he was the longest serving American president since Franklin Roosevelt.
Remember, there is no truth to this rumor (no matter what Rachel Maddow might say).