Donald Trump never ever
Likes to be outdone.
Now he's teaching a brand new course:
Autocracy 101.
Trumplicans are fine with that;
Most of them don't care.
They'll bend over with utmost glee
To kiss his derrière.

Instead of working with current laws,
Trumplicans have a solution:
Let Trump do what he wants to AND
Ignore the Constitution.
We can see where their fealty lies;
It's NOT with the law of the land.
It's with their ruler who wants them all
To bow to his every command.

When Trump does NOT like test results,
He fires his physician.
When numbers aren't what he expects,
He fires the statistician.
When he's involved in scandals and doesn't
Like the people's reactions,
He diverts attention with
Conspiracy-based distractions.

If he thinks he is losing votes
And doesn't like the projections,
He'll encourage some of the states
To rig our future elections.
If he objects to certain decisions--
And we know he holds grudges--
He will blast the lawyers and also
Try to remove the judges.

When interviewed, he knows that there
Are people to pacify,
So he has no compunction about
Telling a whopping lie.
Since he can't take criticism,
Companies get two choices:
Settle in court for millions of dollars,
Or stifle critics' voices.

Surrounding him, Trump must have
His loyalists who fear
That they'll be fired if they don't tell him
What he wants to hear.
The truth becomes irrelevant;
"Facts" become invented.
A sentence we hear frequently
Is "That's unprecedented!"

And while he's bringing the country down,
His mind is growing dim.
If he continues to get his way,
Our future will look quite grim.
I always used to enjoy attending
Classes that were fun,
But NOT the one that Trump is giving:
Autocracy 101.

-by Bob B (8-4-25)