All Hail Tsar Donald The First! The Delusions Of The Don (VIDEO)

Know what I just realized?

Donald Trump honestly believes he is the reincarnation of the Tsars. Isn’t that totally scary?

He is living in a delusional world where he is the absolute ruler of his kingdom. He even refers to his long list of business ventures as his business “empire.”

He lives in a home that has gold on every visible surface, so I guess that should have been our first hint. Those pictures of Trump tower and the penthouse are enough to make you put on sunglasses.

Now we hear that the Tsar-elect has started to refer to his Florida resort as “the Winter White House.”

Of course, the place is really called Mar-a-Lago, which could be the name of any trailer park in the country. But still, calling your cheesy resort “The Winter White House” is about as pretentious as a megalomaniac can get.

Does he think he’s going to spend the cold months in the sunny south?

The “Winter White House.” It sounds so very much like “The Winter Palace” of the Tsars.

The Winter Palace (CC- BY ND 2.0)

The Winter Palace was the home of the Tsars for two centuries. The original winter palace was built by Peter the Great in the city that bears his name. He built the palace in part so that the nation would begin to see his new city, Saint Petersburg, as a modern capital.

Oh, my God.

Is Trump planning to make Palm Beach our “modern capital?”

We should also note that Peter built his Winter Palace in order to enhance his own image as the leader of a new Russian Empire.

Gulp.

To make the whole delusion of grandeur even more unsettling, Trump has also announced that he would like to start having military parades featuring our strongest weapons. He said:

“Being a great president has to do with a lot of things, but one of them is being a great cheerleader for the country. And we’re going to show the people as we build up our military, we’re going to display our military.

“That military may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue. That military may be flying over New York City and Washington, D.C., for parades. I mean, we’re going to be showing our military.

Oh, boy.

Apparently we are about to witness the swearing-in of Donald The Great, First Tsar of the United States and Official Cheerleader For Our Nukes.

Holy crap.

 

Featured image by Torbakhopper via Flickr. (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Karen is a retired elementary school teacher with many years of progressive activism behind her. She is the proud mother of three young adults who were all arrested with Occupy Wall Street. To see what she writes about in her spare time, check out her blog at "Empty Nest, Full Life"