Thanks to the man we now know as Agent Krasnov, we need to create some new words. That’s because your basic dictionary has no words that adequately describe him and his ilk.
To wit:
* The man is way beyond evil and its synonyms, such as nefarious, malevolent or vicious. We flew past those words years ago. The things he says and does amount to evil on steroids, but even that terminology doesn't work too well. (Don’t take my word for it. Google “Trump evil” for examples.) Someone needs to create a new word that is worse than evil. I'm open to suggestions.
* He is light years beyond hypocritical. Hypocrisy has become so commonplace in his administration that the word has virtually no meaning in today's world.
* Deplorable, the word that got Hillary Clinton in trouble, might still refer to dangerous or unhealthy living conditions in places around the world, but it no longer shames Krasnov and his supporters, who have adopted “Basket of Deplorables” as a badge of honor. They even had t-shirts made.
* Malignant narcissist is an accurate description, but the poorly educated don't understand it so it's semi-meaningless. They also don’t understand benign narcissist, which is slightly better but still bad. I think that they think that a narcissist is just a cool guy who likes them as much as he likes himself. (Hint: He doesn’t.)
* Pathological liar used to mean something until you-know-who carried it to extremes. As I posted elsewhere, we need a word for someone who lies so much he forgets the lies he has already told, then starts to lie about the lies he is lying about. We need new words for both the lying liar and the people who believe him.
* Career criminal. This was a legitimate descriptor until the Supreme Court ruled that crimes committed by a president during official acts are no longer crimes. So if not a crime, then what? You tell me. I don’t think “oopsie” or “my bad” is gonna work
* Con man, grifter, scammer, swindler, fraud – These used to be bad words until they became part of the everyday lexicon. Now when I hear them my psyche drifts toward Robert Redford's lovable rogue character in "The Sting." When that happens, I am forced to accept that those and similar words been normalized by Krasnov and his minions.
* Impeach, indict and convict were all rendered meaningless when we discovered there would be no consequences. I’d suggest they have been replaced by run out the clock. I’m open to better suggestions.
* Incompetent would have been a problem word if we had learned our lesson during his first term, but re-electing him made it just another qualification for the office. It probably appears on the job application for all cabinet and executive staff positions, as in, “On a scale of 10, how incompetent are you? Seven or better required for consideration.”
* Total exoneration is right up there with witch hunt, false, fake, hoax and Russia Russia Russia among words that lost their meaning during the Mueller investigation. Since none of those words is true, I’ve got no suggestion for a replacement (see lying liars above).
* And finally, Russian asset. We already have some alternative words for that, such as traitor, spy, useful idiot, Putin’s puppet, collaborator and turncoat, but you can only see those words on the left side of the page. If you look for them on the right-hand side, they get converted to leader, patriot, nationalist, strongman, ruler, savior-sent-by-god and king.
Years ago I described Agent Krasnov this way:
Donald J. Trump is a shallow, childish, vacuous, narcissistic, misogynistic, xenophobic, racist con man tax evading sexual predator who’s also a pathological liar with dangerous, Fascist-inspired ideas and a probable mental illness. He was twice impeached by the House of Representatives and found guilty of obstruction of justice by Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. He would be in prison today if not for a dubious Justice Department memo that says a sitting president can’t be indicted.
All of those words seem to have
drifted out to space in a puff of smoke the day he was elected to a second
term, which is why I think we need new words to better describe his
incompetence, wickedness, historical stupidity and unconstitutional behavior. I
don’t know who writes our dictionaries these days but I suggest they get to it
immediately. If he does ascend to the title of king it could be too late.
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