I encountered today a headline that “Barr defends Trump’s firing of intel community watchdog as the ‘right thing’ to do.” Who bothered to ask Mr. Barr’s opinion about this? If ever he had a mind of his own, it has long ago withered away. He has become like one of those dolls with a string at the back of its neck. Pull the string and, instead of “Mama,” it says “Trumpi ha sempre ragione. // Trump is always right.”

The Trump family is working together on their

corona virus

con. Trump is staging a burlesque of the royal family, with roles for himself, the King, for Queen Melania the Model, for Princess Ivanka the Mannequin, and for the Duke of 666 Fifth Avenue. No public role has been assigned to the Crown Prince who works best backstage anyway, and it’s a matter of wait-and-see where Prince Eric might be most effective.