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BRET STEPHENS: Dear President Ozymandias

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To: Our greatest president

From: Your greatest fans

We are writing to let you know, sir, that we are as outraged as you are that some liberal judge has ordered that your name be stripped from the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Not only is the decision wrong, it's also backward. You've survived three assassination attempts, and yet the building will keep his name?

On a related subject, sir, we hope those knuckleheads in Congress won't let some old law stand in the way of putting your face on a $250 bill. After all, nothing advertises the strength of a country's economy like high-denomination bank notes. And since restaurant meals now often run to about $250 (minus drinks and dessert) for a party of four, making a bank note with your mug shot on it will be triply convenient: faster payment, a reminder of how affordable things have become under your presidency, and proof that in the land of the free, you can get away with just about anything.

We're also big supporters of your plan for your triumphal arch for Washington soaring a proud 250 feet, nearly as tall as the Capitol itself. Hopefully it will include large gold-plated statues of the greatest American leaders, such as Abraham Lincoln and you. People are calling it the "Arc de Trump," like the Arc de Triomphe in........

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