Sept. 5, 2019
By Bill McCann
For a while I swore President Donald Trump was my scary aunt reincarnated. Tease his hair, cover him in an extra-large, flowery house dress, slap on a little lipstick, and there she was in all her unpredictable, unhinged, disagreeable glory.
The difference is my aunt was relatively harmless. Trump is a clear and present danger. She didn’t run the country or have access to nuclear launch codes like Trump does.
My aunt, long departed, lived next door when I was growing up. She sometimes created chaos in our little world on Rowan Street. She yelled at people she didn’t like. Neighbors tried and failed to appease her. She would sweet-talk one of us kids to go to the store for her and an hour later chase us off the sidewalk. She had a grating voice and wild hair. She thought she was wiser than everyone else. Sound familiar?
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