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Hamster in Helicopter More Dangerous than Misplaced Alliteration?


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. . . a lot of his other major policy goals from ending the Affordable Care Act [to] getting Mexico to pay for his border wall remained out of reach. Trump as president was sort of like a hamster in an attack helicopter. Sure he wants to bathe the world in blood and terror. He wants it with his whole rotten hamster heart, but luckily, he doesn't know what buttons to press and his brain's the size of a peanut. So that puts some hard limits on the damage.

John Oliver's writers exploring characteristics and actions of D.J. Trump's first administration from a selected rodent perspective.






Context:



. . . it is true that a lot of his other major policy goals from ending the Affordable Care Act [to] getting Mexico to pay for his border wall remained out of reach. Trump as president was sort of like a hamster in an attack helicopter. Sure he wants to bathe the world in blood and terror. He wants it with his whole rotten hamster heart, but luckily, he doesn't know what buttons to press and his brain's the size of a peanut. So that puts some hard limits on the damage.



Citation:

Oliver, John. “Trump's Second Term.“ Last Week Tonight, HBO, YouTube, 20 June 2024. Web.











(Hamster image adapted from image courtesy of HBO, Last Seek Tonight, 2024)
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