During the rally in Tulsa, Trump jokes. (Read the following with your best internal Trump voice)<\/p>\n
“I know some of you, maybe many of you. Many many. Maybe, I know, many of you will get COVID. The Chinese Flu, I call it. I call it the Chi-Neez flu. I know many many of you will get it because you are here with me today. All crowded in. And boy, do I love to see the crowd. All crowded in together.<\/p>\n
Please, though, don’t die before November 3rd, alright? I need you to vote. Not that I need you, really, I’ll win anyway. But it would be nice if you lived long enough to vote.”<\/p>\n
Over the next 30 minutes the penny drops. Thousands of pennies drop. The crown starts to leave, then streams out, like Minnesotans to their cars halfway through a Twins game during a bad season.<\/p>\n
And from there on it, Trump, all of it, dwindles away.<\/p>\n
The penny drops<\/strong> idiom<\/em><\/p>\n British, informal<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014used to say that someone finally understands something after not understanding it for a time.<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n I had to explain it to him three times, but finally the penny dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the rally in Tulsa, Trump jokes. (Read the following with your best internal Trump voice) “I know some of you, maybe many of you. Many many. Maybe, I know, many of you will get COVID. The Chinese Flu, I call it. I call it the Chi-Neez flu. I know many many of you will … Continue reading How Trump Ends: A Fantasy<\/span>