The Current Situation

Let the ritual humilation begin!

There’s a good chance you’ve seen this photo by now:

Pictured seated from left to right: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with House Speaker Mike Johnson standing behind on the right.
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It’s from the Instagram account of the Donald Trump’s second-most-favorite kid (and from all accounts, it’s a distant second), Donald Trump Jr.:

Here’s a close-up of the table. As you’ll notice, it’s all McDonalds food, even for RFK Jr.:

He doesn’t look all that happy about it:

For the benefit of those readers who’ve never seen someone die on the inside, here’s a zoomed-in version of RFK Jr.’s face:

Loyalty tests and ritual humiliation

RFK Jr. famously doesn’t eat processed food, and explained why in a video he posted barely a month ago:

Trump could have easily accommodated RFK Jr.’s dietary preferences: “not junk food.” But he didn’t, for two key reasons.

For starters, he looooves the stuff:

…but the more important reason is that he’s a bully, and bullies genberally cycle between two modes with their allies: cruelty and disregard…

…and loyalty tests:

And a bully who has the opportunity combine the two — say by making someone eat something they don’t want to — can’t pass it up. So Trump did just that.

If he’s willing to do that to someone in his own inner circle, wait till you see what he’s got in store for you.

Joey deVilla

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