Conversation

At borders, families split apart—
A policy to warm the heart!
Reunion plans were quite a mess,
The watchdogs found. But what success:
When toughness needs a child to cry,
Perhaps the grown-ups should ask why.

Ukraine’s aid became the fuss;
The House charged you abused our trust.
Impeached, acquitted—both are true.
The history gets both columns, too.

Of COVID’s danger, you knew plenty;
You played it down in twenty-twenty.
A mask became a party test—
The virus must have been impressed.

Warp Speed helped vaccines arrive;
Give credit where it helped save lives.
That doesn’t make the rest less odd:
A germ won’t flatter, vote, or nod.

The voters fired you. What a shock!
You tried to have the scoreboard docked.
“Find” votes! Get substitute electors!
Democracy needs better directors!

Then January’s doors gave way;
The count was stopped amid the fray.
For hours you failed to call them home—
A novel way to guard the dome.

The Constitution? Fine in parts—
Except the bit where losing starts.
You floated termination. Neat!
The warranty expired at defeat.

Your January clemency decree
Came with a lesson, plain to see:
The cops who fought them got to view
How flexible your love of blue.

Birthright? You’d revise the deal;
The courts supplied a different seal.
Then government got budget shears—
Less staff to check the missing gears.
Efficiency! A splendid boast:
A lighthouse runs much cheaper closed.

To NATO came your helpful view:
Pay enough—or Russia’s free with you.
A mutual defense arrangement
Became a premium subscription payment.

Then Canada, our northern pal,
Became your next potential mall.
Europe learned to hedge its bets;
Beijing could use what distrust gets.
While allies plan for your next turn,
Their rivals watch—and wait—and learn.