Is Donald Trump a Douglas Adams fan?
- deskpilot
- 4 hours ago
- 2 min read
After a spectacularly insulting interview in the Oval Office with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy in February, and a re-run this week with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, journalists have noticed a similarity with a famous Douglas Adams character.
While Donald Trump might share some characteristics with the fictional Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox – he has the completely overinflated self-image, for example – he is currently being compared with a character called Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged.
Wowbagger’s quest in the fifth Hitchhiker’s Guide book was to insult everyone in the universe in alphabetical order. As Donald Trump is not yet immortal, he will have to limit himself to maximising the people he can insult in two or three or four terms as US President.Â
It is unclear if Donald is attempting to insult people in alphabetical order or not. One faction believes that he is not. The other faction believes that he has amended the alphabet by Executive Order so that it starts with Z, followed by R, and then some other letters, to be sorted out later.
As Douglas Adams states, ‘Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged...was a man with a purpose. Not a very good purpose, as he would have been the first to admit, but it was at least a purpose, and it did keep him on the move.’ This resonates with Donald Trump watchers, who are concerned that his purpose in life is also not very good.
Insiders are therefore wondering is the US President is on a self-appointed mission to insult all of the world’s leaders. And they are nervously awaiting the US-Chinah! Summit where Donald Trump will meet President Eleven, sorry, President Xi. Because X comes directly after R, doesn’t it? Fact!! As easy as ZXR, right?
Some of those Sesame Street shows will need a little editing...
Hat-tip SirLupus