Deadline Poet / February 11, 2025

Presidential Leadership

Calvin Trillin
Marines
(Sgt. John Jackson, CC BY 2.0)

A horrible crash lit up the sky.
Trump’s job was then to unify.
That calls for grace he can’t supply.
He cast the blame on DEI
And presidents of days gone by.
For four years more we’ll have this guy.
Sigh.

Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

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