Literary Corner: Dude Descending a Staircase

Have You Talked to Your Kids About Bathmophobia?

You know, since today is officially #ObamaAppreciationDay, I'd just like to remind y'all what it was like to have a President who wasn't scared of a "steep" slippery ramp.

Also, #TrumpIsNotWell. pic.twitter.com/nSnu0Xz8iO

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) June 14, 2020

There is literally always a tweet pic.twitter.com/8k31fMJ7dK

— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) June 14, 2020

The Last Thing I Was Going to Do

by Donald J. Trump

The ramp that I descended 

after my West Point Commencement speech 

was very long & steep, 

had no handrail and, most 

importantly, was very slippery. 

The last thing I was going to do 

is “fall” for the Fake News to 

have fun with. Final ten feet 

I ran down to level ground. Momentum!

Bathmophobia, I'm informed by The Sun (UK), is the pathological fear of slopes and stairs, and something we've seen a lot of in our president, as when he snatched the hand of a startled Prime Minister May at the White House or outside Blenheim Palace. I'm glad to see here an indication that he's aware of his fear of falling, or at least "falling", a kind of fake fall of which the Fake News would inevitably take advantage to plant the story that the president actually does fall when he merely "falls". Obviously not a risk worth taking. 

He does not "run down" the final ten feet but rather gathers his wits after reaching level ground. Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams, Superintendent of the Military Academy, must be pretty battle-hardened, because he doesn't look scared at all, and I think I see an indication in the video that Trump would like to have grabbed his hand too, but represses the urge with manly firmness.

The nature of ramps dictates that they are rarely both steep and long. https://t.co/e6fErCzVKD

— Allison Tolman (@Allison_Tolman) June 14, 2020

The water was very dense and liquid, and most of all in a very slippery glass. I tossed back the last three or four ounces in a single three-finger schlug.

— Leaves of Yas (@Yastreblyansky) June 14, 2020

Gravity!

Steve M reminds us that he's had these problems for a long time.