Drumbeat: Drumpf

Drumpf, Drumpf, Drumpf, Drumpf

Judge Juan Merchan is not expecting to deliver his sentence for the 34 felony guilty verdicts in the New York State fraud trial of the 45th President of the United States until November 26, some weeks after the election. If a certain someone wins, he will certainly defy any punishment given out.

That personal pronoun gives away the guilty party. And he is a guilty party. All that’s left is the shouting, as they used to say.

But we have it in our power to give out our own punishment: we can rename Donald J. Trump with his family’s original name: Drumpf.

It’s within our power to do that.

To That Guy, the name Drumpf would be belittling and humiliating. But in the court of public opinion - us - until the defendant can prove that a legal name change had been applied for and accepted, it reverts to the original.

Drumpf.

Our task is to use the name Drumpf any time we might use the assumed name (Trump). Use Drumpf in social media, everyday conversation, emails with friends and family.

If we could get Artificial Intelligence to sweep the internet to search and replace Drumpf wherever Trump is located, AI might end up being a friend to humanity.

A bottom-up action like using Drumpf as his one and only name would be unstoppable. Yes, doing this may get us on Drumpf’s enemies list, but until we are jailed, we can and will call him - and his terrible family - Drumpf.

What if the actual court sentence required the entire family to go back to the original name?

Ivanka Drumpf received 25 patents from China when her father was president. Each one must have the name Ivanka Drumpf fully visible somewhere on the product or prospectus. Donald J. Drumpf, Jr. might now seem aptly named, podcast-ready. Deputy Sheriff Eric Drumpf will need to have his badge replaced with the correct name. Barron Drumpf may prefer it.

Any product using an initial “T” as a design motif must be redesigned with an initial “D.” The D on the gold tennis shoes must be as large as the previous T, for instance.

Former First Lady Melania Drumpf will be forced to have her book pulped and reprinted with the correct author’s name.

Only Tiffany Trump will be allowed to keep that name if she wishes. Tiffany’s done us no harm.

So, from now until Election Day November 5th, 2024, refer to the Republican Party candidate for president as Donald J. Drumpf.

Then beyond, after the Drumpf defeat, we may need to resist the Drumpf Movement to yank the USA back in time.

Drumpf must be sent back to Florida to live out his days at the former Mar-a-Lago, now renamed “Drumpf Clubhouse.”

I’m aware of a clever and funny parody account on Elon Musk’s X(itter) application for Donald J. Drumpf (Parody). If you use that platform, check it out - but do not retweat (sic) any damaging posts!

I deleted my account for that social media program last week, so I’ve seen the last of that parody account I’m afraid.

But we can make Donald J. Drumpf our own. Drumpf’s lived in our heads rent-free for close to 10 years now. It’s time for us to live in Drumpf’s head.