What Would the President Do?

Let's say a foreign government

Butcher's a U.S. resident

In Istanbul, Turkey, while

You're the U.S. president.

 

What's more important to you

Is making more money down the line

By maintaining business ties

That NOT even murder can undermine.

 

If greed is your primary motive,

You'll justify your point of view

By asking yourself the following question:

What would the current president do?

 

Let's say certain autocrats

Make dissenters disappear.

You're entranced by how the despots

Maintain their power that you hold dear.

 

If power is your primary motive,

You'll justify your point of view

By asking yourself the following question:

What would the current president do?

 

If people desperate for asylum

Come to your border seeking relief,

And you want to show the heartlessness

Of a xenophobic commander in chief,

 

Then show them that your heartlessness

Can justify your point of view

By asking yourself the following question:

What would the current president do?

 

If you want to stop an investigation

That possibly looks bad for you,

You can obstruct justice by asking,

What would the current president do?

 

If you think your unscrupulousness

Allows you to break every taboo,

You've learned a lot from asking yourself,

What would the current president do?

 

-by Bob B (11-21-18)

Reviews

[angel]

Sometimes I wonder when I have to choose
Which way is right, and which is wrong;
But there's a special question I can ask,
I'll sing it in a song:
What would Trumpty do?
What would Trumpty do?
If he were here instead of me,
What would Trumpty do?

Answer: who the hell/ can even tell?/He's nuts!

Great write, Bob!