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Should Congress Honor Donald Trump with a Medal, a Statue… or What?
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Should Congress Honor Donald Trump with a Medal, a Statue… or What?

Here’s a member of Congress with too much time on his hands… and way too little of anything on his mind.

Greg Steube of Florida, is a run-of-the-mill, extremist Republican specializing in such partisan slapstick as trying to nullify Joe Biden’s election and install GOP loser, Donald Trump, as president.

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But Steube went full-tilt ridiculous when he excitedly announced that, “Tomorrow I will introduce legislation to rename our coastal waters after… Donald Trump!” This would brand all the seas round America’s entire coastline with “TRUMP” logos – like trapping all of America in a big fat Trump bear hug.

But – isn’t it rather blah to “honor” an ex-president with obscure boundary waters? It’s like a town council voting to put the ex-mayor’s name on a drainage ditch. Still, Stuebe hoped that this would charm the MAGA demi-god, prompting him to smile on Greg’s future election ambitions. Believe it or not, this is what is considered serious congressional business by the GOP!

Republican congress critters are in a frenzy to kiss up to their convict-in-chief, proposing multiple government gifts for him. Arizona’s Paul Gosar, for example, is demanding that the US treasury print $500 bills bearing a portrait of the Donald. And Florida’s Anna Paulina Luna proposes to tarnish the Congressional Gold Medal by bestowing it on the political mad dog who launched the January 6 mob attack on – yes, Congress! How cynical – especially since Steube and other Donald worshippers had opposed giving the congressional medal to police officers who had risked their lives to protect them from Trump’s rampaging mob.

Meanwhile, how about a more fitting honor for the huckster: Name a federal prison “Trump Tower.” Put it in big gold letters!

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We must simply stop talking about him in any medium, all media, and in life. The less we see and hear him, or of him, or read about him the better, the sooner the better. Let's be done with this matter and invest strongly in growing our American dream once again. Relegate him to the almost unspeakable, to-be-forgotten past, except when providing warnings.

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YES indeed.! He is just another distraction from the real true challenges to life on Earth!

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A gold toilet would be appropriate.

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Give him the golden toilet metal and that reads Don't Dump On Me then flush him away! Water for life, catch the flow, ban Fracking NOW

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Please don't flush toxic waste down the drain

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His "contributions" are worth less than a micro-particle of gold dust.

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My idea exactly.

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Obviously a wimpy attempt by a wannabe VP candidate, fostering his desire to become DJT's running mate. Renaming a prison is much more appropriate. Other considerations should include a garbage pit, outhouse, or similar entity with equally undesirable characteristics. There is enough pollution to our seas as it is!

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Perhaps a nice burn pit would be most appropriate. It's a scourge on the environment like Trump is.

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That would be appropriate for finally burning that witch at the stake. No more witch hunt

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Love the trump tower prison idea!

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But especially if he gets his own room there.

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What a capital idea! But may we suggest using brass instead of gold? There is nothing golden about the Donald or any of his cult members. Also, brass is cheaper. That gang has cost the taxpayers enough in legal fees alone, not to mention wasted time in Congress. Love the toilet idea, too - just be sure it is a size X-Large.

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It needs to be big enough to flush a big piece of crap

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We were thinking more of the big butt, but this works too!

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You gotta wonder how a guy built like a jelly donut can show up on a t-shirt looking like Rambo and carrying a big gun that would hurt his bone spurs

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wish this was hard to belielve, but it isn't.

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Great idea to name a federal prison "Trump Tower". Perhaps he could live there.

BTW, why isn't anyone talking about something egregious that Trump will surely do if reelected? He will do what every authoritarian dictator has always done. Trump will begin transferring tax-payer funds from the US Treasury to his personal accounts. There will be no safe-guards with his enablers in place.

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On to the real life safeguards Reinstate and fortify the Clean Air and Clean Water Act and our Constitutional Rights before the Fossil Fuel Corporate takeover of our Government Offices and Washington DC isn't even included in the voter base.

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I suggest that they aptly rename the Monarch Hill Renewable Energy landfill in Boward County Florida, better known as “Mount Trashmore”, Mount Trumpmore landfill. The name would be fitting for the garbage he spews to be located there.

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let's try to forget the name, period....no buildings, no medals, no airports or parks ,nothing.

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Shark- filled waters, hopefully.

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As long as gullible and uneducated voters continue to send people to Congress who do no work to represent them, THEY get the government they deserve. The rest of us do NOT.

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LOL - love the suggestion!

The Big Apple could rename the North River Sewage Processing plant running 8 blocks along Manhattan's Hudson River shoreline after the Orange Savior. Why not add a statue of him sitting in his diaper on the pot, producing what does best?

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Very good idea 👍

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I couldn't stop howling after hearing the recommendation to name a prison "Trump Tower".. That would be most appropriate. So these right wingnuts have nothing better to do? How about giving us a reason to be proud to call ourselves Americans?

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As long as everyone and anyone is talking about him - his is winning..................

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Jim, a HUGE yes to YOUR proposal.

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Would putting him in a prison cell be appropriate?

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A portrait, perhaps, to be hung over the entrance to every federal, state and municipal incarceration facility in every State and U.S. territory: THE Donald J. Trump with shaved head, no makeup, black and white striped jump suit, handcuffs, holding pluged-in toaster, posing in a pool of water.

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I forgot- then we label it "Trump Clan Memorial Garbage Dump". Hmmm- maybe put some high level nuclear waste in with them so none of their cultists will try to dig them out. And if any cultists are stupid enough to try, they won't live long.

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Last i heard , the Indians had abandoned Alcatraz. They never really wanted it, just took it over to make a political point. So what we ought to do is, dig a sub-basement under Alcatraz, stuff the entire Trump-Kushner clan into it, and concrete it over. Maybe even stuff all the traitors who illegally voted to overturn the 2020 election in with them, and the Hannity-Kirk types and the phony "evangelists' who promote trump, and the corrupt rightwingers on the Supreme Court and their billionaire paymasters in with the Trumps. I wold not worry a moment about Constitutional niceties, since Trump & Co. state that THEY intend to ignore the Constitution and rule like their master Putin. As the SEALs say "Do unto them as they would do unto you- only do it first and do it best."

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how about Rump Tower?

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Name a sewage treatment plant for him. He is full of its products….

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You know how Levis is commonly referred to canvas utilitarian pants, lets name orange prisoners' jump suits "TRUMPERS". The largest size with the biggest gut "DONS".

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When I take my next big dump, I'll ceremoniously name it Donald T before I flush it away forever.

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Tar and feathers seem like a good way to honor Trump to me.

Of course, the Global Oligarch Party will no doubt disagree with me.

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More sad or funny ⁉️

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When do we get to vote on the 'Big Gold Trump Tower' prison?

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This Thursday is the first debate (well, I'm sure Biden knows how... not sure about the other guy). I'd like to see LOTS of Biden Yard Signs by This Thursday - how about it fellow Dem.s?!

Dallas (Tx) Democratic Headquarters on Washington (near Baylor Hosp) has some & I'm sure those great "Yellowdog Dem.s" in Austin have some. "Sign, sign, everywhere a sign..."!

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Those Reps…, members of the Suck-up Party.

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The idea of naming a federal prison Trump Tower is an excellent one. Is there a way to fly a skull and crossbones or some similar frightening flag to show that the eponymous Trump is in residence?

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Trump should be given the Purple Shaft with a Barb Wire Cluster.

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The only waters that should be named after drumpf are the waters in settling lagoons for sewage treatment plants and for hogs and cattle CAFOs.

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The Trump Memorial Sewage Plant. It has a fake gold plaque as a reminder of the great cheeto head who spewed so much hot, smelly air. The image of a maggot could be embossed on the plaque, with the title, The Great MAGGAT, representing Trump's greatest achievement as head of the maga 'movement' (now being disposed of here).

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Oh, I prefer all garbage dumps, landfills, and the like be named for Trump.

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I think a tall pile of s**t with a sign reading Trump Tower would be appropriate.

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Perhaps an historical monument depicting how a former president attempted to destroy democracy, the rule of law and continued as a convicted felon by running for another term and (cross your heart, fingers) LOST!

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I am not opposed to congress bestowing a special honor on the former president. I propose that any padded federal prison jail cell, including the one that he destined to occupy, be designated the Trump room, and be so noted with a bronze plaque stating "Donald Trump slept here"!

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Good idea…and we have a lot of prisons!

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I think it would be better to put Trump's name on a drainage ditch. And any $500 bills printed with his mug should be considered counterfeit.

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I’d go for naming a sewage treatment plant or a nuclear waste disposal plant after the Orange Marvel !

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You stole my idea! Let me focus it a little: "The Washington DC Donald Trump National Sewage Treatment Plant."

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Sorry,every time I think of the deranged one Shit comes to mind so naturally I think sewage in relation to diarrhea Donnie !

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Once upon a time before the world came to this I never would have believed sore losers that can't handle the truth would get elected. What are they putting in their kool-aid???

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Would love to know what all these misguided folks are afraid of. Coastal waters named after the environment's worst enemy?

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TRUMP TOWER!! Perfect name Perfect place

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Or maybe a small, obscure, polluted swamp?

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You’re a breath of fresh air, Jim! Thanks for pointing out the corny and no class adorations for Trump! The MAGA folk are under his spell, like losers in high school who had to be subservient to a bully, just to have a friend!

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Isn't there an abandoned landfill somewhere that deserves his name?

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I vote for the federal prison, second choice after absolutely nothing.

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Yes. And give him his own suite.

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