The Comic Relief that is Donald Trump

Now that the election is over, I'm hoping everything settles down and politicians can get on with actually running this country. Unfortunately, there are a few unsavoury characters on the fringes who don't look like they're going away.

Sarah Palin, who was the VP candidate in 2008 when McCain was running, is unbelievably, still around and still considers herself relevant. Interestingly, the Romney campaign kept her endorsement a closely guarded secret until the day before the election - presumably to ensure the damage would be limited.

Not so with Donald Trump however. Originally, he threatened promised the world he'd run for President himself, if the candidates weren't up to snuff. Amazingly there were a few people who were able to keep a straight face and a handful who actually thought he might make a good candidate. Most of us were wetting ourselves laughing though. Fortunately, or unfortunately if you're Mitt Romney, he publicly endorsed the candidate in February 2012 and deemed it unnecessary for him (the Donald) to step in and show everyone how it's done.

Next, despite most people accepting that Obama's birth certificate was, in fact, real (because the officials in Hawaii said so, and they should know), the Donald was bringing up the whole issue as late as May 2012. When Wolf Blizter, in a CNN interview, told the Donald that he was beginning to sound ridiculous, "Trump shot back with the biting barb "I think you sound ridiculous." He also closed his eyes and stuck his tongue out. (Well, he was on the phone, but I'm betting that he did.)

But he out-Trumped himself on Tuesday night after Obama had been declared the winner in the election, by ranting on Twitter. I can only assume he'd had one too many Miller Lites and since many of the Tweets have now been removed, he probably agreed. Apparently someone pointed out that inciting a revolution against a sitting President could possible be treasonous. Damn that lawyer; that would have been the trial of the century.

Don't you love the bit where he says "The World is laughing at us". Erm, it's laughing at you Donald, not us, but thanks for the comic relief anyway.