On Sunday
after canceling a trip to Poland
to monitor Hurricane Dorian
President Trump was asked if he had a message
for the Central European country
commemorating the eightieth anniversary
of the start of World War II
(which in starker terms
that the interviewer perhaps unwisely omitted
was two days after
being invaded by Nazi Germany)
and gave an unusual response
(even more so considering
Vice President Pence
there in his stead
said something appropriate)
that can be summed up
in one word
"Congratulations."
It all goes to show
that Trump really ought
to watch what he says
or people might start thinking
that he's either ignorant
or has no problem with Nazis
or perhaps
just perhaps mind you
both.
This poem © 2019 Emily Cooper.
