A Day of Service (Trump's Booking)
He used to be president. He said once
he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue
and shoot a man and he would walk away
free. Today he was arraigned for paying
off Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about
their past affair while he campaigned
to take the oath and lead the country
through what turned out to be a series
of ruinous events, including the dying
of millions during the pandemic.
He entered court, seeming befuddled,
did not say a word, then left and drove
in a motorcade along the BQE, swept
ahead by the police, to the hangar
where his 757 waited to fly him back
to Florida. Meanwhile, his lawyers
bemoaned the “unfair” charges
while in Washington today a group
of Latin American exiles visited
to plead their arguments about Venezuela,
Nicaragua and Cuba before the OAS
and State. They came by car from Miami,
a much longer trip than the rich man Trump's.
I met them at the State Department's
door, allowed them to take a photograph
with the flags, and just outside, to raise
their own banner and denounce tyranny
in their homelands. I felt I had been
of some service, opened the door
to the ordinary citizen, one of whom
had spent almost five years
in a Havana jail, for charges related
to assembly and speech. I am not
a Little Havana republican. But
I will denounce crimes when
committed and without discriminating
against any perpetrator, including
the free-shooting 5th avenue huckster
turned ex Commander in Chief,
Mr. Donald John Trump.
Indran Amirthanayagam, c) April 4, 2023
