(via CSotD: Explanations, exhortations, exaltations The Daily Cartoonist)
Michael Ramirez riffs on George C. Scott’s famous speech in the 1970 film, “Patton,” as Trump continues to deliver convoluted, contradictory explanations of his disastrous trade policy.
The (apocryphal) line from the film is “Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
This is an interesting parallel for a couple of reasons, but it is only fair to note that Patton, unlike Trump, was willing to take the same risks he demanded his men take, whether or not it happened very often.
You wouldn’t find Patton off playing golf while his men were fighting, or tossing paper towels to people who needed more than that. But there is this: The movie portrayed Patton as a bully and as an erratic, boastful loose cannon, perhaps even a psychopath, and yet the impact of Scott’s performance was to turn Patton into a hero with people who hadn’t been sure quite who he was
