"So we're stuck in Trump's head with him. ... It's a very cluttered place to be, a fine-tuned machine spewing a torrent of chaos, cruelty, confusion, farce and transfixing craziness."

— Dowd, Maureen (b. January 14, 1952)


Date
February 18, 2017
Metaphor
"So we're stuck in Trump's head with him. ... It's a very cluttered place to be, a fine-tuned machine spewing a torrent of chaos, cruelty, confusion, farce and transfixing craziness."
Metaphor in Context
Because Trump holds Thor's hammer, with its notably short handle, we must keep trying to figure out his strange, perverse, aggrieved style of reasoning. So we're stuck in Trump's head with him.

It's a very cluttered place to be, a fine-tuned machine spewing a torrent of chaos, cruelty, confusion, farce and transfixing craziness.
Of course, this is merely the observation of someone who is "the enemy of the American people," according to our president.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Maureen Dowd, "Trapped in Trump’s Brain," The New York Times (February 18, 2017). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
02/27/2017

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.