One of the more obscure benefits of the successful raid on Osama bin Laden is the removal of Donald Trump from the daily news cycle. It was just two weeks ago that “The Hair” was standing in front of a helicopter with his name emblazoned on the side, as he spoke to the assembled media types, claiming to be “So proud of myself…” for forcing Barack Obama to reveal his birth certificate. Which was worse, the daily ego blast from The Donald or the fact that the media, for a few days, hung on his every word?
Finally, a story of such importance exploded that the media was forced to actually report on something of substance. Suddenly, Trump has been dumped. The Donald is The Gonald, thank God. Trump, where are you? Looking at those pictures of President Obama and his team of top advisors, all gathered together, watching a monitor as the drama of the raid unfolded, it was impossible not to compare that image to Trump sitting down at his table surrounded by his “team” on “The Celebrity Apprentice”. Imagine if Trump was in charge of such a crisis. President Donald Trump, a comfort in crisis!
It took a shocking event to bring the media back to some serious journalism, and focus its attention on something meaningful. One could hope that talk of Donald Trump as any kind of serious candidate will fade away, and that we can turn to more serious issues instead of goofy birth certificate theories, but it seems more likely that we’ll get bored again, the media will run out of big stories that fall in its collective lap, and we’ll return to our regularly scheduled programming: the Donald demanding to see Barack Obama’s junior college transcript.
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