JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP - HERE IS DONALD WEARING A YARMULKE AND LOOKING SOLEMN AT THE WAILING WALL - THIS IS A WORLDLY MAN WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS - THIS IS ALSO A MAN ALMOST DEVOID OF ANY KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY - AND A FOUL-MOUTHED MAN TO BOOT - SOME TRIBUTE - SOME SOLEMNITY - YET HE IS COMPELLED TO PUT ON THIS DUMB-SHOW FOR THE WORLD - AMERICAN POLITICS HAVE BECOME AS ABSURD AS A MONTY PYTHON SKIT - MOCK SOLEMNITY BY UNBELIEVERS AT A MONUMENT TO THEFT

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI'S GLOOMY GROUP AT UN - NIKKI REACHED A NEW LOW BY WARNING COUNTRIES THAT SHE WOULD BE "TAKING NAMES OF THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST US" IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE OVER TRUMP'S DISASTROUS EMBASSY MOVE - AND SHE ADVISED "THE PRESIDENT WAS TAKING A PERSONAL INTEREST" - HERE IS A CROSS BETWEEN THE THIRD-GRADE CLASSROOM SNITCH WHEN TEACHER IS OUT AND OUTRIGHT MAFIA-LIKE VOTER INTIMIDATION - SOME RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI IN HER BEST BOOTS WITH A RUSTED HULK SHE SAYS IS AN IRANIAN MISSILE - CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT COST TO SHIP THIS HULK FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO MOUNT ON DISPLAY? - BUT NIKKI NEVER STINTS IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM - WELL, TO MY MIND THAT'S PRETTY CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE - CLEARLY IRAN SHOULD BE BOMBED TOMORROW IF NOT SOONER

WORLD-RENOWNED AMERICAN MISSILE EXPERT, NIKKI HALEY,

POINTS OUT SOME THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF AN IRANIAN

MISSILE - JUST SO HER AUDIENCE DOESN'T CONFUSE THIS HULK 

WITH AN OLD NYC SEWER MAIN PIPE    

NIKKI USED THE OCCASION TO SHOW OFF A PAIR OF HER BEST 

NEW KNEE-HIGH SUEDE BOOTS

BEFORE SHE LEFT, SHE TOOK A QUICK STROLL DOWN THE CATWALK

SO THE BOOTS COULD BE SEEN BY ALL THE CAMERAS 

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: BUSH - GEORGE W AND GEORGE H W - H W LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING OUT WITH HIS LAST BREATH PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO GOOD OLD AMERICA - W REMAINS THE SAME SMIRKING DRIP WHETHER HE IS PLEDGING OR PRAYING OR KILLING OR GETTING DRUNK - I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU COULD POSE A MORE ABSURD FAMILY OR POLITICAL PHOTO - THE MORAL: A FAMILY THAT PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER - THEN AGAIN MAYBE IT WAS JUST A TRY-OUT FOR A SUPER-BOWL TUMS OR ROLAIDS COMMERCIAL?

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP - MELANIA WITH DONALD - STAGE PLAY IN HOUSTON - THE ULTRA-CHIC LADY WEARS A PRE-DISTRESSED WORK SHIRT WITH FAKE DIRT AND SWEAT MARKS - HER HAT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CAME FROM THE FACTORY - HER MAKE-UP IS PERFECTION - NOTE THE HAIR LOOPED THROUGH THE SIZE BAND AT THE BACK OF THE HAT A LA TRAILER PARK - THIS IS AN EMBARRASSING MASQUERADE - OR SHOULD BE - BUT THIS PRESIDENT HAS PROVED INCAPABLE OF EMBARRASSMENT

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP - IVANKA IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN GROTESQUE - HERE SHE IS PUSHED IN FRONT OF G-20 WORLD LEADERS WHILE DAD SMILES GOOFILY BEHIND - A KEWPIE DOLL AT A WORLD SUMMIT? A SOCIALITE KEWPIE DOLL NO LESS? WHAT ON EARTH IS SHE DOING THERE? - OTHER LEADERS HAVE KIDS TOO - MS. MERKEL TRIES TO LOOK CALM

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: MAY - BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER - THIS IMAGE OF THERESA CAPTURES QUALITIES NOT SEEN IN MOST PHOTOS WHERE SHE RESEMBLES A BARBARA PYM CHARACTER WITH A FRESH HAIR-DO - HERE IS SOMETHING DARK AND SNEAKY WITH DEMONIC TOUCHES - JUDGING BY HER PROMISES TO CONTROL THE INTERNET AND TEAR-UP HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND LEGALIZE FOX-HUNTING AGAIN IF ELECTED WE ARE INDEED SEEING THE INNER THERESA HERE

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI IS THE MOST RECENT IN A LONG LINE OF AMERICAN BIGMOUTH KNOW-NOTHINGS APPOINTED AS UN AMBASSADOR - IT LIKELY REFLECTS AMERICA'S RESPECT FOR THE UN TO SEND SUCH FOLKS THERE - SHE'S A WORLD BEATER IN HER CLASS THOUGH - SHE NEVER STOPS POKING FINGERS AND PREACHING WHILE UTTERING A UNIQUE BLEND OF IGNORANT THREATS AND DOWNHOME BROMIDES - WHERE DOES AMERICA GET SUCH PEOPLE? - IS THE MELTING POT EXPERIMENT A PROVEN FAILURE?

NIKKI IN FULL PREACHER MODE
                   

NIKKI AT MACHINE-GUN SELF-IMPROVEMENT CLASS

NIKKI STUNNED BY BEING BOOED AT THE UN
WELL, THAT DOES HAPPEN WHEN YOU
SPEAK LIKE A FOOL TO A CROWD OF EDUCATED ADULTS

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: MCCAIN - IT REALLY IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT MAKES JOHN-BOY TICK - MAYBE THE TRUTH IS HE IS JUST BORDERLINE INSANE - AN ENTIRE CAREER OF FORGETTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS ACCOMPANIED BY LOUD NOISES AND UGLY BEHAVIOR - HERE JOHN SEEMS TO BE DOING HIS QUASIMODO IMPRESSION AT A COCKTAIL PARTY OR A SENATE HEARING

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: BIDEN - JOE GETS A MEDAL - LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THE AMBASSADOR FROM LOWER RUTHENGIA WOULD WEAR TO DINNER - PERHAPS THE STAR OF COURAGE GIVEN THE COWARDLY LION IN THE WIZARD OF OZ? - WE DO KNOW JOE IS DEFINITELY A COWARD AS HE HAS PROVED MANY TIMES - I LOVE THE TEARS - IS HE REMEMBERING ALL THE FOLKS HE HELPED DISAPPEAR IN THE INDUSTRIAL-SCALE DRONE-KILLING SCHEME HE ADVOCATED FOR ?

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: OBAMA - BARACK IS GIVEN THE DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF - THE AGGRESSIVELY ANTI-RUSSIAN ASH CARTER PINS IT ON HIM IN A CEREMONY RESEMBLING A SCENE FROM THE MOUSE THAT ROARED - WHAT DOES THIS AWARD REALLY TELL US ABOUT OBAMA? YOU WONDER ABOUT HIS EXTREME ANTI-RUSSIAN MEASURES? OR HIS PHONY ANTI-RUSSIAN DNC HACK CLAIMS? HE LEAVES OFFICE A GENUINELY PATHETIC FIGURE