Alt text 5: In just under a year since Mr. Trump returned to power, this has been the lesson again and again. We’re living in the age of what I call reverse philanthropy:instead of giving, you get (See: his free 747.)

Alt text 4: & be reminded to help others less fortunate than ourselves. Trumpsgiving is not about that. The spirit of this season is always Trumpstaking. For himself, his family and the various oligarchs in his circle, alternately grateful for his patronage and fearful that he might turn on them.

Alt text 3: The holiday has evolved since then,to be mostly about overeating while trying not to let long-simmering family resentments erupt into a messy food fight,but under all of that there is a sense that we need to take a moment to acknowledge what we have…

Alt text 2: This philosophy is, of course, the opposite of the myth and meaning of Thanksgiving, a holiday meant to acknowledge the generosity of the Indigenous people who helped keep the colonizers alive. (Maybe, in retrospect, they might think they made the wrong decision.)

Alt text 1: Donald Trump has never been much for gratitude or giving back. The notion that he owes anybody anything for his success is anathema to his winners-gonna-win Trumpiness.

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