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WEEK 162 / 337 — Helsinki
Vol. 3 ·  Chapter 16 — Helsinki · Jul 17 – Jul 23, 2018
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 162 “Helsinki”: Home to a firestorm. The whole capital rages at the handshake in the north, and he answers that the fury is just a sickness — a derangement over him.
Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome!
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 162 “Helsinki”: Then he turns east. In roaring all-capitals he warns the leader of Iran never to threaten America again, or suffer consequences few in history ever have.
“To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.…”
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 162 “Helsinki”: He defends the summit as an old and honorable art. In the old days, he says, they would have called being nice to a rival simply diplomacy.
I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy.…
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 162 “Helsinki”: And a new shadow: the fixer's secret tape surfaces. He calls the break-in on a lawyer's office unheard of — and swears his favorite president did nothing wrong.
Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) - almost unheard of.…
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 162 “Helsinki”: Four storms at once — Russia's fury, Iran's threat, the trade war, the fixer's tape — and he stands in the center of all of them, swinging outward.
FOUR STORMS CONVERGE — THE NORTH, IRAN, THE TRADE WAR, THE FIXER'S TAPE — AND HE STANDS AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THEM, SWINGING OUTWARD.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The summit's fallout breaks over him. The capital rages at the northern handshake, and he answers that the fury is just a sickness — a derangement over him. Then he turns east, warning the leader of Iran in roaring capitals never to threaten America again. He defends the meeting as an old and honorable art — in the old days, he says, they would have called it diplomacy. And a new shadow rises: the fixer's secret tape surfaces, a lawyer's office broken open, and he insists his favorite president did nothing wrong. Four storms converge at once, and he stands at the center of all of them, swinging outward.

Readers' Corner

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