DONARUDO
WEEK 496 / 583 — The Bell
Vol. 7 ·  Chapter 52 — The Oath · Dec 10 – Dec 16, 2024
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 496 “The Bell”: Person of the year for the second time, and by half past nine he has his hand on the bell above the oldest trading floor in the country.
DECEMBER 12. THE FLOOR IS NOT A RALLY. IT APPLAUDS ANYWAY.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 496 “The Bell”: A neighbouring prime minister comes to dinner and leaves as a governor of a state that does not exist — a joke he will repeat for a year.
It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.…
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 496 “The Bell”: For a fortnight machines nobody can identify hang over New Jersey at night, and he tells the government to explain them or shoot them down.
Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 496 “The Bell”: The offer to the whole world, posted on a Tuesday afternoon: a billion dollars buys every permit you want, environmental approvals included.
“Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals. GET READY TO ROCK!!!”
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 496 “The Bell”: And at twenty-five past midnight, alone at a window, he names an era that has not started yet.
TWELVE THIRTY-FIVE IN THE MORNING. HE NAMES THE ERA BEFORE IT ARRIVES.
(THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA HAS ALREADY BEGUN!!! DJT)
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

On Thursday morning a magazine names him the person of the year for the second time, and by half past nine he is standing on a balcony above the oldest trading floor in the country with his hand on the bell. The floor below him is not a rally and does not pretend to be; it applauds anyway. That is the temperature of the whole week. He begins it by calling the Canadian prime minister a governor and Canada a state, which starts as a dinner-table joke and does not stop being repeated for a year. He offers any company on earth every permit it wants, environmental approvals included, for a billion dollars of investment. The head of the bureau that raided his house announces he will leave before January 20 rather than be removed. Objects nobody can identify drift over New Jersey for a fortnight and he tells the government to say what they are or shoot them down. And at twenty-five past midnight on Saturday, alone, in five words and three exclamation marks, he names the era that has not started yet.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 496. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…