DONARUDO
WEEK 051 / 073 — Framed by the Dead
 Chapter 5 — The Nominee · May 31 – Jun 6, 2016
imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner brandishes a ledger page in a gilded tower atrium before featureless figures with camera lenses for faces, flash bursts
MAY 31, 2016. THE WEEK OPENS IN THE TOWER: THE CONQUEROR ACCOUNTS FOR THE VETERANS' GOLD BEFORE A SNEERING CHORUS.
“So I raised/gave $5,600,000 for the veterans and the media makes me look bad! They do anything to belittle - totally biased.”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner receives the bow of a lean suited man in a vast marble hall, tattered party banners hanging overhead
“So great to have the endorsement and support of Paul Ryan. We will both be working very hard to Make America Great Again!”
DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
an American flag burns in a night street outside a rally hall, halftone mob silhouettes circling the flames, police lights streaking through smoke, embers rising in dramatic ink hatching
JUNE 2. SAN JOSE. HIS FOLLOWERS ARE AMBUSHED LEAVING THE HALL.
Many of the thugs that attacked the peaceful Trump supporters in San Jose were illegals. They burned the American flag and laughed at policeDONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
in a darkened tower bedroom a glowing phone lights a heavy-browed face from below; beyond the window an empty boxing ring floats in blackness under a single shaft of light, a championship belt resting on the canvas
(Muhammad Ali is dead at 74! A truly great champion and a wonderful guy. He will be missed by all!)DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner stands small among endless rows of white crosses on a cliff above a gray sea, heavy clouds breaking
Remembering the fallen heroes on #DDay - June 6, 1944.DONARUDO — @realDonaldTrump · verbatim
JUNE 6. THE FALLEN OF NORMANDY ARE HONORED IN SILENCE. THE PARTY IS UNIFIED ON PAPER, THE STREETS BURN — AND ACROSS THE FIELD, THE FINAL GENERAL'S CAMP SHARPENS A TAUNT OF THREE WORDS.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

A week framed by the dead. DONARUDO opens it defending the veterans' gold before the sneering chorus, and the speaker of the party's house finally bends the knee — even as his followers are ambushed in the streets of San Jose and the flag burns. In the small hours the champion of the ring passes, and the week closes among the white crosses of Normandy, the realm unified on paper and burning underneath.