DONARUDO
WEEK 521 / 583 — Bring In The Troops
Vol. 8 ·  Chapter 54 — The Pause · Jun 3 – Jun 9, 2025
Manga panel 1 of 6, Week 521 “Bring In The Troops”: Ninety minutes on the phone to Beijing, and a readout with nothing in it but trade — as warm as a Christmas card, and dated the same day as the break.
JUNE 5, MORNING. NINETY MINUTES ON THE LINE, AND NOTHING IN IT BUT TRADE.
I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal.…
Manga panel 2 of 6, Week 521 “Bring In The Troops”: Four hours later the partnership that audited the government with a chainsaw ends in public, in two posts thirty seconds apart.
Elon was “wearing thin,” I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!
Manga panel 3 of 6, Week 521 “Bring In The Troops”: Thirty seconds after the first post, the second: the cheapest way to save money in the budget would be to terminate his contracts.
THIRTY SECONDS LATER, THE SECOND POST. TERMINATE HIS CONTRACTS.
Manga panel 4 of 6, Week 521 “Bring In The Troops”: By Sunday evening he has used the word occupied about an American city, and ordered troops into it over the objection of its governor.
“A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals.…”
Manga panel 5 of 6, Week 521 “Bring In The Troops”: A quarter past midnight, alone, watching a feed that is out of shot. Five words.
(Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!)
Manga panel 6 of 6, Week 521 “Bring In The Troops”: Monday afternoon he issues rules of engagement in rhyme, and attributes the line, in the third person, to the President of the United States.
HE QUOTES HIMSELF IN THE THIRD PERSON, AS THOUGH READING IT OFF A WALL.
“If they spit, we will hit.” This is a statement from the President of the United States concerning the catastrophic Gavin Newscum inspired Riots going on in Los Angeles.…
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Thursday morning is ninety minutes on the phone to Beijing and a readout with nothing in it but trade, warm as a Christmas card. Thursday afternoon, in two posts thirty seconds apart, the partnership that audited the government with a chainsaw ends in public: he was wearing thin, I asked him to leave, and he just went crazy — and then, immediately, the cheapest way to save money would be to terminate his contracts. By evening the two of them are trading accusations in real time on two different networks that they each own. Then the weekend, and Los Angeles. Federal agents raid a garment district and a car park and a crowd forms, and by Saturday evening he has written the word occupied about an American city and ordered troops in over the objection of its governor, which has not been done since 1965. At a quarter past midnight, alone, he posts five words. Bring in the troops. By Monday afternoon he is issuing rules of engagement in rhyme, and the sentence he chooses to be quoted on is one he attributes, in the third person, to the President of the United States.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 521. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…