DONARUDO
WEEK 075 / 083 The Tower Court
Vol. 2 ·  Chapter 8 The Transition · Nov 15 – Nov 21, 2016
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 75 “The Tower Court”: Suitors and rivals queue across the gilded tower lobby as Donarudo surveys his new court and cameras flash at the doors.
THE TOWER BECOMES A COURT. GENERALS, GOVERNORS, RIVALS, PETITIONERS — ALL RIDE THE GOLDEN ELEVATOR NOW.
The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 75 “The Tower Court”: Alone at his desk by lamplight, Donarudo studies a handwritten list of cabinet finalists that only he has seen.
Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are!
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 75 “The Tower Court”: Phone to his ear, Donarudo hears a car company chairman promise that the Kentucky plant will stay in America.
Just got a call from my friend Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the Lincoln plant in Kentucky - no Mexico
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 75 “The Tower Court”: From the stage of a grand theater the cast addresses the quiet lieutenant seated in the balcony while the crowd jeers.
The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 75 “The Tower Court”: Dark cars climb to a gray country clubhouse where cabinet hopefuls arrive one by one for weekend auditions.
Will be working all weekend in choosing the great men and women who will be helping to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
THE COURT MOVES TO THE COUNTRY. EVERY HANDSHAKE AT THE DOOR IS AN AUDITION; EVERY DEPARTURE, A VERDICT.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The tower becomes a court. Rivals, generals and supplicants ride the golden elevator while the president-elect alone holds the list of finalists. He defends the Electoral College as genius, bends a car company's plans by telephone, and goes to war with a Broadway stage over a booed lieutenant. The weekend moves the court to the country, where every handshake at the clubhouse door is an audition.

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