DONARUDO
WEEK 077 / 083 — Consequences
Vol. 2 ·  Chapter 8 — The Transition · Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2016
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 77 “Consequences”: Masked figures burn a flag in the night while Donarudo looms over them like a colossus, demanding consequences.
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”
NOVEMBER 29. A FLAG BURNS SOMEWHERE, AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT ANSWERS WITH IRON.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 77 “Consequences”: On the factory floor Donarudo shakes hands with furnace-company workers whose jobs he vows will stay in Indiana.
Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state.We will keep our companies and jobs in the U.S. Thanks Carrier
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 77 “Consequences”: A red telephone links Donarudo to a small island democracy across a dark map of the ocean, and an old protocol breaks.
The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 77 “Consequences”: Alone after midnight in the television's cold glow, Donarudo fumes at a comedy sketch he cannot stop watching.
(Just tried watching Saturday Night Live - unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse. Sad)
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 77 “Consequences”: Thumbs hover over the glowing phone as Donarudo explains why he will never stop: the press leaves him no choice.
If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to ""tweet."" Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!
THE CHRONICLE NOTES: THE WEAPON WILL NOT BE SHEATHED. IT WILL GOVERN BESIDE HIM.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

A flag burns somewhere and the president-elect reaches for citizenship itself. He tours the saved factory floor in Indiana, takes a forbidden call from a small island democracy, and after midnight fumes alone at a comedy show he cannot stop watching. The week closes on the weapon itself: the phone, and his own explanation of why it will never be sheathed.

Readers' Corner

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