One of the many targets during Prince of Lies Donald Trump's two-hour screed to a joint session of Congress last week was, of course, the transgender community. Much of the commentary since then has mocked his lie that federal funds were being wasted on creating "transgender mice," which was funny, ha, ha. (No wonder he despises our transatlantic alliances!).
Trump was not misreading his teleprompter, however, when he counseled youth suffering from gender dysphoria, “Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you,” to which end he called upon Congress to make dissatisfaction with one's own body illegal.
He was apparently oblivious to the people around him who have taken it upon themselves to tamper with their divinely bodily perfection.
The phenomenon, deemed “Mar-a-Lago” face, has seemingly swept the political world overnight, with its trademark fillers and razor-sharp cheekbones already making their way to the corridors of Capitol Hill ahead of Trump’s inauguration in January.
And with Trump recruiting nearly half of his Cabinet from Fox News’ camera-ready roster of contributors and anchors, who are quite comfortable in the makeup chair, the American people are bound to see more “Mar-A-Lago” face broadcasting live from the West Wing.
But what looks good on camera doesn’t always translate well in photos and regular video, and social media users are definitely starting to notice by making memes out of the Mar-A-Lago makeover.
Though the Daily Beast has been unable to confirm whether any members of Trump’s circle have turned to enhancements, Lara Trump, Matt Gaetz and Laura Loomer are among those who have been called out for their beauty journeys.
“Laura Loomer’s evolution from an average-looking human to Jigsaw has to be one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen,” wrote one social media commentator about Loomer’s seemingly changed look.
Laura Loomer didn't make it into my cartoon; instead, I've included Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Don Jr. girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle. I'll confess that my caricature of Guilfoyle is heavily influenced by Ann Telnaes's; you will find none better. You may remember Guilfoyle as the homunculus screeching to the Republican National Convention that THE BEAST IS YET TO COME!
(I'm pretty sure that's what she said. I couldn't hear her over the chattering cacophony of hellspawn demons fluttering around the auditorium, but you could read her lips from ten blocks away.)
Matt Gaetz didn't make it into this cartoon either; but fortunately, there's Elon Musk to keep this from being a sexist slam against the Real Housewives of Mar-a-Lago.
Photos of Elon Musk before and after plastic surgery pop up on social media all the time these days. The formerly balding broligarch, who has publicly disowned his transgender daughter, has reconfigured himself, experts tell us, with multiple cosmetic surgery procedures. In addition to hair plugs, his transformation has included nose jobs, eyelid surgery, brow lifts, and chin augmentation.
Lip injections can't be far behind.
Musk and Trump, and Reichpublicans from Congress to Village Clerk share an inordinate fear and loathing of transgender persons. There is a possibility, however remote, that Trump is merely taking advantage of right-wingers' transphobia to feed his own lust for power; but I take him literally and seriously on this issue.
If I were a betting man, I'd lay odds that his obsession stems from his having once upon a time grabbed some pussy, as he famously put it, only to have a handful of something extra.
And it wasn't thanks to lip injections.
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