Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Freedonia and the Laws of the Administration
In 1933, Groucho Marx played Donald Trump in the movie "Duck Soup." Here are just some of the proclamations from Rufus T. Firefly, the ruler of Freedonia in "Laws of the Administration":
"The last man nearly ruined this place
He didn't know what to do with it
If you think this country's bad off now
Just wait 'til I get through with it
The country's taxes must be fixed
And I know what to do with it
If you think you're paying too much now
Just wait 'til I get through with it
I will not stand for anything that's crooked or unfair
I'm strictly on the up and up, so everyone beware
If any man's caught taking graft and I don't get my share
We stand 'im up against the wall and, pop goes the weasel"
America, Freedonia, it's just so extremely hard to tell them apart
Was Groucho telling fairy tales or pulling the horse before the cart
Here lies the truth or maybe Mr. Marx spinning truth from lies
Oh Groucho foresaw this nation's future and how democracy dies.