A wizard with no special powers except the ability to use the fun house mirrors. Think you see me? Hah…think again. The whole miserable act has the feel of the midway.  Barkers, scammers and rigged games on full display.

Like the wizard in the mythical Oz, Trump hides behind the curtain and spews smoke and flames out his ass to keep the crowds both enthralled and amazed.

But enough of that. Let us not forget that the appeal Trump holds for his base is his acumen as a business mogul. Slick, cool, Trump’s a real gamer and game changer. Problem is he is running the country like he ran his Atlantic City casinos. Into the ground. It takes a special kind of idiot to bankrupt a casino. With all that special managerial expertise, he is applying all those winning principles to his presidential style.

In Vegas, casinos have a special talent for reeling in the fishes both big and small. As long as you have cash to put into play, you are a welcome guest. You may even feel like part of a big casino family. Of course it’s all an illusion with the sole purpose of separating you from your money. The concept is so simple, it’s hard to imagine how one might fail.

Beyond being simply stupid, your employees may steal from you. You may run your games without thought to mathematical probabilities. You may be taking more money out the back door than you’re taking in the front. There is no philosophical approach. Only money. So being a money guy, again it’s hard to imagine how Trump could be such a failure.

But I suspect that Trump liked the idea of owning a casino more than he liked running one. The thrill is not in winning but in staying in the game. And losing is always someone else’s fault. Ego gets in the way of logic. Remember Trump trusts his gut. But as we know that’s where all the poop is generated. He is a sick, degenerate gambler. Simple. But he doesn’t like to lose. No gambler likes to lose. And if you are truly addicted, you will do anything, make any deal, try any deception, to beat the game.

Russia, if you’re listening…