Within the first few paragraphs of Midas's 'predicament' we find the Midas went from a a joy "that knew no bounds" to a profound HATRED of the Gift given to him by (get this) BACCHUS ! Weirdly, there is a story within a story, where we learn that Midas was PUNISHED by Apollo, and that this punishment was that Midas would 'turn into' an ASS . Oh how we of the Present Day would just LOVE to see trump similarly transformed !!! Alas, it is not to be .
I've waited for the media nit wits to highlight trump's OBSESSION with gold by referring to Midas, and indirectly the Mythology surrounding Midas . I don't know what I was thinking, they did NOT, and I find that, {as a make-believe Scholar}, not only Disappointing, but malfeasant as well . I WANT to ask, How could they be so "out-of-touch" (?) but perhaps it's NOT them but I !!! It sucks to get old and then you find that Bulfinch's Mythology has NOT been Read well enough to provide Mythological Context to trump and his "schemes' . It is I who is "out of touch" .
"But wait, there's MORE !"
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