Transcript of the Conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XI
Donald Trump (DT) - It is amazing the things that I can learn when I pick up my daily copy of
Public... Plato's dream of the Philosopher-Prime-Minister is made true in Portugal... in the person of his own predecessor...
Socrates...
Peter Throw (PT) - Yeaahhh...he has just published a new book...
The Profane Gift: Charisma...where he predicted that you would win the election...
DT - Peter... please tell Joe that I will buy one million copies of his book...no need to ask other friends...And that I want him to head the Philosophy Section of the
American Public...
PT- Philosophy Section, Don...?
DT - Yes, Peter... Our Founding Fathers were conversant with the great philosophers of their time... such as David Hume and Adam Smith...I want to be the James Madison of the 21st century... and I need Joe Socrates to guide me...
PT - By the way, Don, ...Did you know that Hume and Smith were gay... they had a long-time, intimate relationship which lasted until the death of David Hume?...
DT - Is that true, Peter!?...Are you sure about that?!... Are you really sure!?
PT - Yes, Don...it is the first known gay relationship between two modern philosophers...
DT - How come that
Public never taught me that?... I am ashamed, Peter!...Two of the inspirational philosophers of the American Dream were gay!?...I cannot believe it!...
PT - They were both presbyterians like you, Don ...even though Hume ended up as an atheist...both belonged to the so called Scottish School of Moral Philosophy...
DT - And what does that School say about Morals, Peter?
PT - Basically, they say that it is Moral whatever pleases you...It is Moral
à la carte ...You see the implication, Don...If a gay relationship pleases you, then homosexuality is Moral...
DT - How could they say that, Peter!?... How come that
Public never told me!?...I can now understand why the LGBT community first came to the open in the United States of America...
PT - It is more than that, Don...This is the consequence of encouraging the common people to read the Bible... that
mania of presbyterians and other protestant sects alike... These people end up interpreting the Bible as they please...
DT - Peter...just a little question... this is an intimate question which should remain between the two of us only ...is there a way for me to become catholic?...
PT - Yes, Don... just ask a priest at the first catholic church near you...
DT - Actually, Melania has been insisting with me for years to convert...you know, she comes from Slovenia...a tiny, fiercely catholic country...
PT - Just follow her advice...
DT - Do you think that Jesus can still save me after being for so long with the presbyterian heresy...?
PT - For sure, he will...
DT - Is he still coaching Benfica?... The last time I heard of him was in
The Ball when Benfica became champion for a second time in a row... a true miracle of Jesus...
PT- No, he is not there anymore...Are you a fan of Benfica, Don?
DT - Yes, Peter... Red! ... I love Red!...it's the colour of the Republican Party...I long for the day that all of the
electoral map of the United States is painted in red...I count on the
American Public to achieve that...
PT - You almost got it this time, Don...
DT - Yeaahhh, Peter...By the way, tell my friend Chick of the Coast that the Blue Era has come to an end...and that a new era has begun,
The Red Era... thanks to a miracle of Jesus...
PT - I certainly will do so...
DT - Now, Peter, tell me ... Is Jesus as good at writing as he is at coaching?...If so, I will hire him as the Head of the Sports Section of the
American Public...
PT - No, Don, Jesus never wrote anything...except on sand...
DT- What about talking...is he good at talking? I can offer him a position as Director of Communications at the
American Public...
PT - Well, Don ... let's change subjects...
DT - Peter... I am amazed by how many important, historical people choose Portugal for a living...Socrates... Jesus... Have you been lately with Pythagoras?
PT - No Don... I haven't.