Shakespeare’s Trump, Act I, Scene II
4 min readSep 1, 2020
Two protestors, JASON and AMNON, meet in a street full of protest signs near the White House. JASON is a dark-skinn’d physician in scrubs, AMNON a journalist with press pass of lighter complexion.
JASON (shouting).
Treason! Our would-be king would gut a world
To rule a nation! Those who guard the Earth,
Who purify its skies, its seas, its soil,
And shield our exons from electrons foul,