So remember that guy who used to be president, but he lost the election and so he tried to incite a mob to overturn the results of that election? No, I’m not talking about Martin Van Buren. You know who. Well, he also owns a bunch of hotels, and a global network of travel agencies called Virtuoso just dropped his ocher arse like a hot, pestilent yam.
I was feeling a bit down earlier today—maybe because the Republican Party, which used to at least pretend they weren’t depraved outer-space reptile people, appears to be determined to kill as many Americans as it can before it’s finally and inevitably reduced to a smoldering crater of feckless rage-spittle and sulfur. I’m not ruling out the possibility that COVID-19 has organized itself into a neural hive network, attained sentience, hijacked Republicans’ brains, and forced them to do everything in their power to spread the virus.
That said, Occam’s razor suggests they’re just stupid assholes. Also, my theory doesn’t begin to explain away their AR-15 fetish. But if there’s one thing that can jolt me out of a funk it’s a bracing dose of schadenfreude.
And away we go!
The Washington Post:
The Texas-based company, which includes 20,000 luxury travel advisers, said the change was effective March 8; it applies to the six Trump hotels that were considered partners.
“Trump Hotels are no longer part of the Virtuoso network,” spokeswoman Misty Belles said in a statement. “We consider many variables when reviewing both existing and new network participation. Out of respect for all involved parties, and as a general policy, we do not share comments regarding our non-renewal and exit decisions.”
Many variables? Is one of those the fact that the owner of the hotel chain just tried to burn our democracy to the ground?
“It’s a big deal because Virtuoso is very well-respected in the industry,” [travel industry analyst Henry] Harteveldt said. “It serves a very elite base of customers and its actions are often studied by others. With Virtuoso doing this, some travel agencies that may have been debating whether or not to do it could decide well, if Virtuoso has done this, we too will end our professional relationship with the Trump hotels.”
Like they need more reasons?
Okay, it’s a win. I’ll take it.
Personally, I don’t know why the former guy is still walking around free and doing interviews like he’s not a seditious genocidal maniac. Hopefully, that will one day be rectified. But until then, I’ll gladly accept sops like this to nourish my weary soul.
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