Badgers, Trump and Me.
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Recently I found out something very disappointing.
Since I was a small child I’ve always been particularly fond of badgers. They are definitely my favourite wild animal. Over the years my friends and family have always teased me about my obsession with these indeering chaps.
When there was a large scale badger cull going on a few years ago, when badgers were unfairly accused of transmitting rabies to cattle, I wanted to have a T-shirt reading, ‘Shoot the farmers, save the badgers’.
You can imagine my disgust when I picked up a newspaper at the weekend and found out Donald Trump was more interested in knowing facts about badgers than in dealing with important presidential decisions and affairs of state.
Apparently Trump has been know to interrogate his chief of staff about the black, white and grey creatures. He wanted to know were they mean to people and demanded to see pictures. He wanted to know how the ‘critters’ function and behave, what kind of food they like and how aggressive they can be when presented with perceived existential threats. Incidentally, I do know that American badgers tend to be more aggressive!
I hope an interest in badgers is one of the only traits I have in common with Donald Trump.