If you made Eraserhead, weird is relative

Trump could be alone in a room with
the corpse of James Buchanan and
still be a distant third on the list.

Well, I suppose this makes me feel slightly better about David Lynch. Huh? What am I blathering about? Oh, this. David Lynch released a statement today to clarify something he said a couple days ago in an interview with The Guardian about the President being one of the greatest presidents in history. Yeah, the current one. Well, ok he did sort of say it, but in today's statement he clarified that that's not what he meant. Like, at all, which, sad-trombone, is too bad for the President who referred to the unexpected praise from the director at a rally in South Carolina.

He was there to support Governor Henry McMaster in today's runoff election for the Republican nomination, but mostly talked about himself, and his hair, and how guilty of crimes he's not.

"Hey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, big movie star, took my place, it bombed
in about two shows it was over. It actually bombed in one show."

-The President talking about his old
TV show no one cares about instead of,
 you know, anything that matters at all 

Speaking of children-huh? Oh, he
meant that metaphorically...

But he also referred to David Lynch's real, not made-up comment that:

"[Donald Trump] could go down as one of the greatest presidents in history because he has disrupted the thing so much. No one is able to counter this guy in an intelligent way. Our so-called leaders can't take the country forward, can't get anything done. Like children they are. Trump has shown all this."

-David Lynch, no really

That's liberal Hollywood for you, always
insting on rational, articulate leaders.
Pfft...a bunch of elitists if you ask me...

Well, when he quoted Lynch, Trump actually said: David Lynch could go down as one of the greatest presidents in history. But whatever, I'm inclined that to believe that he meant to say "I could go down as one of the greatest" because of the raging narcissism. Anyway, he went on to joke: 

"There goes his career, right? In Hollywood."

-The President on the 

dangers faced by his supporters

I mean sure, we've got kids in detention camps, a looming trade war with China and the near total loss of our credibility abroad, but sure, let's remember the real victims here: people who support the President.

First they politely asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders
to leave a restaurant, and I didn't speak out...

"Suffering and division? Did I mention that
Schwarzenegger bombed on The Apprentice?"

-Trump, on his priorities

But back to David Lynch. Breathe easy Twin Peaks fans (and Twin Peak: The Return fan), you don't have to feel weird about watching David Lynch movies...well, no more weird than you normally would feel. Lynch's statement-which he released on Facebook because the future, takes the form of an open letter to the President in which he explains that his quote was taken out of context and that what he, the President is doing "is causing suffering and division."

Not Sting in metal underpants
weird, but still...weird. 

Lynch then goes on to entreat Trump to 'turn the ship around' and 'point our ship toward a bright future for all.' And then it gets weird.

"You can unite the country. Your soul will sing. Under great loving leadership, no one loses-everybody wins. It's something I hope you think about and take to heart. All you need to do is treat all the people as you would like to be treated."

-David Lynch, getting weird

So uh, David Lynch wants Donald Trump's soul to sing, and that's...cool. It's not that I disagree with Lynch's sentiment-all though I do disagree with the nautical metaphors-it's just...has he been following the last couple years? I guess I'm not sure if this is Lynch genuinely trying to talk some sense into the President or just him trying to distance himself from some ill-advised comments so no one tries to kick him out of a restaurant. 

Maybe he's hopping to connect with Trump on some kind
of septuagenarians with bizarre hair solidarity thing?