Travels with Trump
by Jim O'Loughlin
Sarah’s European backpack trip was carefully planned: Eurail pass, hostel reservations, pre-booked Lourve tickets. But she hadn’t planned for Donald Trump to travel with her everywhere.
“Americana, eh. What do you make of your president?”
In Norwegian fjords, Italian beaches, and German forests, each conversation turned to Trump.
“That eejit. Lass, you thinking of moving over here permanently?”
Sarah hadn’t even voted, but that only made things worse.
“You sat on your arse? After Bush, you learned nothing?”
Sarah returned home with pictures of cathedrals, cliffside vistas and countless selfies, but each image was ruined by a Donald Trump photobomb.
“Americana, eh. What do you make of your president?”
In Norwegian fjords, Italian beaches, and German forests, each conversation turned to Trump.
“That eejit. Lass, you thinking of moving over here permanently?”
Sarah hadn’t even voted, but that only made things worse.
“You sat on your arse? After Bush, you learned nothing?”
Sarah returned home with pictures of cathedrals, cliffside vistas and countless selfies, but each image was ruined by a Donald Trump photobomb.
Jim O'Loughlin's collection of flash fiction humor, Dean Dean Dean Dean, was published by Twelve Winters Press. He runs the Final Thursday Reading Series, which has just completed its 16th season.