A wise prophet who went by the name Monty Python must have had the current president of the United States in mind when he came up with a character known as the Black Knight.
In a hilarious scene from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” King Arthur and his squire Patsy encounter a figure in black armor as they are traveling through a forest in search of knights for his Round Table. Instead of joining them, the Black Knight attempts to block the king from crossing his bridge — which is barely more than a plank of wood — and declares: “You shall die.”
Amid the ensuing swordfight, the inept knight loses his limbs, one by one, until he is left with only a torso and a head. “'Tis but a scratch,” he insists. “I’ve had worse.” As Arthur and Patsy go on their way, the knight shouts after them: “Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what’s coming to ya! I’ll bite your legs off!”
That’s about where things stand for President Trump, the Republican leaders who continue to enable him and the delusional hordes that Trump can summon to the streets with a tweet.
