Happy Mardi Gras! When the King and the Fool trade places...

Here the Wheel of Fortune (Rota Fortuna) spins its merry way. Lady Fortune, who rules all, spins the wheel from behind the world’s axis.

As you can tell, that poor slob at the bottom, let’s call him the Fool as he is often pictured, is destined to find his way to the top where the king now reigns. When that happens, the king will find himself groveling at the bottom.

This is the essential imagery behind the medieval carnival we call Mardi Gras. The Fool becomes king for the day, and the king takes the place of the Fool.

I point this out because it seems fitting that it is on Mardi Gras day, 2025 that Trump will deliver his State of American Carnage Address and impose his tariffs on Mexico and Canada, an imposition that might start Trump’s swing down into the mud. Hold on folks, the wheel is turning…

Read the rest over at Randy’s Substack, “Yes And: Essays in the Age of Improv.”