"We have scorched the snake but not killed it. It will heal and be as good as new, and we’ll be threatened by its fangs once again". (William Shakespeare)
The Democratic Party's rank and file must be looking over their shoulders after yesterday's partisan vote in the American Senate.
As Shakespeare's Macbeth learnt after his Banquo's misadventure, the Democrats have simply "scorched" the Trumpean snake; but they have not killed it. And now, like a wounded cobra, Donald Trump would unleash the full venom of his usual foul-mouthed armada on Democrats.
The moral of the story?
You can draw your own conclusions...
You can draw your own conclusions...