Squeeze Me (Skink #8)

by Carl Hiaasen

Throughout the long deep-state witch hunt—the doctored Minsk defecation video, the phony tax-evasion probe, the counterfeit porn-star diaries, the bogus Moscow skyscraper investigation, the hoax penile-enhancement scandal, the fake witness-tampering charges, and both fraudulent impeachment trials—the Potussies had remained steadfast, vociferous, adoring defenders.

When I wrote this passage, Trump had only been impeached once. I wanted Mastodon, the presidential character in the novel, to have a few more seedy scandals under his belt. In the end, of course, it proved impossible to out-Trump Donald Trump, even in fiction.