Act IV: A New Hope

Scene I: The Oval Chamber [Lady MacTrump enters with the castle budget.]

MacTrump

Thou anticipated my dread exploits.  The flighty purpose never is o’ertook unless the deed go with it.  From this moment, the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my tiny hands.

Lady MacTrump (Steve Bannon)

Yes, my lord.  And while thy most loyal supporters be those most punished by these cruel cuts, fear not.  For they are the uneducated thou so profusely claim to love.

MacTrump

Tis’ true, my lady.  But what of the mainstream heraldry?  Will not the sound of lying and swearing echo throughout the kingdom?

Lady MacTrump

Then the liars and swearers are fools.  Last night I had a dream in which the FOX did escape the hounds.  Is this not the new reality?  Be at peace, my lord, for the fifth day is upon us and the solace of Mar-a-Elsinore beckons.  By the dawn of a new week all will be forgotten. For sooth, the hounds have a shortness of attention.

Scene II: Bedchamber at Mar-a-Elsinore  [Enter three apparitions]

MacTrump

First the ghost of Banquo.  And now three spirits I know not who they be.  Is there not someone I could call to rid me of these specters?

Apparition I

MacTrump!  MacTrump!  MacTrump!  Beware MacDuff (John McCain)!  Beware the Thane of Phoenix.

Apparition II

Thrice did thou insult him.  Dishonored his service.  Questioned his support of the alliance among free nations.  Contested his doubts about the wisdom of the African campaign.

Apparition III

Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care.  MacTrump shall never vanquished be until the keepers of secret knowledge, the Lords of Langley and Meade, come to the Hill.  Seek to know no more.

Scene III: An Alehouse in Washingtonshire

MacDuff

Each new morn, new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face.

Ross (MacDuff’s cousin Lindsay Graham)

Alas, poor country, almost afraid to know itself.  It cannot be call’d our mother, but our grave, where nothing, but who knows nothing, is once seen to smile.

MacDuff

With each passing day, the King appears less stable.  He projects his own failings upon those he thinks be threats to his right to the throne.  He even claims the former king hath eavesdropped on MacTrump Tower.  If true it is a grievous crime, but lack of evidence suggests otherwise.  Hence, it smells of deception, a distraction to veil something more sinister.

Ross

We must be deliberate, cousin.  Rushin’ to a false indictment puts us all in danger.  MacTrump would welcome an excuse to further purge the land of any resistance. We must ‘put-in’ the time and effort to make sure the case against the King is strong.

MacDuff

Agreed.  Be off, my friend and kin.  There is much to do.