A few days ago, Scott Pruitt resigned as head of the EPA, the latest departure in this revolving-door-like administration. In doing so, he penned a letter to the Orange Thing. Let’s have a look…
Mr. President, it has been an honor to serve you in the Cabinet as Administrator of the EPA.
And you use the term “honor” very loosely.
Truly, your confidence in me has blessed me personally
I wasn’t aware Orange Thing was capable of blessing people. Or of having confidence in them for that matter.
and enabled me to advance your agenda beyond what anyone anticipated at the beginning of your Administration.
Be it through catastrophic environmental damage or nuclear war, his agenda of turning our planet into a smoking husk will be realized much sooner than anyone would have thought, yes.
Your courage, steadfastness and resolute commitment to get results for the American people, both with regard to improved environmental outcomes as well as historical regulatory reform, is in fact occurring at an unprecedented pace and I thank you for the opportunity to serve you and the American people in helping achieve those ends.
In other words, we’re way ahead of schedule on that 2°C rise.
That is why it is hard for me to advise you I am stepping down as Administrator of the EPA effective as of July 6.
Now that wasn’t that hard, was it? Take note, Sessions! And Sanders. And Nielsen. And the rest.
It is extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first because I count it a blessing to be serving you in any capacity,
Someone has a cruuuuush…
but also, because of the transformative work that is occurring.
Look at those ice caps melt!
However, the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us.
Yeah, really, all the horrific accusations about you having a private e-mail server and running a child trafficking operation at a pizza restaurant- Oh, wait, that wasn’t you…
I believe these are yours.
My desire in service to you has always been to bless you as you make important decisions for the American people.
You talk to and about the Orange Thing as if his occupation of the White House is ordained by God or something-
I believe you are serving as President today because of God’s providence.
I believe that same providence brought me into your service.
Actually, Orange Thing appointed you- Oh, that’s what you mean. Weird.
I pray as I have served you that I have blessed you and enabled you to effectively lead the American people.
No entity real or imagined anywhere ever has enough power to make the Orange Thing an effective leader. All you’re doing is feeding his already dangerously high narcissism by speaking to and about him like some god-king, for reasons I’m not really sure I want to know.
Thank you again Mr. President for the honor of serving you
You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
and I wish you Godspeed in all that you put your hand to.
Because when you’re famous they let you do it.
Your Faithful Friend, Scott Pruitt
This has been Day 46 of the 100 Days of Summer, Round 18.