Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt at McSorley’s having a beer
Teddy adjusting his glasses, says I can’t believe what I’m reading here
Looking at a twitter feed filled with profanity
“A president wrote this’? ‘this is insanity’
Before George asks ‘what the hell’s a twitter feed’
Jefferson’s on his knees
Says help this country oh lord please

The other presidents at nearby tables they looked downright dazed
Nixon said ‘He can’t be worse then me’, Reagan said ‘let me count the ways’
Franklin Pierce said ‘I became a Confederate’
How could anybody be more unfit
Lincoln turned pale like he’d just been shot
Saying “Jehosephat and Great Scott!”
is this trump guy the best you’ve got?

Madison said ‘damn, is this my fault? For writing the constitution
With that paragraph about the electoral college, I thought it’d lead to less confusion
The electors are supposed to stop this 'mishegoss'
Ask Hamilton, you’ll find him off with Betsy Ross
George W Bush just sat there happy
Sayin I don’t want to sound too sappy
But now I’m looking just as good as my pappy!

JFK and LBJ were not feeling OK, they were just not looking well
FDR said if I could use my legs I’d kick trump straight to Hell
All of the speeches that we all made
Undone like someone farted in the second grade
Even Calvin Coolidge started to cry
And Calvin Coolidge never cried
That’s right Calvin Coolidge never cried

I raised my glass and I said hey guys, what the hell do we do
Impeachment doesn’t always work so well, Bill and Andrew I’m looking at you
They said we understand all of your objections
but you have to wait around until the next election
till then make the best of it change Congress in 2018
this is the saddest stuff that we’ve ever seen
the whole thing’s quite obscene

(c) M. Skliar 2018

inspired by a New Yorker magazine cover in which some of the past presidents were holding their heads in disgust looking at the tv showing the current president of the US.