Trump is a unicorn, apparently

Sean Spicer, much missed former press secretary at the White House, a man with a terrible dress sense whose suits never seemed quite right for his tubby body, thinks Donald Trump is a unicorn. He said so in an interview published today in the Sunday Times to mark his memoir of his short time in the hotspot in front of a generally hostile but amused White House press corps. By "unicorn" I assume he meant the president was unique. Well he certainly is that, and Spicer still seems to hink highly of his former boss even though he was forced out of the press job for making so many blunders at the microphone. The word "unicorn" is somewhat overused these days. You can buy kids' T-shirts with unicorns on the front, so it's a kind of in-word and image. But for the record, unicorn has a number of different meanings, some of which may also apply to the president, but some may not. First of all, a unicorn refers to something that doesn't actually exist. Trump exists! Second, it can be used in a derogatory sense against women, implying that all women are the same and not worth treating with respect. Well, Trump loves women, or so he has told us on many occasions. Thirdly, apparently, it refers to a woman who has a fantasy about forming a physical relationship with a man/woman couple. Trump is not a woman. Fourth, unicorns are considered to have a divine presence and, because they are often thought of as female, are a symbol of chastity. There is no legally safe answer to this one! Fifth, a unicorn is a beast with a single large horn sticking out of its forehead. Same reply as above. Spicer, bless him, trying desperately to remain loyal to the man in the White House, clearly thinks Trump is a unique, legendary individual. By all accounts his memoir is not very good and rather poorly written. But I don't think Trump will be displeased about being called a unicorn, so he might have got one of his flunkies - perhaps Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Spicer's successor - to purchase a copy of the book for some nighttime reading.