A Los Angeles-area psychologist (and leftover ‘Occupy LA’ activist) named Robert Strong claimed credit for delivering a box of manure to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s house over the weekend, forcing the Los Angeles Police Department to spend hours “detonating” the finely-wrapped present full of poo.
According to the LA Times, Strong (who goes by “Robby” despite being a grown adult) “enthusiastically documented” his exploits on Facebook and Twitter (his profile photo is now of him shoveling that infamous manure into a cardboard package), describing his box as a “Secret Santa present” he gave in return for the tax cut bill.
One photo on Strong’s Facebook page depicts a “star-spangled” package, inscribed with the words “To Stevie, from The American People” and “We’re returning the ‘gift’ of the Christmas tax bill. It’s [expletive].”
Strong did not, apparently, consult most of the “American people;” the tax bill was well received, making the legislation, which passed a week before Christmas, one of the highest-rated achievements of the Trump administration. According even to USA Today, one must be a single citizen of a major city, earning more than one million per year, and renting property not to see a benefit from the tax bill.
In case you were not convinced of Strong’s complete sanity on the issue, he also posted a “Christmas message” on YouTube, where he waxed poetic about the “true Gospel of Christ” and how it’s been co-opted by Trump and his administration to serve Satan, a development Strong says was predicted by “prophets of old.” He also claims he tried to “highlight injustice” by serving up his box of (literal) crap.
The Secret Service reportedly visited Strong over the weekend. They would not comment on the incident, but Strong told media that at least one agent asked if he was “ashamed” over his juvenile stunt. He is not, he says, but is surprised he “hasn’t been arrested,” and believes his job as a psychologist now may be in jeopardy.