We have a lot to be thankful for on Nov. 26, 2024, as we approach the first Thanksgiving of Trump 2.0. LIsten, in retrospect, to the super-important Al Smith Dinner in New York City, 19 days BEFORE the “Yuge” patriot win on Nov. 5. And see whether you can’t clearly hear in those proceedings before the most powerful Catholics (it’s the #1 Catholic charity event) and Jews of this once-greatest and soon to be great-again city the victorious outcome of Nov. 5 perfectly presaged. Even by the Saturday Night Live comedian Jim Gaffigan, who plays Tim Walz on SNL. Gaffigan ridiculed Harris, who was a chicken-out no-show, when he commented acerbically: “Here before us we have all of the most powerful Catholics and Jews of New York, and Kamala Harris doesn’t even show up. I’m sorry, but what the heck is that?” (my paraphrase). Then Gaffigan, who went on to utterly skewer Harris, said as the MC: “Tonight, I want to promise all of you that I will be fair and balanced with both candidates. I will roasl both Donald Trump and……J.D. Vance”. Gaffigan must be a liberal who secretly voted for Trump and Vance….like so many others. Gaffigan would have to be remembered as the greatest stand-up comedian in America at that moment, if he weren’t surpassed moments later by one far greater than he as a stand-up, rolling-in-the-aisles, humorist…..when Donald J. Trump gave one of the funniest and punishing speeches in American history.