I'm not going to dwell on the exposure of the grifters with whom our now Grifter in Chief kept company, but had to remark on something striking about this map attending a Times article on one's network of tax avoidance. For the first time I can remember, the United States is not presented horizontally, latitude parallel to the frame. This presentation, the latitude bowed as if you're looking down on a globe, is more accurate to true dimensions and distances, but it seems highly unusual in this context. The US appears to be pushed into a corner in a choke hold as its pockets are being picked. Coincidence?