Tony Soprano had panache backed up with true grit and pragmatic realism — a true padrino, with Sicilian credentials — as was Don Corleone.

Donnie Trumprano might have panache but is incapable of breaking the law in a defensible manner — a true putz, with WASPish qua inelegant underpinnings.

Even at the level of the family's consiglieri, Trumprano's advocates fail miserably, measured against those of the Sopranos and Corleones.

The current maelstrom in which Don Trumprano finds himself is going to be a media blockbuster ~ ratings monster.

Once his inane behavior and inability to do anything right and/or efficiently, he's likely (along with many of his complicit family members) to wind up sharing sleeping space with Bluto in Sing Sing and complaining about "hemorrhoids".

All this means is that Donnie has zero chance of regaining any political credibility or stature in future, other than possibly in the prison food line, if and only if he receives Bluto's imprimatur.

I'm so happy, I could puke.

More to come. Watch the news reports.