Don King And Donald Trump, Ebony And Ivory Of Con Men, Sing Together In Perfect Insanity

Fill in the blank: 'Best combination since ________'

We know when we're beat. The New York Times already has the best lede for this story, so we're simply going to admit defeat and use theirs:

A candidate with historically low support from blacks and a lack of ease with religion decided to turn over a church pulpit to a felon with no political experience.

What could go wrong?

A lot, it turned out.

Nothing wrong with bringing together Don King and Donald Trump -- two guys known for being loud obnoxious narcissistic self-promoters -- for an Ohio campaign event at a meeting of black pastors. The only pity is that nobody thought to do it in a barber shop where the "infinity of mirrors" effect might have mesmerized both long enough for a live capture, after which they could be put on display in a safe setting.

King introduced Trump with what could most charitably be described as a lot of word salad, at the risk of offending the Mixed Greens Marketers of America. And while he was at it, King managed to let fly what the Times politely euphemised as a "racial epithet," although it was only one drop of "he said what?"  in averitable tide of WTF:  

Here's video of Don King accidentally dropping the N-word while introducing Donald Trump at a Cleveland church pic.twitter.com/HK4FWpVEC0 

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 21, 2016