TRUMP A Backfiring Hope
I printed a list of over a hundred reasons why Trump should not be President in the October issue. His moral deficit is staggering. (Google Table Hopping – Word on the Street if you missed it) A few issues in particular removed respect from the Trump equation.
I am disgusted that this kind of mind has become the most powerful individual on earth. What potential good he may do comes at too high a price. At what point do you take note of a potential Monster in your midst. His win is proof of the total collapse of Washington. They do deserve all that he brings. But we don’t. Our leaders have degraded our land. There simply is no greatness in today’s Government. Those left behind have had it. For the following reasons more than any other I will see this man with shame. I will always query any thought that comes from his damaged mind. Imagine anyone you know with a handicap. Stand in front of a mirror. Now make an honest effort to physically imitate and mock their handicap. Twist your face and force your emotion to feel with contempt as you mock. Google this: Trump vs Handicapped Reporter. His need to emphasize the handicap was prolonged and very disturbing. Now you are experiencing a mindset common to Trump that will reside in the Oval Office.
It get worse. Consider Trumps choice to serve as an equal to or superior to the White House Chief of Staff: Steven Bannon of Breitbart who embraces the White Supremacist Alt right. (Alt right is a cloak for white superiority and priority thinking) They often end meetings with the Nazi raised arm salute. Placing Steve Bannon in a position of power is an insult to every white cross that honors an American soldier. How pathetically callous, and uncaringly disrespectful. This Bannon thing is bad. We have a man that supports Nazi thinking in the White House. And a leader so ignorant as to not realize the seed he is planting. I Never imagined this reality in America. Other major high level appointees have demonstrated racial tendencies. Minorities and fair whites know it and are watching at the ready. One racist move and cities may well burn. Clearly Trump also has a very stupid and decrepit side. There is a lot of twisted thinking heading for the White House. And the price tag lies in the near future.
John McCain flew 23 combat missions prior to being shot down. Demean him in the mirror. Think of him on the torture rack where they broke his bones. You likely can’t stand yourself. If you are Donald Trump this is good logic. Demeaning McCain is perfectly moral and honorable. The list of such things that clearly show Trump is not a good person is so long it is tiring. For just starters multiply the above three examples by a hundred other examples of disturbing thinking and a sense of the mental defect we have put in the Oval Office will become clear.
Trump supporters see strength in Trump and believe he can force action among the truly leaderless 543 (The House, Senate and the Supreme Court) in Washington, D.C. They did leave E Pluribus Unum behind. Over half of our people. Our system is selfish, ineffective and paralyzed. Fate has been kind to Trump. He will have the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court. The only recourse for Democrats will be Filibusters. On what bright side there is legislation can begin invaluable “left behind” change. Infrastructure, Immigration, Returning to and maintaining jobs in America, Trade and Upward Mobility are primary. These are massive Country building and quality of life issues that got Trump elected and also have favor among Democrats. These are correctly the leading issues. As they fail so goes the nation. Yet this is also true with the Iron Cross support influencing action. What Trump lacks in human decency will stain us forever but this unique atmosphere may allow him to push critical issues forward.
Trump is the only one that tuned in to the forgotten millions. Too bad values and inclusivity are elusive to his nature and his personal moral character devalues his potential greatness. These matters will be to the next President to restore. Note also that Democrats with all their bluster have done nothing for minorities. The system was ruined long ago when both parties and the Supreme Court sold their souls for money and wealth. It is a damn shame we are so short on real leaders that we have to resort to this man. A high price will be exacted in Women’s Rights, Gay Rights and many pursuits will not fairly be in keeping with our Nation’s best interests or diversity.
The Supreme Court is as unhealthy a branch as it the Legislative. Their mindset is a result of partisanship and does not embrace the people (Citizens United defies our Founding) and when Trump appoints a Judge or two fairness to all be will jeopardized for decades. This S.C. adhering to the Constitution thing is a lie. Clearly Jefferson and Franklin would revolt with disbelief and severe admonition if they knew the Supreme Court departed so far from their effort as allow one man to contribute a billion dollars to an election.
Immigration is a critical issue. To begin, the terrorist threat is very real well into the future. Drugs are a literal human scourge menacing our Cities and Countryside. The Southern border is Floodgate of drugs. The main target, American youth. Don’t be fooled by a slowdown in illegal crossings. Be sure this is temporary. The world is fraught with people fleeing their lands. Not only from Southern South America and Central America North, but from across the seas. Thousands from China, India and the Middle East have already been detained and numbers are increasing. We already have recklessly allowed an estimated 20 million to set up homes and enjoy education, health and other benefits. These folks can’t get a social security card and must work illegally. Let’s remember who we are in this process. Deportation of those that have settled for long periods is cruel and inhuman. With Trump, Bannon and that ilk decency likely will not matter. Two thousand miles of open border across a moral country is a recipe and an invitation especially in these troubled times. Left as is there will be new waves of border crossings and America will further weaken as we simply can’t keep up. It is not wrong to establish effective borders and border crossings necessary to protect your land. Yet what good if America’s decency is compromised.
So I am nearly 71. I was about 25 when this started. I remember picking up the newspaper at the Atomic restaurant on Jefferson Street and reading about a factory moving overseas. Over a few months I noted that such articles had become common. Those old enough to remember will recall this went on with great frequency for decades. I recall being in awe as our leaders watched the demolition of the American Middle Class. Good non-college jobs paid $20.00 an hour in those days and were plentiful. Everyone was fine. Companies were not in financial danger. But the comradery that held us together after World War II had dissipated and the credo of greed took over. Executives throughout the business world realized that no one would stop them no matter how much they paid themselves. All you have to do is donate to politicians. Our lives were for sale by those we sent to Washington. It became so in remaining industry that masses were paid a pittance compared to the fruit of their labor. Productivity became an endless pursuit serving only the “top” and with the advent of computers along with the movement overseas quality of life among 10’s of millions was decimated. Owners and Executives took the fruit of labor. Our Country withered. It was systemic failure of the highest order. There was no one at the helm. No one tried to stop this. What you have just read is the recipe for and essence of the Trump win.
For 30 years I have been preaching the answer in this column. I am right but I am a tree falling in the woods with no one hearing. There is only one answer and it will work. “Remove all private money from politics” allowing “The Best That Humans Can Be” to “pursue and assume” leadership. Only then (no other policy change will effect this – term limits will fail) will there be true change in keeping with the people. Only then will mankind have a chance. Only then will the likes of Trump lose their attractiveness and be relegated to the dustbin of history as true greatness rises to the surface throughout our political landscape. America would again walk tall with its true essence restored. Our Leadership failure and sale has been colossal and ranks as the single cause of the destruction of the American beacon. The beacon that once was recognized internationally as showing the way to be the best than humans can be. Remove money from Politics and assume a system of public financing and that beacon will once again glow with human justice as the pursuit of human greatness is restored. Then we fan bow our heads to the world in shameful apology that we let thinking that caused the holocaust into our once so humble, and so preciously hallowed home of the Presidents of the United States. And time and deed will heal this horrible self-inflicted wound.
