Every day yet another revelation, and not a good one either. Some days there is a plethora of revelations and the world spins as we wonder what the hell is going on and where will this all end.
Sitting in a doctor's office yesterday, we all began to discuss current events and to a one, every single one, Trump's name was mentioned with a laugh and a shake of the head. Never before have I seen such disrespect and contempt for a sitting president. Even if one did not particularly like one, there was always some respect for the position, for the man's thoughts but here - uh uh. And yet beneath the laughter there was a fear, a growing fear as to what will be in the future.
And these fears are justified. The "new' medical bill is out and what a disaster. And of course, it screws the poor and the elderly. Such a shock!! Prior and chronic conditions will demand much higher payments, exactly the people who cannot afford this along with the additional expenses of their conditions, but there ya go again - sock it to the needy, the poor, the aging and let the rich rejoice. That is Trump and that is why there is that underlying fear.
Yesterday we watched American Pastoral, a movie that mainly spoke of the disaster wrought upon America and its families during the Vietnam War Era, during the battle for Civil Rights and battles these were. Americans were fighting in the streets, beating one another, even killing one another. There was a snarl in voices and a loss of recognition that we were all one country. Now these same people are sitting beside us in the theater but what a journey and these same people have a sense of deja vu and a sense of fear. Will we all fight in the streets again? There already has been fighting and where will it all end?
The signs are not good. There appears to be no talking with extremists and the daily stupidity and cupidity of Trump et all simply reinforce the thoughts. The man lies, as naturally as brushing his teeth. The Park Service released pictures of Obama's inauguration and Trump's and what a surprise - Trump lied and his crowd was so much smaller. But what matters is the fact of his ever growing turn towards lies and accusations. There is no dealing with such a man.
Neither is there any way of dealing with a bunch of old white men and a stupid woman who thinks that black colleges were begun as a matter of choice rather than necessity. So they copy their old company's press release a la Tillerson and ExxonMobil and think no one will notice. They bring the wealthy and the powerful to Trump's private clubs and refuse to release the guest list as is supposed to be done. We have government by money and cupidity and stupidity - a true back to the future of past American history. Not a good thing. Warren G. Harding must be laughing with glee in his grave.
His aides and appointees turn themselves inside out trying to explain the latest Trump gaffe, be it from him or a member of the crew. The latest - Ben Carson, in his infinite stupidity talks of how the slaves came here with hope in their hearts to see a better life for their descendants. Huh!! That is a new one on me. So the chains and the horrific conditions on the ships were comparable to the steerage passengers of the waves of immigration? And I suppose the weight loss camps and programs of today are also then comparable to the diet of concentration camps as they too lost weight and of course, the Japanese internees loved going to their new holiday camps out in the deserts of America. It just boggles the mind!!!
One person said that he and his family had specifically gotten American passports, become naturalized citizens, because holders of these passports were treated with respect throughout the world. And yet today I wonder. What will be? We are treating people from other countries with such disrespect, such mass suspicion, that there will certainly be a backlash and then what? Will we all be hiding our American passports? Will we all stay home, cowering from the world? Will we have created a new mass of enemies? Think about it. Even Iranian ships are challenging us again, North Korea's resident nutjob leader is making his threats and is crazy enough to make good on it and here, why here we also have a crazy dude who is just as likely to push a nuclear button as not.
The man relies on crazy right wing extremist rants, twists things to fit his twisted mind and the cascade of stupidity and its harm keep a growin', day by day, hour by hour. The odds in the British betting shops are now over 50% that this man will be impeached or more. Is this what we should be presenting to the world as our leader? G-d help us all but this man needs to go, he and his crew, before they take us too far down their wacky and dangerous pathways and there is no coming back. The situation is dire and if you prefer not to believe me, why then just pick up any paper, listen to any sane news station and read, listen and think. I just hope that G-d does not throw up His hands as well at this mess.
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