From the very beginning I have spoken and written about the anti democratic tendencies of Donald Trump. From his manic behavior and crazy and obsessed insistence on obedience to him, to loyalty to him over and above all else, from his paranoia, the hints were there, more than hints actually. His ranting and raving are singular characteristics found to that high degree and just check out Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, any dictator of the world.
Often I have written of the "presidents for life" that are found in banana republics, be they former SSRs or states in Africa or Asian states with little tradition of democracy, and even in South and Central America. They behave as if the rules of democracy are there to be ignored or twisted in favor of themselves.
First we had Trump shouting and whining that the courts did not respect the boundaries and tried to take power from him. The Executive branch received the same whining even as they were scolded as children for not obeying their 'papa'. He threw people under, not the bus, but the tanks that were in his mind and when it came to standing up to true violations of rules and the safety of America and the world, Trump lost it and we got the screechy threats of a maniac, of one who cannot deal with challenge and when it is two maniacs going at each other then woe upon us - this time the woe being nuclear weapons. I wonder how many of the soldiers will indeed obey the orders of this madman and help push the buttons and send the missiles flying and creating another frightening world.
We are now in a crisis that could without much more fuss embroil us in nuclear war or even if not nuclear, read the analysis of what a "standard" war would be like. Even the mainland US could be shattered and certainly outposts such as Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and others could be flattened with nuclear damage, Guam would be hit with 14 minutes warning. And if that crazy man wants to go actual ballistic - there is no one to stop him unless someone immediately invokes Article 25 and declares him unable to serve as President. He truly cannot be president right now but there are no brave souls willing to stand up and say that right now in Washington.
But yesterday took the cake. This man, who I would swear on a stack of Bibles has dementia of one type or another and a test or two would prove it, this man really stepped out and encouraged thinking of the Republican party as to postponing the 2020 elections!! I could not believe my eyes. I would love to know who started this thinking. These are people who still think that Trump won the popular vote for after all there was so much 'false' voting!! It is sick! They are sick!! And they will be the end of our country, our democracy.
Besides the fact that it is anti Constitution and to attempt to do this would be to just rip it up, this effort would lead to fighting in the streets, a new and furious Civil War such as we have never seen before. Americans vs Americans. Wholesale slaughter and the death of the United States, the mobs of refugees, so familiar to us all, only now they would be here, in our country. And the young and the old would die for they could not stand against the lack of food, water, healthcare and shelter that would challenge them, the sickness and epidemics that would ravage the country, the massive destruction that would ensue.
You scoff and think it is so far way. Think again. This man who surrounds himself with generals to advise him, such as that is, a characteristic of egotistical and wishful thinking, this man has violated a tradition of the country to make sure that civilians control the military and not the other way around. His behavior, his mannerisms, his behavioral and mental tics, the fear he has tried to induce in them, the nasty words he spews forth, the idiocy of his constant tweeting, like a teen who has not grown up, his nasty attitude toward women, toward homosexuals, his defying all laws and ethical principles, his secrecy - the list can go on and on. Be scared, be alert, be watchful and contact your representatives when you finally reach the proper and only conclusion.
Even as he says that people cannot vote if they are not citizens, he violates their right even if they are citizens while he and his supporters decide that if one has not voted for two elections they lose the privilege of voting. What the f...^*! Who died and made him that arbiter of nastiness. And by the way, it was only until recently that 40 states allowed non citizens to vote in local elections based on the principle that they were there, they worked, they were paying taxes and remember the Revolution slogan - "No taxation without Representation'. Yup. That one and now several localities are turning back to that idea. Heavens alive!! Justice and honesty. But Trump et al just go ahead and violate the Constitution, be it the transgender issue - or really non issue in the army and he is getting sued yet again, to proper taxes, to truly emptying the swamp rather than inserting his own critters who have even less ethics than their predecessors and no governmental experience at all.
Trump has now stabbed Manafort in the back in his efforts to wiggle his way out of Mueller's grasp and now says he barely knows him, spoke to him a few times but that is all - the top campaign manager before the election!!! Our diplomats are attacked in Cuba by Cubans? Russians? Both together and several have lost their hearing due to this mysterious sonic attack and in the meanwhile this man plays games at Bedminster, reveling in one of his public performances. We are indeed in serious trouble.
We need to have a transparent government, a government which does not twist the rules or ignore them, one which respects others, respects the G-d given rights of man, respects all humanity, looks for justice, for civility and plans ahead for the betterment of the constituents. Oh, David, sound familiar? You see, there is no difference between two would be dictators, only the scale of their abuse of others.
Be scared, my fellow citizens, my fellow CV'ers. We all must act. Now!
No comments:
Post a Comment