THE WORLD IS SPINNING

     I cannot. I simply cannot write a rational, emotionless thought piece today. This man is crazy and I mean clinically so. There is no rhyme or reason to him other than an egotistical fly by the set of the pants and the hatred of his heart and attitude.
     The President is supposed to be the moral center of the country. He is supposed to inspire confidence in times of crisis. Surely the man can recognize a crisis when it hits the country so hard and so deep but evidently the master tweeter who tweets immediately as soon as any word or thought hits his mind, yet here he could neither find the time nor the energy nor the interest to respond until he barely responded, fell into his own mouth and then shocked the hell out of his aides, his country and the hearts of the world.
     The truth is there are no nice Nazis, and the truth is that there are no fine Klansmen. Bigotry and prejudice have no place in humanity any longer. And yet there it is as the man doubles down on his infamous words and defends the idea that statues that are monuments and memorials to a war that honored the idea of disunion and slavery, of oppression and bloodshed and of ignoring the efforts of our founding fathers and those who fought for independence and lost lives and wealth and family.
     The man has lost all sense of propriety, of timing and of decency. Here he is talking about the mother of the victim of the car ramming and he ends with a boast of his winery, the "biggest in the country' but lies again, only one of he biggest in Virginia and quite simply who gives a damn and why mention it here.
     He cannot get his tiny mind off his own self and own interests. The late night hosts gave it to him but good and all he does is get on his twitter account for three hours and tweet away more nastiness, more garbage and the market goes to hell   as the business world deserts him, running away from one who professes admiration for bigots and Nazis and those who love and  support them and he cannot find it in himself to pull himself together.  Europe hates him, distrusts  him, South and Central Americas dislike him intensely as they feel he demeans them, sees them only as adjuncts to his country. Meanwhile America itself is growing with those who are willing to chase people, to deport mothers and fathers, teenagers who know no other country, American citizens who must go with their parents who have lived here for decades and raised a family, worked productively but they are immigrants, legal or not and out they go. Sessions wants to grab all from anyone accused of a crime, never mind trial or guilt, just get the wealth, the car, the houses, the money.
    There is ugliness in his heart. There is a blackness in his soul. And the corresponding hatred and darkness is growing within the country even as there are others brave enough to stand up to it, even members of his own administration, even as they are trashed by him. In a minor point, it seems that this nastiness is to be found in all mean and soulless people, the same with the trashing of others, the throwing under the bus, the deserting of those he once supported and received support from. So David Israel look into the mirror and look into your eyes and heart. Are you the man you want to be and is this how you wish to be remembered?
     Congressmen are calling for his impeachment. 40% of people polled are calling for impeachment already. And Gail Collins says it just right in her op - ed piece today.
    "This can't go on. We don't have time for impeachment. Patriotic Republicans and administration officials have to get together and find a way to make sure that Donald Trump will never again say anything in public that is not written on a piece of paper. It's their duty to the country."
     This man is dangerous. This man is a blot on our country. This man is evil and this man is manifestly mentally disturbed. He has no place, never had a rightful place, in the Oval Office. He achieved it through the machinations of his Russian allies and is a traitor to his country, its meaning and its history as well as its place as a moral leader to the world. He is  a friend to the dictators of the world but no friend to us. He must go! Or be controlled but how and who? Removal via law is the best way. As a Jew I shudder. As an American I shudder. As a human being and citizen of the world Hamlet said to Ophelia, "Get thee gone."