These were three terms used to define Donald Trump in yesterday's papers. They have been used before but never with such anger and venom behind it, never with such fear about our future. Does this man do it purposely or simply because he is the buffoon in a role he plays perfectly?
So here is my little interpretation, my own amateur analysis. Much of his behavior is typical of the middle schooler who is unsure of himself, who needs attention but does not know how to get it other than by being the class fool or by hurting or insulting others. It is understandable in a 12 year old who is first learning who he is and trying out different personae, but not in a 71 year old man unless that71 year old has a mental illness or has a deteriorating mind. Both of those fit the possibilities for Trump. Or maybe he is just evil.
Should he fear loss of attention or approval - at least in his own mind - he will stir things up, particularly if the stirring up will deflect attention from far more serious matters, in his case, the possibility of treason, the ever growing possibility and proof of a tampered with election that shows he was not truly ad validly elected, and his dangerous temper tantrums with Kim Jong-un.
He found such a deflection possibility in the knee postures of various NFL players, owners, and now others in various areas as the bending knee is now carrying serious weight. And typically, Trump sees it for what it is not and natters on about it in his divisive and threatening tweets. It is not about respect for the flag. It is not about disrespect for the anthem or about not appreciating our soldiers. Instead it is showing respect and understanding of our rights as citizens, the right to protest, the right to point out wrongs, and the right to do it peacefully. It is about having a conversation, a national one, about police violence and about racism. It is about the disconnect so many feel with our country and its so called leaders.
Trump does not want to hear this any more than a 13 year old wants to hear that he has a bedtime or must do his homework, must obey the rules. So he throws his tantrums but how silly and how dangerous is that in such a man who holds the highest office in the land, if not the world - or at least it used to be. So, as a child, he calls names, he threatens where he has no power to do so or carry out those threats, and stupidly, thinking he is playing to his base and exulting in their applause in their limited arena, he does not see nor understand that he is now losing elsewhere, shedding voters who now regret voting for him, who detest his tweets, his mouth, his threatening to deny rights to protesters, like it or not.
Finally, he rips open his own self and declares to the world, to the nation, that he himself is a bigot, a racist, a friend to supremacists, who allowed David Duke and others to flourish once more in his shadow. He causes a fire chief to have the gall to use the N word in referring to the bent knee issue, and he divides the nation with anger and nasty statements such as ignoring the human catastrophe that is now Puerto Rico, saying yes, it is a disaster but you know, they owe a lot of money to Wall Street!! Really? Who cares now when there are people with no water, no food, no electric, no home and no hope. Feed and water them, house them, help with the grid and the infrastructure. Treat them as human beings, as brother and sister Americans. So now he is shamed into going there. No one needs him there, just the aid that should be forthcoming. Another hoagie given out to someone does not count for much.
But the question is - can he do that? He does not look upon people as connected to him unless they kowtow to him, worship and adore him, feed him what he wants. Now he is back to the ban on seven countries, most of whom are Moslem and yet the reasoning behind it is fallible and fallacious. In twenty years no foreign born person from any of those banned countries allowed in as a citizen has carried out a fatal attack here in America. Should we not ban white nationalists as well, throw them somewhere if that is what we are doing? It was not a Muslim terrorist who shot up a first grade class, or destroyed the building in Oklahoma City or any number of other attacks. So yes, vet as hard as one wishes, those laws are already in place and have worked, but be sensible. What is this nonsense that a Somali can visit but not stay. If one is terrorist minded do you think that the visit will not be planned well?! Dumb!! Just vet as we do now. Stop this total violation of who we are, how we were founded, as a place of welcome for all and when we had periods of time that contradicted that at least we learned to correct ourselves. Let us not go backwards unless it is to cancel out November and have a rerun!! Now that sounds good.
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