Politicians have been making promises they clearly can’t keep from the dawn of democracy. But now along comes Trump, a pathological liar who made more than 30,000 false statements in his first term. He’s a man who, among his other accomplishments, has taken lying out of the hands of the amateurs.
We’d like to feel sorry for the woman whose story is at left, but it’s really hard to.
Each and every day for the next four years, the 150 million Americans who voted in the last election will be waking up in the morning, wondering what the U.S. government has done while they were sleeping.
Maybe it will be the firing of federal workers whose job is to prevent aircraft collisions or studies the path of lethal hurricanes.
Maybe, as featured at left, it will be the rebuke of our traditional allies in favor of some foreign despot.
There’s no way to predict these catastrophes, in part because there are no limits and boundaries. Re: Bernie Sanders’ statement here one might say, “Oh, Trump would never do that.”
Wrong. He’s capable of anything.
American’s need to stop being surprised by reports like the one at left. We need to get past the idea that the Trump administration cares one iota for the well-being of the U.S. citizens.
Recent surveys suggest that about 60% of Americans disapprove of the Trump administration. But does this translate into a “hatred” of our country?
Perhaps in a few cases. But at least 95% of this 60% would say that, though we’re disgusted and angry, we remain committed to fixing this situation, expelling traitors, while restoring rule of law, democracy, and other traditional American values.
Journalist Brian Tyler Cohen doesn’t seem too sanguine on America’s current president–as if there is something morally repugnant about causing the release of a rapist and sex trafficker.
By contrast, the author of the meme below sees this administration in a much different way, claiming that Trump has brought the United States a new level of respect from the other nations of the world. Obviously untrue, but that really does seem to be his viewpoint.
The cartoon here reminds me of these lines from St. Augustine’s Confessions, somewhere around 400 CE:
What was God doing before he created the Earth? Some people say He was building hells for people who thought too much, but I don’t believe that.
It will be interesting to see how long this anti-government fad will go on, and how many lives will be disfigured (or lost) in the process.
In the meanwhile, it gives fools like Marjorie Taylor Greene an opportunity to come off as extra-stupid.
At this point, Trump doesn’t need public support; as I’ve written elsewhere, he’s either a lame duck, of, if his coup is successful, he’s the first king of the United States.
Republican congresspeople, however, are in a different situation. The need to appeal to voters and, as indicated above, the positions that their party is taking are anything but appealing.
In the video below, we see Vermont senator Bernie Sanders explain how painful it is to watch the United States develop a tight friendship with dictator/butcher Vladimir Putin and Russia, and turn against our traditional allies in Europe.
At left is something from pro-democracy activist, influencer, and writer Andrew Wortman, who started ‘America Rises’ to help inform others how to save U.S. democracy, which is not only the only way to save our country, but a necessary precursor to stopping the climate crisis.
