We have given him all of the time needed. He has wasted it. He wasted it with rallies designed to stroke his ego. He wasted it going after imaginary enemies and making new ones. The list could go on and on as he never works hard at anything. Pushing bills, mending fences; that's for underlings to do. And everyone is an underling. If you aren't sure of that, he will be glad to inform you. "I'm the President. You're not!" is a declaration that rolls easily off of his tongue.
I recently read a column where he was compared to Caligula. Strangely, history tells us that the comparison fits, And it was said that Caligula was mad, insane. Trump is not insane but he is mentally ill. Maybe it's dementia caused by aging. I'm not a professional and I haven't slept in a Holiday Inn lately, but he is sick. And that makes me wonder about the 'Annual Presidential Physical'. Is there any law, rule or regulation that makes it mandatory for the President to check in at a government hospital and undergo an annual physical exam? An exam by that unseen doctor of Trump's choosing, the one he used at the beginning of the campaign, should not be acceptable. The fact that this 'MD' spoke using the same vocabulary as Trump would make him suspect.
And then there is this Nazi business. You have to be of a certain age to remember them with the horror, hatred and contempt they deserve. And there are fewer of us to remember them every year that passes. That is dangerous. Then, to see the 'leader' of our country fail to use the power of his office to condemn them and the 'White Supremacists' tells me where his real interests lie. To top it off, he pardons the racist "Sheriff Joe" before he is even sentenced. Doing that tells the criminals of the Alt-Right that they have nothing to fear from the courts.
On and on it goes. Every day brings new controversy, new scandal. Will he ever do a day's work? For the people?
He is doing the work-- but for his people and what they want. That's why the rallies to keep his base's energy high.
ReplyDeleteYou know what worries me as much or more than what he does is what it's leading the far left to do with trying to silence speech they don't like. It seems to me aspects of fascism are building on both sides. If the far left gets all it wants, it will be as scary as if the far right does. Those of us in the middle don't like either of the extremes. One thing though-- there aren't actually many neoNazi types. There might not be a lot of extreme lefties either but they hold power positions in education, the media and government (both parties and the professional bureaucrats).
No doubt Trump is fueling it and well might be mentally ill. I don't think there is any requirement and a lot of our leaders probably could not have passed a mental or physical health test-- certainly Kennedy didn't on the physical.
I worry a lot that we will give up important freedoms to disagree in some attempt at shutting up those who irritate us. Fascism can be on either side right now with how it uses the group-think to pressure and frighten others. It's a lonely time to be in the middle and I agree Trump is fueling it for his own purposes. Maybe he thinks it empowers him. I would guess he does. I don't think he truly gets it as they own him more than he owns them.
The only work he does is whatever Kelly can pressure him to do. And Trump doesn't like pressure. Kelly may go. By his own choice (Bravo!) or by being fired. Trump failed on the health care bill, though he blames McConnell. He really hasn't passed any serious legislation, despite his claim that he has passed more legislation than any president in history. He really doesn't know what his job is.
DeleteI checked and there is no requirement for a presidential physical exam. Strangely, the Repubs are/were working on a bill to do just that...led by Jason Chaffetz.
He is simply not capable of executing the office of the presidency. The scary thing is that if you repeated your post to any and all of Trump supporters it would not make a difference. The American people are dumbing down at a rapid pace and the final result will be the dissolution of our democracy.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Except for this; I know his core supporters will never change, but there are millions that did not vote. We don't know which way they would bend, but we still need them to vote. Then there are the young voters. Millions of them. And there were the protest non-voters that felt betrayed by the Democratic Party in the Primary. (they were) The Democrats have to come up with a theme, an idea that will attract these voters to the ranks of the Democratic Party. They must excite these people, just as Bernie did. If we had that focus, we could easily take our government back. I know...it's all pie in the sky. The Democrats have to give up their old and comfortable ways. If the new, young voters and the Bernie supporters got together behind a candidate like Joe Biden, the White House could be the people's house once again.
DeleteI really hope it won't be Biden. His recent attempt to capitalize with cheap rhetoric was an example of what we don't need. I hope for someone younger with real ideas, who can run on issues and how to make them work. Pie in the sky talk is only hurting is and the left is as good at that as the right :(. What I want is someone who can explain how to make health care work for Americans, who is honest, doesn't exploit a situation for political points. Maybe Americans would never vote for someone like that as they love the show more than the substance :(
ReplyDeleteAs we have seen, it takes cheap rhetoric to win an election. Biden can attract voters. As long as the candidate doesn't look or sound like the same old Democrats we see in Congress, that candidate will attract the voters eager to shed themselves of Trumpism and empty promises . Then, we need lawmakers willing to become true Progressives. I worry that 4 years of Trump/Pence isn't enough to teach the Democrats to avoid emulating conservatives.
DeleteI also don't want more of mainstream democratic thinking and it's why I supported Bernie in the primary. Biden is establishment and he will likely follow in Obama's path for what he'd do. I didn't like a lot of what Obama was doing. I think he was too much in favor of the corporate interests and not enough of the little guy. An example being the trade deals. I figured Hillary would also continue his path but what was my alternative and I had to vote for her anyway. I just hope we get someone of a different mindset for 2020.
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