I would like to take credit for being among those observers who predicted that Donald Trump would be a disaster as president of the United States.
But I cannot.
That is, I didnāt envision the level of ineptitude, incompetence and abject idiocy we would witness during the course of the time Trump was masquerading as head of state and commander in chief.
He actually is worse than I thought he would be.
Then again, I didnāt foresee a global pandemic storm ashore in this country, wiping out tens of thousands of Americans, sickening many more than that. Nor could I foresee the absolute ineptitude from the top of our governmental chain of command.
I had this notion up front that Donald Trump is incapable of exhibiting empathy or compassion. I mean, I recall writing early and often that Trump geared his entire professional life toward enriching himself. What has been stunning to me has been that Trump doesnāt even pretend to care about those who are suffering from the pandemic. My goodness, he speaks almost exclusively about the economic damage being done while virtually ignoring any mention of the human damage in terms of lives lost, families shattered by illness.
He is running for re-election on a platform that is virtually identical to the one on which he ran in 2016, which is to say he has no forward-looking plan.
I had harbored this thought ā which I kept mostly to myself ā that if Trump were to win that he might craft some sort of message on which to seek re-election. What, I have to ask, has happened to the message?
He had boasted about the economy. That is now off the table. He had bragged about how he would āput America first.ā He tossed our intelligence community under a freight train by siding with Vladimir Putinās stated denial that Russia interfered in our 2016 election; that aināt putting America first, man.
I have said damn little about how Trump has (mis)handled the racial tumult that has erupted since the death of George Floyd.
And all of this has come after a series of blunders, gaffes, key staff firing and assertions from former Cabinet officials that Trump has behaved in a manner ranging from disinterested bystander to fu**ing moron.
I wish I could have predicted all this. I cannot. Nor can damn near anyone else.
Our sentiments exactly! If he somehow ekes out victory In the election, then I have completely lost face in the American value system I grew up with. āWhere is equal and justice for all.ā
All you write about are āfeelingsā. Heās accomplished a great deal while fighting the media and the left. You canāt blame Trump on current economy. He brought it up once, he can do it again. Thatās why Democrats are fighting so much. Their afraid heāll have the economy strong again before the election.
So, you donāt like his personality. Thereās no arguing with accomplishments, especially when you compare to Democrats that have been in office 40 years and very little to show for it, unless your counting them becoming multimillionaires on a government salary.
The DEMS, et al, has leveled treasonness and subversive acts on our President. If this same assault had occurred in last administration would there have been the same results? The economy is reacting to closing of business that is not directly a result of Mr. Trump. DEMS are so quick to
blame but no one loving America and the fight over who won last time is old. Let’s be mature and move on. America is being victimized, many people are being subjected to events that only a dictator would be responsible for in trying to control his reign. Everything that has happened since Nov. 2015 has been a direct result of the DEMs not wanting to give Trump any credit for all he is and has been doing to fight off the disparagement.