Somehow I naively believed that Donald Trump would become a more serious politician once he began making preparations to move into the White House – that he would restrain himself and issue fewer and more dignified tweets, that he would force himself to be less narcissistic, at least in his public statements, that he would at least pretend to put the country’s welfare before the needs of his massive ego, and most of all that he would quit lying to the American people on a daily basis. I was of two minds about this anticipated transformation. It would certainly be best for our country if he had become a more grown up version of himself, but deep down I wanted him to remain exactly as he was throughout his campaign. This I believed would make him less successful in attempting to implement the promises he made which would disrupt our society and damage our nation’s leadership in the world.
I should have put more faith in the political commentators who said that a 70 year old man was not going to suddenly morph into a totally different person just because he has been hired to do a new job. Indeed Trump has proven that even in the Oval Office he will continue to be a narcissistic egotist who places his needs above all else and who tells the truth only on the rare occasions when it serves his needs.
As you recall, early on Trump repeatedly questioned published reports from intelligence sources which indicated the hacking into our election system was carried out by Russian spy agencies under direct orders from Putin himself with the intention of helping him win the election. However, recently as more evidence has been officially released, Trump has been relatively quiet on the subject. It appeared that he had at last decided that the evidence was so overwhelming that to continue to deny the truth would not serve him well. Again, we should have known better.
Last night at a New Year’s Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump was again asked by reporters about the role the Russian hacking might have played in his victory. His answer was classic Trump, “I think it’s unfair if we don’t know. It could be somebody else. I also know things that other people don’t know so we cannot be sure,” Again the future President adopts the tactic of a known criminal accused of committing a crime – despite all of the evidence to the contrary, deny, deny, deny.
Well Donald, we know you have been fully briefed by our intelligence agencies and they have provided you with uncontested evidence of who attempted to wage war on our democracy and why. Except for you and your Trump-splainers, every one in Washington, including both Republican and Democratic members of Congress, know and have acknowledged the truth about the Russian hacking. Either you are lying to us again or you are too stupid to understand what you have been told. Now we know it can’t be the second alternative because you have told us repeatedly how smart you are.
Donald, you are like a child who continues to claim to he believes in Santa Claus despite knowing otherwise because he is afraid that he will stop getting Christmas presents. And it is time to break off your very public bromance with Vladimir because that relationship can lead to nothing but embarrassment for you and our country.
Cajun 1/1/2017
First, Happy New Year, Cajun.
Second, Naive hardly covers it dontcha think?
The Redhead ( she who must be obeyed) and I reacted to the election of this horrifically unqualified candidate by spending a week in Ecuador house shopping!
Perhaps because my origins lie in New York City I was more familiar with Trump than others might be. His long history of blatant racism goes back to a federal lawsuit against he and his Father’s ( an actual KKK member by the by) discriminatory practices in the renting of their 14,000 apartments.
That Trump could run a campaign on hatred, bigotry and divisiveness, and actually win, is a real disgrace and an embarrassment to the entire nation. That conditions were a sort of perfect storm, an opponent sans personality and far too smart for the average voter, increasing fear and unhappiness on a number of fronts, both economic and otherwise, a Congress that refused to do the job for which it was elected, instead doing the extremely partisan business of the GOP and its Tea Party tail wagging the dog coterie. Lastly a President whose election was a source of pride for every thinking American but whose eight year term was a paean to cowardice.
The professor who forecast Trump’s victory ( the only prognosticator who did) now sees his impeachment within two years into his term of office. Let us pray to whatever gods we have that this is correct.
Anyway, just wanted to stop by and say hi and leave my best wishes to you and this site for th ecoming year.
Thanks Doubledee, my best holiday wishes to you and the redhead. Let’s remember that while we may occupy different positions in the front ranks (I disagree with you comments about President Obama for instance), we are on the same side.
However, one does not need to be a progressive, just a rational human being, to understand that Trump is an embarrassment to this nation. I take solace, though obviously not a great deal of solace, in the fact that many voted for him despite of the who he is, not because of who he is. Though, holding their noses couldn’t have been enough; they must have taken gas masks into the voting booths.
I refuse to accept that he is my President. I have vowed to never uses his name and the word “President” in the same sentence.
Best of luck in the coming year.