2024, now 2025.
January 10th 2021. I watched a CBS report on how other countries were viewing the chaos that erupted the prior week in~ the very beacon of Democracy. The concerns centered around countries with authoritarian rulers being eager to use this sordid event to enforce~ Democracy is not, the best forward-ho lead. Their claim: “Democracy is just too messy, chaotic, shambolic and week, and the riot was against Democracy itself which only proves the American political system~ is collapsing.” Another concern: “The riot broke the image of stoic Democracy. The right to vote, the right to have an impartial legal system, shatters the hope of those still living in oppressed countries.” An Italian parliament member hit center. “That congress got back to work that night, was a very clear message. Things can go horribly wrong even in Democracies, but it's the institutions of Democracy~ that wield the power.” What she didn’t say, is that Democracy is the best defense against a mass waking up to find, a power-crazed egomaniac wields the power.
January 2022. Russia’s egomaniac hit escalation mode. Ukraine, the target. Why? Ukraine wants to become a NATO member. Putin doesn’t want that. The NY Times put it this way. “Putin’s stance: Ukraine is never, never ever allowed to become a NATO member. America’s stance: We can’t abide by such. NATO, is an open-door policy and all allies will not stand by if Putin seeks to change international borders by force.”
November 2022. Putin spent the year trying to force change to those international borders. The toll estimates for just that year, ranged upwards of 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, and same for Russian soldiers. The number of Ukrainian civilian casualties, upwards of 10,000, while many others were seriously wounded, tortured, raped. Whole cities have been blown apart taking with them men, women~ children. As of late 2024, the death toll estimates for nearly 3 years now are upwards of maybe, 800,000 Russian soldiers as most accurate, while Ukraine soldier estimates are around 400,000. Ukraine citizens deaths are upwards of 40,000, and upwards of 170 million Ukrainians, have been displaced or have fled, any way they could.
Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991; the same year Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Croatia, went on to become a NATO member in 2009 but, Ukraine didn’t. It was after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, when they began taking the strategic course to become a member and by 2021, NATO stated that Ukraine has the right to determine its future, without a large neighbor deciding what they can do, hence~ the spark that set Putin into escalation mode.
Ken Follett’s newest book--Never; puts context into what started the Ukrainian nightmare. Follett says that while researching WWI data for an earlier book, he was surprised to find that nobody wanted that war; that it started out as petty boundary gripes~ which then escalated. This became the basis for his book~ Never. Ironically, his book came out prior to Russia invading Ukraine, and what is actually happening, is alarmingly, starkly similar. Streaming headlines about Nuclear War and WWIII, have become a norm. And though the bad guys in his book are China’s old-men war dogs, that doesn’t diminish alarming. Alliances get forged and BRICS~ includes Russia and China.
After WWII, international borders were finally drawn. So when an egomaniac goes against what’s been internationally adopted, it’s easy to spot who the bad guy is, and it’s not the everyday Russian soldier. When I see pictures of their faces, their eyes stare back great fear, great confusion. I get the sense that they are wondering which is worse; being shot by your own country when retreating from an obvious annihilation coming straight at them, or being shot by your neighbors, simply trying to defend themselves?
Countries with nuclear weapon power are: The United States, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea. Just one nuclear missile lobbed, is the gravest of ties~ that binds us as just one, world mass. And, it only takes 30 minutes for just one lobbed missile, to travel half the globe. So it should never, be okay for any world ruler to make nuke-threats! Only power-crazed egomaniacs think that’s okay! In 2022, Russia’s sanctioned news channel began showing a simulation of what a nuked, wiped-out Ireland and England looks like. That, is not okay. It isn’t okay with me, it’s likely not okay with any of us, but it damn sure can’t be okay to our cumulative psyche! As of October 2024, powermonger Putin has made it clear for nearly 3 years now, he isn’t against using nuclear weapons~ if needed. What constitutes needed, to an overtly obsessed, power-crazed egomaniac~ already slaughtering thousands?
The Nuclear Ban Monitor; www.banmonitor.org, is a group of folks who don’t think it’s okay to dish out nuke-threats either since they track how many times a nutcase tosses them out. And though North Korea’s nutcase seems to literally, be in love with his nukes, it pains me to say America’s previous, 2017-20 commander-in-chief; right here where the largest cache of nuclear artillery is housed, flippantly mentioned nuking someone a total of 9 times~ during in his 4-year stint. And while some dismiss his nonstop drivel as harmless, puffed-up posturing, we must never dismiss what drives egomaniacs, what they say, or the heavy weight their words carry~ that land right in our cumulative psyche.
The Weight of Trillions.
Trillions of debt, also lands a heavy weight into our cumulative psyche and in America, the economy remains a prime reason for who we elect, as commander-in-chief. So to track how the economy actually performed under a commander’s watch, we begin at~ The National Bureau of Economic Research; www.nber.org. There, we find economics has a cyclical nature and in fact, presidential hopefuls factor heavily on this cyclical pattern in deciding when, to throw their hopeful hat in the ring.
Since the end of WWII and in America, we’ve experienced 11 economic cycles. The average peak to trough cycle; expansion to contraction, runs about every 4.6 years. Each downturn, lasts for about a year with the exceptions of 1969-70, 81-82, 07-09. To then find data on how each commander actually did in upholding fiscal responsibility during their terms, we dovetail the above data with: www.fiscaldata.treasury.gov.
America’s first T for Trillions in debt, landed in the first year of Republican Reagan’s 8-year run, who then tacked on $1.8 Trillion more. Republican Bush Sr, tacked another $1.6 Trillion during his 4-year run. Democrat Clinton, tacked on $1.4 Trillion in his 8-year run which, it should be noted that of this lookback, he’s the only commander who held onto a surplus budget~ all thru his run. Then came Republican Bush Jr but, so did 9/11 and one mega-recession. His tally was $6.6 Trillion. Democrat Obama; who inherited the aftermath of a mega-recession and 2 ensuing wars, tacked on $8 Trillion. FYI: when I wrote of the Bush/Obama debts years ago, $6.6 and $8 trillion were the tallies. It’s now 2024, and I just went to ensure all tallies are correct. The Bush/Obama tallies are now $5.5 and $9 trillion respectively. Did I get my figures wrong then, or do debt tallies get adjusted as they age? Hmm. Anyway, covid hit during the last year of Republican Trump’s run, who ended with a tally of $8.4 Trillion~ in just 4 short years. Democrat Biden; who inherited the covid aftermath, will end his 4-year run with a tally around $4.3 Trillion. So for this 44-year lookback, America had 4 Republican and 3 Democrat commanders, who tacked on the first T for Trillions, for a grand total debt of~ $33.1 Trillion. Of that, the Republican tally is $19.4 Trillion. The Democrat tally, $13.7 Trillion. And of this, Democrat Clinton tacked on the least, Republican Trump, tacked on the eye-popping most.
It isn’t all that logical to base our decision largely on economics when deciding who, we’ll vote in as our commander-in-chief, because: the cyclical nature of economics runs to a beat of its own rhythm. Then comes the inheritance factor; what each president bequeaths to the next. Then comes~ The Federal Reserve, who impacts our economy far more than any single president can. Then comes the fact that 535 representatives first have to gain consensus, for a president’s economic plan to even materialize. And lastly, even experts have a hard time gauging what economies will do; especially since we’re a now-globalized, economy. So, shouldn’t we be casting our vote based on proven track record facts and actions, thereby qualifying someone to even be~ a commander-in-chief?
Further Scrutiny.
Since economy is so important to us, and since we have the same 2 hopefuls as we did in the 2020 race; both which come with 4-year proven track records and actions, we need to scrutinize their record and actions a bit more. Update: it’s now July, and President Biden just dropped out. VP Harris, is now the contender. Then, no such luck. I’m leaving the Biden section in below, cuz Trump spent 4 years building his campaign promises up, by tearing Biden’s track record down, making this scrutiny~ still relevant.
Biden’s economic track record is good but since Trump worked overtime to mar it, please check it out for yourself. Query: economy during Biden’s term. Of 2024 and from Googles top-10 articles; where many of us learn from, I first pick www.gov ones, if available. There was. The Joint Economic Committee; www.jec.senate.gov confirms Biden’s track record is good. AP News; www.apnews.com says the same thing. Interested to see what Nasdaq; www.nasdaq.com had to offer, I found a comparison chart which began with LBJ and ended with Biden, also confirming a good track record for Biden. Now armed with some consistency, I look into other, top-10 articles. One, completely flunked the consistency and unbiased test. I then chose a Forbes article; www.forbes.com. Though it neglected to mention the above consistency facts and a few other noteworthy cause/effect happenings, it did spell out a few false, Trump boasts. Overall, I was glad to see fairly impartial reporting. But the most common thread mentioned, still goes back to who really pulls the economic strings around here which is~ The Federal Reserve. I suspect this is the most common tidbit mentioned, cuz it’s the one fact, we most overlook.
Today’s info-deluge reality means~ we must do our own comparative sleuthing. For my above effort, it probably took a ½ hr to read those articles. Since the economy is so important to us, I’d say ½ hr isn’t too much time invested. In fact, it’s taken longer to type this paragraph than to read those articles and, I didn’t speed read. I did my vigilantly wary due-diligence. I compared statistics to ensure consistency. I compared viewpoints. I did--pause to reflect. This is what we all need to do. We slow it down, we pause to reflect, and we quit getting all our facts from FOX and MSNBC! Uh, my apologies to MSNBC. I keep throwing you under the bus but someone, has to go up against what’s going on over at FOX! Everyone, make no mistake, FOX has the clear lead to being the least, factual news outlet and if it was MSNBC, I’d say so! I am purple proud and we, don’t read or watch to digest, red or blue data only. Purple means we have to do comparison sleuthing and by doing so, we find that what goes on at MSNBC; the blue camp stronghold, aligns with what’s factual far more than what red camp FOX provides and exceedingly so, ever since they went all-in for Trump! As for the economy, I know that’s way too complex for me to base my vote on. For me, it’s mostly about integrity. An integral, altruistically-driven, honest person, backed by track record proof, does indeed~ damn well matter. Altruistic, means for all, and Democracy is~ for all the people.
When an economic cycle is set to turn up and does, the credit is typically absconded by the next president but, that’s typical politicking. It becomes a serious matter when we, vote in a 2nd term for those who eagerly take credit for upturns, they did little to bring about. To put a close on Biden, he inherited Trump’s covid policy price tag, and a tanking economy. Biden will leave; just as Obama did, a recovering economy to Trump. Sure, I choked when Biden announced his $3 Trillion infrastructure plan but, it was expressly intended to put blue-collar us back to work, by rebuilding our dilapidated infrastructure; bridges, sewers, water systems. Necessities, we all need. Also worth a mention, Biden is the only president in 30 years to state: newday technology has taken away too many decent paying jobs. Yep. I became a Biden fan, from that mention on.
A farewell to President Biden is in order. Thank you, for giving your lifetime to serving us. You have done so from the most natural, altruistic intent. And though your age catching up had to be a hard truth to accept, we can easily see you did it for us, and for the resiliency of our Democracy. What a stark comparison to Trump, who never did put his weight behind another contender~ all while attending to his many, racked-up felony charges. Anyone who holds our Democracy first, would’ve done just that; as-in just in case~ they land in jail. And at the mention of your nemesis, many of us will remember his tactless actions on that fateful night that wasn’t a debate, but a ruthless, baseless attack. Accusing you of the one who needs thrown in jail, has to be his lowest of lowballs. Indeed. Who you are President Biden, Trump will never be. Thank you for representing us, the way you have.
2nd, 2nd Chance Wake Up Call.
In 2016, we flunked. We gave the keys~ to Our Democracy, to an overtly obvious, power-hungry, egomaniac elitist. Our naïvety, could be excused. After all, Democratic masses aren’t accustomed to coming up against~ really bad options. But for the next 4 years, we still didn’t amass to tug our Democracy up to its logical next, forward-ho step. Our negligence, could also be excused. Knowing our Democracy is in trouble, is one thing. Knowing what to do about it, quite another. Same goes for why Trump got elected in 2016. Our cumulative mindset; now clearly worried about our Democracy but not knowing how to rectify that, had too many of us hoping, a superman will fix it. Well, it’s one thing to bank on a hope, but quite another to actually believe~ any mortal comes with a cape. So, we spent 2017 thru 2020, doing nothing but waiting, for an invisible cape to save us.
Fall of 2020. Enough of us knew Trump wouldn’t save us so we didn’t flunk our 2nd chance wakeup call and I thought finally! We’ll surely tug our Democracy up to its logical next, forward-ho step now! But, we still didn’t. And though covid did snap us awake; enough to at least loosen our blinders and clearly see; not just sense, that our world was indeed unraveling, we basically just shifted our banked hope, onto a blue cape.
When Trump announced he’d run again; fall of 2022, I put my hope into a 2nd, 2nd chance wakeup call, and eagerly so cuz after all, we were more savvy now! My forever hopeful optimism, included the certainty that we, clearly saw the stranglehold an exclusive, just-2 lead can put a Democracy in. Then when 2024 unfolded, it looked like Trump was finally going to be facing his slew of felony charges in 4 criminal cases: election interference, classified document misuse, falsifying hush money records, trying to overturn 2020 election; aka insurrection, and my hope soared! With now, 10 years of him proving his low-cal integrity, 10 years of trampling over our civilized parameters and offending our every sensibility~ The King of Debt, would finally have to pay the fiddler for the defilements to us and our Democracy! Surely, we’d bust out the logical next move this time! The very move~ all waning Democracies are screaming for the chance to have.
Still Screaming.
By mid-spring 2024, that damn neck-n-neck held even post, 88 felony charges. My hopeful certainty, came up against foreboding. With all that we knew about the caliber of who Trump was, with all that we knew of polar opposite Biden; now to include his good, 4-year track record nearly bagged, neck-n-neck was unbelievable. So, I determined to hatch this Trump Expose, hoping to help young and/or unsure voters see why Trump, doesn’t deserve their vote. I then amped up all efforts here, hoping to get Our Story out before summer. That, didn’t happen. As the unbelievable grew more surreal, my foreboding turned frantic. Still not yet accepting my efforts were a little too late and a dollar too short, I cast my frazzled hope outwards. Somebody, must make our young voters see that we~ not Trump, have their future square in our sights! That Trump, is precisely what Democracies can’t afford to tolerate! But, by mid-October I began to accept there was nothing we could shout, to override Trump’s lying ways. Come November 5th, I couldn’t make myself watch how our now 2nd, 2nd chance, went down.
Like many, weeks of waking up to the nightmare of what we’d just done, then followed. Hope, was nowhere in sight. Also like many, my thoughts were gripped on how, such a royal fashion flunking could’ve possibly occurred. Up til then, I hadn’t really thought much about the distinction between hoping a superman can save us, vs truly believing~ mortals can have capes. A crass summary to be sure but, that’s what we came up against. The more formal take is housed in The Great Man Theory. I’d already covered this plenty, I just hadn’t ever felt the impact of that summary, til now. But somewhere along this never-ending writing trek, I’d wondered if superman fixations spike in times of uncertainty so I looked it up, and sure enough. Well, what it means to be human truly is, one fascinating, intertwined complexity. But, what it means to be this very specialized communal species, did become one helluva~ truly convoluted entanglement.
While we all know how wondrously our great info-deluge worked us over, it still wouldn’t have worked if not for something insidious growing in us. In the bridging effort; The Morning’s After, I’d used the word canker, to convey that. Had I delved any further, nothing about the bridging effort would’ve snuck by any word count restriction! So for a quick overview, there’s 3 theories about how~ The Human Experiment unfolds. Is it the Gods, great men, or us~ the great mass, who conducts how life unfolds? So like a seed that lays dormant in soil til nourished to become a weed, societal canker seeds lay in the soil of these theories. From there, we~ not rulers, sprout them; addictions, righteousness, bad life choices, and these weed stems grow. If left to flourish in great abundance, a societal canker lives and~ we’ve got T for real Trouble, right here in River City~ RP.
To be this communal species truly is, an incredible exploration and I did my level best to present it throughout Our Story. Yet, I only scraped the surface to all that’s so very intertwined and entangled but, it’s a start. Which, brings me to us~ the great mass.
In the bridging effort, I hammered on why we must pull on what’s innate; our DNA-stamped shared-valued survival system, our grit, intuit, wisdom. I introduced us to us; the amazing, emotion-fueled, conscious-realized awareness, communal species us. I hammered on why we must always remain vigilantly wary, and do our due-diligence job. I stated that by lowering our basic decent integrity standards to provide a flex-plan for even just one, power-hungry egomaniac elitist, set a precedent that ties directly into what no civilized society or Democracy can afford to tolerate before civilized, no longer prefaces that society. And, I said we must do the work~ not governance, if the intention of the free world mass, is to tug the system of Democracy up to its logical next, forward-ho step. All of this, merely frames the how and why, we came up against the nightmare we now have. It is throughout our bulging story, that we explore~ those how’s and why’s.
Nearly, Insurmountable.
So! We are off to conquer the scaling of--Integrity and Trust. Massive boulders, slammed together with Ms. Imminent, tightly snugged atop them. It’s one huge granite wall so today’s climb won’t be easy for many and that, is of great concern to this scribe, trying to write a unifying start! Yikes! Here’s a few tidbits for those jumping in 13 deep. All fledglings, take a good hour or more to ingest; this one most surely, so set aside an uninterrupted time-chunk. We’ve got serious homework ahead. And for those who fall off, at least keep the Goliath 1st half in mind cuz it applies to all humanity. Political allegiance doesn’t matter on~ thee biggest, picture scene.
Many tidbits found in~ The Morning’s After bridging effort, were copied from here; hence, a hefty patch job is in progress here! Though before publication permanence, I’ll fuse the bridge back in here, and this one will forever remain in~ The Story of Our Times. For now though; now on our 3rd, 2nd chance wakeup call, my 2025 frame of mind has other things to say. We, must come out of the starting gate with Trump. Since it takes this optimist 10x’s longer than I ever plan to chisel out even a page, time is what’s precious. Fusing and sifting thru which tidbits make the permanent cut here, can wait.
The load this one carries still stands, but with a variation. Now, it’s expressly formatted for everyone; not just young and/or unsure voters. All of us, must remember or learn to then share, so everyone clearly understands how~ the unbelievable transpires. Seriously, we can’t flunk this lesson ever again cuz I have no doubt we will ever, be so lucky again to get another, so overtly obvious, no-go lesson! Our Story, is a starterplate for us to first get on the same page but from today on, the pages to what next gets written, are still blank. So first and quickly, we write about how we set off with a bang at the onset of 2025! We found, agreed and chose, the integral experts, scholars, journalists and outlets, we want guiding us. We’ve got 4 years of Trumpisms ahead~ and he will, keep dumping his dirty work into the great info-deluge. There can be no doubt to this now. He's got 10 years under his belt at how to pound til it sticks: “Media, is the enemy of the people. A threat to Democracy.” For 2025, AP News reported on his media retribution agenda: “We have to straighten out the press. It’s very corrupt, almost as corrupt as our elections.” FYI: had we moved to defend our integral news outlets back in 2016, the nightmare about to unfold for them and us, wouldn’t be our reality now. Trump’s outlet; Truth Social, isn’t just a gross defaming of the word truth, but a prime example of his many~ pot calling the kettle black antics. We must see his ploys and antics.
Ironically, the-time-is-ripe window is still open. We won’t know when it will close til it does, and we won’t know when it will open again til it does, so it’s us and it’s now who must act! Trump’s provided us enough, 2nd chance wakeup calls! It’s the one great thing Trump did for us but only if~ we finally seize our extraordinary opportunity that’s really really ripe by now! Trump will have then earned, his great need to be immortalized.
All-Important Pillars.
I can’t edit out all that history teaches us just to forgo offending those who refuse to accept the very lessons which did indeed develop~ just like clockwork, the same ole’ down-spiral wave we now have. This whole series was built around the 3 partners in this timeworn dance and all thru it, I pressed the need to elevate vigilant wariness so we wouldn’t, fall victim to the next egomaniac that came along! All of this was written, long before the 2015 lineup of republican hopefuls hit stage-center so you can imagine how aghast I was, when that lineup included the mugshot of one who happens to strike the perfect pose of a fat-rat egomaniac! Egomaniac: obsessively egotistical, self-absorbed. Trump, obsessively gloats over himself so the definition of egomaniac~ fits him to a tee.
Years ago, I was given the advice to paint myself in better but, I didn’t see its obviousness til just a few years ago. Though in my defense, anonymity is what had me glitching. But, turns out that advise wasn’t about providing telltale clues; race, creed, gender. Rather, it was about~ the sum of who I am, and it would’ve been real handy if my advisors would’ve spelled that out! But, it should’ve been obvious right at the get-go, cuz that’s when I wrote about~ trust and integrity. Obviously, you will need to know my truths, so that I can earn your trust. If we don’t have trust, this whole endeavor is for naught. That, is how all-important those pillars are, and I should’ve connected this to me years ago. So I’m not the sharpest which is one of my truths, but I have a few perks that make up for that. Being truthful; to the point of being known as rather frank, and living my life guided by genuine integrity; to the point that I won’t go thru life any other way, are 2 of my other truths. During this final, now 5-year and still counting perusing stint, I’d been using myself as the backdrop for trust and integrity but then again, along came Trump. Honestly, we couldn’t have been given a better take for how egomaniacs roll, and how to spot a bad guy, then via the absence of~ these all-important pillars.
Disclosure. I didn’t care for Trump after watching maybe 20 minutes of his show somewhere around 2010. After tearing down the contestants with his overtly zealous, you’re fired theatrics, all I could see was a pathetic bully, and turned the channel. Then came 2015. For years, Trump had circulated his bravado claim that he’d be a really great president if he ever ran, which, I’d guess is why the reality that he actually was, didn’t truly hit me til his mug showed up in that 2015 lineup. I was unprepared, and aghast is apt. Anyway, I want my intent known. I tell myself to check my personal Trump-views at the door each time I work on this. In rereads, if I find I wasn’t successful, I work to rectify that. But regardless of whether I succeed in keeping myself in-check, indisputable Trump facts stand on their own. Facts, that clearly define who Trump is and who he is, isn’t a good guy, and that’s the softest take I’ve come up with. FYI: indisputable, prefaces factual truths. When I surmise or flat out say how I see it, I make these distinctions clear.
*How to Spot a Bad Guy, is a section currently in the bridging effort; 2nd page. Scroll to there for a refresher to what builds integrity, and why Trump has a low caliber at best. Just know this most basic~ common decent integrity of standards; which we all strive to achieve by adulthood, is the very beacon that’s guided humanity towards an evermore, civilized existence. Humanity, wouldn’t have made it this far, had it not been for that packet of standards. This deserves spotlighted, remembered, protected, and most especially whenever any powermonger slides in a flex-plan to lower those standards! We, are in charge of what’s acceptable in our society! The inglorious truth we already get to live with is not once but twice, we allowed a guy who never even bothered to bag the qualifiers for adulthood, become thee representative to~ the sum of who Americans are.
Trump Exposé.
Who Trump is, was evident the very day he asked for our support in June 2015. It is from that day on, Trump began to earn the review I’m about to provide. Who Trump is~ based entirely on what’s not acceptable in our society, he’s consistently proved ever since. Had Trump rode off into the sunset after his 2020 fall, the only mentions of him were the minimal, performance tidbits about our most recent presidents; the safe bet for someone trying to write a unifying start! But, then came January 6th, 2021. Trump, forced his way into The Story of Our Times, clinching the spotlight of~ for the worse, that very day so no need to shoot the messenger. This is our country, our Democracy and Trump, defiled both~ that very day. That, is where I drew the line. No kid gloves. That, is where all patriots should’ve drawn the line but, it didn’t turn out that way.
Recipe for Disaster.
Trump’s intent to divide our country became indisputable, January 6th, 2021. No genuine, commander-in-chief, would have stood by for 2 hours, eager to watch what unfolded. There’s no speculation to this. All of us, all got to see with our very own eyes: his excitement elevate, while that sordid event unfolded. Genuine, is the operative word. So regardless of Trump/FOX rewriting what we didn’t see, many insurrectionists readily testified they were~ acting on Trump’s orders: “Take back our Democracy! Fight like hell or you won’t have a country anymore!” Those are Trump commands verbatim, so of course his minions followed his orders! I don’t get it. If republicans believe Trump is sharp enough to run our country, why don’t they think he’s sharp enough to look up the most basic recipe for~ how to foment an insurrection? Of 2025 first things first, Trump headed straight for rewriting history. Well, historians also have an ethical creed, so they’ll be in the abide or else hot seat real soon. We must, put our weight behind integral news outlets and now historians because~ that’s our sound oversight job dangit! Anytime, truth and integrity get cast aside as though those guideposts are no longer en’ vogue, we need to snap-to! All of us; purple, blue, young, older and red! We all live within ethical parameters and it is our job to stand guard so they don’t get trampled over by someone looking to divide us! Parameters, that qualify a society as civilized for hells sake so yes, everyone must clearly understand how the unbelievable transpires so it never again happens!
History, alerts us to how egomaniacs roll so when Trump-acts started getting connected to Hitler’s, there’s nothing novel about either. What Trump did and still does is~ straight outta the 101 power-ploy handbook. Recipe for disaster: hijack an angst wave when the time is ripe, simply by snagging a handful of minions who, by their very nature, love being told what to think. Eagerly, they’ll go wherever told, and spread the lies and distrust bile they’ve been slathered with. Then, just ratchet-up outrageous theatrics and bombastic untruths sure to enflame the righteous bone; the must-have to justify mounting anger. When primed, direct everyone onto who, when and where to show up, to unleash their pent-up anger. Yep. A 101 for~ how to foment an insurrection. That we’ve allowed Trump 4-years to reincite what he fomented is, unbelievable! That red representation and FOX still stump for Trump and his big lie to downplay his insurrection, isn’t only unbelievable~ it is wholly unacceptable! If this rollover and take it, is also part of our new flex-plan, then forget about Trump! What does this say about us?
By fall of 2016, many alarms had gone off that a bad guy, had entered the scene. Too many, ignored them making this is the 1st accountability chunk we must own. That Trump won’t ever own his, doesn’t give us a free pass. We don’t have to like his inglorious truths or ours, but if we truly want real change, we must own ours. This chunk doesn’t apply to the blue camp as that healthy, 25% red/blue measure means 25% per, always vote straight ticket. Also, seldom did I notice the blue camp stoop to low balls; the Trump norm, so thank you. And for those who banked on Trump to be your savior in 2016, we all can empathize. Half of us experience that letdown, every 4th fall. Still, we provided our red camp brethren a 4-year commensuration. It was more than fair to ask them to please come to terms with who~ Trump really is. But, this didn’t turn out that way either.
On Day-1.
The unbelievable, began in 2011 when Trump spewed sleaze-bile all over Obama’s citizenship. A flagrant lie that carried real heft, long after debunked. Was he plotting a run for the oval office then? Was he testing the waters to see how ripe our angst was? Was he on a fishing mission to see how many minions he could snag? Whatever he was up to, we all should’ve ask ourselves then~ what kind of person would do such a thing?
When Trump asked for our support in 2015, his mission statement then, hasn’t changed. On day-1, he began pounding into our noggins what he still wants us to believe. He is filthy rich, cuz he’s a financial wizard of great business acumen. This was Trump’s first, big red flag he alone waved. For those who hadn’t yet noticed Trump’s self-absorbed neediness prior to that day, we had to at least felt an intuitive wariness ping and if for no other reason than the silver spoon, elitism etchings, now engrained at some level in all of us by now. How can any kid who grows up with a silver spoon, fairly represent us, must less care about us, or possibly think they even know us? So at this calm juncture; with 16 republican hopefuls to choose from, our wariness had to be elevated when we learned of this financial wizard’s, bankruptcy splurges. Multiple bankruptcies, attests to an indisputable~ driving need to overreach. For Trump, this was a whopping 6 splurges. Of this fact alone, I was just sure Trump wouldn’t make it out of that lineup cuz republicans, surely wouldn’t want a needy overreacher in charge of the purse strings! Seriously, how many chances do fat-rat elites get to get it right anyway?
Our news; still mostly factual and trusted back then, walked us thru what bankruptcy means to commoner-us; those left holding the bag and not just the tax bailout bag. Trump’s Atlantic City overreach was spotlighted. Stonemasons, drywallers, painters, woodworkers, plumbers; any commoner providing any job for just this one, glory-needy overreach, were given pennies on the dollar~ for their hard work efforts. A toll, that hit many contractors, many went broke, and the domino effect just kept click-clicking. This was the 1st sign I picked up on that Trump’s disregard of us~ was disturbingly blatant.
We then learned it was Daddy, who gave his son a huge leg up so Trump, isn’t a self-made fat-rat. I’d guess it was after Daddy, had seen enough of his son’s neediness to overreach that Daddy, provided Jr with real financial wizards just to keep his son off the bankruptcy bench. I’m not being flippant. History, is stuffed with how silver spoon success, is typically derived by surrounding those babes real financial acumen, just to prevent the loss of family fortunes. But, always quick to blame~ never accountable, Trump blamed his company men for landing him on that bench. As for Trump’s business acumen, his puffed-up bravado certainly serves him well but, that posturing didn’t align with his bankruptcy splurges, and our vigilant wariness should’ve picked up on that.
Also on day-1, Trump stated: “I’m worth $8 billion, and will prove it before the 1st debate.” Well, it wasn’t long after, when our news beat him to the punch. Trump’s filthy rich status of $8 billion~ was doubly-overstuffed. This was blatant lie #1. As for the vow to prove his financial acumen, we all know what a repeat offender he was on that. This was blatant lie #2; on day-1 no less, and also, his 2nd blatant disregard of us. To humbly submit this longstanding gesture, is given to show us the proof, that a candidate does respect us and the law, at least enough to pay their fair share of taxes~ just as we must.
Cumulative Mindset Hits.
Since 2015, the exorbitantly expensive Trump-tallies begin with the hits our cumulative mindset has incurred. The rise of bullying, hate crimes, white supremists, bigotry, the unseen spike-rise in mass shootings, provide the typical evidence to what happens when the spirit of any times, spirals down. Nobody, has to be a rocket scientist to connect Trump to these spikes. Hillary, mentioned Trump’s overt bullying tactics giving rise to schoolyard bullying, and that was back on the debate stage in 2016! But, the red camp was already hooked, and merely justified Trump’s reprehensible, hate-laced vitriol, as a mere show of strength. Bullying, isn’t a show of strength~ but that of base character. The head of our nation; the one we’re supposed to look up to--including our youth, is the single changing cause, to the abhorrent hate-spike effects we’ve incurred, ever since.
Long before the lineup of 16 republican candidates completely shrunk, Trump had blown right thru the truth without even blinking, didn’t even yield at trust, ran right over promised vows. We knew, long before that lineup came down to just him, Trump could care less about trampling over our ethical parameters. We knew he held no shred of respect or concern for us, we knew he was miles closer to being a pathological liar than he’d ever get to having genuine integrity. It was obvious. Truth and integrity, meant nothing to Trump. Whatever it took to satisfy his insatiable neediness for evermore glory and power, meant everything. Some people lie you see. They say one thing, but mean something else completely. ~JJC. All smack in our face truths, all proving that if Trump had any integrity, it was a wholly~ unacceptable caliber. All of this, should’ve mattered.
As this typing unfolds, my ire elevates. I’m now wondering why I’m trying to be gentle in the delivery of what’s indisputable. The tally of Trump’s unacceptable ickiness, has gotta be a hefty book by now but those indisputable facts are still out there. We can’t force Trump loyalists to sleuth for factual data, but we should’ve prevented them from taking us on a 2nd, Trump spin. My effort to shoot for a gentler delivery, is for any rational republicans left, post November 5th, 2024. If that’s you reading this, I’m thinking of you.
Submerging The Truth.
I’d guess it was the RNC powerhouse who whittled the 16 republican hopefuls down by early 2016, which would account for why Trump’s contenders dropped off so readily. Winning, is all that matters~ not integrity, and since integrity wasn’t Trump’s strong suit, the RNC must’ve figured Trump’s unscrupulous ploys, would best keep this contender in the spotlight. Then whatever deal Trump cut with Rupert Murdoch, must have been a doozy cuz Fox News, went straight into overdrive for Trump. A deal, that likely had to do with Rupert, providing a dedicated team to help drive Trump’s campaign trail straight to his station and in return, Trump’s sensationalized theatrics and outrageous untruths, would keep Rupert’s cash register cha-chinging. With the largest disseminating outlet now secured, Trump probably wouldn’t of had to hit the campaign trail, had it not been for his driving need of~ publicly-displayed adulation. This isn’t a flippant statement either. Many who know him, make mention of this neediness but regardless, it’s a standard neediness all egomaniacs have. So by this juncture, his tacticians merely had to try and keep Trump muzzled enough so he didn’t completely, offend the sensibilities of the middle. Otherwise, they merely had to keep the dial tuned into a just-so, righteous escalation; not too dripping-slow, not too burnout-fast~ just like power-ploy clockwork.
For the rest of us, we were in such a state of disbelief, we were caught off guard. We raced about to fact-check whatever Trump spewed out, and neglected to notice what was going on over at Fox News. By the time it was down to Hillary and Trump, it was too late. The Kool-Aid factory was fully operational by then. Fake news, came to put the cherry on the top and, it wasn’t just Putin trying to sway our 2016 election Trump’s way. Turns out, fake news is an enterprise all its own. Wee factories anywhere; Madagascar even, readily accepts greenbacks for any request which, the type most requested then? American political mayhem. Hmm…Now who’d have excess greenbacks, and a driving need to buy then spread, such slicked-up cherries? Greenback boogie everywhere!~IR.
Hillary won the popular vote by nearly 3 million, but didn’t throw a tantrum. Biden won by 7 million, and we know the tantrum Trump threw. All 3 rounds; 2024 included, incurred one helluva snow job. Still, I truly believed we were much wiser to him by 2024. A 2nd, 2nd chance wakeup call not heeded, would be a shame on all of us this time. A shame, that would define what American’s of today, value, find acceptable, and what measure of grit~ we now have. Unbelievably, shame it is.
Exorbitantly Expensive.
Still back on the 2015-16 campaign trail, Trump’s fattest, empty promises were: Obama’s horrifically bad universal healthcare he’d rid us of, vowed to stop to those illegal alien invasions, vowed to wipe the entire, $19 Trillion debt slate clean before his 2nd term was up by making massive tax cuts, and creating trade wars. Economists didn’t think that was a good plan and, they were right. To this, Trump waved another red flag when he actually proclaimed~ I am The King of Debt! “I’ve made a fortune using debt! If things don’t work out, I renegotiate. That’s smart, not stupid.” Smart renegotiating, obviously includes a skies-the-limit, bankruptcy splurges. But this Trump-gloat was, absolutely true.
Here’s what actually happened. Obamacare, survived. Migrants; not aliens, came by the droves, hoping to reach the promised land before, Trump’s wall was completed. And rather than erasing our debt, he managed to tack $4 Trillion onto it during his first 3 years, and $4 Trillion more when covid hit. A’ course, Trump blamed Obama for his 1st load, covid for the 2nd. What a loser. Here’s the facts: Obama inherited, then dug us out of, the aftermath of our recession, 2 ongoing wars and still, ended his run handing Trump~ an economic upswing and recovery. Same for Biden. He inherited Trump’s covid price tag; never heard Biden whine about it, but did spend his 4 years & $4 Trillion debt, on resuscitating what Trump had gifted him. Trump again, inherits an economic upswing and recovery. No recession, no wars, no 9/11 and still, the overreacher racked-up the most staggering debt ever~ in just 4 short years. Trump certifiably is~ The King of Debt.
In 2022, a legislated requirement finally forced The King of Debt, to disclose proof of his financial wizardry. Of course, Trump didn’t pay a smidgen in taxes, comes with a long history of not paying his share, isn’t nearly as rich as he claimed. No surprises there, but it was a nice surprise when he was charged with bloating the value of his assets on one hand, minimizing it on the other. But, that only enraged the schoolyard bully more. Trump kicked relentless into high gear; pounding, pounding, pounding into us, who the real enemies are. That he, was the poor victim of a political witch hunt; witch hunt maybe, poor victim never. That we, can’t trust our voting system; he was actually the enemy. That our judicial system is the enemy; just those who uphold the law though. That Congress is the enemy; the swamp he never drained but restocked. That media is the enemy; just those who uphold integrity. His inauguration drivel included the 2020 election that wasn’t stolen from him, was. His pot calling the kettle black antics, on full display. Trump won’t change! The leopard can’t change his spots idiom works too except a leopard, doesn’t deserve being likened to ick! Yeah, I’m getting salty alright. Trump loyalists: before grabbing for the tar and feathers, put the shoe on the other foot cuz everybody knows, how salty you’d be had a Trump-act waltzed out of the blue camp!
High Stakes Spin.
All indisputable Trump facts, qualifies Trump for grifter status. A guy who lies without blinking, a guy who had upwards of 90 felony charges to account for, does have grifter written all over him! He earned those charges, and he is far from being a poor victim! His financial wizardry stems from a very crooked wand that would eventually catch up to him, and he’s been plotting his get outta jail ploy ever since his insurrection failed! For 4 long years, this grifter relentlessly prepped us to distrust every entity cuz the time to pay the fiddler was coming for him! Yes! He tried like hell to win this round just to save his own neck! Egomaniacs, only care about their own neck and that’s at no matter the cost! It’s all been a huge con job and we don’t have to be rocket scientists to connect overriding fact-dots to this grifter! Grifter: swindler who preys on people. If Trump didn’t land in jail, then did we had every right to distrust our judicial system! And, distrust it is.
Of 2025. Trump finally and justly became—a registered felon. But, no penalties, what-so-ever. Zilch. So, we get to be grateful for the efforts of Judges Merchan, Willis, hopefully Chutkan, and of course, the tireless efforts of Jack Smith. They’re all in Trump’s retribution crosshairs. But~ Jumping’ Jack Flash~ RS, jumped ship rather than giving Trump his sick satisfaction! A’ course, Trump immediately released his insurrection minions. Uh, I should mention a clarification. Voting for Trump, doesn’t make us minions. Bowing to, and spreading whatever a lord tells us to spread~ that makes us a minion. So, the insurrectionists who no longer bow to Trump, are no longer minions. And, white collars aren’t immune. Cowing to power for stature and wealth; especially those who vow to represent us, are the sleaziest of minions! Which, brings us to Supreme Court Justices. Those who didn’t cow to Trump this last round; Sotomayor, Roberts, Kagan, Barret, Brown, deserve respect for upholding the law~ in spite of bully retributions. So in picking up the pieces, we’ll need to work to regain trust in our judicial system, but have every right to question~ cuz it’s our job, the integrity of our other, Supreme Court Justices.
Trump’s financial wizardry and great business acumen — is no longer in question. From there, and in every other~ exorbitantly expensive way: from cumulative mindset hits, blatant disregards of us, country, truth, integrity, our voting and judicial systems, submerging integral news, casting the inalienable rights of our females off to states so they could do his divide to conquer dirty work, and taking our angst wave for a dive straight down and equip it with a ticking timebomb for hells sake, are all indisputable proofs to why we damn sure couldn’t afford another Trump spin! The job of hopeful contenders, is to go out and garner our support. It is our job, to do our vigilantly wary due-diligence~ to ensure they deserve it. Don’t know how many didn’t, and we will explore this a bit more on down the road but for now, we do know our news mentioned that many, didn’t know Harris was running; not Biden, but the name Trump, did register. If many, is a great big bunch of us, that is~ plumass embarrassing about us.
In Highest Esteem.
Like many, I’m not always keen about who we elect, but always give respect to our choice. I champion Democracy, and consensus-building is~ Democracy. I believe these markers are apt for most so again, we’re not that different. I also believe most of us hold our highest office~ in the highest of esteem. This includes me. However, I can’t abide giving that respect to someone who blatantly disregards us, Democracy, integrity, our every sensibility, you name it. Half of us, likely don’t yet realize he doesn’t deserve their respect but the fact is--he marred us all. And though many of us may think other presidents don’t deserve our trust/respect, that would be your truths. For me, I drew my one line at Trump, who sullied everything that matters, in the matters of highest esteem.
I am, passionate about pureform humanity, our gem of a planet, Democracy. Pureform, is of 3 parts; mind, body, soul. We can’t go about life neglecting one part, as that’s like running on 2 of 3 cylinders. However, I know there’s folks who don’t believe spirituality plays a role in their lives and, maybe that’s true. So, we can liken this possibility to having kids. We can go thru life just fine without having kids but after we do, we can’t imagine going thru life without them! To me, spirituality and integrity is like that. Once realized, I can’t imagine going thru life without the guidance of both. Same goes for Democracy. I love my country. Would I still, if it wasn’t a Democracy? Probably. But once we experience living in a Democracy, I don’t believe we can imagine living in a country, that isn’t one. This is what I ask everyone to keep first and foremost in mind as 2025 opens. What is now our 3rd and maybe last, 2nd chance wakeup call to get it right: Protecting Our Democracy~ is now 1st up on our to-do list and will be, for 4 long years.
Submerging a Platform.
Post, January 6th, 2021. The handful of national republican representation that did call that sordid event~ the insurrection it was, were rewarded with threats and to the point where some resigned, others chose not to represent us anymore once their term is up, and the rest we fired~ first chance we got. A guaranteed firing awaited Liz Cheney and still, she calls the insurrection exactly that. Cheney and 9 others~ put integrity first. This integral-10, paved the way for the republican platform to remain viable. Had the rest followed suit, it would’ve been a no-brainer to simply shine the light on integrity, above all. Had they, we wouldn’t be in the jam we’re in now and the red platform, wouldn’t be Trump’s alt-right camp now. Instead, they chose to show the whole world that integrity no longer matters~ in the very beacon of Democracy. That’s a big chunk of accountability, red representation will forever hold. Currently, Trump’s stuffing his cabinet with minions who swore fealty to him. The oath? Swear to uphold his big fat lie, which culminated into a harmless protest~ not an outright insurrection, on January 6th 2021. Of January 2025. The circus came to town, and it’s been an endless parade~ GM. Clowns, here to serve their lord; not us, is their disqualifier that auto-forfeits our trust and respect. All toll, it’s been a forfeiting of American trust and respect by half, and that number will grow. This is Trump’s 1st, exorbitant expense of 2025, and it’s still only January. I understand the passion of both red/blue camps wanting to win. But did the red camp ever stop to think about any of the exorbitant expenses~ any needy-egomaniac lying-grifter comes with?
A Democracy, is stabilized by the pillars of trust and integrity, and can’t effectively function without those pillars. Why then, did the red camp so willingly, ignore their intuitive wariness pings, deny proof-facts, neglect to do their due-diligence responsibility, completely overlook history lessons? I live surrounded by the red camp; have plenty of neighbors, family, friends who are die-hard republicans but first and foremost, they’re all good and decent people~ who live by integrity. That they chose Trump, really stumped me. Sure, after the Kool-Aid factory kicked in, we can at least see how the red camp took leave of their sensibilities but I’m talking about 2015 to 16 before, giving him their nod!
The red camp; who believes their platform is the stalwart one; the champion of Democracy, capitalism, fiscal responsibility, are aspects worth exploring but, this fledgling is already too obese to delve into what’s changed from those bygone days to now. So to leave off here for now, those once stalwart aspects are why my family comes from a long line of republicans, and why I proudly registered red when I turned 18. And when the hook Make America Great Again hit home for the red camp coming to terms with a need to retrack, I would’ve taken up that mantra too~ had Trump not been the one holding it.
I suspect~ The Great Man Savior Syndrome, ensnared the red camp’s passion for our country enough for them to willingly, overlook who Trump was. And, I suspect their rigidness to move on after Trump’s 2020 loss, stemmed from the hard pill to swallow syndrome. When integrity defines us and it’s what we live by, it’s a hard pill to swallow, knowing you traded that off for a very sullied, imposter’s cape. Yes, I’ve suffered getting it wrong twice myself so I can empathize. As the reality started to push thru my denial, embarrassment flushed me, and I tried to hide what turned into humiliation, all for getting it wrong. But, those weren’t Trump’s, and I’m a wee bit wiser now. I know, nobody gets a crystal ball, we all make errors, and we all survive humiliating embarrassments. Had Trump’s track record proven he was worth another spin, I could understand the red camps reluctance to move on. Had Trump not fomented an outright insurrection~ maybe, I’d try to understand their anger. I knew it’d take time to come to terms with their loss but never, did I envision they’d go on to help Trump build~ the timebomb we now have.
Ticking Away.
I don’t know what spurs today’s MAGA gang. Are they just lonely and bored souls, all feeling like a nobody when they hitched a ride on the MAGA train and got hooked on what empowerment feels like and now, just don’t want to go back to feeling powerless again? This is a solid ponderance; it’s the same one being considered for what’s fueling all the woke crap. We know Trump minions are a lost cause but when Trump flat out says anyone who isn’t a loyal minion he doesn’t need, they won’t wonder why a president of~ The United States, has no intention of representing all of us, but anyone rational damn well should! Hey everybody! Trump keeps to his vitriol-infused pontificating just as every powermonger ever did! Minions, spread the bile that stokes justified righteousness! The righteously-religious are easiest to stoke and mostly why religion isn’t included in our governance but Trump, didn’t cultivate just them. Any gang, who feels they deserve preferential favor above whoever they deem shouldn’t have any, is prime fodder to radicalize and white supremists and misogynists crawled out of the woodwork! Powermongers stoke the angry, the righteous, the hate-saturated and insecure-weak mindsets cuz radicalizing, is what upends established rule! Tyranny is the goal! Tyrant: bully, autocrat, oppressor; typically usurps legitimate rule to achieve unrestrained power!
Yesterday’s concerned MAGA patriots, have been overrun by ultra-righteous Christians and the hodgepodge of radicalized others. All, have obviously lost sight of the footsteps that Jesus--left for us all to follow. However, since red representation didn’t, denounce Trump post-insurrection, we must fairly consider why, as that would be doing our vigilantly wary job. If national red representation continues to bow at Trump’s feet, their agenda goes way beyond~ winning the oval office. So if that’s the case, the ticking timebomb will keep building up steam. This is Trump, hedging his bet. Either we will get so damn sick of him, we’ll tune out, rollover and let Trump have his way, or, the blue fringe will radicalize. Either way, it’s a win-win for Trump. Blue camp, do not give him what he wants! Allow our peaceful, non-acceptance absence to speak volumes!
To be a patriot of our great country, is to champion Democracy first and foremost! Period! So what change, does the red camp really want? It was insane for them to think just this time, this egomaniac will be okay! Meanwhile, Trump says he has more money than God and wouldn’t be subjecting himself to this if he didn’t care about us! Ha! Aside from needing us to give him a get outta jail free card, there’s still that thing about what drives egomaniacs. Trump lost, in 2020. Losing, doesn’t sit well with egomaniac bullies. We gotta cement this into our noggins! Any, self-serving human who gains power, is subjected to a need for evermore, self-glory and power. It becomes their driving nature and evermore, means the need eventually comes at~ no matter the cost. Think of Alexander The Great. His greatness, is a great example of a megalomaniac. The more he conquered; at one horrific cost, the more he grew to believe~ he was a God. There should be no question then, why Trump likens himself to Superman and Jesus! Ick!
The red camp; and obviously more, willingly overlooked~ Trump is, self-obsessed, in need of evermore power/glory. The operative words are: willingly, obsessed, evermore power/glory. Words, all about emotion. Think passion. It enflames absolutely everything; thoughts, actions, tendencies, to include~ what we want to believe. Well, we know what those who are all-agog over Trump want to believe. For the rest of us, let’s just go with believing; as a real-live just-in-case measure, Trump’s most passionate need of all, is to be immortalized~ at no matter the cost. Another, just-in-case preemptive measure, would be to stretch that out a bit to then consider what is, his actual endgame? After all, he got his get outta jail free card so, what’s got him hitting full speed now if not, his evermore self-glory neediness cuz one thing is certain, it damn sure isn’t for us and our Democracy!
Where We Actually Stand.
Trump & Co; those who swore fealty to him and Musk; the highest bidder buying our Democracy to the tune of $277 million for his spankin’ new office called Doge; Department of Government Efficiency, already came out of the gate whipping up a real scary storm. Currently, Trump is busy jerking chains; the media chain, chains within our very constitution, government workers, the judicial rewriting of January 6th, birthright, poking the Mid-East bear, trade wars with Canada, Mexico, China, buying Iceland. I can’t keep up. But, Trump will keep jerking chains til he finds--where our line of enough awaits. Then, does act #2 come; the choice to back off, or not? My guess? Since he already chose~ escalation, he’s committed. Besides, it goes back to his driving need that won’t allow him to back down, so I do believe needing to immortalized at no matter the cost is, his endgame. So, it’s back to jerking chains, til someone bites. If we take the bait, the enemy has surfaced, and his sick game is on. Now’s a great time to visualize war. War, is an outright slaughter and civil war, is conducted on home turf~ brothers against brothers, sisters to sisters! Civil war means all of us, will be the ones who end up in piled gore and Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Musk & Co, damn sure won’t be anywhere near! Is this truly, what our red camp brothers and sisters actually want? I don’t believe so but if they don’t, then now’s their really great time to jerk Trump’s chain back & reel him in! Please!
We must cease believing any chosen party has all the answers, and all fixes will magically occur if we just choose the right superman. If any mortal has a cape, it’d be a unified mass for hells sake! Realize, it took America a good 30 years to end up in the mess we now have, so anyone who tells us they can fix it all in a blink, is selling a mere fantastical that is~ too good to be true. Everyone, red, blue, purple, young, older, we must honestly ask ourselves what we as individuals~ want to believe. Do we honestly believe, any mortal can come with a cape? Do we honestly believe, the leopard spots on Trump and cabinet minions, will actually change? If so, then please~ we gotta quit lying to ourselves, and let the truth be told. It is, time to pick ourselves up off the road ~ RC.
In America, we act as though ~ any president, is supposed to solve everything for us. If that’s the case, then we don’t even know what Democracy means! Realize, we may not have liked some of our presidents, but in my life of real-time knowledge, I can look back to see and feel, every president did what they thought was best~ for us. Trump, can’t qualify here either. Every rational American, knows Trump will always put himself first. If, his policies work for elitism; then happen to trickle down to us, then could we say he has us in mind. Otherwise, the only driver that will ever motivate Trump to do right by us, would be his driving need for public adoration, and if fake-fawning wasn’t such a disastrous notion, we could use that to our benefit. But of our other presidents in my lifetime; and aside from a few events that had me putting a few under my scrutiny lens, I’m not so damn jaded to think that all or even most of our presidents always, put themselves before us. Nobody but Trump, deserves to carry the weight~ of always.
In America, presidential power is only one, power prong. One good thing that’s come out of this 4-year mess, is that some news outlets took the time to walk us thru how our political and judicial systems work. I feel more enlightened anyway so hats off to that kind of reporting! Mostly, the job of our president’s is to reflect~ who we are. They must lead with integrity, they must inspire us, but they must never~ fuel our hate.
Who Trump is and always will be, is but a playground bully who ticks to the beat of his way or no way, and merely got caught up in a full grown male body, of certifiable egomania-neediness. No patriot, could possibly want our legacy to be written, that we allowed a bully aspiring to be a tyrant ~ topple the greatest Democracy experiment ever.
Sincerely yours, Publius
January 2022. Russia’s egomaniac hit escalation mode. Ukraine, the target. Why? Ukraine wants to become a NATO member. Putin doesn’t want that. The NY Times put it this way. “Putin’s stance: Ukraine is never, never ever allowed to become a NATO member. America’s stance: We can’t abide by such. NATO, is an open-door policy and all allies will not stand by if Putin seeks to change international borders by force.”
November 2022. Putin spent the year trying to force change to those international borders. The toll estimates for just that year, ranged upwards of 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, and same for Russian soldiers. The number of Ukrainian civilian casualties, upwards of 10,000, while many others were seriously wounded, tortured, raped. Whole cities have been blown apart taking with them men, women~ children. As of late 2024, the death toll estimates for nearly 3 years now are upwards of maybe, 800,000 Russian soldiers as most accurate, while Ukraine soldier estimates are around 400,000. Ukraine citizens deaths are upwards of 40,000, and upwards of 170 million Ukrainians, have been displaced or have fled, any way they could.
Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991; the same year Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Croatia, went on to become a NATO member in 2009 but, Ukraine didn’t. It was after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, when they began taking the strategic course to become a member and by 2021, NATO stated that Ukraine has the right to determine its future, without a large neighbor deciding what they can do, hence~ the spark that set Putin into escalation mode.
Ken Follett’s newest book--Never; puts context into what started the Ukrainian nightmare. Follett says that while researching WWI data for an earlier book, he was surprised to find that nobody wanted that war; that it started out as petty boundary gripes~ which then escalated. This became the basis for his book~ Never. Ironically, his book came out prior to Russia invading Ukraine, and what is actually happening, is alarmingly, starkly similar. Streaming headlines about Nuclear War and WWIII, have become a norm. And though the bad guys in his book are China’s old-men war dogs, that doesn’t diminish alarming. Alliances get forged and BRICS~ includes Russia and China.
After WWII, international borders were finally drawn. So when an egomaniac goes against what’s been internationally adopted, it’s easy to spot who the bad guy is, and it’s not the everyday Russian soldier. When I see pictures of their faces, their eyes stare back great fear, great confusion. I get the sense that they are wondering which is worse; being shot by your own country when retreating from an obvious annihilation coming straight at them, or being shot by your neighbors, simply trying to defend themselves?
Countries with nuclear weapon power are: The United States, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea. Just one nuclear missile lobbed, is the gravest of ties~ that binds us as just one, world mass. And, it only takes 30 minutes for just one lobbed missile, to travel half the globe. So it should never, be okay for any world ruler to make nuke-threats! Only power-crazed egomaniacs think that’s okay! In 2022, Russia’s sanctioned news channel began showing a simulation of what a nuked, wiped-out Ireland and England looks like. That, is not okay. It isn’t okay with me, it’s likely not okay with any of us, but it damn sure can’t be okay to our cumulative psyche! As of October 2024, powermonger Putin has made it clear for nearly 3 years now, he isn’t against using nuclear weapons~ if needed. What constitutes needed, to an overtly obsessed, power-crazed egomaniac~ already slaughtering thousands?
The Nuclear Ban Monitor; www.banmonitor.org, is a group of folks who don’t think it’s okay to dish out nuke-threats either since they track how many times a nutcase tosses them out. And though North Korea’s nutcase seems to literally, be in love with his nukes, it pains me to say America’s previous, 2017-20 commander-in-chief; right here where the largest cache of nuclear artillery is housed, flippantly mentioned nuking someone a total of 9 times~ during in his 4-year stint. And while some dismiss his nonstop drivel as harmless, puffed-up posturing, we must never dismiss what drives egomaniacs, what they say, or the heavy weight their words carry~ that land right in our cumulative psyche.
The Weight of Trillions.
Trillions of debt, also lands a heavy weight into our cumulative psyche and in America, the economy remains a prime reason for who we elect, as commander-in-chief. So to track how the economy actually performed under a commander’s watch, we begin at~ The National Bureau of Economic Research; www.nber.org. There, we find economics has a cyclical nature and in fact, presidential hopefuls factor heavily on this cyclical pattern in deciding when, to throw their hopeful hat in the ring.
Since the end of WWII and in America, we’ve experienced 11 economic cycles. The average peak to trough cycle; expansion to contraction, runs about every 4.6 years. Each downturn, lasts for about a year with the exceptions of 1969-70, 81-82, 07-09. To then find data on how each commander actually did in upholding fiscal responsibility during their terms, we dovetail the above data with: www.fiscaldata.treasury.gov.
America’s first T for Trillions in debt, landed in the first year of Republican Reagan’s 8-year run, who then tacked on $1.8 Trillion more. Republican Bush Sr, tacked another $1.6 Trillion during his 4-year run. Democrat Clinton, tacked on $1.4 Trillion in his 8-year run which, it should be noted that of this lookback, he’s the only commander who held onto a surplus budget~ all thru his run. Then came Republican Bush Jr but, so did 9/11 and one mega-recession. His tally was $6.6 Trillion. Democrat Obama; who inherited the aftermath of a mega-recession and 2 ensuing wars, tacked on $8 Trillion. FYI: when I wrote of the Bush/Obama debts years ago, $6.6 and $8 trillion were the tallies. It’s now 2024, and I just went to ensure all tallies are correct. The Bush/Obama tallies are now $5.5 and $9 trillion respectively. Did I get my figures wrong then, or do debt tallies get adjusted as they age? Hmm. Anyway, covid hit during the last year of Republican Trump’s run, who ended with a tally of $8.4 Trillion~ in just 4 short years. Democrat Biden; who inherited the covid aftermath, will end his 4-year run with a tally around $4.3 Trillion. So for this 44-year lookback, America had 4 Republican and 3 Democrat commanders, who tacked on the first T for Trillions, for a grand total debt of~ $33.1 Trillion. Of that, the Republican tally is $19.4 Trillion. The Democrat tally, $13.7 Trillion. And of this, Democrat Clinton tacked on the least, Republican Trump, tacked on the eye-popping most.
It isn’t all that logical to base our decision largely on economics when deciding who, we’ll vote in as our commander-in-chief, because: the cyclical nature of economics runs to a beat of its own rhythm. Then comes the inheritance factor; what each president bequeaths to the next. Then comes~ The Federal Reserve, who impacts our economy far more than any single president can. Then comes the fact that 535 representatives first have to gain consensus, for a president’s economic plan to even materialize. And lastly, even experts have a hard time gauging what economies will do; especially since we’re a now-globalized, economy. So, shouldn’t we be casting our vote based on proven track record facts and actions, thereby qualifying someone to even be~ a commander-in-chief?
Further Scrutiny.
Since economy is so important to us, and since we have the same 2 hopefuls as we did in the 2020 race; both which come with 4-year proven track records and actions, we need to scrutinize their record and actions a bit more. Update: it’s now July, and President Biden just dropped out. VP Harris, is now the contender. Then, no such luck. I’m leaving the Biden section in below, cuz Trump spent 4 years building his campaign promises up, by tearing Biden’s track record down, making this scrutiny~ still relevant.
Biden’s economic track record is good but since Trump worked overtime to mar it, please check it out for yourself. Query: economy during Biden’s term. Of 2024 and from Googles top-10 articles; where many of us learn from, I first pick www.gov ones, if available. There was. The Joint Economic Committee; www.jec.senate.gov confirms Biden’s track record is good. AP News; www.apnews.com says the same thing. Interested to see what Nasdaq; www.nasdaq.com had to offer, I found a comparison chart which began with LBJ and ended with Biden, also confirming a good track record for Biden. Now armed with some consistency, I look into other, top-10 articles. One, completely flunked the consistency and unbiased test. I then chose a Forbes article; www.forbes.com. Though it neglected to mention the above consistency facts and a few other noteworthy cause/effect happenings, it did spell out a few false, Trump boasts. Overall, I was glad to see fairly impartial reporting. But the most common thread mentioned, still goes back to who really pulls the economic strings around here which is~ The Federal Reserve. I suspect this is the most common tidbit mentioned, cuz it’s the one fact, we most overlook.
Today’s info-deluge reality means~ we must do our own comparative sleuthing. For my above effort, it probably took a ½ hr to read those articles. Since the economy is so important to us, I’d say ½ hr isn’t too much time invested. In fact, it’s taken longer to type this paragraph than to read those articles and, I didn’t speed read. I did my vigilantly wary due-diligence. I compared statistics to ensure consistency. I compared viewpoints. I did--pause to reflect. This is what we all need to do. We slow it down, we pause to reflect, and we quit getting all our facts from FOX and MSNBC! Uh, my apologies to MSNBC. I keep throwing you under the bus but someone, has to go up against what’s going on over at FOX! Everyone, make no mistake, FOX has the clear lead to being the least, factual news outlet and if it was MSNBC, I’d say so! I am purple proud and we, don’t read or watch to digest, red or blue data only. Purple means we have to do comparison sleuthing and by doing so, we find that what goes on at MSNBC; the blue camp stronghold, aligns with what’s factual far more than what red camp FOX provides and exceedingly so, ever since they went all-in for Trump! As for the economy, I know that’s way too complex for me to base my vote on. For me, it’s mostly about integrity. An integral, altruistically-driven, honest person, backed by track record proof, does indeed~ damn well matter. Altruistic, means for all, and Democracy is~ for all the people.
When an economic cycle is set to turn up and does, the credit is typically absconded by the next president but, that’s typical politicking. It becomes a serious matter when we, vote in a 2nd term for those who eagerly take credit for upturns, they did little to bring about. To put a close on Biden, he inherited Trump’s covid policy price tag, and a tanking economy. Biden will leave; just as Obama did, a recovering economy to Trump. Sure, I choked when Biden announced his $3 Trillion infrastructure plan but, it was expressly intended to put blue-collar us back to work, by rebuilding our dilapidated infrastructure; bridges, sewers, water systems. Necessities, we all need. Also worth a mention, Biden is the only president in 30 years to state: newday technology has taken away too many decent paying jobs. Yep. I became a Biden fan, from that mention on.
A farewell to President Biden is in order. Thank you, for giving your lifetime to serving us. You have done so from the most natural, altruistic intent. And though your age catching up had to be a hard truth to accept, we can easily see you did it for us, and for the resiliency of our Democracy. What a stark comparison to Trump, who never did put his weight behind another contender~ all while attending to his many, racked-up felony charges. Anyone who holds our Democracy first, would’ve done just that; as-in just in case~ they land in jail. And at the mention of your nemesis, many of us will remember his tactless actions on that fateful night that wasn’t a debate, but a ruthless, baseless attack. Accusing you of the one who needs thrown in jail, has to be his lowest of lowballs. Indeed. Who you are President Biden, Trump will never be. Thank you for representing us, the way you have.
2nd, 2nd Chance Wake Up Call.
In 2016, we flunked. We gave the keys~ to Our Democracy, to an overtly obvious, power-hungry, egomaniac elitist. Our naïvety, could be excused. After all, Democratic masses aren’t accustomed to coming up against~ really bad options. But for the next 4 years, we still didn’t amass to tug our Democracy up to its logical next, forward-ho step. Our negligence, could also be excused. Knowing our Democracy is in trouble, is one thing. Knowing what to do about it, quite another. Same goes for why Trump got elected in 2016. Our cumulative mindset; now clearly worried about our Democracy but not knowing how to rectify that, had too many of us hoping, a superman will fix it. Well, it’s one thing to bank on a hope, but quite another to actually believe~ any mortal comes with a cape. So, we spent 2017 thru 2020, doing nothing but waiting, for an invisible cape to save us.
Fall of 2020. Enough of us knew Trump wouldn’t save us so we didn’t flunk our 2nd chance wakeup call and I thought finally! We’ll surely tug our Democracy up to its logical next, forward-ho step now! But, we still didn’t. And though covid did snap us awake; enough to at least loosen our blinders and clearly see; not just sense, that our world was indeed unraveling, we basically just shifted our banked hope, onto a blue cape.
When Trump announced he’d run again; fall of 2022, I put my hope into a 2nd, 2nd chance wakeup call, and eagerly so cuz after all, we were more savvy now! My forever hopeful optimism, included the certainty that we, clearly saw the stranglehold an exclusive, just-2 lead can put a Democracy in. Then when 2024 unfolded, it looked like Trump was finally going to be facing his slew of felony charges in 4 criminal cases: election interference, classified document misuse, falsifying hush money records, trying to overturn 2020 election; aka insurrection, and my hope soared! With now, 10 years of him proving his low-cal integrity, 10 years of trampling over our civilized parameters and offending our every sensibility~ The King of Debt, would finally have to pay the fiddler for the defilements to us and our Democracy! Surely, we’d bust out the logical next move this time! The very move~ all waning Democracies are screaming for the chance to have.
Still Screaming.
By mid-spring 2024, that damn neck-n-neck held even post, 88 felony charges. My hopeful certainty, came up against foreboding. With all that we knew about the caliber of who Trump was, with all that we knew of polar opposite Biden; now to include his good, 4-year track record nearly bagged, neck-n-neck was unbelievable. So, I determined to hatch this Trump Expose, hoping to help young and/or unsure voters see why Trump, doesn’t deserve their vote. I then amped up all efforts here, hoping to get Our Story out before summer. That, didn’t happen. As the unbelievable grew more surreal, my foreboding turned frantic. Still not yet accepting my efforts were a little too late and a dollar too short, I cast my frazzled hope outwards. Somebody, must make our young voters see that we~ not Trump, have their future square in our sights! That Trump, is precisely what Democracies can’t afford to tolerate! But, by mid-October I began to accept there was nothing we could shout, to override Trump’s lying ways. Come November 5th, I couldn’t make myself watch how our now 2nd, 2nd chance, went down.
Like many, weeks of waking up to the nightmare of what we’d just done, then followed. Hope, was nowhere in sight. Also like many, my thoughts were gripped on how, such a royal fashion flunking could’ve possibly occurred. Up til then, I hadn’t really thought much about the distinction between hoping a superman can save us, vs truly believing~ mortals can have capes. A crass summary to be sure but, that’s what we came up against. The more formal take is housed in The Great Man Theory. I’d already covered this plenty, I just hadn’t ever felt the impact of that summary, til now. But somewhere along this never-ending writing trek, I’d wondered if superman fixations spike in times of uncertainty so I looked it up, and sure enough. Well, what it means to be human truly is, one fascinating, intertwined complexity. But, what it means to be this very specialized communal species, did become one helluva~ truly convoluted entanglement.
While we all know how wondrously our great info-deluge worked us over, it still wouldn’t have worked if not for something insidious growing in us. In the bridging effort; The Morning’s After, I’d used the word canker, to convey that. Had I delved any further, nothing about the bridging effort would’ve snuck by any word count restriction! So for a quick overview, there’s 3 theories about how~ The Human Experiment unfolds. Is it the Gods, great men, or us~ the great mass, who conducts how life unfolds? So like a seed that lays dormant in soil til nourished to become a weed, societal canker seeds lay in the soil of these theories. From there, we~ not rulers, sprout them; addictions, righteousness, bad life choices, and these weed stems grow. If left to flourish in great abundance, a societal canker lives and~ we’ve got T for real Trouble, right here in River City~ RP.
To be this communal species truly is, an incredible exploration and I did my level best to present it throughout Our Story. Yet, I only scraped the surface to all that’s so very intertwined and entangled but, it’s a start. Which, brings me to us~ the great mass.
In the bridging effort, I hammered on why we must pull on what’s innate; our DNA-stamped shared-valued survival system, our grit, intuit, wisdom. I introduced us to us; the amazing, emotion-fueled, conscious-realized awareness, communal species us. I hammered on why we must always remain vigilantly wary, and do our due-diligence job. I stated that by lowering our basic decent integrity standards to provide a flex-plan for even just one, power-hungry egomaniac elitist, set a precedent that ties directly into what no civilized society or Democracy can afford to tolerate before civilized, no longer prefaces that society. And, I said we must do the work~ not governance, if the intention of the free world mass, is to tug the system of Democracy up to its logical next, forward-ho step. All of this, merely frames the how and why, we came up against the nightmare we now have. It is throughout our bulging story, that we explore~ those how’s and why’s.
Nearly, Insurmountable.
So! We are off to conquer the scaling of--Integrity and Trust. Massive boulders, slammed together with Ms. Imminent, tightly snugged atop them. It’s one huge granite wall so today’s climb won’t be easy for many and that, is of great concern to this scribe, trying to write a unifying start! Yikes! Here’s a few tidbits for those jumping in 13 deep. All fledglings, take a good hour or more to ingest; this one most surely, so set aside an uninterrupted time-chunk. We’ve got serious homework ahead. And for those who fall off, at least keep the Goliath 1st half in mind cuz it applies to all humanity. Political allegiance doesn’t matter on~ thee biggest, picture scene.
Many tidbits found in~ The Morning’s After bridging effort, were copied from here; hence, a hefty patch job is in progress here! Though before publication permanence, I’ll fuse the bridge back in here, and this one will forever remain in~ The Story of Our Times. For now though; now on our 3rd, 2nd chance wakeup call, my 2025 frame of mind has other things to say. We, must come out of the starting gate with Trump. Since it takes this optimist 10x’s longer than I ever plan to chisel out even a page, time is what’s precious. Fusing and sifting thru which tidbits make the permanent cut here, can wait.
The load this one carries still stands, but with a variation. Now, it’s expressly formatted for everyone; not just young and/or unsure voters. All of us, must remember or learn to then share, so everyone clearly understands how~ the unbelievable transpires. Seriously, we can’t flunk this lesson ever again cuz I have no doubt we will ever, be so lucky again to get another, so overtly obvious, no-go lesson! Our Story, is a starterplate for us to first get on the same page but from today on, the pages to what next gets written, are still blank. So first and quickly, we write about how we set off with a bang at the onset of 2025! We found, agreed and chose, the integral experts, scholars, journalists and outlets, we want guiding us. We’ve got 4 years of Trumpisms ahead~ and he will, keep dumping his dirty work into the great info-deluge. There can be no doubt to this now. He's got 10 years under his belt at how to pound til it sticks: “Media, is the enemy of the people. A threat to Democracy.” For 2025, AP News reported on his media retribution agenda: “We have to straighten out the press. It’s very corrupt, almost as corrupt as our elections.” FYI: had we moved to defend our integral news outlets back in 2016, the nightmare about to unfold for them and us, wouldn’t be our reality now. Trump’s outlet; Truth Social, isn’t just a gross defaming of the word truth, but a prime example of his many~ pot calling the kettle black antics. We must see his ploys and antics.
Ironically, the-time-is-ripe window is still open. We won’t know when it will close til it does, and we won’t know when it will open again til it does, so it’s us and it’s now who must act! Trump’s provided us enough, 2nd chance wakeup calls! It’s the one great thing Trump did for us but only if~ we finally seize our extraordinary opportunity that’s really really ripe by now! Trump will have then earned, his great need to be immortalized.
All-Important Pillars.
I can’t edit out all that history teaches us just to forgo offending those who refuse to accept the very lessons which did indeed develop~ just like clockwork, the same ole’ down-spiral wave we now have. This whole series was built around the 3 partners in this timeworn dance and all thru it, I pressed the need to elevate vigilant wariness so we wouldn’t, fall victim to the next egomaniac that came along! All of this was written, long before the 2015 lineup of republican hopefuls hit stage-center so you can imagine how aghast I was, when that lineup included the mugshot of one who happens to strike the perfect pose of a fat-rat egomaniac! Egomaniac: obsessively egotistical, self-absorbed. Trump, obsessively gloats over himself so the definition of egomaniac~ fits him to a tee.
Years ago, I was given the advice to paint myself in better but, I didn’t see its obviousness til just a few years ago. Though in my defense, anonymity is what had me glitching. But, turns out that advise wasn’t about providing telltale clues; race, creed, gender. Rather, it was about~ the sum of who I am, and it would’ve been real handy if my advisors would’ve spelled that out! But, it should’ve been obvious right at the get-go, cuz that’s when I wrote about~ trust and integrity. Obviously, you will need to know my truths, so that I can earn your trust. If we don’t have trust, this whole endeavor is for naught. That, is how all-important those pillars are, and I should’ve connected this to me years ago. So I’m not the sharpest which is one of my truths, but I have a few perks that make up for that. Being truthful; to the point of being known as rather frank, and living my life guided by genuine integrity; to the point that I won’t go thru life any other way, are 2 of my other truths. During this final, now 5-year and still counting perusing stint, I’d been using myself as the backdrop for trust and integrity but then again, along came Trump. Honestly, we couldn’t have been given a better take for how egomaniacs roll, and how to spot a bad guy, then via the absence of~ these all-important pillars.
Disclosure. I didn’t care for Trump after watching maybe 20 minutes of his show somewhere around 2010. After tearing down the contestants with his overtly zealous, you’re fired theatrics, all I could see was a pathetic bully, and turned the channel. Then came 2015. For years, Trump had circulated his bravado claim that he’d be a really great president if he ever ran, which, I’d guess is why the reality that he actually was, didn’t truly hit me til his mug showed up in that 2015 lineup. I was unprepared, and aghast is apt. Anyway, I want my intent known. I tell myself to check my personal Trump-views at the door each time I work on this. In rereads, if I find I wasn’t successful, I work to rectify that. But regardless of whether I succeed in keeping myself in-check, indisputable Trump facts stand on their own. Facts, that clearly define who Trump is and who he is, isn’t a good guy, and that’s the softest take I’ve come up with. FYI: indisputable, prefaces factual truths. When I surmise or flat out say how I see it, I make these distinctions clear.
*How to Spot a Bad Guy, is a section currently in the bridging effort; 2nd page. Scroll to there for a refresher to what builds integrity, and why Trump has a low caliber at best. Just know this most basic~ common decent integrity of standards; which we all strive to achieve by adulthood, is the very beacon that’s guided humanity towards an evermore, civilized existence. Humanity, wouldn’t have made it this far, had it not been for that packet of standards. This deserves spotlighted, remembered, protected, and most especially whenever any powermonger slides in a flex-plan to lower those standards! We, are in charge of what’s acceptable in our society! The inglorious truth we already get to live with is not once but twice, we allowed a guy who never even bothered to bag the qualifiers for adulthood, become thee representative to~ the sum of who Americans are.
Trump Exposé.
Who Trump is, was evident the very day he asked for our support in June 2015. It is from that day on, Trump began to earn the review I’m about to provide. Who Trump is~ based entirely on what’s not acceptable in our society, he’s consistently proved ever since. Had Trump rode off into the sunset after his 2020 fall, the only mentions of him were the minimal, performance tidbits about our most recent presidents; the safe bet for someone trying to write a unifying start! But, then came January 6th, 2021. Trump, forced his way into The Story of Our Times, clinching the spotlight of~ for the worse, that very day so no need to shoot the messenger. This is our country, our Democracy and Trump, defiled both~ that very day. That, is where I drew the line. No kid gloves. That, is where all patriots should’ve drawn the line but, it didn’t turn out that way.
Recipe for Disaster.
Trump’s intent to divide our country became indisputable, January 6th, 2021. No genuine, commander-in-chief, would have stood by for 2 hours, eager to watch what unfolded. There’s no speculation to this. All of us, all got to see with our very own eyes: his excitement elevate, while that sordid event unfolded. Genuine, is the operative word. So regardless of Trump/FOX rewriting what we didn’t see, many insurrectionists readily testified they were~ acting on Trump’s orders: “Take back our Democracy! Fight like hell or you won’t have a country anymore!” Those are Trump commands verbatim, so of course his minions followed his orders! I don’t get it. If republicans believe Trump is sharp enough to run our country, why don’t they think he’s sharp enough to look up the most basic recipe for~ how to foment an insurrection? Of 2025 first things first, Trump headed straight for rewriting history. Well, historians also have an ethical creed, so they’ll be in the abide or else hot seat real soon. We must, put our weight behind integral news outlets and now historians because~ that’s our sound oversight job dangit! Anytime, truth and integrity get cast aside as though those guideposts are no longer en’ vogue, we need to snap-to! All of us; purple, blue, young, older and red! We all live within ethical parameters and it is our job to stand guard so they don’t get trampled over by someone looking to divide us! Parameters, that qualify a society as civilized for hells sake so yes, everyone must clearly understand how the unbelievable transpires so it never again happens!
History, alerts us to how egomaniacs roll so when Trump-acts started getting connected to Hitler’s, there’s nothing novel about either. What Trump did and still does is~ straight outta the 101 power-ploy handbook. Recipe for disaster: hijack an angst wave when the time is ripe, simply by snagging a handful of minions who, by their very nature, love being told what to think. Eagerly, they’ll go wherever told, and spread the lies and distrust bile they’ve been slathered with. Then, just ratchet-up outrageous theatrics and bombastic untruths sure to enflame the righteous bone; the must-have to justify mounting anger. When primed, direct everyone onto who, when and where to show up, to unleash their pent-up anger. Yep. A 101 for~ how to foment an insurrection. That we’ve allowed Trump 4-years to reincite what he fomented is, unbelievable! That red representation and FOX still stump for Trump and his big lie to downplay his insurrection, isn’t only unbelievable~ it is wholly unacceptable! If this rollover and take it, is also part of our new flex-plan, then forget about Trump! What does this say about us?
By fall of 2016, many alarms had gone off that a bad guy, had entered the scene. Too many, ignored them making this is the 1st accountability chunk we must own. That Trump won’t ever own his, doesn’t give us a free pass. We don’t have to like his inglorious truths or ours, but if we truly want real change, we must own ours. This chunk doesn’t apply to the blue camp as that healthy, 25% red/blue measure means 25% per, always vote straight ticket. Also, seldom did I notice the blue camp stoop to low balls; the Trump norm, so thank you. And for those who banked on Trump to be your savior in 2016, we all can empathize. Half of us experience that letdown, every 4th fall. Still, we provided our red camp brethren a 4-year commensuration. It was more than fair to ask them to please come to terms with who~ Trump really is. But, this didn’t turn out that way either.
On Day-1.
The unbelievable, began in 2011 when Trump spewed sleaze-bile all over Obama’s citizenship. A flagrant lie that carried real heft, long after debunked. Was he plotting a run for the oval office then? Was he testing the waters to see how ripe our angst was? Was he on a fishing mission to see how many minions he could snag? Whatever he was up to, we all should’ve ask ourselves then~ what kind of person would do such a thing?
When Trump asked for our support in 2015, his mission statement then, hasn’t changed. On day-1, he began pounding into our noggins what he still wants us to believe. He is filthy rich, cuz he’s a financial wizard of great business acumen. This was Trump’s first, big red flag he alone waved. For those who hadn’t yet noticed Trump’s self-absorbed neediness prior to that day, we had to at least felt an intuitive wariness ping and if for no other reason than the silver spoon, elitism etchings, now engrained at some level in all of us by now. How can any kid who grows up with a silver spoon, fairly represent us, must less care about us, or possibly think they even know us? So at this calm juncture; with 16 republican hopefuls to choose from, our wariness had to be elevated when we learned of this financial wizard’s, bankruptcy splurges. Multiple bankruptcies, attests to an indisputable~ driving need to overreach. For Trump, this was a whopping 6 splurges. Of this fact alone, I was just sure Trump wouldn’t make it out of that lineup cuz republicans, surely wouldn’t want a needy overreacher in charge of the purse strings! Seriously, how many chances do fat-rat elites get to get it right anyway?
Our news; still mostly factual and trusted back then, walked us thru what bankruptcy means to commoner-us; those left holding the bag and not just the tax bailout bag. Trump’s Atlantic City overreach was spotlighted. Stonemasons, drywallers, painters, woodworkers, plumbers; any commoner providing any job for just this one, glory-needy overreach, were given pennies on the dollar~ for their hard work efforts. A toll, that hit many contractors, many went broke, and the domino effect just kept click-clicking. This was the 1st sign I picked up on that Trump’s disregard of us~ was disturbingly blatant.
We then learned it was Daddy, who gave his son a huge leg up so Trump, isn’t a self-made fat-rat. I’d guess it was after Daddy, had seen enough of his son’s neediness to overreach that Daddy, provided Jr with real financial wizards just to keep his son off the bankruptcy bench. I’m not being flippant. History, is stuffed with how silver spoon success, is typically derived by surrounding those babes real financial acumen, just to prevent the loss of family fortunes. But, always quick to blame~ never accountable, Trump blamed his company men for landing him on that bench. As for Trump’s business acumen, his puffed-up bravado certainly serves him well but, that posturing didn’t align with his bankruptcy splurges, and our vigilant wariness should’ve picked up on that.
Also on day-1, Trump stated: “I’m worth $8 billion, and will prove it before the 1st debate.” Well, it wasn’t long after, when our news beat him to the punch. Trump’s filthy rich status of $8 billion~ was doubly-overstuffed. This was blatant lie #1. As for the vow to prove his financial acumen, we all know what a repeat offender he was on that. This was blatant lie #2; on day-1 no less, and also, his 2nd blatant disregard of us. To humbly submit this longstanding gesture, is given to show us the proof, that a candidate does respect us and the law, at least enough to pay their fair share of taxes~ just as we must.
Cumulative Mindset Hits.
Since 2015, the exorbitantly expensive Trump-tallies begin with the hits our cumulative mindset has incurred. The rise of bullying, hate crimes, white supremists, bigotry, the unseen spike-rise in mass shootings, provide the typical evidence to what happens when the spirit of any times, spirals down. Nobody, has to be a rocket scientist to connect Trump to these spikes. Hillary, mentioned Trump’s overt bullying tactics giving rise to schoolyard bullying, and that was back on the debate stage in 2016! But, the red camp was already hooked, and merely justified Trump’s reprehensible, hate-laced vitriol, as a mere show of strength. Bullying, isn’t a show of strength~ but that of base character. The head of our nation; the one we’re supposed to look up to--including our youth, is the single changing cause, to the abhorrent hate-spike effects we’ve incurred, ever since.
Long before the lineup of 16 republican candidates completely shrunk, Trump had blown right thru the truth without even blinking, didn’t even yield at trust, ran right over promised vows. We knew, long before that lineup came down to just him, Trump could care less about trampling over our ethical parameters. We knew he held no shred of respect or concern for us, we knew he was miles closer to being a pathological liar than he’d ever get to having genuine integrity. It was obvious. Truth and integrity, meant nothing to Trump. Whatever it took to satisfy his insatiable neediness for evermore glory and power, meant everything. Some people lie you see. They say one thing, but mean something else completely. ~JJC. All smack in our face truths, all proving that if Trump had any integrity, it was a wholly~ unacceptable caliber. All of this, should’ve mattered.
As this typing unfolds, my ire elevates. I’m now wondering why I’m trying to be gentle in the delivery of what’s indisputable. The tally of Trump’s unacceptable ickiness, has gotta be a hefty book by now but those indisputable facts are still out there. We can’t force Trump loyalists to sleuth for factual data, but we should’ve prevented them from taking us on a 2nd, Trump spin. My effort to shoot for a gentler delivery, is for any rational republicans left, post November 5th, 2024. If that’s you reading this, I’m thinking of you.
Submerging The Truth.
I’d guess it was the RNC powerhouse who whittled the 16 republican hopefuls down by early 2016, which would account for why Trump’s contenders dropped off so readily. Winning, is all that matters~ not integrity, and since integrity wasn’t Trump’s strong suit, the RNC must’ve figured Trump’s unscrupulous ploys, would best keep this contender in the spotlight. Then whatever deal Trump cut with Rupert Murdoch, must have been a doozy cuz Fox News, went straight into overdrive for Trump. A deal, that likely had to do with Rupert, providing a dedicated team to help drive Trump’s campaign trail straight to his station and in return, Trump’s sensationalized theatrics and outrageous untruths, would keep Rupert’s cash register cha-chinging. With the largest disseminating outlet now secured, Trump probably wouldn’t of had to hit the campaign trail, had it not been for his driving need of~ publicly-displayed adulation. This isn’t a flippant statement either. Many who know him, make mention of this neediness but regardless, it’s a standard neediness all egomaniacs have. So by this juncture, his tacticians merely had to try and keep Trump muzzled enough so he didn’t completely, offend the sensibilities of the middle. Otherwise, they merely had to keep the dial tuned into a just-so, righteous escalation; not too dripping-slow, not too burnout-fast~ just like power-ploy clockwork.
For the rest of us, we were in such a state of disbelief, we were caught off guard. We raced about to fact-check whatever Trump spewed out, and neglected to notice what was going on over at Fox News. By the time it was down to Hillary and Trump, it was too late. The Kool-Aid factory was fully operational by then. Fake news, came to put the cherry on the top and, it wasn’t just Putin trying to sway our 2016 election Trump’s way. Turns out, fake news is an enterprise all its own. Wee factories anywhere; Madagascar even, readily accepts greenbacks for any request which, the type most requested then? American political mayhem. Hmm…Now who’d have excess greenbacks, and a driving need to buy then spread, such slicked-up cherries? Greenback boogie everywhere!~IR.
Hillary won the popular vote by nearly 3 million, but didn’t throw a tantrum. Biden won by 7 million, and we know the tantrum Trump threw. All 3 rounds; 2024 included, incurred one helluva snow job. Still, I truly believed we were much wiser to him by 2024. A 2nd, 2nd chance wakeup call not heeded, would be a shame on all of us this time. A shame, that would define what American’s of today, value, find acceptable, and what measure of grit~ we now have. Unbelievably, shame it is.
Exorbitantly Expensive.
Still back on the 2015-16 campaign trail, Trump’s fattest, empty promises were: Obama’s horrifically bad universal healthcare he’d rid us of, vowed to stop to those illegal alien invasions, vowed to wipe the entire, $19 Trillion debt slate clean before his 2nd term was up by making massive tax cuts, and creating trade wars. Economists didn’t think that was a good plan and, they were right. To this, Trump waved another red flag when he actually proclaimed~ I am The King of Debt! “I’ve made a fortune using debt! If things don’t work out, I renegotiate. That’s smart, not stupid.” Smart renegotiating, obviously includes a skies-the-limit, bankruptcy splurges. But this Trump-gloat was, absolutely true.
Here’s what actually happened. Obamacare, survived. Migrants; not aliens, came by the droves, hoping to reach the promised land before, Trump’s wall was completed. And rather than erasing our debt, he managed to tack $4 Trillion onto it during his first 3 years, and $4 Trillion more when covid hit. A’ course, Trump blamed Obama for his 1st load, covid for the 2nd. What a loser. Here’s the facts: Obama inherited, then dug us out of, the aftermath of our recession, 2 ongoing wars and still, ended his run handing Trump~ an economic upswing and recovery. Same for Biden. He inherited Trump’s covid price tag; never heard Biden whine about it, but did spend his 4 years & $4 Trillion debt, on resuscitating what Trump had gifted him. Trump again, inherits an economic upswing and recovery. No recession, no wars, no 9/11 and still, the overreacher racked-up the most staggering debt ever~ in just 4 short years. Trump certifiably is~ The King of Debt.
In 2022, a legislated requirement finally forced The King of Debt, to disclose proof of his financial wizardry. Of course, Trump didn’t pay a smidgen in taxes, comes with a long history of not paying his share, isn’t nearly as rich as he claimed. No surprises there, but it was a nice surprise when he was charged with bloating the value of his assets on one hand, minimizing it on the other. But, that only enraged the schoolyard bully more. Trump kicked relentless into high gear; pounding, pounding, pounding into us, who the real enemies are. That he, was the poor victim of a political witch hunt; witch hunt maybe, poor victim never. That we, can’t trust our voting system; he was actually the enemy. That our judicial system is the enemy; just those who uphold the law though. That Congress is the enemy; the swamp he never drained but restocked. That media is the enemy; just those who uphold integrity. His inauguration drivel included the 2020 election that wasn’t stolen from him, was. His pot calling the kettle black antics, on full display. Trump won’t change! The leopard can’t change his spots idiom works too except a leopard, doesn’t deserve being likened to ick! Yeah, I’m getting salty alright. Trump loyalists: before grabbing for the tar and feathers, put the shoe on the other foot cuz everybody knows, how salty you’d be had a Trump-act waltzed out of the blue camp!
High Stakes Spin.
All indisputable Trump facts, qualifies Trump for grifter status. A guy who lies without blinking, a guy who had upwards of 90 felony charges to account for, does have grifter written all over him! He earned those charges, and he is far from being a poor victim! His financial wizardry stems from a very crooked wand that would eventually catch up to him, and he’s been plotting his get outta jail ploy ever since his insurrection failed! For 4 long years, this grifter relentlessly prepped us to distrust every entity cuz the time to pay the fiddler was coming for him! Yes! He tried like hell to win this round just to save his own neck! Egomaniacs, only care about their own neck and that’s at no matter the cost! It’s all been a huge con job and we don’t have to be rocket scientists to connect overriding fact-dots to this grifter! Grifter: swindler who preys on people. If Trump didn’t land in jail, then did we had every right to distrust our judicial system! And, distrust it is.
Of 2025. Trump finally and justly became—a registered felon. But, no penalties, what-so-ever. Zilch. So, we get to be grateful for the efforts of Judges Merchan, Willis, hopefully Chutkan, and of course, the tireless efforts of Jack Smith. They’re all in Trump’s retribution crosshairs. But~ Jumping’ Jack Flash~ RS, jumped ship rather than giving Trump his sick satisfaction! A’ course, Trump immediately released his insurrection minions. Uh, I should mention a clarification. Voting for Trump, doesn’t make us minions. Bowing to, and spreading whatever a lord tells us to spread~ that makes us a minion. So, the insurrectionists who no longer bow to Trump, are no longer minions. And, white collars aren’t immune. Cowing to power for stature and wealth; especially those who vow to represent us, are the sleaziest of minions! Which, brings us to Supreme Court Justices. Those who didn’t cow to Trump this last round; Sotomayor, Roberts, Kagan, Barret, Brown, deserve respect for upholding the law~ in spite of bully retributions. So in picking up the pieces, we’ll need to work to regain trust in our judicial system, but have every right to question~ cuz it’s our job, the integrity of our other, Supreme Court Justices.
Trump’s financial wizardry and great business acumen — is no longer in question. From there, and in every other~ exorbitantly expensive way: from cumulative mindset hits, blatant disregards of us, country, truth, integrity, our voting and judicial systems, submerging integral news, casting the inalienable rights of our females off to states so they could do his divide to conquer dirty work, and taking our angst wave for a dive straight down and equip it with a ticking timebomb for hells sake, are all indisputable proofs to why we damn sure couldn’t afford another Trump spin! The job of hopeful contenders, is to go out and garner our support. It is our job, to do our vigilantly wary due-diligence~ to ensure they deserve it. Don’t know how many didn’t, and we will explore this a bit more on down the road but for now, we do know our news mentioned that many, didn’t know Harris was running; not Biden, but the name Trump, did register. If many, is a great big bunch of us, that is~ plumass embarrassing about us.
In Highest Esteem.
Like many, I’m not always keen about who we elect, but always give respect to our choice. I champion Democracy, and consensus-building is~ Democracy. I believe these markers are apt for most so again, we’re not that different. I also believe most of us hold our highest office~ in the highest of esteem. This includes me. However, I can’t abide giving that respect to someone who blatantly disregards us, Democracy, integrity, our every sensibility, you name it. Half of us, likely don’t yet realize he doesn’t deserve their respect but the fact is--he marred us all. And though many of us may think other presidents don’t deserve our trust/respect, that would be your truths. For me, I drew my one line at Trump, who sullied everything that matters, in the matters of highest esteem.
I am, passionate about pureform humanity, our gem of a planet, Democracy. Pureform, is of 3 parts; mind, body, soul. We can’t go about life neglecting one part, as that’s like running on 2 of 3 cylinders. However, I know there’s folks who don’t believe spirituality plays a role in their lives and, maybe that’s true. So, we can liken this possibility to having kids. We can go thru life just fine without having kids but after we do, we can’t imagine going thru life without them! To me, spirituality and integrity is like that. Once realized, I can’t imagine going thru life without the guidance of both. Same goes for Democracy. I love my country. Would I still, if it wasn’t a Democracy? Probably. But once we experience living in a Democracy, I don’t believe we can imagine living in a country, that isn’t one. This is what I ask everyone to keep first and foremost in mind as 2025 opens. What is now our 3rd and maybe last, 2nd chance wakeup call to get it right: Protecting Our Democracy~ is now 1st up on our to-do list and will be, for 4 long years.
Submerging a Platform.
Post, January 6th, 2021. The handful of national republican representation that did call that sordid event~ the insurrection it was, were rewarded with threats and to the point where some resigned, others chose not to represent us anymore once their term is up, and the rest we fired~ first chance we got. A guaranteed firing awaited Liz Cheney and still, she calls the insurrection exactly that. Cheney and 9 others~ put integrity first. This integral-10, paved the way for the republican platform to remain viable. Had the rest followed suit, it would’ve been a no-brainer to simply shine the light on integrity, above all. Had they, we wouldn’t be in the jam we’re in now and the red platform, wouldn’t be Trump’s alt-right camp now. Instead, they chose to show the whole world that integrity no longer matters~ in the very beacon of Democracy. That’s a big chunk of accountability, red representation will forever hold. Currently, Trump’s stuffing his cabinet with minions who swore fealty to him. The oath? Swear to uphold his big fat lie, which culminated into a harmless protest~ not an outright insurrection, on January 6th 2021. Of January 2025. The circus came to town, and it’s been an endless parade~ GM. Clowns, here to serve their lord; not us, is their disqualifier that auto-forfeits our trust and respect. All toll, it’s been a forfeiting of American trust and respect by half, and that number will grow. This is Trump’s 1st, exorbitant expense of 2025, and it’s still only January. I understand the passion of both red/blue camps wanting to win. But did the red camp ever stop to think about any of the exorbitant expenses~ any needy-egomaniac lying-grifter comes with?
A Democracy, is stabilized by the pillars of trust and integrity, and can’t effectively function without those pillars. Why then, did the red camp so willingly, ignore their intuitive wariness pings, deny proof-facts, neglect to do their due-diligence responsibility, completely overlook history lessons? I live surrounded by the red camp; have plenty of neighbors, family, friends who are die-hard republicans but first and foremost, they’re all good and decent people~ who live by integrity. That they chose Trump, really stumped me. Sure, after the Kool-Aid factory kicked in, we can at least see how the red camp took leave of their sensibilities but I’m talking about 2015 to 16 before, giving him their nod!
The red camp; who believes their platform is the stalwart one; the champion of Democracy, capitalism, fiscal responsibility, are aspects worth exploring but, this fledgling is already too obese to delve into what’s changed from those bygone days to now. So to leave off here for now, those once stalwart aspects are why my family comes from a long line of republicans, and why I proudly registered red when I turned 18. And when the hook Make America Great Again hit home for the red camp coming to terms with a need to retrack, I would’ve taken up that mantra too~ had Trump not been the one holding it.
I suspect~ The Great Man Savior Syndrome, ensnared the red camp’s passion for our country enough for them to willingly, overlook who Trump was. And, I suspect their rigidness to move on after Trump’s 2020 loss, stemmed from the hard pill to swallow syndrome. When integrity defines us and it’s what we live by, it’s a hard pill to swallow, knowing you traded that off for a very sullied, imposter’s cape. Yes, I’ve suffered getting it wrong twice myself so I can empathize. As the reality started to push thru my denial, embarrassment flushed me, and I tried to hide what turned into humiliation, all for getting it wrong. But, those weren’t Trump’s, and I’m a wee bit wiser now. I know, nobody gets a crystal ball, we all make errors, and we all survive humiliating embarrassments. Had Trump’s track record proven he was worth another spin, I could understand the red camps reluctance to move on. Had Trump not fomented an outright insurrection~ maybe, I’d try to understand their anger. I knew it’d take time to come to terms with their loss but never, did I envision they’d go on to help Trump build~ the timebomb we now have.
Ticking Away.
I don’t know what spurs today’s MAGA gang. Are they just lonely and bored souls, all feeling like a nobody when they hitched a ride on the MAGA train and got hooked on what empowerment feels like and now, just don’t want to go back to feeling powerless again? This is a solid ponderance; it’s the same one being considered for what’s fueling all the woke crap. We know Trump minions are a lost cause but when Trump flat out says anyone who isn’t a loyal minion he doesn’t need, they won’t wonder why a president of~ The United States, has no intention of representing all of us, but anyone rational damn well should! Hey everybody! Trump keeps to his vitriol-infused pontificating just as every powermonger ever did! Minions, spread the bile that stokes justified righteousness! The righteously-religious are easiest to stoke and mostly why religion isn’t included in our governance but Trump, didn’t cultivate just them. Any gang, who feels they deserve preferential favor above whoever they deem shouldn’t have any, is prime fodder to radicalize and white supremists and misogynists crawled out of the woodwork! Powermongers stoke the angry, the righteous, the hate-saturated and insecure-weak mindsets cuz radicalizing, is what upends established rule! Tyranny is the goal! Tyrant: bully, autocrat, oppressor; typically usurps legitimate rule to achieve unrestrained power!
Yesterday’s concerned MAGA patriots, have been overrun by ultra-righteous Christians and the hodgepodge of radicalized others. All, have obviously lost sight of the footsteps that Jesus--left for us all to follow. However, since red representation didn’t, denounce Trump post-insurrection, we must fairly consider why, as that would be doing our vigilantly wary job. If national red representation continues to bow at Trump’s feet, their agenda goes way beyond~ winning the oval office. So if that’s the case, the ticking timebomb will keep building up steam. This is Trump, hedging his bet. Either we will get so damn sick of him, we’ll tune out, rollover and let Trump have his way, or, the blue fringe will radicalize. Either way, it’s a win-win for Trump. Blue camp, do not give him what he wants! Allow our peaceful, non-acceptance absence to speak volumes!
To be a patriot of our great country, is to champion Democracy first and foremost! Period! So what change, does the red camp really want? It was insane for them to think just this time, this egomaniac will be okay! Meanwhile, Trump says he has more money than God and wouldn’t be subjecting himself to this if he didn’t care about us! Ha! Aside from needing us to give him a get outta jail free card, there’s still that thing about what drives egomaniacs. Trump lost, in 2020. Losing, doesn’t sit well with egomaniac bullies. We gotta cement this into our noggins! Any, self-serving human who gains power, is subjected to a need for evermore, self-glory and power. It becomes their driving nature and evermore, means the need eventually comes at~ no matter the cost. Think of Alexander The Great. His greatness, is a great example of a megalomaniac. The more he conquered; at one horrific cost, the more he grew to believe~ he was a God. There should be no question then, why Trump likens himself to Superman and Jesus! Ick!
The red camp; and obviously more, willingly overlooked~ Trump is, self-obsessed, in need of evermore power/glory. The operative words are: willingly, obsessed, evermore power/glory. Words, all about emotion. Think passion. It enflames absolutely everything; thoughts, actions, tendencies, to include~ what we want to believe. Well, we know what those who are all-agog over Trump want to believe. For the rest of us, let’s just go with believing; as a real-live just-in-case measure, Trump’s most passionate need of all, is to be immortalized~ at no matter the cost. Another, just-in-case preemptive measure, would be to stretch that out a bit to then consider what is, his actual endgame? After all, he got his get outta jail free card so, what’s got him hitting full speed now if not, his evermore self-glory neediness cuz one thing is certain, it damn sure isn’t for us and our Democracy!
Where We Actually Stand.
Trump & Co; those who swore fealty to him and Musk; the highest bidder buying our Democracy to the tune of $277 million for his spankin’ new office called Doge; Department of Government Efficiency, already came out of the gate whipping up a real scary storm. Currently, Trump is busy jerking chains; the media chain, chains within our very constitution, government workers, the judicial rewriting of January 6th, birthright, poking the Mid-East bear, trade wars with Canada, Mexico, China, buying Iceland. I can’t keep up. But, Trump will keep jerking chains til he finds--where our line of enough awaits. Then, does act #2 come; the choice to back off, or not? My guess? Since he already chose~ escalation, he’s committed. Besides, it goes back to his driving need that won’t allow him to back down, so I do believe needing to immortalized at no matter the cost is, his endgame. So, it’s back to jerking chains, til someone bites. If we take the bait, the enemy has surfaced, and his sick game is on. Now’s a great time to visualize war. War, is an outright slaughter and civil war, is conducted on home turf~ brothers against brothers, sisters to sisters! Civil war means all of us, will be the ones who end up in piled gore and Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Musk & Co, damn sure won’t be anywhere near! Is this truly, what our red camp brothers and sisters actually want? I don’t believe so but if they don’t, then now’s their really great time to jerk Trump’s chain back & reel him in! Please!
We must cease believing any chosen party has all the answers, and all fixes will magically occur if we just choose the right superman. If any mortal has a cape, it’d be a unified mass for hells sake! Realize, it took America a good 30 years to end up in the mess we now have, so anyone who tells us they can fix it all in a blink, is selling a mere fantastical that is~ too good to be true. Everyone, red, blue, purple, young, older, we must honestly ask ourselves what we as individuals~ want to believe. Do we honestly believe, any mortal can come with a cape? Do we honestly believe, the leopard spots on Trump and cabinet minions, will actually change? If so, then please~ we gotta quit lying to ourselves, and let the truth be told. It is, time to pick ourselves up off the road ~ RC.
In America, we act as though ~ any president, is supposed to solve everything for us. If that’s the case, then we don’t even know what Democracy means! Realize, we may not have liked some of our presidents, but in my life of real-time knowledge, I can look back to see and feel, every president did what they thought was best~ for us. Trump, can’t qualify here either. Every rational American, knows Trump will always put himself first. If, his policies work for elitism; then happen to trickle down to us, then could we say he has us in mind. Otherwise, the only driver that will ever motivate Trump to do right by us, would be his driving need for public adoration, and if fake-fawning wasn’t such a disastrous notion, we could use that to our benefit. But of our other presidents in my lifetime; and aside from a few events that had me putting a few under my scrutiny lens, I’m not so damn jaded to think that all or even most of our presidents always, put themselves before us. Nobody but Trump, deserves to carry the weight~ of always.
In America, presidential power is only one, power prong. One good thing that’s come out of this 4-year mess, is that some news outlets took the time to walk us thru how our political and judicial systems work. I feel more enlightened anyway so hats off to that kind of reporting! Mostly, the job of our president’s is to reflect~ who we are. They must lead with integrity, they must inspire us, but they must never~ fuel our hate.
Who Trump is and always will be, is but a playground bully who ticks to the beat of his way or no way, and merely got caught up in a full grown male body, of certifiable egomania-neediness. No patriot, could possibly want our legacy to be written, that we allowed a bully aspiring to be a tyrant ~ topple the greatest Democracy experiment ever.
Sincerely yours, Publius