All objectivity is absolutely lost with the partisan digging in deep picking sound bites for support of irresponsible rhetoric and decisions gone mad. The U.S.A. has lost their mind and may be imploding and losing all credibility across the globe referring to “wokeness” as a justification for ego stroking and destruction. Even Steve Forbes who has at times has been eloquent can’t differentiate communism from fascism. Wasn’t that a Nazi salute made by Elon Musk on camera? Now he runs ramshod over the public service whereby his President now gets even warmer to Russian aggressor while Ukraine wonders if they have a seat at the table.
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Trump I Told You So II
I was at a dinner party at a friends house at around the time when Trump was campaigning for his first term. Having listened to him closely through the media, and having watched his conduct via “The Apprentice” (accounting for any perceived thoughts that acting within the role may or may not have been apparent) I gained a feel for the man. I started to generate an opinion in regard to his utter essence as a human being and I’ll tell you frankly, I was very unimpressed.
At the dinner party… the evening was winding up and Trump’s name came up. I said – watch. He will align with Putin and coordinate a strategy to walk right into Canada via Alaska and the Bering Strait. Of course the statement should have been perceived as “ridiculous”. My friend’s reaction was neutral but the other dinner party guest was understandably aghast that I should state such a thing.
Where are we now? Through all the turbulence of his first days in office, there has been no talk of Putin and Ukraine and how peace is being delivered to the region. Why has Trump not ever exclaimed in absolute terms that Putin withdraw from Ukraine? I will leave that speculation up to you. What could the U.S. possibly offer Russia for concessions?
Now we have Prime Minister who has come to conclude Trump’s unspoken agenda (absorbing Canada) with respect to Canada. He was caught on a “hot mic” speaking his instinct when his instinct could have been made readily available to Canadians should he have deemed his insight material.
This backdrop is one which supports my opinion that no political leader should be meeting in private with Donald Trump in quarters other than officially sanctioned governmental institutions. Danielle Smith was so naive that she had even brought along a character presumed similar in financial stature to the kinds of people that Trump is now installing to lead his “Project 25”. Ironic or not, since her Trump visit with Kevin O’Leary, Smith is now in hot water at home with allegations of conflict within her department of health at Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Trump The Benevolent Soul In Gaza
So Marco Rubio (remember the guy with the small hands), the new Secretary of State, suggests that what Trump meant was that Palestinians could move temporarily until the U.S. pours American treasure into cleaning debris and rebuilding so that then the Palestinians could come back home to livable conditions. That’s quite the offer and set back for the U.S. taxpayer. Trouble is that Donald Trump is a proven liar. You see….that’s one good reason in an of itself why you don’t elevate a guy like him to a position of political power. Imagine what these people must be thinking given what they’ve been through!
Articles of Impeachment are now being drafted yet again for Mr. Trump – this time in near record time having taken back the Office of the Presidency. Congressman Al Green is citing “ethnic cleansing” for suggesting that the U.S. move them from their home and taking “ownership” of their land. It was a nice job of oration amongst a near empty Congress today while city streets are filling with protesters.
Donald Trump – I Told You So
Finally those Canadians with financial and social stature have come to the table wholeheartedly to denounce Trump. If it’s taken you this long….we needed you in 2014/ 2015. We needed you to speak out emphatically that a man of deviant morals and conduct unbecoming of political party leadership could not ascend to a position of political power. However; most of you were mute. You didn’t want to ruffle feathers. You didn’t want to leave any kind of perception with others that you empathized with his policies and that you could rationalize his character in favor of Republican ideals. You may have been fearful of retribution. I say this emphatically now if you were mute – shame on you!!
Shame on you if you bought into some conspiracy theory about the “deep state” without presenting proof. Shame on you if bought into his lies and deceit. Shame on you if you were so naive that he had nothing to do with the Capitol attack on January 6th, 2021 especially in lieu of his conduct on that day and a reference to a vigilante group of whose name he was familiar. Shame on you if you thought that all women alleging sexual assault conspired together for financial gain by falsifying claims of sexual assault. Shame on you if you discounted the 3,500 – 4,000 lawsuits for which he or his companies were cited in lawsuits as standard practice for business. Shame on you if you believed that he had every right morally to withhold presentation of his tax returns upon request given a quest for the Presidency. Shame on you if you had normalized in your mind a fabrication of Barak Obama’s birth records. Shame on you if you normalized a a man with a tawdry record as his 2016 campaign manager. Shame on you if you had watched episodes of “The Apprentice” and had not picked up samples of his character flaws. Shame on you if you hadn’t surmised that bankrupting companies would correlate with mismanaging a government. Shame on you if you were indifferent by his indifference toward Russia invading Ukraine. Shame on you if you believe that the fabrication of real estate’s market value is an innocuous clerical mishap in the context of a loan application. Shame on you if you believe that paying money to a pornstar in order to conceal a perceived character flaw is all good campaign practice. Shame on you if you believe that engaging in acts of deceit is what can be expected of a Presidential candidate.
Now Donald Trump near the date of his second inauguration has appeared before the media handling a question about whether he would annex Canada by force. Imagine that. Here we are. Canada’s relationship with the U.S. has been severely damaged by the imposition of tariffs and the abrogation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He is referencing Canada as a “failed state”.
Trump As President Again
I’ll leave it to the historians to document Donald Trump’s “indiscretions”. Now, Trump is President again! He should not have been restored to hold this office and nor should the constitution / legal apparatus of the U.S. enabled him to access the office given his conviction on 37 counts of financial fraud and other troubles with the law.
The shock amongst us whom intuitively perceived of his moral weakness early is that voters discounted his character so dramatically in lieu of their personal plight that they actually returned him to the Presidency. The thought that this is the best they can do as a leader is outright shocking.
It should go without saying that in absence of moral compass, there is the potential for an absence of moral judgment disposed in administering policy. First and foremost this fundamental predicate should way on the minds of voters upon casting a ballot and if it doesn’t then one is safe to assume that a personal plight is so compromised by current policy that any one different would suffice.
In visiting punditry post election, we consume the following:
- Biden should never have run for a second term
- Disenfranchised young men flocked to Trump in a spirit of “aspirational masculinity”
- Abortion issue isolated via referendum from candidate selections in some jurisdictions
- Latinos feeling alienated via democrat policy
- Manufacturing sector still not delivering good jobs to working class
- Perceived failure of democrats of weak border policy
- Elitism and failure to address wealth gap
Was it a comedy of errors in delivering a message? Were the democrats obtuse in failing to acknowledge sentiments uncovered by the Trump campaign? Did voters need to be told how to vote by Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift? What about the non-union worker earning under $15 / hour? What about the inner city communities in San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, and L.A overwhelmed by homelessness and drugs? What were you going to do with tax receipts received via increased rates applied to the ultra rich in context of the people facing financial hardship? Were you going to reduce interest rates deemed usurious? Were you going to apply carry forward tax credit for those looking to get re-trained? What about single family households with a child at home whose spouse is deadbeat? What about specifics on reducing gun crime and gun access? What about the state of a tawdry legal system ineffectual in delivering timely results? What about an education abandoning “excellence” and “performance” as central to delivery.
Get this – half the country voted for a man bereft of good moral character and this speaks volumes.