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.