Diplomacy

Lest there be any misunderstanding - I do not particularly care for Donald Trump.  It is simple - I do not like him.  I have never liked him.  It's nothing personal, yet from the first time I became aware of him many decades ago I've considered him a creep.  Since then I've grown to know that he is a grifter, a draft dodger, a liar and a skirt-chaser.  In-short - a con man from Queens.  His television productions were lame beyond belief.  And seriously, how can you possible drive a casino into bankruptcy? 

Beginning with his campaign for president, election and until today I have neither seen nor heard anything redeeming that might cause me to reconsider my opinion of this individual.  Nevertheless, he is my president and as long as policy remains pro-business, he doesn’t blow-up the economy, tank the markets, or start a war this Chamber of Commerce  Republican can tolerate the chaos and nonsensical adolescent drama of a Trump presidency.  There is microwave popcorn and Merlot after-all.  

On Sunday I published an observational opinion about President Trump's planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  I rather pinned my hope upon the notion that Trump would rise to the occasion and put a Stone Cold Killer in his proper place and stand for what has already made America great.  Alas, this was not to be.   

President Trump stood on the dais with Putin - the former KGB officer - who has annexed Crimea, invaded Ukraine, meddled in Syria, shot down a civilian airliner, poisoned his enemies and hacked the campaign of an opposition candidate as well as state boards of elections and related election entities in an attempt to influence our 2016 election.  On Monday we heard a U.S. president reject the combined assessment of his country's intelligence agencies and taking - seemingly at face value - the word of an avowed adversary with a ho-hum air of what are you going to do about it?  

Can you imagine all of the exploding heads if President Obama had done the exact same thing? 


Can you imagine Ronald Reagan doing the same? 

Our President isn't sure whether he believes the U.S. government or the Russian government. 

You may wish to reflect-upon that fact.  

Of course by yesterday we heard that the president may have misspoken.  Obfuscating:  It could be other people too.  A lot of people out there.  Or famously:  Somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.  

I got no reason to change my opinion. 

Sigh...