His economic protectionism, proto-fascist proclivities and impulsiveness give some of us pause. Policy by tweet has been a steep learning curve. The nicknames are juvenile. Anyone who dyes their skin orange is very insecure, a narcissist or has got to have a screw loose. Maybe all of the above?
And for sure if someone like John Kasich or Mitt Romney were president the economy would be performing better, relations with our global allies would be settled, trade would be free and fair, manufacturing and farming on the uptick, Putin would be put in his place and there would be little - if any - distracting drama. Our deficit might not have exploded either.
Nevertheless, as of this date Trump has had little direct impact upon my day-to-day life. Moreover, I am unconvinced he is an immediate threat to democracy or the constitutional order. Don’t take my word for it – read your history.
What I do know is this. He is a grifter, a con man, a skirt-chasing draft dodger and a habitual liar. He has likely laundered money for Russian mobsters and oligarchs in his life before public office. He has brought economic harm to hard-working people that believed he would deliver for them. And he's been impeached. How history treats him in the long run many of us may not live long enough to know.
For the present I'll settle on a garden-variety asshole.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment