Monday, December 11, 2017

The Ruins of Donald Trump


Dotard Donald Trump has given our country nothing but chaos and confusion. It's quite remarkable that after nearly a year in office, Trump's seeds of discord and disruption has not only sullied our democracy, it has flourished exponentially in all corners of the globe.

We're on the brink of war with North Korea. Our European allies have abandoned hope that a partnership with the United States still exists with a narcissistic President willfully mired in divison.

Russia has staked its flag in the heart of our democracy. Pedophilia and sexual harassment has become acceptable behavior in a political party that once touted family values; the so-called Middle East peace process has been undermined and perhaps torn to shreds because of some ill-advised campaign promise that is essentially rooted in the poisonous well of Evangelical Christianity and Right Wing Conservative politics. The ultra wealthy and the gate keepers of the wealth divide has been given a permanent Christmas present in the form of tax breaks that will ultimately, inevitably most assuredly hurt poor and middle-class families.

And worst of all, bigotry, prejudice and racism - which wholly deserve scorn and ridicule - has found its champion and he's the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. The resurgence of White Supremacy has arrived. But...