Watching our leader is like watching an adolescent with a superiority complex, with no impulse control and who never wants to get caught being wrong. Much of his adult life seems to consist of running from one mistake to another, while never admitting he made a mistake to begin with, constantly trying to provide distractions from his latest escapade only to need distractions from his distractions. You’ve heard the expression: “The cover-up is almost always worse than the crime.” (In Donald Trump’s case, exchange the word, “distraction,” for “cover-up”.) For example, avoiding the Epstein files led to attacks on so-called “narco” drug boats, which led to the grab of Nicolás Maduro and then the attack on Iran. The Iran caper, in its turn, is leading to a whole cloud of other bad stuff, including lies about deals made, almost made and soon to be made, followed often with market anticipations, followed by “inside traders” making lots of money. As you can see, I have left out a lot, including the new ballroom, the new reflecting pool, the new gerrymanders and the Cuba blockade, to name a few. Where does it end?
Is the 250th anniversary of our democracy to be spent watching our child-president go through his never-ending crime/distraction lifestyle, while our gas, food and healthcare costs go through the roof? Doesn’t he care? Whatever happened to that old concept called the “common good”? Will our lives ever return to normal? Will we even have midterm elections? Or will Trump decide that the vast majority have gotten tired of the circus and, if given the chance, will throw him out? Our job is to ensure that those elections take place. The survival of our democracy depends on it.
Frederick Longacre
Hockessin
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