By Lafe Tolliver, Esq
Guest Column
This is a memo to those in that half of America who, knowing the character of Trump and his mental decline, his record as a convicted felon who has repeatedly shown that he has no moral compass whatsoever, voted him back to the White House…in spite of two impeachments!
This is a call out to that half of America who said that Trump was the special one who could… Make America Great Again… and yet, repeatedly, has shown you that he is totally inept regarding policy decisions; clueless about appointing cabinet people who don’t have enough brain power to remotely function as a caring and knowing human beings.
This is the person who so many white Christian evangelicals were in dervish rhapsody about when he spoke a lot of gibberish about protecting their Christian values (note: none needed protection).
And now…we have a war. A war of Trump’s own choosing and making because he, in his oatmeal brain, sees himself as ruler of the world and a stable genius to boot!
And if Tehran threatens to nuke Tel Aviv, the war becomes World War III with the world in economic turmoil and incalculable damage to cities and towns and villages…all because a feckless GOP did not want to exercise their constitutional powers over his office.
To say that the world is on a precipice speeding towards a world-wide collision with an end time destiny is an understatement.
How many experts have said the quiet part out loud that Trump is in a state of dementia and his acts are cruel, vicious and his speech patterns are rambling and off message.
When you see the approved clown shows of Patel, Noem, Bondi, Steven Miller and a complacent Congress, you are seeing the slow demise of American democracy at the hands of a person, who for all intents and purposes, should be in prison for his prior acts and deeds, both pre White House and currently being done.
Each day, the headlines scream out a litany of foibles and lies and mis-directions that literally give the nation a collective angst that this clown show may last another three years.
If a person wrote what has happened and what is now happening as a screen play for a drama or a thriller, no producer would buy it because they would say that it is too outlandish and improbable to believe.
But, we are living it and we are being held captive to a Congress that has given Trump a green light to kick the constitution down the road and kicking it… he is gladly doing it.
It appears that the courts are the only ones, “holding the line” on this madness because if they cave in, the Madison/Jeffersonian democracy that you learned about in high school is gone for the foreseeable future.
News Flash!: There will be no White Knight riding a white horse coming to save us from ourselves in allowing this diminished personality to rule and reign as if he is some untouchable emperor.
Trump, in his Alice In Wonderland mindset, sees himself as the answer to all things political and he believes that he can assert dominance over Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Greenland, Canada, Ukraine and any other nation simply due to his bluster and threats of punishing tariffs or reckless military might.
Remember, Trump is a lame duck president and as such he has no qualms in “releasing the hounds” on whomsoever he picks as his next adversary if they do not fall down and worship him.
Trump poses the greatest existential threat to American democracy since the Revolutionary War of the 1776 era.
Yes, it is that bad. The only course correction can be the mid terms in which or by which his madness can be roped in if the Democrats win the House and since the House appropriates the monies for the government, they can shut down some of his idiocy at the money spigot.
Your job? Register to vote and make sure that you know your place of voting and that you circle the vote date on your calendar so there is no excuse why you did not make it to the polls.
Yes, it is that bad.
Lafe Tolliver at lafe5x@gmail.com