Following the election back in November, I was disheartened
that a majority of electoral college voters would be selecting Donald Trump as
the president. I viewed him as a decent businessman whose dad made sure he
always had money. I saw him as an entertainer. I did, however, regard him as
someone who would make a good politician. He is self-centered and public
servants need to be focused on helping others first. I vowed, however, to give
him a chance. So, I stayed quiet on social media about my thoughts regarding
his actions and decisions.
I bit my tongue as family members called out liberals for
protesting the election results. I held back from responding when friends
challenged progressives for complaining when Trump fired the man who was
investigating his ties to Russia. I have not posted anything political to
social media since the election despite a growing inferno burning inside me
each time something “un-presidential” occurs at the White House.
Presidents are generally graded out by their actions in the
first 100 days and now that Trump has had his 100 days, it is time to review
exactly what he has done. Keep in mind, my opinion of Trump is one that is
probably not going to be shared by the vast majority of those who voted for
him. When a man makes statements during his campaign that exposes him as being
anti-women, anti-Mexican, anti-Chinese, anti-Muslim, anti-African American,
anti-religion and pro-Russian, it is easy for me to know that he is a bad
person and that I would never support him in those endeavors. Knowing this,
however, also lets me know that if people are willing to cast their vote for a
person like that, they have already made a statement as to who they are and it
is likely nothing he does is going to sway that.
Early on in his presidency, it appeared that the former
Democrat (look it up) was going back on all his campaign promises. He finally
admitted he wasn’t going to exactly repeal ObamaCare, but was merely going to
make some minor changes to it. It felt as if there might be hope for him after
all. As it turns out, however, he flip-flopped on that admission and it seems
that he is only making changes to the parts that the majority of people liked
and is bending over backwards to make sure the money-makers are getting what
they want.
He proved his anti-Muslim stance with his attempted
executive order to ban Muslims from hand-picked countries from coming into the
U.S. Amazingly enough, I still found people out there who wanted to defend that
action. People whose heritage began in another country were in support of
banning people like their ancestors from coming to this country. It is
embarrassing that I know people like that. Knowing how this country became what
it is and knowing what it is they now support is just incredible to me.
There are dozens of examples of things that Trump has done
in his first few months that are worthy of convincing people to no longer
support him (trying to waste taxpayer money on building a wall, undoing
progress on the environment, his appointments to the Cabinet and other
leadership positions). However, the links to Russia are enough. Having members
of his campaign working with Russian officials to affect the election was one
thing. One illegal thing. However, firing the man (FBI director James Comey)
who was investigating that isn’t something that should just get people’s
attention. It is a desperate act of a man who is clearly attempting to keep
something secret. And for those of us who know history, it is a repeat of what
President Richard Nixon did when he was being investigated during the Watergate
scandal.
This week, Trump doubled down on his pro-Russian moves with
his admission that he handed over classified secrets to Russian officials based
on his decision that it was good diplomacy for them to have that information. I
said during his entire campaign that he was a child whose daddy made him a
millionaire. His dad made a choice to allow him to run an empire but we should
have never allowed a person with this behavior to run a country, much less our
country.
This probably won’t be my last blog attempting to expose
what is going on in this country. If you still support this behavior, I know I
am not going to say anything that is going to convince you about his lack of
character. That’s on you. People voted for him despite knowing he was nothing
more than a bully in nice clothes (made in China and Mexico), and they aren’t
going to be easily convinced that he is doing anything wrong. But, smarter
people than me and you will make that determination sooner rather than later.
And, maybe, just maybe, we can have a nation to be proud of instead of the
laughing stock of the world that we have become in 2017.
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