So it’s been awhile since I’ve pontificated on my blog. Funny how an art just “leaves” when you don’t do it often enough.
But I’ll save that for another day.
Right now, I need to just get some thoughts out…on Donald J. Trump.
I’m not afraid to admit it….I’ve never liked DJT.
Not in the 1980s (late 80s mind you).
Not in the 90s…or the 00s.
Really didn’t watch The Apprentice and the one time he was on one of my favorite shows from the History Channel, it was the last segment.
I didn’t like him when he started pushing the birther movement.
Didn’t like him then…and I don’t like him now.
He’s a big mouth.
A show boat….a narcissist.
A womanizer.
A borderline bigot of all flavors.
And he’s the President of the United States.
Fine.
I have no problem accepting that because it’s our election process and he won; fair and square.
But that doesn’t mean I have to accept the fact that he is actually good for this country.
I am just going to refuse to do that one.
Why?
Because he’s everything I just said above and more.
DJT is all about himself. Seriously; he is definitely all about himself.
Rarely do you see him put others in front of him on anything of importance unless it feeds his ego.
Don’t believe me?
Then let’s go no further than last night’s little stomp rally at the Jamboree.
Yeah you read right…the Boy Scouts Jamboree.
Instead of DJT going out there, with Rick Perry aka Gov. Good Hair as he is known in these parts, and telling some 30,000 impressionable young men why it is important to live up to the BSA oath, he made a political speech out of it.
Why?
Who was that audience for?
And the speech was condescending to a former Scout member (Ole Barry).
It was degrading to Tom Price.
Why are those two a part of your jamboree speech?
And if you listen to it or read it, that speech should piss you off as a “stock holder” of this company we call America.
But for many, they’re fine with it.
For some, it’s okay….he’s speaking truth to power.
Okay fine. I’ll let the 40 percenters have their cake but I’m not eating any of it.
The way DJT acted yesterday in West Virginia was appalling to me; and I’m not one easily appalled.
And while I should be incensed that others don’t seem to share my anger at a man who continually sets a low standard being POTUS, I’m not.
I’ve gotten over that disappointment a long time ago.
You see, maybe it’s just me.
Maybe I’m the lone idiot who thinks he sees that the problem is.
What’s the problem?
Donald J. Trump doesn’t give a rat’s ass about this country or how we are perceived by others.
That’s the problem.
For DJT, it’s all about the big win. He’s the big chief now at 1600 Penn and by golly he gonna “right” the ship that he saw as the Titanic hitting that iceberg.
But in reality, with this latest speech now in the damn archives, all he did was show the world why he’s Mr. Petty; and no, I’m not talking about being a relative to Kyle or Richard either.
For me, I understand why he does the things he does because he fits so many classic psychological profiles that you read about.
To me, being POTUS means you are even keeled in public.
It means that why you may disagree with your political opponents, you don’t forget that you are all still on the same team; Team America.
And that’s the sad thing.
I don’t think DJT understands that.
John McCain does.
All the POTUS’ before DJT do.
I bet those 30,000 boy scouts last night do.
See to make America great again, you have to first not be so quick to beat up on people because they piss you off.
You have to be willing to compromise where it hurts knowing that your sacrifice is to help others down the road.
That trying to re-write history because you have ill will towards a predecessor is not how things are done.
And I say about the sentence above because DJT is going to need President Obama, Bush and Clinton LONG before they need him.
He’s never been POTUS; they have. All three have had two terms.
He may be lucky getting out of this first one and if he makes it to the second term, then somebody got in his ear.
But I just don’t see it.
I don’t see DJT understanding that being pig headed because that’s how you ran your empire is going to get you anywhere.
I don’t see him changing and why should I even begin hoping that for the betterment of this country he would.
He’s not.
He won’t.
He doesn’t care.
And you know what? I’m okay with it.
Because what that tells me is that come 2020, I need to find somebody who ISN’T that guy.
Maybe that’s how I get my understanding.