The Mango Man has
been president for less than one full week. (I mean no disrespect—lie— calling him “Mango Man” but I’m not
in a mood to type his given name.) I still feel nauseous and cannot accept that
he is the leader of the free world. Lord, have mercy on us all.His supporters calling us non-supporters “sore losers” is juvenile. I am beyond being a sore loser and have moved into the territory of being terrified for the future of our country. His supporters voted for him because they thought he was different, that he would bring change to government. They liked him because he is brash and outspoken, that he says things they think but are afraid to say. Political correctness is not in his repertoire.
Once he was elected, people said, “Be fair. Give him a chance. He’ll rise to the office and will act presidential. Don’t be so harsh on him.” I tried. I waited for about 24 hours, hoping they were right. I would have been pleased to swallow my pride when I saw what a good job he was doing for the country. I was hoping to be surprised. Not. Gonna. Happen.
He has surrounded himself with minions who do his bidding. He continually lies and they cover his lies, call them “alternative facts.” You’re playing word games, folks. “Alternative facts” are lies.
He is building a wall to keep out those Mexicans and other immigrants he calls criminals. He is putting into place a ban on accepting refugees from any Muslim country. That’s xenophobia, another form of hate.
All week I’ve been shaking my head, saying, “Oh, no. How could it be worse than I imagined?” He wants to appoint the equivalent of an environmental nightmare to head the EPA. The woman he has proposed to head the Department of Education has been a big donor to Republican campaigns and is strongly opposed by educators. He has reversed President Obama’s action to stop the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in the Dakotas. Just the beginning. One week is enough.
And today—as if I needed any more evidence—he has truly proven himself to be mentally unstable. Now he is calling for voter fraud investigation into the election HE WON. His thin-skinned, overblown ego is bruised because he didn't win the popular vote as well as the electoral vote. It's more than a waste of time and money. It's the action of a madman. And this madman is one rant away from pushing the red nuclear button.
I'm not being glib or overly dramatic. This is serious and extremely dangerous. Our Republican elected representatives must have the courage to take action. (I wanted to say they need to grow a set of balls, but that would be crude and, besides, some of them are women.) There is much too much at stake to hide behind political partisanship. Our elected representatives took an oath to protect and defend this country and they need to step up and do the right thing.
The image of Captain Ahab in Melville’s classic Moby Dick keeps floating through my mind. Our president is like the madman captain of the Pequod who, unless he is stopped, will take down himself and this country with his madness.
I don't see a path toward taking this guy out without enraging his core support group, and I'm pretty sure nobody in power is willing to let this happen. His Cabinet knows this, his adopted party knows this as well. How to get buy-in from the people who elected Mr. Trump, that's the question. Whatever the grounds for impeachment would be, or the "incapacitated" decision by a majority of his Cabinet, it would have to be for a transgression that would be taken as a deep betrayal of his red hat-wearing foot soldiers. One that's very easy to expose in short sentences using little words, which impacts them directly. He is trying to do a lot of bad things, but I think he can only be safely removed for being caught doing the right very bad thing. Erratic verbiage and impulsive executive orders won't cut it. Irrational displays of temper won't cut it. He hasn't had a stroke, he's the guy with the same temperament the FBI anointed and Russia blessed and the screwed-over masses elected. Won't be easy, and none of the major players have ever displayed much courage. Once his stank starts to ooze onto them, maybe some movement in the right direction.
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