Trump Is A SYMPTOM, Not Just The Problem

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Trump exists in a different realm. He thinks he is the law, an untouchable and all-knowing sovereign. Reality bends to his will. He stands in front of the American people and tells them to believe the opposite of what they see and hear, tells them that he alone can fix what’s broken in American politics.

This is the behavior of a president who believes he’s a king. 

The evidence presented during the impeachment hearings was overwhelming in showing his abuse of power and obstruction of lawful investigations.

Yes, there’s surely much more information to be gathered in lieu of the Senate trial. None of it is likely to move Republicans—either the senators expected to sit through an impeachment trial or members of the party more generally. They simply do not care.

And here’s our real constitutional crisis. Rather than a sharp conflict that cannot be solved by our political institutions, we suffer from constitutional rot (a term used by the Wesleyan University political scientist John Finn and Yale law professor Jack Balkin to underscore the erosion of the civic prerequisites of constitutional health). Republicans have become indifferent to upholding the Constitution. And much of the wider public is apathetic to constitutional issues that do not speak to their immediate self-interest. This suggests a constitutional failure not in legal terms but in civic terms—a failure not primarily of political institutions but of civic attitudes. Most Republicans are indifferent to constitutional wrongdoing by a fellow Republican.

President Trump is a culmination; a byproduct of many years of choosing "the lesser of two evils" in the general presidential elections, to culminate with a man that our nations founders so worried about and extensively wrote about in the Federalist Papers; a lump sum of the narcissism, depravity, immorality, and lawlessness that defines the modern era of the United States of America, a man unworthy of the highest office of public service in the nation; dumbing down the nation and its political process for personal gain; attacking the Constitution and the freedoms it protects for citizens.

He has attacked the first and most dear of our rights, the freedom of speech and freedom of the press, causing irreparable harm that will take many more years to undo all his damage. Combine that with the damage he has done with our allies and foreign relations; beating the war drum to start conflict with Iran by sanctioning the assassination of a top military general...

This man shakes the hands of despots like Putin and  Kim Jong Un, then denegrates a deceased former prisoner of war, Senator, and his family in John McCain. This mad man has pardoned war criminals that were found guilty of murdering innocent non-combatants of women and children in the Middle East. What kinds of precedence does this set for the behavior of the hard-working men and women of the armed forces? Nothing good will come of this, I say as a Navy veteran and patriot. Plus, his failure about ending the endless wars and pulling our troops out of the Middle East has all been a lie, as he redirects troops to aid Saudi Arabia's interest in a war with Iran rather than his promise of bringing the soldiers, sailors, and air force personnel home safely. Did sanctioning the murder of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and alienating our allies really benefit the United States? Or did it benefit Mr. Trump?

To make matters worse for America, 45 claims to be Christian, the religion based on a middle eastern Jew that preached peace, tolerance, empathy, and the fellowship of humanity. Mr. Trump defines ZERO of the applicable traits of the teachings of Jesus Christ. He is a liar with over 15,000 known lies told on camera or audio recording/ live mic since taking office in 2017. 45 is a multi-time adulterer, got caught paying off a porn star Stormy Daniels, then calling her a "horse face" when he was caught. His excuse for allegations of sexual misconduct were, "She's not my type" and derogatory slurs of all types. He hung out with other rich scum like Weinstein (pervert, sexual abuser, rapist), Epstein (sex trafficker and pedophile), and the Clintons, among others. 

He's made fun of the poor, the handicapped, homosexuals, women, minorities, yet his base blindly looks the other way... and why? Because 45 is just a means to an end for their goal of turning the United States of America into a Christian version of Shariah law; a Christian theocracy that embodies ZERO of the traits taught by Jesus himself. It is a means to an end, to place judges (that will set policy for the next 30 plus years) strategically that will dismantle the freedoms for women, their bodies, and their reproductive rights by overturning Roe v Wade. Make no mistake about it, this is a direct attack on women, their rights, and their protections under the Constitution. 

45 has made legal immigration now the death of  the American dream... it's become nearly impossible for non- whites, non-European, and anyone living south of the border to immigrate here legally, thus increasing those choosing to come here or be here illegally. FOR-PROFIT migrant detention camps tore families apart, humiliated, tortured, and some have even died from these inhumane treatments that stem from a policy by the president that is based on racism, xenophobia, sexism, classism, and blind hatred for those who do not have a voice to defend themselves; all the while denying that the so called crisis at the border is too a culmination of years of failed foreign policy by ALL FORMER PRESIDENTS of BOTH PARTIES; a failed war on drugs that only empowered the cartels, and a failed promise to his base that Mexico would somehow fund his promise of a border wall between the United States and Mexico. 

Donald Trump is a fascist. Former vice president Henry Wallace stated, "A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends."
At the same time as the previous quote, a New York Times reporter warned, "When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labelled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’.” This is what we are facing as a nation, an urgent need for a paradigm shift away from these mindsets and ideologies that are not in the best interest of the majority of Americans, yet here they are. Front and center is this "Americanism" that hides prejudice, sexism, and hatred behind the American flag and behind religious dogma. 

Blind party loyalty in the face of our Constitutional crisis is un-American, immoral, and inexcusable. It is disgusting and unacceptable for Americans to call themselves Americans, let alone Christians if they look down on fellow humans, denying aid and assistance to those in need, to include basic living wages, medical care for all, affordable housing, clean air and water to drink, among other necessities of the modern era like access to communication (cell phone), Internet, and a means of conveyance such as a car or truck. We can not brag about this nation being great if we are not serving the interest of ALL,  rather than the few. We cannot brag about how great we are when there are families homeless or hungry at night; while there is an illegal street drug epidemic of prescription and non-prescription opioids, methamphetamines, heroine, and cocaine. We cannot brag about American greatness when 3 individuals hoard more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of earners COMBINED. We cannot brag about our morality and freedoms while we bomb brown people overseas and deny them basic human dignities and rights. We too cannot say we are "pro-life" while bombing foreign lands and creating new generations of terror as those children growing up without family are jaded and swear revenge against the United States of America for our invasion and occupation of their home lands. We can't brag about freedom when the President orders a drone bombing of a high-level Iranian military general, Soleimani, in what likely could be the catalyst for World War 3, as tensions are rapidly escalating in the Middle East and Iran has threatened retaliation that could easily get ugly; China and Russia siding with Iran. We have no more allies in Europe thanks to Mr. Trump. Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He's weak and he's ineffective. So the only way he figures that he's going to get reelected — and as sure as you're sitting there — is to start a war with Iran.

The problem isn't JUST Mr. Trump, however. The problem is under-education of the populace (across the board, but seemingly more, primarily in the lower income bracket of his voting base) and the divisive choice of the lesser of 2 evils rather than actually voting for elected officials (that AREN'T EVIL) that do their job rather than pandering to their base. The problem is a system that is based on the exploitation of inequality between the classes THEY created to divide us, keep us from learning, developing, and evolving for our higher purpose, rather than being a hamster in a wheel spinning endlessly from birth to death, lost to the true meaning of life... that isn't the love of money and power, but the balance between order and chaos. The masses hold a tremendous power, but when nearly half or more fail to perform their civic duty of electing and holding those representatives accountable to "We the people...", the rich always win. Around 5% of the American public has enough disposable income to even participate in campaign contributions, let alone get their nominee elected in this rigged system that overwhelmingly favors those who have extra income to participate effectively in the democratic process. Less than 5 percent of the population decides EVERY SINGLE ELECTION. It is disgusting, shameful, and in desperate need of enough Americans actually giving a shit to DEMAND the necessary changes to take our gross domestic product and use it effectively and equitably to help the most amount of tax paying citizens as possible. It's really NOT asking for too much. We had better figure this shit out soon, as we cannot afford Mr. Trump to get us, as a nation, into World War 3. This is the time for patriots and concerned citizens to stand up and demand the change we so desperately need. 
Lastly, don't for a second get the facts twisted. Just because the GOP Senators are willing to give this guy a get-out-of-jail-free pass, DOES NOT mean that he is innocent of continual criminal behavior and abuses of power.

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