Lest We Forget

No one in the US is immune from the affects of the Corona Virus Pandemic, one way or the other. So for the Democrats and the Biden campaign to target the Pandemic and expose the many flaws Trump and his administration have applied to its defense is understandable. However, I find their focus too narrow, dwelling excessively on the disease and its impact, both on the national health and economy.

We knew before the Pandemic that Trump was a failed human being, let alone President, and needed to be removed from office. It didn’t take a pandemic to understand that.

So much is not being said. Entire books, for example, will be written about the inhumane treatment of refugees and immigrants on our southern border, with the callous separating of children from their families, some never to be reunited, or the indifference given to the American Citizens in Puerto Rico, resulting in over 3000 dead. Were those actions of Trump’s even mentioned at the DNC?

I understand his ineptitude (call it “covfefe”) is not being pursued, but what about his general disregard for the job? He played golf 236 times during his first three years, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars (Forbes puts it at over $350 million), much going into his own pocket at the clubs he owns.

He has held 97 (ego) “rallies” since his election victory, again the taxpayers picking up millions in transportation and security expenses. He has tweeted and re-tweeted over 17,000 times during his first 3 years in office. He has tweeted so often on some weekends, it’s difficult to do the math and not conclude he has done nothing else. He watches television constantly, apparently whenever he’s not tweeting or playing golf. He virtually allows Fox News pundits to direct his policy or rage. He doesn’t start his work day until 11am and reads virtually nothing.

Current counters have shown his lies, misstatements, and untruths to now exceed 20,000! 

During his first year in office 34% if the entire White House Administration was either fired or resigned (the average for the previous four Presidents was 8%). He is surrounded by cronies, with enough corruption and indictments to be rivaling the Nixon Administration, always shielded by the Republican Senate. This, of course, includes his own corruptions, one of which led to his impeachment.

There is so much to shine a light on beyond the Pandemic. I have compiled a partial list for my own edification, which I share with you. Please read through and remember, and add any that I missed, which are likely numerous.  They are in a rough chronological order:

-          Inaugural crowd delusion

-          Missing millions from inaugural fund

-          FBI discloses Russia connection

-          Comey fired, Russians in the Oval Office

-          Flynn resigns, later arrested and convicted

-          Manafort arrested, later convicted

-          Gates arrested, later convicted

-          Puerto Rico ignored, 3000 dead

-          Stormy Daniel bribe uncovered

-          Playmate affair exposed

-          NFL slammed

-          Charlottesville and his “fine people” aka Nazis

-          Defends guns after Las Vegas

-          Backs child abuser for Senate

-          Signs Republican tax cut for wealthy

-          “Falls in love” with Kim Jong Un

-          Announces he is a “stable genius”

-          Gives credibility to North Korea

-          Trade wars initiated

-          Trashes Christine Blasey Ford

-          Violates International Iran Nuclear Treaty

-          Attacks Muller

-          Withdraws US from Paris Climate Accords

-          Attacks John McCain

-          Abandons the Kurds

-          His lawyer arrested, later convicted for Trump's crime

-          Holds refugees in detention cages

-          Separates children from families

-          Sides with Putin against CIA/FBI

-          Shuts down Government for 35 days

-          Money illegally diverted for “wall”

-          Withdraws US from Russian Nuclear Treaty

-          Vetos Yemen withdrawal

-          Trump Foundation shut, pays $2MM fine

-          Directs military planes to his Irish golf club

-          Sues to eliminate Affordable Care Act

-          Withholds military aid from Ukraine

-          Pressures Zelenski to investigate Biden

-          Is impeached, with no dispute of facts

-          Orders assassination of Iranian General

If the Covid Pandemic had never reached our shores and the economy, created during the Obama years, had remained intact, there was always a deep well of reason to get rid of this narcissistic clown.

My dream now is to lay down to sleep at night and suddenly realize for the first time in years that I hadn’t heard the name "Trump" once all day.