If all we ever get from our government are promissory notes and lies, and the only action we ever see involves an administration that’s constantly engaged in circumvention and cover-up, then we can be forgiven for lacking trust, and even hopefulness.
The Trump debacle has been a gigantic and shameful waste of time since the beginning, since 2016. Even during the Biden term, Trump couldn’t not be in the limelight somehow, couldn’t walk away and keep his mouth shut. He had to find ways to remain visible, to agitate his base, harp on The Big Lie, campaign for the 2024 nomination even as he was appearing in court and getting his very own mug shot.
My word, America! How much more of this shit show are we going to stomach?
At one level, society hums along and gets on with its day. But running in the background for the past 11 years has been this cackling voice and a person up to no good. Donald Trump is needy and useless, worthless as a leader and maybe even as a human, and he is doing his best to leave deep wounds and scars that are going to linger for a long time. He is sick, and damaged.
How can we stand for this anymore? He’s not good for the country. He’s a pox, a cancer, an aging pile of visceral fat taking up space. And it’s very difficult not to feel like he deserves every derisive, cutting comment we can summon.
It’s too late for rehabilitation. Or redemption. He’s burned too many bridges.
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