No sane person relishes the thought of watching the Failure of an American President. No matter how hard fought the campaign was or how far apart they were on the issues, even Hillary Clinton, in her concession speech, had the good grace and the good sense to ask all Americans to give Donald Trump a chance to govern.
I respect both the sentiment and the hard-headed reality that it embodies. Like passengers on an airliner travelling 600 miles per hour at 40,000 feet, our fate is now inextricably linked to the skills, judgement, and behavior of the person holding the controls. So, the only sensible course would seem to be to wish him well and hope like Hell that he knows what he’s doing.
But, at what point does the natural inclination towards maintaining the status quo get overtaken and displaced by the equally natural instinct of self-preservation?
What if you saw that Pilot stagger on to the plane right after spending several hours at the bar without bothering to check the weather or perform any pre-flight preparation? What if he bullied the passengers waiting in line and groped the flight attendants as soon as they boarded? How confident would you be about the outcome of the flight if the Co-pilot was the only one with any flight training or actual experience flying an airliner?
At some point even the most white knuckled flyer would be forced to conclude that the best (and perhaps the only) chance for survival lies in rushing the cockpit and wresting the controls from the hands of the drunken lunatic that holds them.
After less than two weeks on the job, it is becoming painfully obvious that Trump is as ill-suited to his new responsibilities as that fictional drunk of an airline captain. Instead of the fate of a few hundred poor souls on board, though, Trump has the fate of our nation and the survival of the Free World in his hands.
His list of “accomplishments” is as ominous as it is long:
- Committing an impeachable offense the moment he took the oath of office by not divesting himself of his business interests as is required by the Constitution’s Emolument’s Clause.
- Gravely insulted the fallen heroes of the Central Intelligence Agency by repeating his baseless claims about media bias in front of the wall honoring their sacrifice.
- Alienated Mexico with his senseless demands that they pay to build his infamous “Wall” along our Southern Border.
- Undermined the Nation’s confidence in the integrity of our electoral system by repeatedly claiming that he would have won the popular vote except for the fraudulent votes cast by millions of illegal voters
- Appointed Steve Bannon, a known right-wing fanatic and political hack to the Principals Committee of the National Security Council.
- Summarily fired the entire senior staff of the State Department.
- Permanently tarnished the image and reputation of America in the eyes of the World with his unconstitutional executive order banning legal immigrants and legal residents based on their religion.
- Summarily fired the acting Attorney General who refused to defend that illegal ban in court.
And that’s just a partial list after less than two weeks in office!
So the question that I pose, and it is directed particularly to those enablers of the Republican variety, is this: How long are you prepared to sit idly by and watch this unbridled maniac destroy all that is great and good about our country?
I understand and accept that the Republican party won the last election and is thereby entitled to the reins of power until the next election. If we ALL don’t do something drastic and do it soon, though, there won’t be anything left to govern by the time the next election rolls around in two years.
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