Donald John Trump would have you believe a number of things about him that make many of us want to laugh out loud, such as …
- He is the smartest man in human history.
- He knows more about how to win wars than any of the decorated soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen under his command.
- He keeps every promise he makes.
- He was elected twice to the presidency in landslides.
- The Iran war is done, that he is able to declare victory over the Islamic Republic in a war that he started for no apparent reason, or strategy to end it.
That’s five items, all of them are demonstrably false. What’s more, while he vowed to surround himself with the “best people,” he has instead hired a collection of clowns, BS artists and sycophants whose only qualification is that they pledge complete loyalty to the liar in chief.
He said the Iran war would be over in weeks. It’s now into its seventh month. Eighteen American service personnel have died, hundreds more have been injured.
Americans need to look inward at what we have done to the democracy we say we cherish. We elected someone who expresses admiration for the tyrants of this world. He contends he has “very strong relations” with Kim Jong Un, the murdererwho presides over North Korea. He has denigrated the intelligence work of our own network of spies, spooks and analysts. He continues to insist the 2020 election — which he lost to President Joe Biden — was stolen, even while lacking a shred of evidence to back up that ridiculous assertion.
Americans were sold a dose of snake oil from a known fraudster, a crook and a charlatan.
And guess what. Americans got fooled twice, in 2016 and in 2024. You know the saying: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
We had better start looking for ways to repair the damage we have inflicted on ourselves.