Presidential Absurdity
With the end of what may be laughingly described as his Presidency in sight, the devil-child that is Donald Trump seems intent to throw his few remaining toys out of the pram. There have, in the past, been ineffectual presidents, there have been grammatically-challenged presidents, and there have been presidents who were - to say the least - a questionable choice. There have also, of course, been great presidents, but I cannot recall one who incited his own people to riot to overturn a legal election in his favour and cost some of them - including at least one police officer - their lives. Except Donald Trump.
Trump appears to have not one shred of common decency left, his presidency has been riddled with lies - some so obvious they were hardly worth telling - absurdity, mysogyny, homophobia, and racism. That is merely the start. This is a man whose electoral speeches alone showed demonstrably that he was utterly and disastrously unfit to be president of the local golf club, let alone the United States of America, and yet elected he was. The reason for that was thought to lay elsewhere, but the American People - perhaps realising their choice was severely limited - seemed grudgingly to opt for Trump, who then embarked on a campaign of ludicrous speeches, fumbled attempts at statesmanship, and mass-sackings of people he had only too recently praised for their talents.
But what is even more tragic - what is truly America's shame - is America's acceptance of Trump's behaviour. They were embarrassed, certainly, but their reaction to all his blatant dishonesty, all his ridiculous machinations, was that of a doting parent with a wayward, spoiled, and unmanageable child. "That Donald, he is scamp, no?" He certainly is, and he's the kind of scamp who failed - in the wake of many mass-shootings - to protect the American public, because, to put it simply, alienating the NRA would cost him votes, and if ever a man was going to need votes, that man was Donald J Trump.
It is a wonder to many that Trump has physically survived his term of office in one piece. Abe Lincoln didn't. In total, four presidents have died by assassination, two more have been wounded, and a further fourteen have been targetted. Without exception, none of them had caused anywhere near the mayhem that Trump has caused in four short years. You just can't find a decent maniac these days, except, of course, the one in the White House. I can remember, at the start of Trump's presidency, someone saying "He'll be taken out - they'll have to take him out, you can't possibly let that idiot loose in the White House!" Well, a couple of people have tried, but where's the CIA when you need them?
Trump's last hurrah (at least we hope it's his last) has resulted in five deaths so far. We hope there are no more to come. A last sickening tantrum from a man who should be nominated as the World's Worst Loser. Dishonest and inhumane, arrogant and conceited, the whole world should give thanks that he is going, and it is still difficult to believe - especially here in Britain where we do not do things Mr Trump's way, although Boris did try! - that any American can justify support for Donald Trump.
I doubt whether there will be much from the family of Officer Brian Sicknick, who died protecting the peace - a peace deliberately shattered by the so-called president of his country.
