Questions about a dark figure
The tranquility trump has stolen from our lives.
Why is everyone afraid oftrump, handling him with kid gloves? He truly is the Teflon® man on whomnothing sticks. It’s beginning to look like even the 91 indictments won’tstick. Right now, I am indignant and furious over the image he posted of ahog-tied President Biden in the bed of a pickup. It is the most disturbingthing I’ve seen in a long time. Contrary to what trump spokesman Stephen Cheungclaims, it was not just a pickup going down the road somewhere. It was an imageposted by trump on his Truth Social network—and that makes him directlyresponsible for not only disrespecting the office of U. S. President but forthreatening the current occupant. And that, my friends, is illegal, accordingto the constitution. Why is the country, at least the sane half of it, not upat arms, angrily calling for action? Has trump so blinded us to his violenceand outrageous lies that we simply shrug and go on?
Cheung, in a kind of “All’sfair in love and war” aboutism, said that Biden has weaponized the DOJ againsttrump. We all know that’s not true. President Biden has deliberately distancedhimself from any of the litigation involving the former president. If a sittingpresident did use the DOJ against a political rival, I doubt they would do sowith an unbelievable 91 indictments, many of them felony. One or two strongcases should do the trick. trump earned every one of those indictments over along career of grifting, cheating, and lying for personal gain.
Last night, I saw a clip on FBof a pickup truck with the entire back gate an image of trump—in an orangejumpsuit, clutching prison bars and staring angrily out at the world. For amillisecond, I thought about fair play, and I wished some anti-trump patriothadn’t sunk so low (I still wish that). But I realized there’s nocomparison—the image of Biden threatens unlawful violence, and it was posted byone person to threaten the duly elected president; the image of trump behindbars hopes for justice and Biden had nothing to do with it. In fact, we don’tknow whose truck that was on or anything about it, but I assume the trumppeople haven’t found it yet or they’d be crowing about it.
One thing about this pickupcontroversy: it shows the power of AI and social media. Frightening.
This morning, Heather CoxRichardson’s perceptive column, Letters from an American, details how trump isconducting shadow foreign policy. He is pulling the strings behind MikeJohnson’s refusal to bring aid to Ukraine to the House, presumably because trumpwants to weaken Ukraine to please Putin. The former president also has an“envoy” traveling the world on his behalf, meeting with dictators that trumpwants to court because once in office, he intends to ally himself with Putin,Erdogan, and others—and break our alliances with democratic countries. This toois against the law, specified in the constitution. (Read Richardson’s columnhere for the extent of trump’s treason: (55) April 2,2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson )(substack.com)
Last week, trump was underdeadline and court to come up with $470-plus million in bond money orforeclosure on some of his property would begin while he appeals his giganticfraud conviction. We all know what happened—the braggart billionaire couldn’tcome up with the cash (no bank trusts him anymore). But the courts gave himgrace and lowered the amount drastically. Would that have happened to any otherbillionaire? I doubt it. Why does he get special treatment? He’s not somesaintly figure—he’s been convicted of fraud, he escaped conviction of sexualassault but was convicted of defamation, he was twice impeached, once fortrying to blackmail a foreign leader, most of his cohorts have served or areserving prison time—and so much more.
Judge Juan Merchan hasextended the boundaries of his gag order after trump threatened him and hisdaughter. Will the judge enforce that order? Will the threat to President Bidenfall under it?
Then there’s the question oftrump’s mental health. Is he sane? Is he suffering from progressive dementia asmany health professionals claim? Senile? Psychopathic? I have never seen a manso full of anger and hate, so ready to lash out, at the same time he grosslytwists facts, lies, and rants and raves—it’s all part of his threateningdemeanor. Consider his impulsive behavior, his out-of-control mouth—do we wanta man like that leading our country, making decisions about our welfare,negotiating with other countries. Is no one going to demand extensive testing?Are we all going to sit back and shrug and say we can do nothing about it whilea severely disturbed (mild interpretation) man gets the nuclear codes again? Welucked out last time, but I have no confidence that we will again.
Where is America? Donald trumpis playing America for the fool, and we are letting him do it. Why aren’t wespeaking out? The world we leave for our grandchildren is at stake as it’snever been before.
