TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The entire job of a president is to serve and care for the needs, wishes, and safety of his/her people. Donald Trump is not an American president by any stretch of the imagination. Over his nearly 80 pitiful years, his only concern has been himself. This malignant narcissist takes pleasure in the pain of others. That’s the one thing he is good at. LOOKING AT HIS MANY CRIMES, TWO STAND ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS When Trump committed treason on January 6, 2021, my wife and I were two of the few who actually experienced the darkest day in American history. When Trump unilaterally decided to wage a war on the sovereign nation of Iran on February 28, 2026, he not only violated the Constitution, he committed a war crime. A part of this story includes the pain he inflicted on the American people. Not only has his illegal and immoral war cost taxpayers at least one billion dollars each day, the cost of essentials, including gasoline, continue to reach prices no one has experi...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I often think about what makes America less than it should or could be. I know all the good things: I love history and our Founding Fathers stated their reasons for creating the United States of America better than I could ever explain them to you. ACCORDING TO ME, HERE ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST I won’t use individuals, you know who they are. The government of the United States has become the most corrupt and incompetent in the world, and there are plenty of guilty individuals on Capitol Hill. I will list organizations and groups I consider to be the most harmful to the image and future of America. I trust no one with great wealth or power. I could have chosen our incompetent military leaders in the Pentagon, all law enforcement agencies, many religious leaders, and other groups I despise for their failures to do what is right without reservation. However, I narrowed it down to just four. PROFESSIONAL POLITIICANS BELONG TO THE WORST PROFESSION IN THE WORLD If a...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I had a dream, at least I wish it was nothing but a bad dream. In this dream, I fell asleep on November 7, 2016, and when I woke up, my surroundings told me it was the beginning of another, ordinary day. However, the events of that day and what I heard on television told me that I was no longer in the United States of America. The date on my computer was January 19, 2017. The primary story on television news was about the events of January 20, and the inauguration of our nation’s 45 th president. However, the picture displayed on the screen showed Donald Trump, not Hillary Clinton. What the fuck? This was not possible. Not only was Hillary far ahead in the polls, Trump was a joke, He was the least qualified man in history to seek the office of President of the United States. He was a complete failure in the private sector, and the Manhattan real estate community was aware that he was a white-collar criminal. He had a reputation as a sexual predator who had been...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If you did not watch all three hours of the darkest day in America’s history on January 6, 2021, I envy you. Although my wife and I felt like crying, we were in shock. This could not happen in our America: but it did. The American Nazi Party, the fake news, and every person in our nation with power and great wealth, will attempt to gaslight you. The truth is, the second American Revolution has begun. Loyal Americans are at war with their own federal government. THE TRUTH YOUR GOVERNMENT AND THE FAKE NEWS DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW Trump is the most popular illegitimate president in America’s history: if you believe that democracy should be replaced with a fascist regime. The fourth estate no longer exists, not a single broadcast “news” show on television can be believed or trusted. All major networks are owned by Trump’s oligarchs/billionaires. We all know that Fox is a right-wing propaganda machine. However, in 2026, NBC, ABC, and Paramount, the parent company of...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As you know by now, our Founding Fathers made mistakes. They knew it, but believed that their successors would make the necessary improvements. They expected others would be eager to follow them and serve their country, their people. However, they failed to foresee the weakness and lack of character we experience today. The federal government of the United States is the most incompetent and corrupt in the world in 2026. And their leader is the “Don” of the Washington Mafia.” “The president continues to find new, once-unimaginable ways to use the awesome powers of the federal government to enrich himself.” Michael A. Cohen, (author). HOW MANY OF OUR ELECTED AND APPOINTED LEADERS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY? The saddest and most important lesson I learned over my nearly 80 years as a patriotic American, is that in the 21 st century, no one with extreme wealth and/or power can be trusted. If I had to guess, I believe that about 80 percent of those who spend ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Women continue their fight for equality. Whenever a Republican is in the Oval Office, women’s rights take two steps backwards for every step they gained during a Democratic administration. Before I move deeper into my article, I feel that I must vent my frustration. This begins with one, simple fact: old, white men have no right to make decisions for women when the issue has any relationship to their ability to reproduce. The situation is unrelatable for men who continue to believe that women have a single purpose: to serve the needs of men. That said, let’s take a realistic look at an issue which should not be included in the many reasons we choose one candidate over another when we vote: abortion. WOMEN CONTINUE TO BE SECOND AND EVEN THIRD-CLASS CITIZENS In America, white women were not allowed to vote until 1920. Black women were forced to wait for their Constitutional right until 1965. For 49 years, women were protected by federal law when they decided to te...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: the Republican Party began to take its final breaths in 1981. Today, the Party of Lincoln is nothing but a memory. There are many reasons that this travesty occurred, but at the center are efforts by one extremist group of leaders calling themselves “Evangelicals.” [The term evangelical refers to a worldwide movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the authority of the Bible, the "good news" (gospel) of salvation through Jesus Christ, and the personal experience of being "born”] IF YOU IGNORE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST, YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN Growing up Catholic, and attending Parochial school, I read the Bible, and studied the basic concepts of Judaism, the Religion of Islam, and learned the beliefs of Buddhism, Sikhism, and other less popular faiths. For those of you who have never read the Bible, cover to cover, it is divided into two parts: the Old Testament, and the New Testament. The Old Testament is composed of lege...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In January of 2017, an entire political party, which was once known as “the Grand Old Party,” abandoned its morals, its self-respect, its principles, and its dignity, and surrendered its free thought and free will to an old, obese, and mentally deficient failed businessman who had renently been illegitimately sworn in as their president. The Party of Lincoln had taken its last breath. MOST “REPUBLICANS” KNOW BETTER I have no doubt that the majority of the men and women who call themselves “Republicans” in Washington have at least average intelligence and are fully aware that Trump has become a dictator. They know that his policies are wrong for America, but with a shrinking voter base, they are desperate to receive the votes of his ignorant supporters. His failure to keep his promises, most notably ending inflation, ending the invasion of Ukraine, and keeping our nation out of another unwinnable war in the Middle East, are adding to the possibility of Democrats ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No one could write a movie this confusing. On every set is a person whose job is to ensure that the film contains continuity and makes sense from beginning to end. What’s left of Donald Trump’s little brain is a f**king mess. No one knows what he is doing, including Donald John Trump. The old, mentally disabled, obese man who is pretending to be your president revealed himself as the Antichrist years ago. When speaking to his cult, he exalts himself constantly. He easily brainwashes, his weak-minded followers who became convinced that Donald Trump is the Messiah: greater than Mohammad or Jesus Christ. TRUMP TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS THAT HE IS GREATER THAN JESUS CHRIST “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.” Trump is a fake Christian. The pastor of the Church Trump claims to be his place of worship, revealed that Trump has never crossed its threshold. It is obvious that he never read the bible, and definitely not the New Testa...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump has finally accomplished something, but not for the American people. In just over one year, Trump and his family have increased their personal wealth by about $1.4 billion. Trump continues to violate the Emoluments Clause with the use of his position as your illegitimate president. This number is near the amount he profited between 2017 and 2021 of $1.7 billion. Trump has been licensing his name in multiple foreign nations. This is a direct violation of the Emoluments Clause and punishable by impeachment for a record third time. The orange buffoon has finally learned something about pretending to be your president: how to commit more crimes he hoped no one would discover. 47 WAYS TRUMP HAS MADE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MOST AMERICANS WORSE I won’t list them all: you can read them in the article I will refer at the end of my own. However, while Trump is stuffing his Gucci wallet with more illegal funds, most Americans are struggling more than ever before in ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Is it just me, or did Trump actually say, time and time again, “Iran cannot have nuclear weapons?” I don’t watch television “news” broadcasts. I refuse to be lied to. However, I do read. Trump appeared on Sean Hannity’s right-wing propaganda broadcast Thursday, and once again proved that the term “TACO” definitely applies to the orange buffoon. Trump talks all the time, but his words are always filled with lies and baseless allegations. Read the exchange between Trump and one of Fox’ paid liars. Hannity asked Trump about the 970 pounds of enriched uranium possessed by Iran, which is necessary to make nuclear weapons. [Trump first said that if the U.S. tried to seize the stockpile, it would take “a week and a half” to extract using a ground operation. That is likely an underestimate; nuclear experts say such an operation would take weeks, and that’s assuming it goes smoothly.] But what Trump said next was a surprise. “I don’t think it’s necessary [to get the uran...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In my nearly 80 years, I have learned that many of the sayings I heard from my grandparents, older relatives, and other individuals who were older than me are founded in fact, based on nothing more complicated than human nature. One of these is, “you can be judged by the friends and associates you choose.” As a man who had too many “careers” in his life, all involving working with the public, I have had many casual relationships. I referred to all of these people as “friends.” They were, to an extent. However, those I considered “true friends” cared about me as much as I cared about them. That number is small, as it should be. “TRUMP’S “FRIENDS” ARE THE SCUM AT THE BOTTOM OF A CESSPOOL Donald Trump has never had a true friend. He uses those he calls “friends” for personal advantage, and they use him to achieve their ambitions and increase their outrageous wealth. When he planned his trip to China, he invited a few of his oligarchs, his son, Eric, the worst Secre...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Is Trump mentally ill? That is a huge understatement. Everything he says, everything he does, makes no sense. He is wasting billions, and possibly trillions of dollars waging wars, destroying national treasures and rebuilding them into what appear to be massage parlors and brothels: places Trump is obviously more familiar with. TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL 2024 VICTORY WAS ACHIEVED WITH LIES AND MISDIRECTION Trump attempted to make the 2024 election all about the economy. We now know that this was another attempt to gaslight the American people. It is a fact that America’s voting public is the least informed in the world, and therefore his tactics were successful, if the election was fair. Evidence proves it was not. However, millions of gullible Americans believed Trump’s promises: to end the invasion of Ukraine on day one; to end inflation/Greedflation on day one; to prevent another war on foreign soil; and to reduce the national debt. How’s he doing? Stop laughing. ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This story is confusing, sad, and almost unbelievable. At the center of this tale is Senator Lindsey Graham, Rep., South Carolina. Arizona Senator John McCain lost his battle for life on August 25, 2018. He and Lindsey Graham were close friends, almost inseparable. Although my beliefs and those of Senator McCain were often in direct opposition, I admired him for the only reason which mattered: Mr. McCain always acted in a manner focused on doing what he believed was the right for the American people. I believed that he and Graham shared the same principles and morals. However, after Senator McCain passed, Graham became hypocrite number one. During the 2016 campaign Graham constantly criticized Trump: a couple of examples. In 2016, Lindsey Graham wrote, "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it." "The bottom line is I believe Donald Trump would be an absolute, utter disaster for the Republican Party, destroy conservati...