Trump is Proof that America has Never Been a Great Nation, and Never Will Be

The rich don’t need help. White, middle-class people don’t need help. Men and women in positions of power don’t need help. The vast majority: the working class, families living in the low-income bracket, the poor, the homeless, the disenfranchised, all need help.

Someone please tell Trump and Musk that these statements are facts. Also inform them that first and foremost it is the responsibility of the president, congress and the Supreme Court to serve the majority. Their first priority should be improving the quality of life for all Americans.

Over the last 24 days these two old white men intentionally destroyed much of the progress made for all Americans over the last 60-70 years.

This is a lifetime pattern for Donald John Trump. This is why he never has and never will accomplish anything which produces positive results. Between 2017 and 2021 Trump did nothing but increase the division between our country’s people, give tax breaks to those who do not need or deserve them, and support the Neo-Nazi movement in America.

Trump’s economic policy, combined with his abject failure to lead our nation in the fight against the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus, placed us near a second Great Depression when he was evicted from the White House in January of 2021. Over a four-year period, he added eight trillion dollars to the national debt. Yes, that’s “trillion” with a “T.”

Politicians love to tell the American people one big lie and one half-truth when they attempt to win our votes.

“America is the greatest country in the world,” and “America is the richest nation in the world.”

First, the United States has never been a “great” country. As a new nation, we were greatly flawed. Over the first hundred years, for every advance made by our leaders, their successors moved us two steps backward.

Real advancements in our nation came during the 1960’s. Younger Americans rejected the racist policies of the past, and in 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed.

Women began to stand up to pervasive misogyny which placed them in positions of servitude to the male of our species. However, the demand for complete equality to men continues. Progress has been slower for this issue than any other. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that women were third-class citizens by removing their right to make decisions about their own mental and physical health.

In 1973, President Richard Nixon signed into law the end of drafting our young men into wars created by our government. This accompanied the 26^th Amendment, passed in 1971, which reduced the voting age to 18.

The sad part of this story is that in 2017, as Trump was inaugurated as your 45^th president, hate crimes rose 800 percent in America. Americans of color, ethnicity other than from western Europe, the LGBTQ community, Muslims, Jews, and all women were verbally and physically attacked by pure whites and supported by Donald Trump.

Several of Trump’s first actions after January 20, 2025, were acts of bias and prejudice.

America has 756 billionaires/oligarchs. However, one-half of our nation’s people live in the low-income bracket or below the poverty line.

In America, nothing is more important to our government and most of its people than money and possessions. A small percentage of all Americans are the wealthiest people in the world, but the remainder struggle to maintain an acceptable quality of life.

America’s seniors are virtually outcasts if they are forced to live on a fixed income.

Trump claims to be a Christian. However, his words and actions prove that he is without a doubt the Antichrist. Everything he does is in opposition to Christian beliefs. The eight beatitudes mean nothing to Donald “the Destroyer” Trump.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 Blessed are those who mourn,

    for they will be comforted.

 Blessed are the meek,

    for they will inherit the earth.

 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

    for they will be filled.

 Blessed are the merciful,

    for they will be shown mercy.

 Blessed are the pure in heart,

    for they will see God.

 Blessed are the peacemakers,

    for they will be called children of God.

 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 

Op-ed by James Turnage

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