The Illegitimate President Who Broke America
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart
Most of you are too young to remember my America: the
country I loved and deserved my loyalty, respect, and trust. Sadly, that nation
no longer exists, and I’m not sure if it will ever regain its position on the
world’s stage.
Humans are by far the weakest of all mammals. For the most part
we are never happy with our personal situation. We want more, more, and more. We
are also a lazy group. We look for someone else to do our work for us.
John Adams: "Remember Democracy never lasts long".
He further asserted that democracy "soon wastes exhausts and murders
itself," and that "There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not
commit suicide.”
Abraham Lincoln: "if destruction be our lot, we must
ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live
through all time, or die by suicide"
Abraham Lincoln: “We the people are the rightful masters of
both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to
overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
These great men were not only brilliant, they had an unparalleled
understanding of the weakness of all people.
Preparation for the end of democracy in America began 44
years ago. Republican “God,” Ronald Reagan, altered politics and with it our
form of governance. He demanded absolute loyalty from his party. Dissent was
forbidden. With this the precepts of a Democratic Republic no longer existed:
honest deliberation and eventual compromise.
Reagan is also responsible for the right-wing’s undeclared
war on the working class, placing the demands of the super-rich ahead of the majority.
He is responsible for devaluing the rights of women and minorities, and the
creation of the powerful lobby, the “Christian Religious Right.” Not a single “Republican”
makes a decision today without discussing the matter with leaders of the
Evangelical Caucus.
Both George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush followed Reagan’s
lead and implemented his failed fiscal policy of “trickle-down economics.”
In 2015 a failed businessman, a con artist extraordinaire,
declared his intention to win the highest office in our nation. He was by far
the least qualified man to ever seek the office of President of the United
States of America.
However, his one talent, lying constantly and frequently
until those lies were accepted as “alternative facts,” gave him victories in
the primaries. Trump offers weak-minded men and women promises he never intends
to keep. He combines this natural ‘talent’ with his ability to brainwash the
uninformed with vile emotions of anger, and hatred, while inciting them to take
violent actions in his name, making him popular among certain groups, including
the American Neo-Nazi movement.
For the most part, his Republican predecessors supported a nation
composed of acceptance, understanding, and compassion for others. However,
Trump ignores those values, replacing them with his own philosophies and
beliefs. He blames others for his mistakes, declaring them his personal enemies
and encouraging hatred, distrust, and efforts intent on revenge.
Trump placed his desire for power and great wealth in
priority number one, discounting the majority of our nation’s people, including
his ardent supporters, although in private he refers to them as “basement
dwellers.”
From the day Trump won the Republican presidential nomination
in July of 2016 hate crimes in America rose by 800 percent. Domestic Terrorism
became the greatest danger to human life in America as gun violence escalated. Beginning
in 2017, the number of mass shootings each year surpassed the number of days on
the calendar.
In 2025, injury and death from gunshots continue. However
deep hatred, inspired by Trump’s words and actions, includes increasing violent
actions by his supporters. Attacks with knives, clubs, and even vehicles are
commonplace. The United States of America is the most violent and dangerous
nation in the 21st century.
America is broken beyond repair unless drastic changes begins
now. The government of the United States is dysfunctional and the most corrupt in
the free and developed world.
Every man and woman taking up space on the right side of the
aisle is loyal to Trump, not to the people of our nation. In four years, six
months, and seven days, pretending to be your president, Trump has failed to
accomplish one thing of a positive nature for our country. His only “success”
has been giving additional tax breaks to his 813 oligarchs.
If America becomes nothing but a memory, it is our fault. As
one nation’s people we are uninformed and too lazy to make an effort to know
the truth about the men and women who ask for our votes. Although Trump’s victories
in 2016 and 2024 were undeniably rigged, if we, the people, had supported Kamala
Harris as we did Biden in 2020, Putin would have lost and we would have won.
Face the truth, know the facts, and fight like hell to save
the dream.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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