Donald John Trump: A Life Wasted and a Country Destroyed

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

It is no secret that Trump is the most hated man in the world. His ‘guaranteed to fail’ tariffs are causing distress in every nation on the planet. The question is, how did this 79-year-old man earn the criticism and hate of billions of people?

Although this short article will not explain what happened inside Trump’s little brain, we do know what happened to him physically.

Trump was born in New York on June 14, 1946. Three weeks later, yours truly would begin his own journey on planet earth.

His parents, Fred and Mary Anne, already had three children, Marrianee, born in 1937, Frederick, 1938, and Elizabeth, 1942. Trump had one younger brother, Robert, born in 1948.

There is little information about Trump’s life as a child, his immediate family has refrained from talking about their brother for the most part. His oldest sister, Marianne, a retired Appeals Court Judge, did offer a few remarks.

Marianne referred to her younger brother and his presidency, calling him “cruel” and saying, “he has no principles.”

“You can’t trust him,” she said of Donald.

We know nothing about his time in a military boarding school, Fordham University, or the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business College, because Trump had his academic records sealed in 2017. Not a single classmate from any school has come forward to discuss what they knew about Donald John Trump.

What we do know is that he received a diploma from Wharton in 1968, whether he earned it or not is unknown.

His first ‘job’ in the private sector was in his father’s real estate business. Fred Trump owned apartment buildings in New York. Donny worked with his father for three years until 1971 when he received a ‘gift’ from his father of about 421 million dollars, allowing him to begin his own company. We do know that during his three years working with his father, he, and other rental agents, were required to place a large, red, “C” at the top of applications offered by Black men and women. Racism is rarely a natural situation: it is learned.

Trump was given several properties outside of Manhattan. He sought the life and prestige offered by ownership of properties in New York’s most prosperous borough. This need for relevance began his downfall in the world of big business.

In 1977 Trump married his first trophy wife, Ivana. They enjoyed the life of being part of New York’s “socialite community.”

In 1987, the couple received an invitation from the KGB. They were asked to come to Moscow for a couple of days. As you might expect, there were no records released about what happened over those days, but it is a fact that Vladimir Putin was a high-ranking officer in the KGB, on his way to bigger and better things.

Shortly after the couple returned to New York, his Manhattan real estate business began to grow. Faced by bankruptcy, Russian oligarchs were purchasing some of his properties. It was of no concern that the prices were greatly inflated.

Although Trump was not deeply involved in politics, he used party affiliations to gain prestige and acquire relationships for financial gain.  

Donald Trump was a registered Democrat from 2001 to 2009. During this period, he also donated to various Democratic politicians and campaigns.

His political party affiliations have changed several times throughout his life: Republican: 1969–1999, Democratic 2009–2011, and Republican 2012–present.

Trump and Ivana had three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. They were engaged in a very contentious divorce in 1992. Trump would marry two more trophy wives, Marla Maples, and currently Melania Knavs. He had two more children, Tiffany with Ms. Maples, and Barron with Melania.

In 1992, Trump entered into the world of politics with attacks on President Obama’s citizenship. His baseless assertions gained national attention, and Trump loved every minute of it, although his allegations were ridiculous and totally unfounded in fact.

Trump had a reputation within the New York business community as an unscrupulous and immoral businessman. He frequently refused to pay contractors for work on his properties and was often seen in civil courts. Trump also earned a reputation as a “womanizer.”

In 1996, Trump became part owner of the Miss Universe Pageant. He used his position to move the pageant to Moscow in 2013. His actions during those few days were documented by former MI-6 operative, Christopher Steele. His dossier was highly contested and the mainstream media refused to accept it as factual. However, to this day, not single word has been proven less than truthful.

Other than sordid descriptions of Trump’s sexual encounter with two young Russian prostitutes, the true reason for his visit was to meet with Putin and finalize their intention to win the 2016 presidential election.

On June 16, 2015, Trump made a “grand entrance,” descending on several escalators in Trump Tower, to announce his intention to win the GOP presidential nomination.

This not only began an extreme downturn in our political system, it was a clear sign that America itself was in decline.

The 2017 primary season was ugly, mean-spirited, and without substance. However, the least qualified candidate in history took advantage of his opponent’s weaknesses and won the nomination. Although Trump’s candidacy was opposed by 90 percent of all Republican politicians attending the convention, “Republican” politicians surrendered their integrity and morals and allowed a racist a sexual predator, and a bigot to become their party’s leader.

The rest is history. As our nation’s first illegitimate president, he constantly violated the Constitution, and was impeached twice. However, the treasonous Senate majority leader, Moscow Mitch McConnell, refused to conduct a constitutionally required fair trial in the Senate, and he remained in office to continue dividing our nation and using his position to increase his personal business profits by more than 1.7 billion dollars.

Two weeks prior to his eviction from the White House in 2021, Trump planned, organized, and executed an attempted coup with the intention of halting the certification of the 2020 Electoral College Vote. On the day he was forced from our nation’s most venerable residence, Trump violated the Espionage Act with the theft of at least 14 boxes of national secrets.

As a private citizen, Trump faced multiple criminal charges. In May of 2024, he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York. Trump Corp had a constant policy of inflating the value of his properties when seeking loans, and deflating their value when paying state and federal taxes.

In 2024, the Supreme Court, which he and Moscow Mitch McConnell intentional ‘stacked’ with six justices who support right-wing extremism, gave Trump absolute immunity. This action prevented additional trials in several states, and violated the 14^th Amendment, granting the convicted felon the right to run for the presidency in 2024.

On November 5, 2024, another election, rigged by Putin, allowed the leader of American’s Neo-Nazi movement to once again become your illegitimate and “pretend” president.

It pains me greatly to know that a traitor, a convicted felon, a serial philanderer, a suspected pedophile, and an overall sexual predator, afflicted with malignant narcissism and dementia, is allowed to claim the title of President of the United States of America.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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