TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart You might remember the heavy criticism Hillary Clinton received from the right when she called Trump’s cult “a basket of deplorables” during the 2016 campaign. Although it has become clear that she was not wrong, her opinion is of little importance. What is of interest is what Trump thinks about his most avid supporters. Stephanie Grisham is a former Press Secretary for Donald Trump. However, like many mainstream Republicans, she has endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024 and appeared at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening. She resigned on January 6, 2021, immediately following the violent insurrection. [Grisham’s admission that Trump referred to his supporters as “basement dwellers” when the cameras were off is a shocking but not entirely surprising revelation. This term, dripping with disdain, reveals the deep-seated contempt Trump holds for the very base that has idolized him. This base, largely composed of working-class Americans, has been manipula...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart You might remember comments made by your “Commander-in-Chief” after refusing to attend a ceremony honoring our fallen soldiers during WWI in France in 2018. Trump refused to attend the ceremony. It was raining and windy, and he was concerned about his hair. I can’t make this shit up. An aide who attended the trip with Trump, claims that he asked why would he want to go? “They are all suckers and losers. What was in it for them?” TRUMP IS UNFIT TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF Trump is at it again. In another display of abject ignorance, he demeaned the importance of medals awarded to our military for extraordinary service. [On Thursday, when addressing megadonor Miriam Adelson about the Presidential Medal of Freedom he had given her in 2018, Trump said: “It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better, because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor — that’s soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape becaus...