TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Let me first offer you one irrefutable fact: Donald John Trump is the worst person in the world. No single, old, white man has caused more harm to the world as an individual than the orange buffoon pretending to be your president today. It is absolutely fair to compare him to a combination of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. Okay, I feel a little better. “I DON’T CARE” In just two days, Donny Dementia will become an octogenarian. This is nothing to be proud of; nothing to celebrate. I, too, will be 80 years old in just over three weeks. It is common knowledge that since the day he was born, it is an unusual event when what comes out of his piehole is the truth. However, as his mental acuity rapidly declines, Trump occasionally says something he doesn’t want you to know: the truth. An American President has one job: to serve and protect the American people. However, this is not on Trump list and certainly not contained in the right-wing’s fascist manifesto, “Projec...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart His ballroom; his war, his golf excursions, and his trips to the Lago. This and giving tax cuts to his oligarchs are bankrupting Amrica. What Trump has done since January 20 2025. What has he done for the people? Zilch. Trump is the most expensive illegitimate president in America’s history. Although he is asking for an even larger budget for next year, his personal expenditures will continue to exceed our nation’s income. How will he pay for his evil and wasteful plans? WHERE HAVE YOUR TAX DOLLARS GONE SINCE JANUARY OF 2025? I won’t step around the facts. Since January 20, 2025, he has spent millions of dollars on vengeance. Trump considers anyone who disagrees with him an enemy. Trump’s golf “excursions,” combined with his many trips to the Lago, cost taxpayers more than 10 million dollars each month. Trump destroyed the East Wing of the people’s White House. He wants to build a garish and unnecessary ballroom. He lied, promising that his oligarch’s would pay ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Donald Trump never has been and never will be an American President. He is a fascist dictator. The truth is, he never wanted to have a ‘real job.’ He knows nothing about leadership or government, and has never shown any indication that he is willing to learn how to work, and never for the benefit of others. However, after his rigged victory on November 8, 2016, he saw an opportunity to increase his personal wealth, and he did, by 3.7 billion dollars over four, long years. Vladimir Putin recognized the reality that he would have his greatest asset in a position of power. His lifelong dream of destroying America would be sitting behind the Resolute desk. In 2026, Trump is moving full speed ahead in his efforts to create chaos and end the dream of our Founding Fathers. I will say it again: Trump remains an immature, spoiled child, who is and always was the schoolyard bully. Unfortunately, Trump doesn’t read; or maybe he can’t. If he had read “Being a President for ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The mainstream media is constantly hiding facts from the American people. I will never offer less than the truth to my readers. Trump sent National Guard Troops to Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago for one reason, and one reason only: to prevent the “No Kings” protests against his authoritarian and fascist actions by true and patriotic Americans. As America’s leading hypocrite, he is taking action to protect protestors, albeit in a Muslim nation. Protests against the failure of Iran’s leaders based on a declining economy, have turned deadly. “If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go.” Throughout our nation’s 249 years, our federal government continues to interfere with events occurring in other nations. We are not a “great nation,” and we are not the “world’s police force.” We have no right to impose our beliefs on other nations...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Change is mostly good, as long as it moves a nation forward and increases the quality of life for all people. However, Trump and his administration are regressive, and what they are doing to America is criminal and in direct opposition to the intent of the Constitution. As you well know, I constantly criticize Trump, and make jokes about him. The truth is, he deserves it. He was a terrible man in 2016, but in 2025, he has become the worst person on the planet. I consider myself a patriot, strongly believing in the words of satirist and comedian, Mark Twain. "Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it". Over the last 45 years, it has been rare for our government to receive any praise for its actions, and has become deserving of its condemnation for its failure to do the right thing. As I child in the 1950’s and 1960’s, I imagined our government as a group of men who spent their days attempting to find ways to improve ou...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump has been “above the law” for his entire life. Not once had he been prosecuted for his many crimes until May 30, 2024, when he was pronounced guilty on 34 counts of felonious actions. However, his Supreme Court virtually nullified his convictions, and gave him absolute immunity, preventing the continuation of additional court actions involving numerous felonies, including treason, and violating the Espionage Act. Our government, all of it, and his ignorant cult, are fueling his ego and the fascist dictator is escalating his constant abuse of power. The malignant narcissist is also experiencing dementia, and becoming a raging lunatic. So the orange buffoon completely ignored a decision by a federal judge which prevents him from spending millions of dollars of your tax money to send members of the National Guard into Portland Oregon. However, Trump is ignoring the decision of a federal judge. Not only is this a violation of the Constitution, this is an abuse ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It’s no secret: Trump is not the sharpest tool in the shed. His economic policies have proven disastrous. On his report card, Foreign Relations receives an F-. Trump is not a leader, as we learned during Covid-19. More than one million American lives were lost, while he told us, “it will just go away.” What is most obvious, but goes unreported by the mainstream media, is that Trump is a dictator. However, the New York Times recently talked to younger voters who voted for Trump in 2024. Asked to describe Trump’s actions over the last eight months, they called him “aggressive,” “overpowering,” and “reckless.” Mustafa, a 28-year-old Republican from Georgia, didn’t hold back. “The way that he’s been handling things recently, dictatorship,” he said. There is little remaining in the base for right-wing politicians. The group Trump and I belong to, septuagenarians, is dying off. Educated Americans reject Trump and his party. Trump is losing the support of rural voters....

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart During the 2024 campaign, one of his biggest lies came when he was asked about Project 2025. As he always does, he lied, saying “I know nothing about it.” The truth is, every word, every idea in the 922-page fascist encyclopedia came from Trump’s own words during his many, boring, hate rallies. It is no secret: Trump’s primary ‘hero’ is Adolf Hitler. He studied the Fuhrer’s speeches every night before going to bed. There is no doubt that he is not an American president. Recently, these are a few of the plans contained in Project 2025. • launching a mass deportation program • purging civil servants and replacing them with partisan loyalists • defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting• reducing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's role in disaster response • eliminating federal "diversity, equity and inclusion" efforts • banning transgender troops in the military One of Hitler’s primary plans to establish complete control of Germany in t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Over the last couple of weeks, Trump has ordered his oligarchs to fire two men who have been constant critics of his failure to lead our nation. Paramount, the parent company of CBS, fired Stephen Colbert. Disney Corp, the parent company of ABC, attempted to hide their ownership of several companies, including Nexstar, fired Jimmy Kimmel. The only crime committed by either late night host was speaking truth to power about your corrupt and incompetent president. They were exercising their First Amendment rights without malice, or slander. Their weapon was humor, and Trump is incapable of self-deprecation, or any other form of laughing at his expense. Let’s go back to January 20, 2025. [Partway through his second presidential inaugural address, Donald Trump boasted, “After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I also will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free...

Op-ed from TheWiseOldFart Fact: Trump lies constantly. Fact: the dictator is placing our nation under Martial Law using the fake and fraudulent excuse of “law and order.” Another violation of the Constitution. Fact: Trump is closely following his fascist manifesto called ‘Project 2025.’ Fact: the corrupt federal government of the United States is allowing our nation’s biggest traitor to end the dream of our Founding Fathers. Why isn’t anyone doing something? Every day, Trump has been allowed to violate the Constitution. He has already used the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments as toilet paper. [Asked about plans to expand ICE operations in Chicago specifically, Noem told CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” “We’ve already had ongoing operations with ICE in Chicago and throughout Illinois and other states, making sure that we’re upholding our laws, but we do intend to add more resources to those operations.”] The very existence of ICE, the Patriot Act, and Trump’s illegitimate presidenci...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our Founding Fathers left the country of their origin for numerous reasons. However, the primary reason was far simpler than what is contained in the volumes written by historians. It comes down to one issue: human rights. Everything they accomplished at the Constitutional Convention between 1787 and 1789 was focused on the individual. The country belongs to the people. They choose their leaders who are nothing more than public servants. Their creation of a ‘check and balance system,’ three branches with equal but separate powers, would prevent what is happening today. There was never going to be king of the United States of America, or any other form of autocrat. However, one unconstitutional and immoral action by six corrupt members of the Supreme Court voided their intent. Our government is in chaos, totally out of control. Sadly, the men and women we elected to serve and protect us have become our enemies. If they are not working for us, they are worki...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Like everything else in his pitiful life, Trump has never experienced a victory in any endeavor he attempted, as proven by two illegitimate victories in Putin’s rigged presidential elections. In 2016 he was far down in the final polls. In 2024, attendance at his hate rallies was in steep decline. He was obviously losing support and is just one of the factors involved in allegations by me and others that this was a second rigged election by the Russian President. In the private sector, he barely survived with the use of bribes, “hush money” paid to witnesses, tax evasion, and bailouts by Putin and the Saudi Royal Family. There are unsubstantiated accusations of the use of paid assassins to eliminate several of his adversaries. Because he is incapable of performing the duties of a real president, and will continue to face opposition willing to remove him from his illegitimate presidency by any means, the schoolyard bully must become a fascist dictator. This is the...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It’s clear that professional politicians on both sides of the aisle are not listening to the American people. We know that those who call themselves Republicans don’t give a damn about the well-being of our nation’s 340 million people. Their loyalty is to Donald Trump and his handler, Vladimir Putin. Democrats apparently believe that Trump’s destructive, fascist policies will encourage voters to choose them instead of members of the American Fascist Party in November of 2026. As usual, they are lazy and simply don’t listen. Those who talk but do nothing will discover an increase in voter apathy, resulting in a low voter turnout. I am an Independent. We and Democratic voters who are in need of leadership are tired of words. We want to see action. Personally, I would think that Democratic politicians would at least join their supporters on the streets, participating in the never-ending protests against Trump and his party. We want assurance that they care about us...

Op-ed by TheWiseOLdFart In 2016 and 2024, Trump made many promises during his hate rallies. However, he has never kept a single one. In 2025, his focus is even more on himself and his wallet. Trump believes “what is good for him is good for the country.” From his violation of the law, using ICE as his personal gestapo, attempting genocide in America, to his failed and moronic military parade honoring his own birthday, Trump is an embarrassment to all other dictators past and present. Of course, this is what we should expect from a man with lower than average intelligence. No honest person can deny that Trump has become America’s first dictator, a Fuhrer. But this could not have happened without the assistance of a corrupt and biased Supreme Court. Proven by the absurd length of boring, self-serving speeches, Trump’s greatest pleasure is standing before his supporters and receiving undeserved adulation and loyalty. He is the living example of everyone inflicted with malignant narcissism...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: There are no true Republicans in Washington today. In 1981, Ronald Reagan forced every Republican to take an oath of absolute loyalty. This was the beginning of the end of the once Grand Old Party, and the destruction of our Founding Fathers’ system of governance. Reagan’s three successors, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, adopted the same failed policies initiated by Reagan: absolute loyalty without dissention and free thought, and the failed fiscal policy of “trickle-down economics.” When George W. Bush and his V.P. Dick Chendy ignored the warnings of our security agencies and went on vacation in 2001, refusing to take their admonitions seriously. The result was one of the darkest days in American history: September 11, 2001. It was George W. Bush who overreacted and in several situations, including his reelection campaign in 2004, used the outrage and fear of the American people to secure victories for his personal agenda. It was the ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “What was in it for them? They’re all suckers and losers.” The former was a statement made to his aides when Trump was in France to honor the brave Americans who lost their lives in WWI. He did not attend the ceremony. It was confirmed in 2016 that Trump’s Daddy purchased deferments from a podiatrist preventing his useless son, who grew up in a wealthy family and extreme white privilege, from serving in the Vietnam War. The old, obese, fascist coward is honoring himself and his claim to the title of Commander-in-Chief with a costly and unnecessary military parade this weekend. Sunday just happens to be his birthday. Coincidence? I think not. Another of his endless lies claims that this act of a ruthless and heartless dictator is to honor the 250 th anniversary of the United States Army. It could have been planned for a more symbolic day, such as combining the event no real American will watch with our nation’s 249 th birthday on July 4 th . However, Trump is t...

Trump’s actions in Los Angeles are an undeniable display of fascism. He will follow this disgusting attack on American values with a military parade on Sunday, his 79 th birthday, an action demanded exclusively by dictators. Hitler hated the Jews. Trump, in an act of “one upmanship,” revealed to us that he hates anyone who is not pure white and rich. What the mainstream media is not talking about speaks volumes. Dozens of fake journalists continue to show their support for Trump, not for the American people. Between January 20 and today, he has done nothing for 340 million American people. Not a single promise has been addressed. He continues to spend every rare minute he is in the White House seeking revenge and destroying the lives of innocent men, women, and children. The majority of his time has been spent chasing a small, white ball through the grass or rubbing shoulders with his oligarchs at Mar-a-Lago. As he did for four long years between 2017 and 2021, he continues to use his...

Trump’s policies are a combination of Mein Kampf, and Project 2025. From his first rally in 2015, his message was composed of anger, hatred, and violence. In 2017 his first actions revealed his hatred of all non-whites and non “Christians.” He followed Reagan’s policy of disregard for the working class and support of the mega-rich whom we call billionaires, or oligarchs. He made it very clear that he would not serve anyone who chose not to support him and his anti-American policies. Trump believes that he has joined his biggest idol, Adolf Hitler, in becoming America’s Fuhrer. And, why shouldn’t he? The Supreme Court gave him absolute immunity and he has become a vile and ruthless dictator over the last four months. His actions in Los Angeles are unforgivable and unconstitutional. What angers me the most is that our military leaders are not required by law to attack our nation’s people, nor are they required to perform for the dictator in celebration of his 79 th , and hopefully last b...

The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of our federal government are completely dysfunctional and the situation is irreparable. Our military is useless. It is the largest and most expensive in the world, but hasn’t won a war since WWII. It was unwilling to protect our legislative branch from a violent insurrection, organized, planned, and executed by your illegitimate president. All of these complete failures continue to allow Trump to violate the Constitution every day, and commit the most egregious crimes in American history. In addition to violating the Emoluments Clause, he is holding America’s institutions of higher learning, the Department of Justice, and agencies whose only purpose is to expose government fraud hostage until they comply with his demands. Only in the story of America does a schoolyard bully win against all odds. Our “leaders” are cowards, frauds, and hypocrites. Next Sunday, June 15 th , and although he has no authority to demand their cooperation, Tru...

My father, and four of my uncles on my mother’s side of the family, fought against Hitler’s fascist army in WWII. My mother was one of many women we affectionately labeled as “Rosie the Riveter” at Boeing’s Seattle plant during the war. I am an original baby boomer, born in 1946. I despise Trump for many legitimate reasons, but one of the most important is the fact that he calls the men and women who gave their lives to preserve freedom in WWI and WWII, “losers and suckers.” Today, this traitorous, illegitimate president is following the Republican’s fascist manifesto “Project 2025” exactly as he wrote it. When he was much younger, Trump read the speeches made by Adolf Hitler over and over again. In 2017 and again in 2025, Trump is using Hitler’s tactics to control his ill-informed “basement dwellers.” He learned that if you tell a lie often enough, the people will eventually accept it as fact. Most people will accept extreme belief in extreme forms of loyalty, falsely considering thei...