TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It’s a sad fact that I was not surprised that Trump chose Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense. They are very similar. Both are white supremacists, sexual predators, and confirmed criminals. Hegseth is also a well-known alcoholic whose antics embarrassed everyone he knew. It was also important for Trump that Hegseth was a part-time personality on his personal propaganda machine, Fox News. Trump and Hegseth made a decision to attack a group of Democrats who offered advice to our military who are being forced to act like a Gestapo in our nation’s “blue” states. They made a public service announcement informing our men and women in uniform that if what they are ordered to do is a violation of federal law or the Constitution, they are not required to carry out those orders. Trump is not a confirmed fascist dictator. At least not yet. Nothing upsets Trump more than the truth. He is known to fly into rage at any moment when one of his illegal actions is exposed. Ne...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Now everyone knows: Trump is a pedophile. Most of us who spend much of our day researching information so that you may be informed have known about his sexual deviance for at least 10 years. In 2016, just two months before the election, in a tape released by Access Hollywood, Trump admitted that he was a sexual deviant. His own words revealed his opinions about all women. He openly admitted that he believes women have only one purpose. He committed adultery multiple times while married to three wives. Over a period of about 15 years, he spent most of his time with his “bestie,” Jeffrey Epstein. It is no longer a secret that he made multiple trips to Epstein’s private island on his private jet. There are videos of the two degenerates partying at Mar-a-Lago. Although the mainstream media hides the information to protect their Fuhrer, there are records of when one 12-year-old girl filed a rape complaint against your illegitimate president. It was dropped and settle...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The word is “tariffs.” Few people understand them, and the definition is incomplete. “A tariff is a form of tax imposed on imported goods or services. Tariffs are a common element in international trade The primary reasons for imposing tariffs include (1) the reduction in the importation of goods and services by increasing their prices and (2) the protection of domestic producers.” The last time a President of the United States applied tariffs to all imported commodities was after the Stock Market crashed, and the economy nosedived and the Great Depression began in 1930. Herbert Hoover was warned about the dangers of such a drastic decision, but he refused to listen to more than 1,000 respected economists. As expected, Hoover’s actions negatively affected the world’s economy. Trump inherited an economy in full recovery. Biden was the most successful president since Bill Clinton with the establishment of a fiscal policy which proves to be beneficial for everyone....

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The above statement, learning everything you need to know from the “boob tube,” might suggest that anyone who believes this to be true is poorly educated, and probably cannot read. You would be right. What you might not know, is this statement came from your illegitimate president in 2018 during his second year, and first term. In 2025, nothing has changed. When Trump is in the White House, on rare occasion, he is sitting in a room adjacent to the Oval Office watching Fox Noise. His own words and actions prove that he believes the fallacious broadcasts from the original “fake news” network. Trump’s latest focus evolves from a story on Fox. Fox leads the nation in Islamophobia. So when Trump watched a story about Islamic persecution against Christians in the African Country of Nigeria, Trump stumbled back into the Oval Office and placed a call to the Pentagon. [US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart After the Great Depression began in 1929, Hoover and his administration attempted to restore America’s economy by placing tariffs on imports. This only exacerbated the situation. However, Trump is a schoolyard bully and doesn’t read or understand the lessons offered by history. The truth is, free trade agreements stimulate the world’s economies. Trump doesn’t care about any other country, or the fact that in the 21 st century, no nation can stand alone. America’s economy is dependent upon consumerism. His choice to place excessive tariffs on every nation, including our allies, is founded in a mixture of arrogance and ignorance. He believes that he can bully other nations, and force them to obey his demands. This is what happens when a lifelong failure is chosen to lead a nation of 340 million people. Remember what Trump did to America’s economy between 2017 and 2021. When he was evicted from the White House, our nation was nearing a second Great Depression, and...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I had always been a mostly positive person. I believed that most people had good intentions, and because of that single fact, the things I saw happening around me, which were harmful, dangerous, and unfair would be rectified in my lifetime. However, 25 years ago, I began to doubt my own beliefs. I was always aware that the government of the United States was composed of mostly inferior and incompetent men and women. However, I continued to believe that the system of checks and balances created by our Founding Fathers would guarantee that our government would always be relatively successful in the performance of their jobs: to serve the American people. But after the 2000 election and the debacle occurring in Florida by a totally incompetent election committee, the Supreme Court exceeded its authority and decided to award George W. Bush the presidency. I knew this was wrong, but I didn’t understand the ramifications of that one decision and how the future corrupt...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s supporters are suffering from Trump’s many failed and destructive policies. Most remain loyal members of his cult. These are “Trump’s people,” and the only men and women in America who do not reject his attempts to replace democracy with fascism. I doubt most Americans are aware that today the United States is a plutocracy/oligarchy. Trump and his 902 billionaires/oligarchs control everything in America today, without exception. Fact: a plutocracy cannot be sustained in a democratic society. Only a fascist regime can maintain the status quo. This is why Trump fears and even hates well-educated and informed Americans. The truth is his greatest enemy, and only those who choose ignorance over fact could possibly support Trump after all the damage he has done to their futures. We cannot forget the facts. In 2020, Trump was solely responsible for the massive number of American lives lost related to Covid-19. His ignorance and apathy could have prevented the l...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If you do not find Trump’s actions of ethnic cleansing disgusting, you cannot call yourself an American. The America I know is filled with good people who believe in compassion, understanding, and acceptance. It is a sign of ignorance to hate someone because of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, sex, or the color of their skin. You are extremely ignorant if you believe that Trump and his fascist supporters are “good people.” If nothing else I have written over the last 10 years proves that Trump is the definition of evil, punishing innocent men, women, and children because they desire the experience of having a better quality of life is the ultimate sin. No ‘American’ president would punish good people for attempting to do the right thing for them and their families: she would find a solution. If the mainstream media and politicians had the courage to tell the truth and admit that Trump is the leader of Amer ica’s Neo-Na zi movement, his support would soon be r...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is an irrefutable fact that voting for Trump was a choice to be ignorant and totally uninformed. The greatest harm Trump is creating greatly affects the people who support him, who he refers to as “basement dwellers.” “Ignorant voters of the democracies are always a great threat to the progression of humanity, simply because they give their votes to the people who look like themselves!”― Mehmet Murat ildan I remember when the second worst president in American history was running in 2000. I was working in the Northern Nevada casinos and overheard a group of rich cattle ranchers talking about George W. Bush. One remark made me laugh, and later, cry. “He’s just like us. He’s a guy I’d like to have a beer with.” I may have higher standards than most, but I continue to believe that the man or woman who leads our nation should have great intelligence and exceptional morals, ethics, and principles. This was not “W,” and it sure as hell is not Donald John Trump. I b...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I consider myself an intelligent person. I am not close to the “genius” category, but I stay informed, think before I make another mistake, and the people I admire most cherish their right to free and independent thought: they are not “joiners.” Like most intelligent people, I continue to ask one question: “how is it possible that 10 years later the worst person in the world continues to have loyal supporters?” It’s called “Trumpism.” As the 2024 campaign lingered on, it is true that although attendance at Trump’s hate rallies rapidly declined, millions of men and women with questionable loyalty to their country continued to praise their failed Fuhrer. I see only three reasons why anyone would continue to support a traitor, a convicted felon, a self-admitted sexual predator, and an old, obese, white man who is incapable and unwilling to serve all Americans: ignorance, denial, and chosen ignorance. Trump either cannot read and comprehend what he is required to re...

This promise gained Trump votes in the 2024 Election. However, it was just another lie from the man who has never told the truth. Legitimate Economists claim that the orange buffoon’s latest tariffs will raise grocery prices, causing more pain for the majority of our nation’s people. He doesn’t care. Everything is always about him. Every economist offers the same opinion: tariffs will destroy the economy and inflation will grow by as much as ten percent. When Trump was campaigning in 2024, he promised to ‘run our country like he runs his business.’ If you knew about Trump’s failures, you would never have voted for him. The only reasons he continues to have a business is because foreign nations rescued him and he used illegal methods to get undeserved loans when his world was falling away. For the latter reason, he is a convicted felon. Trump’s only tactic is no different from the schoolyard bully you might remember in elementary school. He threatens his adversaries, and lies to those f...

Your illegitimate Dictator-in-Chief is one of the dumbest humans on the planet. A cursory examination of his actions and words confirm that Donald Trump is a poorly educated old man with a very low level of intelligence. His failures at everything, beginning with an almost immediate loss of the 421 million dollars his father gave him to start his own real estate empire, and culminating with his justifiable reputation as the worst president in history, prove that the man pretending to be your president today is a con man and a complete fraud. Only a blithering idiot would suggest shining a bright light into your ass, or drinking bleach to kill Covid-19, and only a moron would deny scientific fact, including the disastrous effects of escalating climate change. Trump’s first 85 days in office have been focused on the destruction of the accomplishments of his predecessors. Only fools destroy the good and celebrate the bad. His childish efforts to take revenge on his adversaries are the act...

Trump is one, old, obese, arrogant, ignorant man who enjoys playing the role of a schoolyard bully. He is attempting to control the world’s economy with tariffs. The last time this was done by an American President the Great Depression was extended. My question is: “why are world leaders allowing him to act in such a childish and moronic manner which could destroy the economies of every nation in the world?” Fear is the word of the year and fear is the intent of Trump and his lifelong handler. Courage and the truth will always defeat fear and doubt, but courage is lacking in the 21st century. Evil leaders including Vladimir Putin, Mohammad bin Salman, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are willing to do anything, including killing their enemies to remain in power. If you think that a deranged and mentally ill man who is once again defiling our White House would not do the same, you are choosing ignorance over reality. For 78years, Trump has cared only about Trump. Caring and successful leaders o...

My title is of course is a play on the words which compose an old adage. However, it is apropos. Like Trump, Musk cannot accept criticism, although I doubt that he is unaware that he is one of the most hated man in America. Musk was in Wisconsin on Saturday, attempting to buy votes for Trump’s candidates running for the state Supreme Court when he was heckled and booed constantly. In typical Fascist Party response, he claimed that the protesters, all of them, had been paid by Democratic Benefactor, George Soros. After he was forced to exit the town hall meeting, he went on his failed social media, “X”, and wrote the following. "Literally are paid 'protesters!'" Sure looks like people getting ready to protest, or having finished, going home. How do you get paid out of this? I assume that Soros is also responsible for the vandalism happening at Tesla dealerships, the Republican protestors at Town Hall Meetings across America, and the billions of dollars Musk’s business ...

Co-presidents Musk and Trump aren’t good at much. Trump’s entire life is a history of failure. Musk’s Tesla vehicles caught fire, his SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft has blown up twice, one of his Cyber Truck’s exploded in Vegas, and he is now destroying every part of our government which was actually working. All three branches of our government are corrupt, biased, and support the right-wing fascist manifesto, Project 2025. They are good for nothing. The people who actually worked in Washington and accomplished things based on our most important issues, are now looking for new jobs. Trump’s life has been a disaster. When he took office in 2017, one of the first things he did was to seal his educational records. We know that daddy Fred bought deferments which prevented him from being drafted into the military during the illegal war in South Vietnam. It is very clear that he also paid for his diplomas from military boarding school, and Wharton Business College. Trump is the worst public s...

    Face it America, Trump and his party are the enemy. Trump is a destroyer, the opposite of a creator. This is why he failed to record a single accomplishment between 2017-2021, and will fail again between 2025 and 2029: if he lives that long, God forbid. Everything which improved the lives of the majority of our nation’s people has been removed over the last two weeks. Trump is showing his real self: he is a Nazi who supports our current plutocratic rule. He is NOT an American president. Calling Trump’s first two weeks pretending to be an American president have been labeled a disaster. This is true. However, it deserves adjectives added to disaster, including “abysmal,” “ultimate,” “horrific,” and many more. He told us that he would be taking revenge on his enemies, but not to this level. Most of every waking hour, and his executive orders are spent on personal attacks on his many, many detractors. None of this is focused on advancing the quality of life for our nation’s p...

    There are four men who share one quality other than claiming to be billionaires. Not one of them has done anything for another human being in their hollow lives. Not one of them deserves admiration, respect, or trust. They care only for themselves. For me, Trump, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Musk share other base qualities: their only gods are money, they believe that wealth makes them intelligent, and they reject everything which could make America a great country. It is no secret for any informed American, Trump’s loyalty never was and never will be to the American people. He constantly praises Vladimir Putin and his admiration of Adolf Hitler has been well documented. It is no secret that between 2021 and 2024, Trump and Putin were in constant communication, planning the old, orange buffoon’s return to the White House. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and owner of Facebook/Meta. All social media networks are the enemies of truth, facts, and reality. To...

Once again, this is where I tell you how incompetent and corrupt the mainstream media has become. However, for once I am not focused on how all major networks protect Trump and his party. No. This time my displeasure is focused on Democrats. It seems unrealistic that Kamala Harris could have lost to not only the worst candidate in history, but the worst person on the face of the earth. You have probably read or heard this many times: “What happened to the Democratic Party in 2024?” If the media had been truthful beginning in 2009, the American people would have refused to vote for a single Republican since the 2012 election. Democratic presidents have been the best guardians of our nation since Bill Clinton. They have accomplished 100 times more positive achievements than all Republicans combined since Reagan. However, all television media, the Washington Post and other major newspapers, learned a lesson from FOX News: sensationalism increases viewership, and increased viewership relat...

In a recent article, I discussed the fact that Trump and his party were apparently paying homage to Elon Musk; accepting him as their “co-president.” Today, the failures on the right side of the aisle confirmed by assumption. "It's kind of interesting, we have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like Elon Musk is our prime minister," Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said in a CBS "Face the Nation" hit. This comment by another fake Republican confirms my many and frequent allegations that Trump’s party does not understand how America’s government functions, and there are reasons the men and women who take up space in Washington are elected by the people, not chosen by a dictator or Fuhrer. Very soon our country’s people will experience the most incompetent and untrustworthy government in American history.. Musk succeeded with Tesla, although recent problems with his vehicles question their reliability, but he displayed a narrow and limi...

I saw the signs, but ignored them. I wanted to believe that the American people were beginning to move forward and join all developed nations, moving bravely into the 21 st century. I have been wrong before, but this one is both painful and frightening. Statistics are not something I trust, most of the time. The mainstream media is no longer interested in facts, their goal is to increase advertising revenue. However, some facts, produced from statistical analysis after the election, are undeniable. The results of the 2024 presidential election proved that there are more of them than us. The number of people who share Trump’s beliefs in racism, misogyny, anger, hatred, violence, and revenge, or in a single word, “fascism,” is greater than the number of people who believe in the principles of what it once meant to be an American. What does this mean? It’s simple and extremely sad: my America, the country I loved and respected throughout most of 78 years, ceased to exist nine years ago. ...