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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump claims that he “has a very good brain.” That may be true, but there’s a problem: it’s also very small and of no use to an 80-year-old man. After five years and nearly seven months pretending to be your president, Trump has accomplished nothing of importance; nothing to improve the lives of 340 million people. However, he can brag about one thing: he has the lowest approval ratings of any president in history. REASONS FOR HIS “SUCCESS” How did one old, obese man come to be disliked and even hated by millions of people, not only in America, but around the world? It all began in June of 2015 and a ride down an escalator. But let’s focus on what he has done and said since January 20, 2025. From the first day of his second illegitimate term, his focus was clearly not on keeping his promises and addressing our nation’s most serious problems. Instead, the malignant narcissist concentrated on taking revenge. Trump intentionally divided our country’s people between...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: the citizens of every nation in the world have never declared war against any other country. Governments are responsible for every war in history, and governments force their nation’s people to fight their battles. Our military leaders in the Pentagon and our government love our soldiers until they come home. When they have been seriously wounded, physically or mentally, they and their families become a nuisance. WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT I’m sure you have seen the commercials for an organization called the Wounded oWarrior Project. It is admirable to care for the men and women who fought for our country and arrive home with serious physical and/or mental disabilities. My question is, “why does it exist?” It seems logical to me that the men and women who choose to engage in wars have a responsibility to care for anyone they sent into harm’s way. PENTAGON’S FINANCIAL FAILURES The Pentagon budget for 2027 is expected to surpass one trillion dollars. This is m...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump and the Trump Party are composed of liars, incompetents, and racists. I have said many times that “if Trump’s lips are moving, he’s lying.” Trump loves to brag about other Democratic president’s accomplishments, claiming them as his own. However, when he fails, which is every time he attempts to do anything, he blames his debacle on someone else. A FAILURE A MINUTE Like his lies, Trump’s failures have reached numbers too big to count. And the saga continues. First, and foremost, you must know that everything Trump attempts is an effort to satisfy his insatiable ego. This fact is the result of a lifelong mental disease known as “malignant narcissism,” combined with advancing dementia. His latest efforts, and therefore his latest failures, involve the reflecting pool on the National Mall, and his tacky plan to celebrate our nation’s 250 th anniversary. He is calling it the “Great American State Fair.” When it began this week, the water in the reflecting poo...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The hidden list: Healthcare, education, income inequality, racism and bigotry, religious persecution, misogyny, homophobia, Islamophobia, and an illegitimate and fascist president who hates his own country. Trump has been allowed to be your illegitimate president for five years and five months. He failed to take his job seriously between 2017 and 2021, and is once again refusing to serve the American people in 2026. Trump is the ultimate, professional politician. He made hundreds of promises over the last eleven years, and failed to keep one of them. President Biden spent four years repairing the damage caused by the orange buffoon. Therefore, not a single effort to solve our nation’s growing problems has been addressed since President Obama left office in 2017. Let’s look at each of the biggest problems facing America, many of which began in 1981, and have only become more problematic over the last 45 years. THE WORST AND MOST EXPENSIVE HEALTHCARE IN ALL DEVELO...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I wonder what it feels like to know that you have failed every attempt to accomplish something, anything, for an entire lifetime. This is the tragic reality one obese, mentally damaged, 80-year-old man is experiencing today. From that day in the early 1970’s, when Donny Dementia began his attempt to become a New York real estate magnate, he was doomed to fail. Over the last 11 years the world has learned why Donny D had his academic records sealed in 2017. Although he has a diploma from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business College, it is clear that he never attended classes to earn his degree. His incoherent and rambling speech alone confirms that he failed to make an effort to learn anything of value while attending an Ivy League College. Six bankruptcies, and accepting bailouts from Russian Oligarchs and the Saudi Royal Family revealed the fact that he was way “over his head” when he attempted to become a successful businessman. Wnen V...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Donald Trump is a disaster for all 340 million Americans. If you are supportive of his “America,” you are one of nation’s 22 million millionaires or 989 billionaires. The rest of us live in his version of hell. First of all, whoever created the term, “the golden years,” was full of shit. You have to be mentally tough to survive beyond the age of 75. Personally, the only part of “me” which has not begun to rapidly deteriorate is my mind. I’m thankful for that. However, I can’t stand or walk, my eyesight becomes worse every day, I have become clumsy, and all of this combined is the reason I occasionally act like an angry, feeble old man. This is America, and one issue above all makes life extremely difficult for me and my incredible bride of 31 years: we are expected to survive on a meager, fixed income. The value of all individuals in America is judged by their income, the money they have in their bank accounts, and nothing else. The national motto has become “pr...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No one could write a movie this confusing. On every set is a person whose job is to ensure that the film contains continuity and makes sense from beginning to end. What’s left of Donald Trump’s little brain is a f**king mess. No one knows what he is doing, including Donald John Trump. The old, mentally disabled, obese man who is pretending to be your president revealed himself as the Antichrist years ago. When speaking to his cult, he exalts himself constantly. He easily brainwashes, his weak-minded followers who became convinced that Donald Trump is the Messiah: greater than Mohammad or Jesus Christ. TRUMP TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS THAT HE IS GREATER THAN JESUS CHRIST “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.” Trump is a fake Christian. The pastor of the Church Trump claims to be his place of worship, revealed that Trump has never crossed its threshold. It is obvious that he never read the bible, and definitely not the New Testa...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In my nearly 80 years, I have learned that many of the sayings I heard from my grandparents, older relatives, and other individuals who were older than me are founded in fact, based on nothing more complicated than human nature. One of these is, “you can be judged by the friends and associates you choose.” As a man who had too many “careers” in his life, all involving working with the public, I have had many casual relationships. I referred to all of these people as “friends.” They were, to an extent. However, those I considered “true friends” cared about me as much as I cared about them. That number is small, as it should be. “TRUMP’S “FRIENDS” ARE THE SCUM AT THE BOTTOM OF A CESSPOOL Donald Trump has never had a true friend. He uses those he calls “friends” for personal advantage, and they use him to achieve their ambitions and increase their outrageous wealth. When he planned his trip to China, he invited a few of his oligarchs, his son, Eric, the worst Secre...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It may be dementia, senility, or simply the fact that at nearly 80 years of age, Trump is too old to be your president. However, just before he boarded AF-1 for his trip to “Jina,” Trump told the truth for the first time in his pitiful life. A reporter asked: “When you’re negotiating with Iran, Mr. President, to what extent are Americans’ financial situations motivating you to make a deal?” Without hesitation, Trump replied, “Not even a little bit.” He continued: “The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran — they can’t have a nuclear weapon. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.” “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.” It’s always about Donald Trump and no one else. The malignant narcissist is alive and unwell in our White House. YEARS OF RESEARCHING TRUMP AND HE FINALLY TELLS THE TRUTH ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There is no record of Trump accomplishing anything of value or importance in his nearly 80 years. Throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump made many promises, although he obviously never intended to keep them. Everyone remembers the big ones: “ending inflation on day one,” “ending the war in Ukraine on day one,” and “never placing our nation at war again.” Lie, lie, and a huge lie. ONE PROMISE COULD HAVE BEEN KEPT WITHOUT ANY EFFORT AND WAS WIDELY POPULAR: HE DID NOT Daylight Savings Time has been a highly contested issue throughout my adult life. The practice of moving our clocks ahead one hour every spring, and back to the original time every fall is unnecessary and dangerous. On the Monday after the clocks are moved forward, there are more automobile accidents than on any other single day in the year. Everyone loses an hour of sleep, and this situation is dangerous for some. Trump promised to end daylight savings time. I seem to remember changing my clocks ahead o...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Today was another “TACO Tuesday” for your illegitimate president. His incapable negotiators were on their way to Pakistan when Trump ordered their return. Is Trump opposed to the end of his war, or is he incapable of making a decision and sticking to it? Maybe, just maybe, his lack of experience and unwillingness to take his job seriously was exposed for everyone to see. There must be a better word than “incompetence.” THE SCHOOLYARD BULLY IS EXPOSED The reported demands from Trump are completely one-sided. He is offering nothing to Iran’s leaders, while demanding virtual surrender from his counterparts. This is the act of a schoolyard bully, not from an experienced diplomat, once again proving that Trump is unfit for the office he holds. WHAT IS TRUMP’S IQ? In 2017, Trump had his academic records sealed. There is no way of knowing what his test scores, grades, or his IQ might have been. However, by his own rambling speach, and a failure to master the English la...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart On fact no one with average intelligence can deny, Trump’s cabinet, closest advisers, and leaders of critical agencies including the EPA, are the least qualified and incapable men and women in our nation. However, one slightly stands out from the rest. A COMPARISON BETWEEN PETE HEGSETH AND JAMES, “MADDOG,” MATTIS We know the stories about disgraced former Homeland Security Director, Kristi Noem, and her counterpart, Attorney General Pam Bondi. We have watched the failures and incompetence of HHS Director Robert Kennedy and FBI Director, Kash Patel. However, Pete Hegseth is in a critical position as Secretary of Defense to cause greater harm to America and the world than any of the others. (I will never call his position “Secretary of War,” because the American people are opposed to all wars.) To understand how dangerous Hegseth is, lets compare his resume to that of James, “Maddog,” Mattis, Trump’s first Secretary of Defense between 2017 and 2019. JAMES MATTIS: ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Every child in America has been told at least once that ‘he or she could grow up and become the President of the United States. I never believed that, but I must admit that at the age of 79, I now know this was the truth. Defiling the people’s White House today is an old, obese man who fails to possess a single quality or ability which would make him eligible to wear the title of President. However, this evil and deranged man offers irrefutable proof that anyone can become president in America. WHAT YOU DON’T NEED TO BECOME THE LEADER OF 340 MILLION PEOPLE Trump lacks average intelligence, he is poorly educated, and, although he pretended to be your president for four years between 2017 and 2021, he remains inexperienced and lacks the knowledge to perform the duties of an American president. His policies mimic those of a third-world dictator. Over the last 10+ years we learned the truth about the “real Donald Trump.” Trump’s life story is a tale about failure an...

 

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 Between 2017 and 2021, Trump nearly placed our nation in another Great Depression. Over one million Americans lost their lives from the effects of Covid-19 while Trump told us, “it will just go away.” However not a single positive accomplishment can be found over those four, long years. In 2025, your illegitimate president is once again ignoring the needs and wishes of America’s majority while he pretends to be the leader of 340 million people. In just nine days, the orange buffoon will have completed the first year of his four-year term. I know it seems much longer because the damage he has caused to our nation is 100 times worse than the first. Trump began his attack on America with the creation of DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency. To lead this new and unnecessary department, he chose a billionaire with no experience in government but had donated more than 350 million dollars to his campaign; Elon Musk. In Nine Days, Trump Will Have Been Your Illegiti...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart 50-year mortgages? Would you be willing to pay three times the cost of a new home and never live to see the loan marked “paid in full?” The American Dream has become just that: a dream. According to most leading economists, generation “X” and those who follow, will never have careers with an income which allows them to purchase a single-family home. In my area of the United States, Northern Nevada, new homes are under construction. However, the focus is clearly on building large apartment buildings. The average rent on a one-bedroom apartment in Reno, NV, ranges from about $1,350 to over $1,800 per month. The consensus is that the average salary in Reno is 35-36 thousand dollars per year. I am not a math wizard, but it appears that rental rates on a one-bedroom apartment in Reno are likely to be more than one-half of one month’s wages. The average price of a single-family home is between $545,000 and $578,000. Monthly payments range between $3,200, and $3,900. I...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Everyone’s life is a process, a process of learning from our experiences, our successes, and our mistakes. Nearing the age of 80, I hope and believe that I have learned many things about myself and the world in which I live. I cannot hide my physical disabilities. However, I believe that my mind is intact, and although I am nearing the definition of “octogenarian,” my memory of the last eight decades is clear. I am who I am because I followed the rules. I worked hard to care for myself and my family, and although I had my share of failures, I always tried to do the right thing. I am what it means to be an average American. Trump was born into a world which can only be described as “ultimate white privilege.” Not once in his life has he worked a full day. Studying him for the last 13 years, it is obvious that he never attended his classes at a military boarding school, Fordham, or Wharton. He knows nothing about anything, including the English language. Over the ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There are no guidelines, no requirements to offer proof of experience or expertise when any individual files for the right to run for the House or Senate. The truth is, the regulations for becoming a Representative or Senator are minimal. [To serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, you must be 25+, a U.S. citizen for 7+ years, and a resident of your state; for the Senate, you must be 30+, a U.S. citizen for 9+ years, and a resident of your state, with both offices requiring you to be an inhabitant (resident) of the state you represent at the time of election.] In common language, “nearly anyone can become an American lawmaker.” Writing, presenting, and passing legislation intended to serve the American people should be just as simple. However, this is far from the truth. History proves that most of America’s elected officials have been incompetent and uninformed. I am positive that most voters are just as uninformed as the men and women who r...