TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As an original baby boomer, it won’t surprise you that most of what I watched on television growing up in Los Angeles were movies and weekly shows involving cowboys and World War II. I was mesmerized by John Wayne and the way he made every soldier heroic. He created a similar image for the men who built the West in his “B” westerns. Approximately 416, 800 members of the U.S. military lost their lives in the war to defeat fascism. One of the men credited with the “D-day” victory on June 6, 1944, Dwight D. Eisenhower, was elected to the presidency in 1952 when I was just six years old. When I was 10, I watched a large party of his second convention and nomination for reelection. His farewell address in 1961 was a prophecy for what is happening in our nation today. Since August of 1945, when WWII came to an end with the controversial decision to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, incompetent leaders working inside the Pentagon, have lost every war, and...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Beginning in June of 2015, not a single day has passed without the name “Trump” appearing in every legitimate and illegitimate news service, or his old, ugly face appearing somewhere on television and the internet. He and I are the same age, and I have a reason to outlive the old bastard. I want to live long enough to read the news and not see the name ‘Trump’ or his picture anywhere. I truly don’t understand. There is no legitimate reason for the least intelligent, and least accomplished old man in the world to be covered constantly by the media. He cannot put two sentences together. He slurs and rambles. Not once in his pitiful and far-too-long life has he spoken the truth or offered one idea which would be beneficial for the American people and the world. Trump is the source and the example of why America’s people have become ignorant sheep marching to the slaughterhouse. A few, recent lies and irrational thoughts from your illegitimate president. I begin wit...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The mainstream media will never say these words: ‘Trump has declared war on blue and purple states.’ They are afraid of becoming targets for his anger and retribution. They are worthless. The truth: Trump doesn’t give a damn about immigration reform. He is the Fuhrer of the Neo-Nazi Party in America. Trump is attempting to “cleanse our nation of all ethnicities who are not pure white.” Hitler reincarnated is on a rampage, and the question is, “will his lieutenants attempt to assassinate the maniac, like Hitler’s closest allies?” I doubt it. If you spend your days in Washington, you are a coward, refusing to do the right thing and keep your oath to the American people. Trump’s real purpose for violating the Constitution and placing our nation’s military in blue states is to prevent a continuation of mass protests against his fascist policies. His fragile emotional state is incapable of accepting the fact that he is the most-hated man in the world. The truth is, T...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Of course, my title’s question is facetious. Trump has never done anything for anyone else in his life. Afflicted with malignant narcissism, he is incapable of having normal feelings of empathy and compassion. Trump has proven one thing over his 79 pitiful and useless years on earth, he has a narcissistic personality disorder that is highly abusive. People with this personality supposedly get a sense of satisfaction from hurting others and may manipulate people or lie to gain money, acclaim, and other things they desire. Every human being asks his or herself one question, multiple times in their lives: “what if I had taken the left fork in the road instead of the right?” As a political writer, having written thousands of articles exposing the “real Donald Trump,” I look back at the 2000 election, the 2016 election and the 2024 debacle. I begin with the 2000 election. Some of you may be too young to remember the contest between Clinton’s Vice-President, Al Gore, ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s ignorant supporters would claim that my title is a lie. If you call ethnic cleansing, political retribution, destroying critical agencies, giving tax cuts to those who don’t need or deserve them, golfing, partying at Mar-a-Lago, and spending more than 10 million dollars of taxpayer money to open a golf club in Scotland, then yes, he is very busy spending your money for his own purposes. Let’s go back in time. In his first week in office in 2009, Barack Obama gathered the greatest minds available and make plans to save our nation’s economy from complete collapse. George W. Bush’s failed economic policies and his choices to place our nation in two costly and unwinnable wars were disastrous and totally incompetent decisions. In January of 2021, after Trump’s coup failed, and he violated the Espionage Act by stealing at least 14 boxes of national secrets as he finally left the White House and moved to Mar-a-Lago, a real President met with his team and create...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In every administration in my lifetime, the position of Secretary of Defense, now labeled the “Secretary of War,” by your illegitimate president, was critical to our nation’s future and to our relationship with our allies from nearly every other country in the world. As a pollical reporter, I remember the worst. Robert McNamara was hated by nearly every young man in my age group. Those of us who never served on the ground in South Vietnam constantly questioned the justification for a war halfway around the world and felt great anger as we watched our family, friends, and acquaintances arrive home in body bags. Even more evil was George W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. It is an undeniable fact that he was incompetent, but the fact that he displayed a total lack of concern for the lives of our military in Afghanistan and Iraq earned him the title of worst of all time. This and other actions, approved by Bush, confirmed their attacks by the World Co...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The quality of life for most Americans is in steep decline. Trump refused to keep his number one promise and “end inflation on day one.” We, the people, are beginning to feel the pain from Trump’s moronic tariffs. Most importantly, the average American cannot afford to buy a home or rent a decent apartment in 2025. I live in Northern Nevada. Nevada has a hypocritical, lying bastard of a governor. Joe Lombardo is a “Trump lackey” and kisses his Fuhrer’s humongous ass constantly. He paid ordinary citizens to lie in an ad designed to increase the bank accounts of our state’s home builders. The ad was a big lie, claiming that more availability would lower the costs of homes and apartment rentals. The new apartments near my home are ridiculously expensive. A one-bedroom rents for about $1,700 per month. Incomes in Northern Nevada are far lower than the national average. One-half of all Americans struggle to survive on an annual income which is far below the nat...

I am a pacifist, although in today’s America, it’s very hard to keep vile and destructive emotions subdued. I am fully aware that violence is never the answer. No war has ever been “won,” and no disagreement is ever resolved with a fist. Leaders must lead by actions, by example. Words are simply breaths making a sound as they exit the mouth. They mean nothing. In 2025, America’s “pseudo-leader” is an old, obese, brainless, and spoiled man-child. He is nothing more than a schoolyard bully. Every word coming out of his piehole is composed of anger, hatred, and the incitement of violent actions in his name. On Thursday, while speaking in Utah, a right-wing extremist Trump supporter was murdered by a lone shooter. This heinous act is unforgivable. The truth is irrefutable and the reason for a huge increase in hate crimes and other forms of violence must be placed on the narrow shoulders of one old man who suffers from a lifelong ailment known as malignant narcissism. His name is Donald Joh...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Three Justices on today’s Supreme Court are performing as intended by the Constitution. They are upholding laws which are supported by the Law of the Land, and refusing to rewrite laws according to their personal beliefs. The remaining six are clearly biased and therefore corrupt. The last justice appointed to the current Court is Amy Coney Barrett. When the legendary Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, passed in October of 2020, Moscow Mitch McConnell broke his own rule, forbidding the sitting president from filling a Supreme Court vacancy during an election year. He rushed her confirmation hearings through the Senate, stacking the Court in support of right-wing extremism. Barrett was confirmed by a vote of 52-48. Every Democrat and both Independent Senators voted against her confirmation. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote ‘nay.’ A little history and why Barrett should never have been confirmed. Barrett is a religious extremist. Her beliefs will always in...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “He took my toy.” “Mom, he’s making faces at me.” “He won’t share with me.” These are all things a bratty, spoiled little child might say, and this is how Trump and his people are running our country. They have all learned to whine about everything which doesn’t go their way. When they do something wrong, which often happens, they blame someone else for their failures. I refused to accept this type of behavior from my children, and I sure as hell will not accept it from any elected official in control of my future. A perfect example of how immature and unfit Trump’s administration has become happened yesterday. I swear on my walker, this is 100% true. [Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department employee on Friday accused of flipping off National Guard members deployed to Washington D.C. as part of President Donald Trump's effort to mitigate crime in the city, a Justice Department official confirmed.] This is additional proof of how fragile the mal...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart One thing about 2025 which was true in 2017 is the real Donald Trump. He doesn’t want to be your president. He fails to perform the job for which he was illegitimately elected every day. His only reason for seeking another term was to prevent soon-to-be charges for his many crimes. He simply didn’t want to wear an orange jumpsuit for the remainder of his pitiful and useless life. “Key responsibilities of the President of the United States include executing and enforcing laws, managing the federal bureaucracy, appointing officials, conducting diplomacy, and suggesting legislation. The President also plays a crucial role in national security and foreign policy.” Trump is focused solely on two things, neither of which is listed above: ethnic cleansing and taking revenge on anyone who opposes his unconstitutional actions. His illegal and immoral gestapo, ICE, is carrying out his orders to remove anyone who is not pure white from our country. Trump continues to harm ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Republicans don’t understand the word “work.” Back in 1981, Reagan began the right-wing policy of spending less time working, and more time for personal reasons. Ronald Reagan turned 70 years of age just two weeks after his inauguration in 1981. He was clearly incapable of maintaining a work schedule required of a man responsible for more than 300 million people. He took lengthy afternoon naps to “recharge his batteries.” George W. Bush took naps, but he was more famous for his long vacations at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. After his inauguration on January 20, 2001, he left for a “much needed” vacation. A committee focused on information acquired by various national security agencies, came to a decision on January 26, 2001. They made a suggestion to the new president which included a serious consideration related to future terrorist attacks and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. It would oversee the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Although it is true that Trump is, obese, suffering from mental and physical deficiencies, what is not is the definition of a ‘man.’ He possesses a single tactic as your illegitimate president. He attempts to bully his adversaries and leaders of other nations. Sadly, in several situations, he is succeeding. Universities, Law Firms, and Presidents, Prime Ministers, etc., are bowing to the schoolyard bully. The truth is defeating a bully requires little effort. All anyone must do is look in his eyes and say “no,” and “get the fuck out of my way.” Trump is a regressive, and those who look backwards are destined to fail. His entire six months and eight days as your illegitimate president have been focused on taking revenge against anyone who opposes his fascist agenda. “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” ― Confucius Trump, like he did in 2017-2021, will destroy himself, His malignant narcissism is far more powerful than what little mind he h...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Historians will Remember Trump as many things: a fascist, incompetent, a destroyer of all things good, a sexual predator, a malignant narcissist, a failure in all things, a pathological liar, the most unqualified man in history to reside in the White House, and a convicted felon, a traitor, and a lifetime criminal. What he will never be known for is leadership. If you thought his ‘big lie’ about the 2020 election was as ridiculous a story as you ever heard in your life, Trump is making another attempt to redirect America’s intention from his sexual escapades with Jeffrey Epstein. It is no secret that Trump was, and probably is jealous of President Obama. His popularity was unmatched in the 21 st century, and he remains the only president in modern history not to face an investigation or a scandal. Trump has been under investigation since January of 2017. The fact that President Obama is a Black man is extremely upsetting to the Nazi in the White House. The atta...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart DOGE was another stupid idea which became a reality because an idiot is allowed to violate our nation’s White House. Trump claimed its purpose was to reduce the deficit by trillions of dollars. However, this idea failed. What actually happened made the United States a more dangerous place to live. Men and women who performed jobs necessary to ensure safety and security in America were reduced and dissolved. Domestic terrorism, the result of Trump and his fascist party’s failure to lessen gun violence in America, has been the greatest danger to the American people for a decade. Trump sanctioned DOGE’s firing of healthcare officials, research scientists, men and women who protected our people from government corruption, and those who kept our commercial airlines safe. I worked for a commercial airline for 10 years at LAX. Much of my days were spent in operations. My function was to ensure that every aircraft was supplied with the fuel it required, and the cargo an...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart After four years and six months of Trump as your illegitimate president, I thought it was time to evaluate Trump’s performance. I will list some of the duties, responsibilities, accomplishments, and failures between 2017 and 2021, and his first six months of 2025, and honestly and accurately rate them as “true,” or “false.” Trump kept his campaign promises. False. His most important promises were to end “Greedflation,” and negotiate peace between Putin and Ukraine. The price of necessities continues to grow, and Trump’s ill-advised tariffs will soon force them to rise even higher. The invasion of Ukraine continues. There is no reasonable end expected in the near future. Trump claimed that the Biden economy was a failure, and he would ‘turn it around’ immediately. False. His failed fiscal policy of trickle-down economics has already increased unemployment, and his “big, beautiful bill,” will remove healthcare from millions or our nation’s most vulnerable citizens...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Kristi Noem got what she wanted, and she is in way over her head. The former Governor of South Dakota was awarded for her devotion to the worst illegitimate president in history when he appointed her his Director of Homeland Security, a position for which she has no experience, and no training. Her actions have already proven that she is totally incompetent. A report from the New York Times claims that Noem ignored nearly two-thirds of the distress calls coming from Texas related to the tragic flash floods which may have cost the lives of 300 men, women, and children. Noem replied with anger and denial. “It’s just false,” Noem said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. “It’s discouraging that during this time, when we have such a loss of life and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this because the response time was immediate.” “ICE Barbie” doth protest too much. The facts are irrefutable. The Trump administration has ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Too old, and too immature to be your president. This is Donald John Trump. Although he promised to end inflation, better yet “Greedflation,” the soon-to-be octogenarian continues his efforts to enact vengeance on his “enemies.” This is his number one priority, not the future of 340 million Americans. His firing of hundreds of government employees had nothing to do with lowering the national debt. His “big beautiful bill” will add 10 trillion to the deficit. It was all about him. Many of those employees were charged with investigations related to Trump’s many felonies including treason and violating the Espionage Act. Now for a good laugh. Trump’s latest act of vengeance involves something he cannot do, but is too stupid and too senile to face reality. The orange buffoon wants to remove Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship. O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland after the 2024 election debacle, was born in New York. Trump has a habit of labeling others with names and descripti...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In December of 2019, your illegitimate president was informed by an aide, whose responsibility it was to read the Presidents Daily Brief, that a “probable healthcare emergency was evolving in Asia.” Trump ignored the information. In January of 2020, when the press began to ask questions about a new coronavirus spreading across parts of the world, Trump’s response confirmed his lack of leadership. He stood before the television cameras and lied. “America is better prepared, and it will just go away.” That was his only response, “it will just go away,” until March when Americans began to lose their lives from the deadly effects of Covid-19. After a real President, Joe Biden, created a plan to distribute a life-saving vaccine, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 exceeded one million. Healthcare experts claim that Trump’s failure to take immediate action in January of 2020 is responsible for at least 10 percent of those deaths. Trump became not only a white-coll...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump is a very dumb man. If you don’t like my blunt words, stop reading now. By his own words and actions it is obvious that he did not earn his degree from Wharton. I have no doubt that Daddy Fred bought his diploma in the same manner he purchased deferments which prevented Trump from doing his duty and serving in Vietnam. This is why he had all of his academic records sealed in January of 2017. 99 percent of the world’s economists agree that placing outrageous tariffs on imports is moronic. However, there are two things everyone should learn about the old man defiling our White House. Trump has no idea how to administrate America’s economy. He is a serial failure in the business world, and a seven trillion-dollar budget is far beyond his comprehension. The second reason is based on his only tactic in the business world. Trump is a schoolyard bully. Tariffs are a tactic only a bully would use, not a man educated in an Ivy League business college. Trump’s tarif...