TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Did you waste part of your life watching the worst public speaker in history talk about himself and how badly he has been treated on Thursday evening? I did not. I chose not to waste my time for the same reason I have not watched a television news broadcast since November 9, 2016: I refuse to allow someone to lie to me. When I read about Trump’s latest rants, the first thing I noticed is that it was basically the same speech he made in June of 2015. It was all about him and how great he is, but everyone is trying to hurt him. He is always the victim in his personal, fictional melodrama. As expected, the biggest lie he ever told was the primary focus of his boring diatribe: his fantasy world where the 2020 election was filled with massive fraud. He added a new twist, claiming that the Chinese government helped Joe Biden win the election. There is not an iota of proof that this occurred. I remember when early voting began in Northern Nevada in 2020. I drove by my ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart        Questions which need to be answered: Where do the funds for Social Security come from? What is an “entitlement?” Why is the program underfunded? Who is to blame? FACT: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS THE MOST CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT IN THE WORLD To learn the full truth, we must go back in time. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “the People’s President,” was elected in 1932. From day one, it was clear that he placed the working class first. Deeply concerned about how every man and woman working in jobs which offered little or no retirement assistance, he eagerly signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. To this day, Social Security is the only perfect law ever passed by Congress. This is how it was designed. Funding would not be provided by taxpayer dollars. Every employee and employer would contribute to the fund and added to the program based on the amount of money earned. When the employee reached retirement ag...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump told “his people” time and time again: “I love spending other people’s money.” Over the last 18 months we learned that for once he told the truth. His tacky remodel of the White House, a ballroom no one but he wants, the destruction of the reflecting pool, and an arch will cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Add to this the fact that his many trips on Air Force One to play golf, or travel to Mar-a-Lago are a waste of more than 10 million dollars each month. MORE PROMISES MADE, MORE PROMISES BROKEN Campaign promises which were actually lies: “I will end inflation on day one.” “I will end the invasion of Ukraine on day one.” “With me as your president, there will be no more wars in the Middel East.” There is one truth, one irrefutable fact involving everything Trump is doing while pretending to be your president. His 989 oligarchs are profiting from another Trump presidency, while the average American is struggling at the grocery store and the gas pump. Trum...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart All prejudices are baseless and therefore displays of extreme ignorance. The primary reason the United States of America has never been a great nation can be found in the fact that racism and bigotry among millions of our nation’s people have never been addressed honestly or taken seriously. It is a fact that hate is a stronger emotion than love. For the informed American, it has been no secret that whatever the party on the right side of the aisle in the Capitol Building calls itself, it has been composed of men and women who are racists and bigots for more than 45 years. It is much easier to accept and understand how easy it was for Trump and his handler, Vladimir Putin, to take control of our nation’s government when we accept the fact that absolute power over this nation has been the goal of one-half of our country’s elected and appointed leaders for more than 45 years. These fascist-leaning members of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There was a time when I held some respect for the late Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Grah am. Some of you might remember his close friendship with one of the greatest Republican senators in history, John McCain. They were inseparable, and frequently spoke the truth to the American people when no one else in their party would dare to rebuke the orange buffoon. However, after Senator McCain’s death on August 25, 2018, something happened to Graham’s mind. He turned from hero to traitor in less than a week. LINDSEY GRAHAM, PRIOR TO HIS HYPOCRITICAL SURRENDER TO DONALD TRUMP: A FEW COMMENTS FROM 2016 “This is not about who we nominate anymore as Republicans as much as it’s who we are. This is a fight for the heart and soul of the Republican Party,” Graham said. “What is conservatism? If it’s Donald Trump carrying the conservative banner I think not only do we lose the election, but we’ll be unable in the future to grow the conservative cause.”  “As much as...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart For more than 10 years, I have been telling you that Trump was a huge fan of Adolf Hitler. Before going to sleep, he read his Fuhrer’s speeches over and over again. It is also fair to assume that he read “Mein Kampf” as well. Anyone with common sense is aware that if Trump’s lips are moving, he’s lying. However, some of his lies are laughable and others are extremely destructive. His lie about the 2020 election is not only the most infamous lie he ever told, but it also remains responsible for the great divide among our nation’s people. However, Trump did not create this lie. He learned it from Mein Kampf, Hitler’s own fascist manifesto. FROM HITLER TO TRUMP WITH HATE Hitler was a master manipulator. He knew one important fact about the average person. He was aware that if he was to be an all-powerful dictator, the people would need to believe that everything he said was fact and anything which opposed his ideas and beliefs was actually misleading and false. His...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart  After 5 years and 7 months of Trump’s destructive and illegitimate presidency, I have experienced many emotions, including anger, disgust, shame, fear, sorrow, shock, and I am ashamed to admit it, but I have learned to hate. It is unnecessary and redundant to state the fact that Trump will forever be remembered by historians as the worst president in America’s 250-year history. Not once during his time defiling our White Huse has he accomplished something positive for the people he is required to serve. His every attempt is focused on satisfying his own base desires as he violates the Constitution and attempts to destroy the core of why our Founding Fathers created the United States of America in 1789. THIS WEEK I ACCEPTED THE TRUTH Trump is the stupidest man to ever hold public office. The reason I finally accepted this fact was the realization that the orange buffoon is too ignorant to realize that many of the battles he is fighting are unwinnable. Wise m...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A bribe from Qatar in the form of a new and more expensive to operate Air Force One. An unnecessary ballroom, no one wanted but Trump. A planned arch to honor the “greatest president of all time:” according to Dementia Donny. A costly and tacky birthday party pitting street fighters against each other. A huge failure labeled as the “Great American State Fair,” intended to celebrate our nation’s 250 th birthday. Now his latest vanity project, an unnecessary helipad on the White House grounds. SHITTING ON ANOTHER REVERED TRADITION The first presidential helicopter landed on the White House lawn on July 12, 1957. President Eisenhower, a real Republican President, used it to travel from Air Force One after landing at Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Maryland. Using the helicopter saved two hours wasted in traffic. The aircraft was shared by the Army and the Marine Corp until 1976, when it officially became "Marine One." It has been the president’s pers...

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 A celebration devoted to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will also be remembered for a fire on the Brooklyn Bridge, a debacle in San Francisco, cancelled parades, the longest and most boring fireworks display in history, and a mass shooting on Coney Island. BEGINNING AT THE TOP What should have been a promise to renew the intent of the Declaration of Independence became another politically motivated Trump hate rally and turned a celebration into a memoriam for what America once strived to become. A few words to remind all Americans why we celebrate the 4 th of July. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This one sentence was a summation of the core values the New Nation would stand upon. I can understand why Trump failed to refer to the document which in...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our country has survived 66 months of Trump’s illegitimate rule over 340 million people. It hasn’t been easy. His regressive and destructive policies and words challenge even the most patriotic men and women in America. Truth be told, his old age, combined with an historical level of incompetence, allowed our nation to celebrate 250 years of existence today. PROMISES UNKEPT, FAILURES ABOUND, THE RESULT OF OLD AGE AND DEMENTIA? All politicians are liars. Trump is not only the worst president in history by far, he holds the record for telling the most outrageous lies imaginable. During the 2024 campaign, Trump made multiple promises, as do all professional politicians. However, three of his guarantees to the voting public contributed to his controversial victory. Trump stood before his cult and millions of uninformed Americans promising that he would end Greedflation and the invasion of Ukraine on day one. He also promised that with him in the White House, there w...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump can never be called “Mr. President.” He never has performed the duties required of our nation’s leader, and he never wanted to be a president in 2016. In 2024, things had changed. Trump was facing charges for treason, January 6, and violating the Espionage Act, January 20, 2021. He was also broke, having lost the money he profited illegally as your illegitimate president between 2017 and 2021. The irrefutable truth is that he did not become your president. Nothing he has done in 17 months can be called “presidential.” TRUMP WAS DESPERATE TO WIN IN 2024, BUT ONLY FOR REASONS IMPORTANT TO HIM Those of us who watched the darkest day in American history, January 6, 2021, know the truth, and it is undeniable. Trump organized, planned, and executed an attempted, violent coup just two weeks before he was evicted from the White House. Like everything else in his life, the event was another failure. He and his Nazi army should be in various federal prisons today. I...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Supreme Court did the right thing: at least most of them did. The 14 th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born in any of our 50 states. Your racist president demanded that the six justices he owns uphold his executive order and void this section of the 14 th Amendment. The only responsibility the Court has is to protect the Constitution. The vote was 6-3 with Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito dissenting. Kavanaugh voted with the majority, but agreed only that ‘federal legislation enacted in the 1950s grants automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S.’ It says a lot about America and our corrupt government in the 21 st century. There is no reason why it was not unanimous. NO ONE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE THE PARTS OF THE CONSTITUTION THEY SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT You may have noticed that under Trump, his administration, his corrupt members of the legislative and judicial branches, America has become a lawless nation if you are not pure whi...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart You lost a war, your reflecting pool turned “vomit green,’ and your Great American State Fair is already a bust before it begins. How can all real Americans not laugh at you? I have referred to Trump as the orange buffoon for more than a decade. The reason? Because he is. His 80 years on this planet are filled with failures. Many of them are moronic and laughable. How can I not laugh at an old, obese clown who lies constantly, although the truth is there for everyone to see? How stupid can one man be? Trump continues to believe that he can gaslight the American people. Everyone laughed at George W. Bush. Every day there was a new “Bushism.” Compared to Trump’s misuse of the English language, Bush was the new William Jennings Bryan. FOR 80 YEARS EVERYTHING TRUMP ATTEMPTED, FAILED When Trump chose his cabinet and closest advisers, if I didn’t know better, I would have thought that he was “punking” the American people. Kristi Noem, Robert Kennedy Jr., Marco Rubio, ...

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 Since 2015, Trump and Tucker Carlson have been like brothers from another mother. They shared fascist beliefs, and constantly lied about what was actually happening in Washington and red states. However, as it happens in many families, these siblings have parted ways, and the split is filled with anger and accusations. REVEALED: THE REAL DONALD TRUMP Carlson told a reporter that Trump’s unilateral decision to begin a war with Iran, and the fact he and our incompetent leaders in the Pentagon failed to accomplish a single goal, and therefore lost the war, reveal the irrefutable fact that he is a “weak, old man.” He also referred to him as “buffoonish,” After Trump’s incessant posting on Truth Social, Carlson uttered the words, “Shut-up Bitch,” and offered his opinion of your failed and illegitimate president. “After the four hundredth Truth Social, they reached the same conclusion that everyone on the globe reached, which was, ‘This guy’s not strong, he’s weak.’ S...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The facts are irrefutable. Donald Trump is America’s greatest traitor, and its greatest enemy, equaled only by his puppeteer, Vladimir Putin. To call him “America’s worst president in history” is redundant. Two impeachments, zero fair trials in the Senate: committing treason on January 6, 2021: violating the Espionage Act on January 20, 2021: responsible for many of the one-million-plus deaths from Covid-19 after failing to take immediate action: and placing our economy in proximity to a second great depression: these are the highlights of Trump’s first term between 2017 and 2021. From his first day in office until today, his second term is far, far worse. PROJECT 2025: 922 PAGES OF FASCIST DOCTRINE On January 21, 2025, Trump revealed his plans for the next four years. He began efforts to destroy the lives of his enemies: more than 200 million patriotic Americans. His early Constitutional violations were efforts to use his position as your illegitimate president...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I find it ludicrous to believe that Trump and his propaganda machines, Fox News, News Nation, and the others, continue to repeat the biggest lie in history.  “The 2020 election was the safest and most secure in history.” This statement was made by Christopher Krebs after the election was confirmed. He was the man Trump selected to be his election czar. He was telling the truth. 60 state courts threw out Trump’s false allegations. His own, stacked Supreme Court examined the filings offered by Trump’s attorneys and refused to address his big lie. The truth is, Trump got his humongous derriere kicked. Suffering from a lifelong mental illness, his ego is incapable of accepting another defeat. RIGHT-WING VOTER SUPPRESSION Using Trump’s big lie, red states are once again engaged in actions which can only be called voter suppression. They are attempting to hide the truth, citing the “2020 rigged election.” Here’s the truth about voter fraud in the United States. Th...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Nothing about Trump’s self-created persona is real. There are irrefutable facts on full display that the orange buffoon is a very old, obese, mentally deficient pretender who is desperate to remain relevant and powerful. He is intentionally destroying the core fabric of American values. The truth is that Trump’s mental acuity is in steep decline. A combination of his lifelong affliction with malignant narcissism and escalating dementia are apparent for everyone to see and he must be removed from the presidency if our nation is to be saved from extinction. THE UNTOLD TRUTH Trump’s Nazi Party is in chaos. Without his supporters and the reality of a growing number of Republicans who are deserting the once Grand Old Party, right-wing politicians are existing in an atmosphere consisting of uncertainty and fear. Not a single man or woman calling themselves “Republican” today, is concerned about anything other than reelection. The midterm elections are critical for Tru...

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...