TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump is not handsome, charismatic, a gifted orator, or a man in possession of superior intelligence. Why would any American support a man who has failed to accomplish anything of value in his 80 years? The answer is extremely disturbing. I HAVE BEEN WRONG ABOUT AMERICA FOR FAR TOO LONG I was born in 1946. As an original baby boomer, I can’t remember when I was not a true patriot. I believed what I heard: “America is the greatest country in the world,” and everyone wants to live in the United States. 80 years later, I know that it was all bullshit. First, America has never been a “great nation.” Issues which existed before the Constitution was signed in 1789 continue to exist today. America is a racist and bigoted nation and little has changed over the 250 years of its existence. There is no such thing as “liberty and justice for all.” If you are not Black, Hispanic, Asian, a Muslim, a member of the LGBTQ community, a woman, or anyone else who is not pure white,...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart For 10, long years, every man and woman claiming to be a “Republican” bowed to Trump, lied to protect his violations of the Constitution, and pretended to worship him, fearing that he would turn his cult, who Hillary accurately called “a basket of deplorables,” against them. The right-wing’s base continues to move away from the former GOP’s growing number of failures. IF YOU BELIEVE IN POLLS: I DO NOT There is a long list of men and women who claim to be political savants. If they are right, and they seldom are, not just a “blue wave,” but a “blue tsunami” will occur on November 3 rd . It does make sense. Trump and his fascist party have accomplished nothing over the last 10 years with the exception of lowering the quality of life for the average American. Every “Republican” in America has kissed Trump’s humongous derriere over and over again, begging him to support them in the next election. The problem is, the next election is on November 3 rd , and Trump, him...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Here’s the way I see it. Our nation is experiencing its Second Civil War. But this time it’s taking place in the “world of opposites.” In power on Capitol Hill and within the White House are traitors who would overthrow the nation created by our Founding Fathers. Fighting in the streets are patriots who are intent on protecting their freedoms and rights as guaranteed by the Constitution, and signed by the idealistic and courageous men who created our nation in 1789. WHY DO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CHOOSE LIES OVER THE TRUTH? The first election in which I could legally vote was in 1968. That election and everyone since have been important to our nation’s future. Most of you cannot remember the 1968 election, or any other until the 1990’s. Therefore, you are incapable of witnessing the election which began the demise of the Republican Party and the path our nation chose when it faced the fork in the road. I can attest to one fact that today’s “America” is far from wh...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If there is a “blue wave” on November 3 rd , the cowards and hypocrites on the right side of the aisle will be pointing their fingers at each other, and definitely straight at Donald Trump. Trump never accepts responsibility for anything, “I never did anything wrong,” so I was not surprised when he took a preemptive attack on members of his corrupt and fascist party. “If we don’t win the midterms, they’re going to blame me,” President Donald Trump mused at a Tennessee rally this past Saturday. “And if we do win them, I will get no credit whatsoever.” THIS ENTIRE FARCE BEGAN ON ONE OF THE DARKEST DAYS IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY January 6, 2021, the day a sitting president committed treason as he and his Nazi Army attempted to overthrow the results of the presidential election, will forever be remembered as the darkest day in American history. However, if our corrupt and cowardly government had refused to accept the results of the November 8, 2016 rig...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is common knowledge that Pete Hegseth is the least qualified person to wear the title of Secretary of Defense, and will be remembered as such for perpetuity. Not only does he have no idea what he’s doing, he apparently believes that he and his friends are more capable and more informed than the men and women in the Pentagon who have many years of experience. You can’t be any dumber than that. Maybe this is a joke, but for some unknown reason an unnamed individual in the Pentagon gave huge responsibility to the sexual predator and confirmed alcoholic. [ The Pentagon tapped Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help identify weapons, technologies and military capabilities the U.S. may need in future wars.] WAIT, IT GETS MORE LUDICROUS AND MORE CONFUSING I must admit to you that I lost my respect for our nation’s military leaders sitting on their flabby derrieres while our courageous military personnel fight battles for them. The difference is, when thes...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Donald Trump, your illegitimate president, is a science denier. He refuses to accept the fact that climate change is caused by man’s overuse of fossil fuels. He is also in denial about the use of solar energy and wind. The latter is based on enormous campaign contributions from the petroleum industry. He has a new obsession: artificial intelligence. Intelligence is unfamiliar to the orange buffoon. Trump is a poorly educated man who did not earn his degree from Wharton. He wants to allow his billionare supporters to ecome even more wealthy, although the scientists who created the technology are expressing their concern about the danger it poses to all life on earth. A “KNOW NOTHING PRESIDENT,” AND HIS “DO NOTHING CONGRESS" Trump is a complete failure. His pitiful 80 years on earth have failed to produce a single accomplishment for anyone but himself. Although he knows nothing about AI: how it works or what it is capable of doing in the future: he thinks it ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Liars, fraud, massive corruption, graft, and incompetence: these are part of the list of negative attributes which compose the Trump administration.   Recent surveys reveal one critical fact about the upcoming midterm elections: all Americans, Republicans and Democrats alike are fed up with Trump and his anti-American administration. Let me set the record straight: I consider the leaders of our military sitting on their fat derrières in the Pentagon a significant part of Trump’s fascist army. If I believed that before, I am 100 percent convinced after the firing of employees working for “Stars and Stripes.” MILITARY BRASS, LIVING LIVES OF LUXURY AND PRIVILEGE, WHILE REGULAR MILITARY PERSONNEL STRUGGLE WHEN THEY RETURN HOME Stars and Stripes began publishing its magazine in 1861. The following is its mission statement. [Core Purpose: The sole mission of Stars and Stripes is to provide first-hand reporting from bases around the world and unbiased, credible new...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Federal Government of the United States is very complicated. This is not an accident, it is intentional. Complicated situations and organizations result in confusion and chaos. They create ways for our corrupt and incompetent government to hide the truth from the American people. MY LIFE SUCKS IN 2026: HOW’S YOURS? Since I retired, and my only income became the Social Security money I and my employer had placed in a trust, controlled by the federal government, life has been a struggle. I finally realized the truth: without large sums of money, our government has no interest in our seniors, with the exception of our votes. Then came the Trump era. Trump is a ruthless, fascist dictator. Along with his 989 oligarchs, they created a plutocracy and control everything which happens in our daily lives. This unholy alliance is founded on the fact that Trump continues to give the super-rich and large corporations tax cuts. The maximum income tax rate in America...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump owns a record which will never be broken: not a single attempt to accomplish something of value in 80 years has become a reality. His economic policy of placing tariffs on every nation is ludicrous and making the lives of about 320 million people miserable, unimagined in America’s 250-year history. In addition to his ill-advised and failed tariffs, he failed to keep another campaign promise and end greedflation, while he spends hundreds of millions of dollars on personal, unnecessary, and unwanted projects. He completely demolished the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom, spent millions of dollars on unnecessary revisions to what is left of the People’s Home, golf excursions and trips to Mar-a-Lago, at the cost of more than 10 million dollars each month, a planned archway in his honor, and alterations to the reflecting pool on the National Mall, which destroyed what had been repaired by President Obama, and is now experiencing another rebuild,...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Three of the most useless men on the planet. Three “know nothings” who are completely unfit to hold their positions in Trump’s failed administration. Three men who have not surprised any real American, proving that they are using their jobs to enjoy luxury and privilege they do not deserve, at taxpayer expense. Never forget; excrement runs downhill. TO SAY THAT HEGSETH IS AN ABJECT FAILURE AS HE ATTEMPTS TO RUN TRUMP’S ILLEGAL WAR IS BEING KIND Pete Hegseth is the worst Secretary of Defense, (not “Secretary of War”), in history. He was somewhat good at a few things: getting drunk, embezzling money from charities, and sexually harassing women: but a complete failure as he attempts to lead our nation’s incompetent military. Hegseth is the only man I have ever heard say things which should cause him great embarrassment more than the orange buffoon. He is a joke who has aided in our Pentagon’s efforts to lose a fifth war, three in the Middle East. We could exp...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s war is an abomination and a stain on our entire federal government. It proves, once and for all that we, the people, are far down the list of priorities within our federal government. In a unilateral decision, Trump attacked the sovereign nation of Iran on February 28, 2026. Our country was not under attack. There was no evidence that an attack in the future was probable. However, in another thinly veiled effort to misdirect the public’s attention to his extremely close relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he, alone, ordered an unwarranted attack on Iran. Currently, the orange buffoon has wasted more than 75 billion dollars of taxpayer money. Our relationship with Iran and all Muslim nations is far worse than when he began his attacks. AMERICAN SAILORS WERE “COLLATERAL DAMAGE” The USS Lincoln is an aircraft carrier. It was deployed Iran on February 26, just two days before Trump began his war. In July, reports of fatigue, hunger, and a situation ...

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Caring for returning physically and mentally injured military and their families: Universal healthcare: complete equality for women: ending racism and bigotry in America: affordable higher education: end escalating gun violence: fair taxation: reforming our corrupt and incompetent government: placing the American people in priority over special interests. These are the major issues which have faced America for more than 50 years, and nothing has changed, with the exception that some of these issues, including income inequality, have become bigger problems over the last five decades. THE THIRD WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY It is no secret to anyone who chooses to be an informed American: the government of the United States of America has become the most corrupt and incompetent on the planet. Our Founding Father’s intention was to have a government which would represent the needs and wishes of the people. However, today, they work for themselves and rule over us, not...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Yes, this old man does not respect or trust law enforcement by any name in the 21 st century. Both our military and law enforcement are fascist by design and necessity. However, in the 21 st century, they have forgotten their purpose and have surrendered their integrity, principles, and morals to the Fuhrer defiling our White House. Criminals, thugs, racists, and bigots: these are the components of a street gang known as ICE. They have the support of federal law enforcement agencies to harass, physically assault, and even murder innocent men and women in service to Donald Trump. HOW MY LIFE HAS CHANGED I was raised by my grandparents and one very special uncle. My mother was a single parent. To care for me and my younger brother, she worked as many hours as she could every week. Fortunately, we lived near her mother and father. I was taught to respect my elders, and every person in authority. That included the police. After my mother finally divorced my abusiv...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Irrefutable facts: Donald John Trump is the leader of America’s Neo-Nazi movement:  the current administration is focused on restoring white supremacy:  America is a racist nation and therefore never will be a “great nation.” Prove me wrong. I don’t want your “belief’s,” I need facts, and I have them. The current leader of what was once the “Republican Party” was raised in New York by a racist father. He learned his lessons well. Raised in an atmosphere of white privilege, his father’s message was clear: being a member of the Aryan race, he was above everyone else, and laws did not apply to him. He was the only person who mattered. Donald Trump believed his father, and became a criminal at an early age, although he was never punished for his crimes. After he received a diploma from Wharton Business College, which he obviously did not earn, he went to work in his father’s business. Fred owned several large apartment buildings in New York. Fred’s primary ...

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 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 As a political junkie and a lover of history, I am aware that most American presidents and their administrations were nearly worthless. I have experienced 14 of them, and only four made an effort to improve the lives of the people: John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. Every man calling himself a “Republican” was only concerned with the welfare of the rich and powerful. None of these men reached the depravity and incompetence of the least qualified man in the world, Donald John Trump, and his useless administration. EVEN WHEN HE TRIES TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIMSELF, HE FAILS Immediately, when he walked into the Oval Office on his first day, he created the Department of Government Efficiency. Even the title was a joke. Then he placed the wealthiest man in the world in control of DOGE. Elon Musk is a Nazi from South Africa, and knows nothing about America and its method of governing 340 million people. Trump promised to reduce the national debt by ...