TheWiseOldFart

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 ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I have been trying to understand why Trump chose the least qualified men and women to be on his cabinet and lead our nation’s most critical agencies. I finally realized that this is another display of his lifelong mental illness: malignant narcissism. Trump knows nothing about anything. Therefore, choosing men and women who are even dumber than he is seems normal. FIRING NOEM, BONDI, AND GABBARD WAS A GOOD BEGINNING Real Americans celebrated when Trump fired Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. Three other names came to my mind immediately: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, (not “of War), FBI Director, Kash Patel, and most importantly Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr. It appears to me that Kennedy is attempting to kill as many of our nation’s people as possible. He is nothing less than a witch doctor who makes things up as he wakes up each mornin...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I remember the “Million Man March.” Dr. King chose the perfect setting to give his now famous, “I have a dream,” speech. With the Lincoln Memorial behind him, and thousands of men and women in front of him, lining the reflecting pool. The overall image was one of inspiration, hope, and even grandeur. Something is missing from this picture today. The reflecting pool is no longer a soft blue, it is frog green and the paint from the bottom of the pool appears to be peeling as scraps of paint are floating to the top. TRUMP’S LIFELONG AFFLICTION WITH MALIGNANT NARCISSISM STRIKES AGAIN Trump’s ego is the only thing larger than his humongous derriere. He decided to drain the mall’s reflecting pool and paint the bottom “flag blue.” However, when the 14M “job” was complete, the water never turned blue. Algae formed immediately and now it is an awful shade of green. As one tourist described it: “it looks like vomit.” What went wrong? Let’s go back to the beginning ANOTHER...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I may be an old man, but I know two things: I have seen or heard all the great individual men and women who created the greatest music in history, and the bands who thrilled us, and I have lived long enough to see our nation’s federal government become the most corrupt and incompetent in the world. I am aware that I was naïve before my junior year in high school, 1962, but for the most part, I trusted my government, our military leaders, law enforcement, and the priests serving me and my fellow parishioners in our church. I also believed that most of America’s wealthiest men and women and the corporations they owned cared about the quality of their products and the people who worked for them. As I near my 80 th birthday, I no longer trust anyone in our nation who has outrageous wealth and/or complete power over my life. The truth is both disheartening and unacceptable. NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN OUR GOVERNMENT IS WORTH THE SALARY THEY RECEIVE The ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Do we get what we pay for? Between 2023 and 2024, the presidential candidates spent 1.8 billion dollars to secure a job which pays $400,000 per year. Congressional candidates spent 3.8 billion. Their jobs pay $174,000 each year. In 2025, the Pentagon received a budget of $831.3 billion. In 2026 that number rose to $838.7. Trump is asking for $1.5 trillion in 2027. On February 28, 2026, Trump began a war against the sovereign nation of Iran. As the illegal and unconstitutional war continues, the estimated cost will reach one trillion dollars. Guess what: by all accounts, Iran is winning. Trump and his generals failed to achieve their goals. This is the first war lost by Donald Trump, and the fifth on a growing list for the Pentagon since WWII. Fact: America has the largest and most expensive military in the world and it is incapable of winning wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Iran. Any war in the Middle East is clearly unwinnable. WHEN WILL OUR ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Since the 1980’s, America’s federal government began to discard and ignore its intent and purpose. Although our Founding Fathers created a system of “checks and balances” with three “separate but equal branches:” the executive, legislative, and judicial: politics began to replace purpose with dysfunction. If you study history, and read the letters written to their constituents by those attending the Constitutional Convention between 1787 and 1789, you will have a greater understanding of the intentions of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, Madison, and the rest. FREEDOM OF AND FREEDOM FROM RELIGION Our Founding Fathers considered the First Amendment the most inclusive and important guarantee of human rights, and the protection of freedom and equality for all, ever written. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I often think about what makes America less than it should or could be. I know all the good things: I love history and our Founding Fathers stated their reasons for creating the United States of America better than I could ever explain them to you. ACCORDING TO ME, HERE ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST I won’t use individuals, you know who they are. The government of the United States has become the most corrupt and incompetent in the world, and there are plenty of guilty individuals on Capitol Hill. I will list organizations and groups I consider to be the most harmful to the image and future of America. I trust no one with great wealth or power. I could have chosen our incompetent military leaders in the Pentagon, all law enforcement agencies, many religious leaders, and other groups I despise for their failures to do what is right without reservation. However, I narrowed it down to just four. PROFESSIONAL POLITIICANS BELONG TO THE WORST PROFESSION IN THE WORLD If a...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I had a dream, at least I wish it was nothing but a bad dream. In this dream, I fell asleep on November 7, 2016, and when I woke up, my surroundings told me it was the beginning of another, ordinary day. However, the events of that day and what I heard on television told me that I was no longer in the United States of America. The date on my computer was January 19, 2017. The primary story on television news was about the events of January 20, and the inauguration of our nation’s 45 th president. However, the picture displayed on the screen showed Donald Trump, not Hillary Clinton. What the fuck? This was not possible. Not only was Hillary far ahead in the polls, Trump was a joke, He was the least qualified man in history to seek the office of President of the United States. He was a complete failure in the private sector, and the Manhattan real estate community was aware that he was a white-collar criminal. He had a reputation as a sexual predator who had been...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As you know by now, our Founding Fathers made mistakes. They knew it, but believed that their successors would make the necessary improvements. They expected others would be eager to follow them and serve their country, their people. However, they failed to foresee the weakness and lack of character we experience today. The federal government of the United States is the most incompetent and corrupt in the world in 2026. And their leader is the “Don” of the Washington Mafia.” “The president continues to find new, once-unimaginable ways to use the awesome powers of the federal government to enrich himself.” Michael A. Cohen, (author). HOW MANY OF OUR ELECTED AND APPOINTED LEADERS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY? The saddest and most important lesson I learned over my nearly 80 years as a patriotic American, is that in the 21 st century, no one with extreme wealth and/or power can be trusted. If I had to guess, I believe that about 80 percent of those who spend ...

Op-ed-by TheWiseOldFart The Emoluments Clause is an effort to prevent a sitting President of the United States from profiting from his or her position financially. It is primarily focused on the man in the White House doing business with foreign nations and giving their leaders access to our nation’s pretender-in-chief. Trump violates this clause every day, as he did between 2017 and 2021. During his first four years as your illegitimate president, he made a profit of 1.7 billion dollars. FOR TRUMP, IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY In 2026, he has a new scam. [Washington, D.C. (November 25, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new staff report revealing how President Donald Trump and his family have transformed the presidency into a personal money-making operation, adding billions of dollars to his net worth through cryptocurrency schemes entangled with foreign governments, corporate allies, and criminal actors.] Are you surprised? Trump is ac...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A ruthless dictator, oligarchs with more money than God, and a federal government in name only, bowing to the demands of their Fuhrer. Which country did I just describe? The truth is, this situation is entirely applicable to Putin’s Russia and the former United States of America, ruled by Donald Trump. WHO IS REALLY CONTROLLING AMERICA’S FUTURE Our government is hiding a fact they have known for decades. Putin and Trump have maintained a very close relationship since 1987. When they have been photographed or videotaped together, Trump’s body language and facial expressions prove that he is subservient to the Russian President. After Trump failed to accomplish Putin’s ambitions between 2017 and 2021, and then suffered a huge defeat in the 2020 election, the two fascist men became more aggressive. Trump is closely following his fascist manifesto, Project 2025, as he remakes my country to mimic Putin’s Russia. We are no longer a nation of laws: the Constitution has...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Every organization is controlled from the top of the food chain. Corporations follow the policies of the CEO, COO, and the CFO. Government officials, both Democratic and Authoritarian, obey their primary leader who controls the direction of a nation and its citizens. Our nation’s military demands and receives 100 percent obeyance from it’s lower ranking members. In America, the third branch of government, the Supreme Court, follows the direction of the Chief Justice. Personally, I believe that a great, even a good leader is wise and his success lies within the people he was chosen to lead. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” Lao Tzu I WOULD DESCRIBE JOHN ROBERTS AS “A SNEAKY SON OF A BITCH” Like most Americans, I believed that Chief Justice, John Roberts, was a moderate who would choose to do the right thing for the American people. I was conned. Everyone knows that C...