by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Lots of organizations and countries send their boldest and brightest to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland - but not the United States of America. We send Trumps. Donald and his daughter, Ivanka, are there representing us. Donald is showing the world his big brain, and Ivanka is there to model clothes and occasionally say inane things in defense of her inane father.
Donald Trump traveled to Switzerland primarily to draw attention away from his Senate impeachment trial back in the United States. The trial was really a hoax and a witch-hunt - and poor Donald was such a victim. Hear him whine world, hear him whine!
But Donald Trump, who has the attention span of a flea at the dog pound, could not stay on topic. He also went on a rant praising Elon Musk and American inventiveness - which included praise of Thomas Edison as well as the invention of the wheel - which he seemed to be crediting to the United States. You name it, Trump had an opinion - that's the curse of being born with a big brain.
And then a reporter, Weijia Jang of CBS, asked Trump about the eleven US service members who were air-lifted out of Iraq after Iran attacked their bases last week. Trump had initially reported no US casualties, and he was not about to backtrack on that pronouncement. The Pentagon had stated that eleven US service members had to receive medical attention outside of Iraq as a result of the attack. The CBS journalist wanted Trump to clarify.
Nobody is arguing that the loss of limbs is not serious, but to minimize things like concussions and traumatic brain injuries as just "headaches" is willful neglect of our troops and a tragic denial of what they have endured. These "headaches" that our troops are suffering are tearing families apart and precipitating domestic violence, poverty, crime, homelessness, and suicide.
It's a tragic shame that Donald Trump's brain is not big enough to accommodate more than just his personal troubles - because there are many other troubles in the world that could use his attention.
Sometimes a "headache" requires a helluva lot more than just a couple of aspirins and a nap. Sometimes a "headache" can be symptomatic of severed or damaged ties with reality that can play out across many years and countless lives.
A missing limb can often be replaced, but a damaged brain may be far more problematic.
Citizen Journalist
Lots of organizations and countries send their boldest and brightest to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland - but not the United States of America. We send Trumps. Donald and his daughter, Ivanka, are there representing us. Donald is showing the world his big brain, and Ivanka is there to model clothes and occasionally say inane things in defense of her inane father.
Donald Trump traveled to Switzerland primarily to draw attention away from his Senate impeachment trial back in the United States. The trial was really a hoax and a witch-hunt - and poor Donald was such a victim. Hear him whine world, hear him whine!
But Donald Trump, who has the attention span of a flea at the dog pound, could not stay on topic. He also went on a rant praising Elon Musk and American inventiveness - which included praise of Thomas Edison as well as the invention of the wheel - which he seemed to be crediting to the United States. You name it, Trump had an opinion - that's the curse of being born with a big brain.
And then a reporter, Weijia Jang of CBS, asked Trump about the eleven US service members who were air-lifted out of Iraq after Iran attacked their bases last week. Trump had initially reported no US casualties, and he was not about to backtrack on that pronouncement. The Pentagon had stated that eleven US service members had to receive medical attention outside of Iraq as a result of the attack. The CBS journalist wanted Trump to clarify.
Jang said, "Initially, you said repeatedly to Americans that after Iran retaliated for the Soleimani strike no Americans were injured. We now know at least eleven US servicemen were airlifted from Iraq. Can you explain the discrepancy?"
"No," Trump responded. "I heard they had headaches and a couple of other things. But I would say, and I can report, it is not very serious." And then he dug in deeper: "I don't consider them to be very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I've seen. I've seen what Iran has done with their roadside bombs to our troops. I've seen people with no legs and no arms . . . I can consider them to be really bad injuries. No, I do not consider that to be bad injuries."
Nobody is arguing that the loss of limbs is not serious, but to minimize things like concussions and traumatic brain injuries as just "headaches" is willful neglect of our troops and a tragic denial of what they have endured. These "headaches" that our troops are suffering are tearing families apart and precipitating domestic violence, poverty, crime, homelessness, and suicide.
It's a tragic shame that Donald Trump's brain is not big enough to accommodate more than just his personal troubles - because there are many other troubles in the world that could use his attention.
Sometimes a "headache" requires a helluva lot more than just a couple of aspirins and a nap. Sometimes a "headache" can be symptomatic of severed or damaged ties with reality that can play out across many years and countless lives.
A missing limb can often be replaced, but a damaged brain may be far more problematic.
1 comment:
Indeed, Trump is proof that a damaged brain is, at minimum, problematic.
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