by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Tomorrow the iron heel of Donald John Trump will once again come crashing down on the United States of America, bringing with it more of the angst, fear, trauma, and drama like that which we suffered through during his first administration. The difference apparently will be that although he stumbled through a job whose many facets and intricacies he and his underlings did not completely master in their first stab at running the government, now they are coming back with a full knowledge of the power of the presidency and how to use it.
As a good friend of mine put it, "It's going to be a nightmare."
Trump was washed back into office on a tidal wave of political ignorance and hate through a campaign funded by a cabal of extremely rich, powerful and highly toxic white men who openly bought their seats at the government money trough - no doubt with some of the money that they have been relentlessly sucking from the government treasury since the first Trump administration. The two richest men in the world will be standing close by when Trump is sworn into office tomorrow - Elon Musk of SpaceX, Tesla, and X - the world's largest social media platform, and Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin and Amazon.com - the world's alrgest retailer - and several others will be in attendance, no doubt including those from the billionaire class who have been chosen to work in the new administration.
The late journalist, Molly Ivins, famously said, "You've got to dance with them what brung you," and Trump appears to have his dancing shoes on and is ready to feed and dance with his billionaires while they feed and dance with his ego - all night long, every night, until the landscaper is barren and the treasury is empty.
What horrors await? No one can know for certain, but the new leader's mind is a cesspool of greed, corruption, and revenge. Trump policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has reportedly been hidden away in his rathole throughout the interregnum writing executive orders for his boss to begin issuing on the dreaded "day one." Apparently, disregarding all of the previous bluster and bullshit, the big immigration sweep will not begin until "day two," and it will be inflicted on Chicago, a Democratic city in a Democratic state that is sure to offer some news-worthy resistance, and Private Citizen Musk, himself an immigrant, is already threatening jail time for public officials who resist the sweeps.
As soon as the public bloodlust for photos of immigrant families being torn apart begins to fade, it can be ginned back up with stories about outrage in Canada and China over new tariffs - and when those tariffs start to sow outrage as they cause prices go up at Walmart, the public's attention can be diverted with the invasion of Greenland. God only knows what the world will like like by the time we get to years two, three, and four. Perhaps Elon will be totally in charge by then, or Stephen.
I plan to ignore the carnival of carnage for as long as I can. That's my survival tactic. Besides, I've seen this film once already, and I know the plot line, who the bad guys are, and how it ends. Buckle up, buttercup, because we are headed into deja vu all over again, only worse.
1 comment:
My plan exactly!
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