A Criminal Complains About Crime in America

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

In a stunning case of the pot calling the kettle black, a two-bit grifter who has been credibly accused of sexual abuse and rape by multiple women, operated a scam university, bankrupted numerous businesses, bilked supporters with fake donation appeals, used the government to benefit his personal businesses, and incited armed rioters to storm the United States Capitol - that same two-bit grifter has now spoken out about - of all things - crime in America!

In a speech yesterday to the America First Policy Institute in Washington, DC, as as reported by "Politico," Donald John Trump went on a bender of accusatory remarks calling the United States a "cesspool of crime."   Trump, a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, sounded the alarm about "sadists who prey on children," and Trump, the ardent support of the National Rifle Association also warned of "the dangerously deranged who roam our streets with impunity."  

Trump, who is usually ensconced in one of his luxurious private properties, was yesterday trying to terrify his white conservative audience with tales of "streets riddled with needles and soaked in the blood of innocent victims," as though those were scenes he actually witnessed as he rode the bus to work each morning.

According to reporting in "Politico," Trump's imagery really kicked into high gear.  He talked about violent gangs laughing as they bludgeoned innocent victims, a woman being stabbed in her bathtub and bleeding to death, and a woman who was "raped, murdered, and set on fire."

All of that was no doubt intended to begin driving suburban women back into the Republican fold.  Then, reaching out to the xenophobes, Trump warned of other countries emptying their jails and dumping their criminals into the United States.

During the rant that seemed to go on forever, the haggard old politician argued that drug dealers should be given the death penalty, the US should have two-hour quick trials like they do in China, police cars should be parked on every street corner in American cities, and the urban homeless should be transported to cheap land outside of the major US cities.

After Trump had gone through his complete catalogue of racist and elitist tropes, he shifted his focus to the 2020 election and began ticking off his standard list of lies about how the election was stolen from him.

Some of the material was new, or at least refurbished, but most of what Donald Trump had to say to the American First Policy Institute yesterday was the same old claptrap and drivel that has been filling the GOP garbage bins for decades.  Mike Pence says the party needs to be looking to the future, but the future is not a comfortable place for the Republican Party or for Trump.  They would rather spend their time trotting out the boogeymen and scaring people into supporting a party that seldom works in the best interest of its voters.

The GOP's glass (and Trump's) isn't half-full or half-empty.  It's cracked and dry.