Frank's Musings

It’s hard to believe that there is still 35% of the voting public that plans to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election.  Why are there so many people who disagree with all the commentators (and presumably the managements) of the media to which I and others like me listen.  They also disagree with most overseas country leaders who are not beholden to presidentially-controlled assistance from the U.S. 

Sure, I’m dependent on that same media for reporting on the sentiment of those leaders and populations.  But even the editorial staffs of the Wall Street Journal and Fox News have recently shown deep doubts about the competence of the Trump presidency.  Like the rest of the thinking public, they have grown impatient with the total disregard, if not ignorance, with which Trump has addressed some of the dearest values and interests of America

The President’s speech at Mt. Rushmore on July 3, 2020, was a clear signal that his administration could transform itself into a dictatorship.  The president’s words turned many criticisms of his rule on their head. Yet, the audience below the memorial lapped it up.  Those lemming-like Trump-acolytes were also enthused by the words of the song that hailed the Chief to the podium—"God Bless the U.S.A.”  The theme of that narcissistic hymn was never clearer than at that celebration.  It applauds freedom to do what pleases the singer at the expense of any other claims on society, including equality, equity and justice. 

God save them from the disorder and chaos that their society will suffer from that outcome.  God save us all from the continuation of the nightmarish Trump presidency.