The dictionary defines the word numb as follows: deprived of the power of sensation (adj.); deprive of feeling or responsiveness (v.). Synonyms include: desensitized, unfeeling, anaesthetizing.
I believe all of these words describe the preposterous situation that the majority of decent Americans find themselves in after almost 30 months of the Trump Presidency.
We have heard THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA publicly utter so many outright lies, vulgar characterizations, and racist comments that we have become anesthetized to this horrible behavior by the supposed moral leader of our country. It seems normal, now, for a President to simply vent his spleen, publicly, on a daily basis, insulting and demeaning people of all walks of life, colors, and creeds.
What must our young people think? I come from a different era, but I would have punished my children for saying many of the things that our President has tweeted and stated publicly.
This is what Presidential leadership has come to: lashing out at people who don’t agree with you, calling them names, suggesting that reporters who are doing their job should be “locked up”, and telling four Congresswomen to “go back to the country you came from”, despite the fact that three of them were born in the U.S. and the other was brought here as a child and has been an American citizen for 19 years.
Eric Trump, the President’s son and regular apologist, said this week that “95 percent of Americans agree with my Dad”.
Eric’s testimonial appears to be slightly off the mark, since the President’s disapproval rating by the American public has hovered between 55 and 60 percent ever since he took office. (It would be statistically unlikely that virtually all of the “non-Approvers” would simultaneously approve of the President’s racist comments. Think about it, Eric. But, nice try. Maybe your Daddy will increase your allowance.)
Based upon the absolute silence coming from Republican Senators and Congressmen whenever Mr. Trump insults other politicians, allies, people of color, and Administration officials that he has grown tired of, it is apparent, however, that 95 percent of Donald Trump’s political base approves of his un-Presidential behavior.
But, what about the rest of us? What are we to do, while we watch our democracy slowly dissolve before our eyes into an autocracy...
This must be how non-Nazi Germans felt as Adolph Hitler and his goons extended their tentacles throughout their country in the 1930’s… a slow motion slide into a dictatorship based upon religious/racial hatred.
The Democratic Party is an amorphous blob of nobodies right now. I’m sure that there are some good people in the mix of Presidential contenders, individuals who could do a decent job, if elected. But, right now, them seem to be fighting one another, spending their time undermining Democrats, rather than assailing the President and his inept and loathsome performance. There’s an extraordinary amount of Administration stupidity to attack; can’t anyone speak up?
The four Congresswomen who the President insulted are non-mainstream Democrats with no power in Washington except to make inflammatory comments on CNN. They seem to be making a concerted effort to destroy their own political party, by badmouthing Congressional leaders with whom they disagree. Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi must be apoplectic.
Our loudmouthed, racist President may not be so dumb after all. If he keeps America’s attention on the Democrats’ infighting and succeeds in labeling that Party as “socialist” and “un-Patriotic”…and the dumb Democratic Party lets him get away with it… he will likely win re-election in 2020.
Seig Heil!
(Interestingly, it was not that long ago when making “we can do better than this!” comments about the current Administration were considered highly patriotic, at least by a certain segment of America’s population.
Candidate Donald Trump, campaigning on a “Make America Great Again” slogan, had nothing but shade to throw on the Obama Presidency. He first tried to undermine Mr. Obama by accusing him of being born in Africa (as if that is a sin). He then lambasted Obama’s achievements. In 2015, Trump said, “The American Dream is dead”, and gushed about the Chinese, ” “China, you go there now, roads, bridges, schools, you never saw anything like it,” he marveled. “I love China.” As for the U.S.A., “We’re dying. We’re dying. … We’ve got nothing.”
Now that numerous politicians, including the four female Congresswomen (three Black and one Hispanic) that the President trashed last week, are lamenting that this Nation, under Trump, is circling the drain… somehow criticism like this is totally un-patriotic, and the critics should be exported to other countries!!
“Send ’em back!” is the new rallying cry of the Trump fanatic.
Yep, pretty hypocritical, but what do you expect from folks who drank the Trumpian Kool-Aid in the first place?
Update: At the rally, when his supporters chanted, “Send ’em back!”, the President enjoyed the feedback, beaming. After one day of recriminations from many Americans, Trump publicly disavowed his approval of the “Send ’em back!” slogan. Twenty-four hours later, after getting feedback from his handlers, he reversed himself, again, and called the “Send ’em back!” folks “patriots”.
Donald Trump: whatever dog whistle works, use it!
