I have a lot on my mind, so please bear with me. I’m trying to sort out the “genius” that is Donald J. Trump. Yeah, that’s what I said. He’s got to be a genius, because if he’s not, he’s insane. They say that there’s a fine line between genius and crazy and I’m trying hard to give him the benefit of the doubt. I mean, half the country voted for him, so I must be hearing and seeing things in the wrong light. Let’s see.
So far, the President has:
1. Pardoned all the people who stormed the capital on January 6th, 2020, following a rally in which he claimed that the election was stolen.
2. Is about to start a trade war, using tariffs, with, well, everybody in the world. So that’s how we get the price of gas and groceries down? I never woulda thunk it.
3. Said he wants to make Canada the fifty-first State of the Union. (I’m sure Peurto Rico appreciates the skip). Canadians ain’t laughing.
4. Wants to buy Greenland. Nobody is selling. Or offering. Or petitioning to become a part of the USA. But we wants it.
5. Wants the Panama Canal to return to the control of the USA, despite it legally being placed in control as per the Panama Canal Treaty our country made with Panama in the seventies. American Indigenous tribes everywhere are not surprised.
6. Refuses to rule out military action to make number 3 or 4 happen.
7. Put the Richest Man in the World in (unofficial) charge of a made-up organization called the Department of Government Efficiency. Formerly known as the United States Digital Service, whose original mandate was to “deliver better government services to the American people through technology and design”. A perfect vehicle for accessing every governmental computer system. What a coincidence.
Elon Musk is just a “special government employee” and not in charge of DOGE. Of course he’s not. Who would put a man with billions of dollars’ worth of government contracts in charge of an agency which is mandated with auditing those same contracts and programs? That’d be crazy.
8. Spoke with the President of Ukraine in a White House question and answer session like a slumlord to one of his tenants late with the rent. Mr. Zelenskyy refused to soft-soap Mr. Trump and agree to talk nice about Mr. Putin, who invaded his country three years ago. I watched and listened as our two top executives “schooled” the President of a war-torn country about making “nice” with Putin and not being “thankful” enough. Mr. Zelenskyy left without signing away billions of dollars’ worth of his country’s mineral rights to Mr. Trump, as the “Deal Master” wanted. Trump told him that he (Zelenskyy) didn’t “have the cards”. Zelenskyy responded, “I’m not playing cards.” Well said.
9. Trump tweeted “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law” which is attributed to that famous leader of democratic values, Napoleon Bonaparte (not the one famous for wanting to conquer the world and crowning himself Emperor. Nope. The other one.)
So that’s the highlights for the first month or so. I just want to point out that this man was put in office by over a third of the eligible voters in the United States. He was voted against by nearly another third of eligible voters. That leaves close to another third of eligible voters who didn’t take part in the election. I hope this encourages everyone to vote next time around. If there is another vote. During the campaign last year Trump said if they voted for him “just this time, then in four years you won’t have to vote again.”
Genius.
God bless Y’all.
Rolling Stones 