Sitting here in Canada and looking south gives us an overview of American politics. It is only recently that there has been a lot of cringing from what we are seeing. Republican candidate Donald Trump brings an entirely new depth of despair to the race for the U.S. Presidency. He seems to have too few restraints on what he will say during his attempt to get to sleep in the American White House for the next four years.
Trump comes on as the bully in the school yard. There is little that he says about his Republican opponents that is fit to repeat. He says Mexicans are rapists. He distrusts Muslims. He thinks the Chinese leaders are smarter than the American leadership. And considering that his current hero is Kim Jong Un the North Korean dictator, there are serious questions being asked about the man’s state of mind.
While there is no question about Trump’s ability to make money, he does not seem in the mood to share with anyone. And no, he does not have enough to pay off the national debt of America.
Trump has absolutely no intention of making America Great Again. His only objective is to make Donald Trump great. He seems to want to be the modern day Alexander the Great and rule the world. You should always bear in mind that people who want to rule the world tend to leave a serious trail of dead bodies and impoverished nations behind them.
The real problem with Trump is not the guy’s ego as much as those who support him. Why would Republicans want to support the school yard bully? How could there possibly be sufficient Americans gullible enough to support him? It is time the grown-ups took charge of the GOP. They might give us some hope when we start to see the real results of the delegate selection for the Republican Convention. The mesmerized media are not keeping us well enough informed.
The funniest part of the entire Trump fiasco is the Rodney Dangerfield act that he pulls that he cannot get any respect. His entire campaign is built on the man’s extreme ego. He is in the race because he can afford to be in the race. He buys all the respect he wants.
But the saddest part of the Trump campaign is what it generates. When he talks about the respect that he could have as President, it is not respect. It is fear.
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Copyright 2016 © Peter Lowry
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