While You Can
May 9, 2026
It is worth reminding oneself that this President has no idea how to actually run a government. At least not the kind and style of government we have come to expect. If he is doing nothing about an issue he says that he is working on it and in about two weeks you’ll see something and that you’ll be surprised what he’s found or what he or they are doing. Then nothing happens. Because he’s forgotten about it. I used to think he forgot as soon as he left the room, but I think it is sooner than that. I think it is as soon as the words have left his lips.
Considering the evidence, it is safe to say that he is a tool (useful idiot? Manchurian Candidate?) of Putin and Russia. There are others that Putin has reached out to, but none have been as good as Trump.
By Trump’s own admission he likes to surround himself with losers so he looks smart. At least that’s his thinking. He then bullies and browbeats those around him. He fires those who actually do things that help the country and don’t directly make him look good. So what if what he is asking is a crime?
In his two terms, he has doubled the National Debt. He has dismantled so many of the programs that we as Americans used to point to with pride. It is awkwardly apparent that there is a cabal of people who don’t believe in helping others and only themselves and that they have been able to get their way.
It’s Stephen Miller and his racist agenda. John Roberts who as a young intern clerk worked vigorously in the 1960s to stop portions of The Voting Rights Act has now gotten his way in the Supreme Court. It is Robert Kennedy Jr who has destroyed our National Health institutions. It’s Elon Musk who has dismantled huge swaths of our government bureaucracy. It is The Heritage Foundation and their continuing attacks on FDR and all the things that he did. Surprisingly to me is that they attack but they offer no real alternatives other than to let them run wild in an economic free for all.
The results we are seeing of these actions and policies.
We stand alone, deserting our allies, aiding our enemies and aiding those competing against us, screwing: the small business owner, the farmer, the hourly worker. All the while these people in government are enriching themselves. It’s in bribes, huge gifts, or taking money directly from the government treasury.
