The last sentence of the four year dialogue Donald Trump has had with America came to an end with the words "Stop The Steal". Immediately afterward there was an assault on the Capitol with the intent of overturning the election by mob coercion.
If you're an American you may be thinking: 'No way, that can't be true. Not in the United States'. But it is! Under Trump's guiding hand it surely is true. I have to believe Donald Trump regards the constitution with complete contempt.
From the beginning of it's tenure the Trump Administration's dialogue was racist, and anti-environment. He was opposed to having non-white people from what he termed 'shithole' countries find refuge in America. His words gave his followers the liberty to allow their racist feelings to be given expression. His words made the entire world look at America and ask: "WTF"?
Donald Trump's response to the COVID pandemic labels him as callous and uncaring as we see the loss of life and economic devastation resulting from his failure to respond in a meaningful way and the bodies piling up.
Even so he is still admired by his supporters, while others hate him more with every passing day. His juvenile resistance to face masks, science and common sense has made him a danger to every person living within the borders of the U.S. From my point of view, 2000 plus Americans are now dying daily as a direct result of Donald Trump's response at the advent of the COVID outbreak. I'm not the only American that feels this way. That's one of the reasons Donald Trump is being impeached yet again today, January 13, 2021.
I'd like to contrast Trump's way of relating to the American public during times of great national stress with the way Franklin Roosevelt did during the Great Depression and WW2.
It's too soon to have forgotten Trump's obvious attempts to radicalize his followers and divide the nation. He has used race-baiting to cause division. He has used the COVID outbreak to divide the nation into mask-less Trump supporters who deny there is a threat from the pandemic from those who believe the science and fear for their safety. Donald Trump's Presidency will be remembered for all those things.
I was born during the Truman Administration so I don't remember FDR's radio talks to the nation. But my parents were married during the roaring 20's and before a decade had passed saw all hope vanish overnight. There was a long slog through the Great Depression and then came the second world war in their lifetime. From the beginning of the Great Depression Americans were hung out to dry by the Republican Hoover Administration. Nothing has changed in that regard. Republicans ARE NOT the friends of Main Street America.
President Hoover was a true conservative Republican, so naturally he did absolutely nothing as the nation collapsed into a despairing hopeless condition. He just sat there in classic Republican fashion and looked on and did nothing. Roosevelt had the answer and that solution worked.
Not only did his solution work but his words had an inspiring, unifying effect that gave the nation hope. My mother and father both told me of the positive, unifying, comforting, uplifting effect of Roosevelt's radio speeches to the nation. No one can say that with a straight face about the conversation Donald Trump has been having with the nation over the past few years.
"Stop The Steal" is Donald Trump's confession of his regard for the constitution of the United States. As a result he is being impeached again. Maybe it will mean something this time.
Did you listen to Roosevelt's talks to the nation? Do you see the difference between faithful leadership and a callous, uncaring mutiny by the head of state when you compare Roosevelt with Trump? That difference is the reason Americans will be Dancing In The Streets when Donald Trump is no longer President.
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