David Moore
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read

Why Are We So Surprised at Such TRUMPery?

The media is obsessed at being critical of the President. There is a lot of energy, emotion, investigative reporting and commentaries that have. been spent demeaning the President. Most of it is full of facts and truths! But a 71 year old man who has been a successful businessman (unless he really does owe multi millions to Russia), has survived quite lavishly on bullying, lying, exaggerating, demeaning his opposition and being full of Trumpery! Since this is all Trump knows (and it has worked well for him), why would he need to run the country any differently even though he may bankrupt the country while pursuing his goals.

He doesn’t read much, doesn’t like details, doesn’t think about the impact his decision may have a few years down the road. He watches Fox News regularly and likes to believe in the conspiracy theories to keep himself engaged. He enjoys lying and manipulating his gullible base, loves demeaning others, plays hardball with world leaders that he perceives as weak and praises authoritarian leaders in countries (he looks at them as a business or corporation), that are run successfully by getting rid of all opposition and having no checks and balances. Trump praises countries that have their government officials and citizens, cowtow to their leaders, praise them, accept them, vote on mass for them and are loyal followers. That is how Trump ran his business and how he would love to run America (to make it great again).

He enjoys creating chaos, encouraging his upper management officials to continue to fight among themselves, humiliating his employees, yet expecting them to continue to be loyal to him, until they are thrown under the bus because of an indiscretion or when Trump needs a scapegoat. After all, they know that if there are found out, not to be loyal to Trump, he will get them back with a vengeance! That is his vindictive nature!

Many people voted for Trump because they wanted a businessman to run the country not a politician. They wanted Trump to improve the economy, create jobs and make America great again. They were completely blindsided and naive in thinking about all the other attributes (that Trump doesn’t have) that makes a great President.

China is doing well economically under communism and authoritarian rule, but does that mean, we want the same kind of leader and government? Putin is a strong leader, that does not believe in dissent? Do we want to accept Trump’s false claims of fake news, a bias media, corrupt people in the FBI, CIA and the justice department if Trump perceives them as disloyal to him. Do we want America to be governed like Russia?

What kind of President do we really want that will make America great in the long term, not the short term? When many people praise Trump for the economic boom we are experiencing (at all costs), is that the only criteria to feel great about ourselves. Greed has been part of the American culture for decades. Greed allows the rich to get richer, the poor to get poorer, the deficit to get bigger at the expense of our schools, health care, education and infrastructure. This does not make for a great America!

We are heading to a point where we will give up everything we believe in, for economic well being. But who will benefit the most? Trump and his rich friends. Trump supporters are the only ones who can stop the insanity now before it’s too late. But Mike Pence as President would be another catastrophe! A white, Christian nation where everyone praises God, does not accept anyone else who is not heterosexual or non-White. It is not what real Christians believe in, but it is Pence’s world- created in 7 days- to have Whites live in paradise!

So the only hope is to have a responsible opposition voted in, in both the House and Senate, to make sure sanity prevails until a new President can be chosen in 2020!