Mercenary Huckster or Principled Conservative-in less than 3 Minutes

After my last piece, not a few folks told me America no longer has an attention span for more than a 2 to 3 minute read. So, let me put TheDonald in a nutshell for the 140 character set. This man noticeably speaks without regard for our historical political process and its founding documents and principles, but is verbose and hyperbolic on his own greatness and the size of his empire. He is very Obamalike in that disregard and disrespect, therefore, one finds no principled conservative here. Did it! Now, those with a longer attention span, and a conciliatory grace for this writer, I implore to read on.

Trump has an addiction for self promotion and personal gain. He presents himself as the second coming of Reagan, who had been a democrat early in his career. Reagan, however, left the party that left him and American principles, and went to work establishing decades of conservative service to the nation as a Republican, refuting liberalism in all of its masks. I can document no similarities between Ronald Reagan, a humble, positive, careful American leader and the obsessively self aggrandizing, huckster mercenary that is Donald Trump. One story about the man encapsulates his character. A writer reports that he once jokingly referred to Trump’s fingers as stubby. Trump responded by continuing to send the man pictures of his fingers for twenty years — yes, twenty years and counting, I presume.

Trump promotes America as crippled, but compulsively denies any responsibility in that condition, though he has not only promoted enemies of its history, foundations and processes, but has never given himself to public service on any level since the launch of his ethically suspect career. Rather, he has sucked at her for decades, growing fat, while self identifying as anti virtually every traditional, conservative, or politically anchoring position.

As recently as October, Trump the Clansman, promoted his sister, a radically, almost pornographically so, if one examines quotes from her decisions, pro late term abortionist jurist for Supreme Court. Why do I call him such a charged word as clansman? He seems to be driven by, perhaps, a desire to extend the legacy of the Drumpfs/Trumps beyond the stigma of the low income housing his father built, the northwest mining town bawdy houses where his grandfather first made his money, and beyond the gaudy Trump Tower of Manhattan. One can expect alarming nepotism not driven by principled philosophy. Largely, I use that terminology because he continues a very creepy touting of his gene pool, which stimulates nothing less than mind’s eye images of Soldier’s Field in 1935 Germany. I refer to this era as a cautionary tale: populism married hyper nationalism and gave birth to fascism.

This man shows alarmingly fascist tendencies in his lack of judgement concerning what constitutes a winner or a loser, and what should happen to losers. His answer to the abortion question — if the person he referred to as the “superstar” child, whose parents had chosen to birth rather than kill, had been a “loser” instead of a “great, great” child, would he still be “evolved” to his new anti abortion position — was revealing. “Probably not, but I’ve never thought about it.” What does that type of answer mean exactly if one has a child with Down’s syndrome or extrapolated to an aged grandparent who needs heart surgery like the one that Obama offered aspirin? Isn’t it obvious what it means?

The same words that come from Trump’s mouth cause outrage among conservatives when they were uttered by Barrack Obama — words expressing a divisive, haughty, elitist mood leading to a hinted at intention to rule over the losers and serfs as a “winner” monarch. He presents himself as nothing less than messianic with a willingness, even intent, to bypass Congress and the judiciary, unless he can stack it. The populist movement he inspires is not only divisive, but dangerous. It is not a movement promoting self reliance and small government, rather a movement that has angry people under the mantra of social justice looking for a king to take care of them through progressive government — the antithesis of conservatism.

Trump continues liberal democrat positions of a strong executive branch choosing what businesses will prosper through crony capitalism with budgetary and regulatory controls as seen in his new double down on ethanol mandates. His personal business history, even survival, has hinged upon his cronyism with Wall Street, big banking, and various venture capitalists. He has a history of business ties to George Soros, who’s name is anathema to Republicans. It was, for instance, from Mr. Soros that Trump borrowed $165 Million for his Chicago tower, and is named as a co conspirator in a RICO lawsuit concerning the infamous sale of the iconic GM Building, NYC. His partners on the cornerstone of his empire, Trump Tower, Manhattan, were gangsters. It was Chase bank that prevented his personal bankruptcy with a crony bailout. In spite of his insistent bluster to the contrary, to think that Trump is not beholding to the interests that keep him afloat is to be very naive, indeed. One could call him crony capitalist in chief, and foresee favoritism towards his creditors that would cause Hillary Clinton to pale.

Trump’s hot button bombast, when examined, reveals his intent to also extend executive power over how and whom one will worship along with what speech will be sanctioned without fear of government policing. These facts alone prove this man is no conservative. The prospect of Trump being in control of the budgeting and policing afforded the occupant of the White House is no less chilling than it has been with Barrack Obama.

Trump, like Obama, has no republicanism or appreciation for small centralized government political principles to restrain him. Nor does he seem to have personal or spiritual anchors to balance his narcissism. Whacko; wily businessman trying to get his hands on the finance sector, the EPA and the BLM to benefit his own business interests; Mad Hatter; devil; hedonist; emperor; spoiled rich kid; mobbed up, money laundering, racketeer; progressive poseur — choices abound in evaluating Donald Trump, but none of them include principled, proven conservative. No one says of this man, I want my kids to grow up to be like him.

Okay, I admit it. I did not quite succeed in the 3 minute promise. I will try again, however, to be sure. I also admit an almost visceral concern over the mistake our nation could make with Donald Trump, as it did with Barrack Obama. Chillingly, my emotions are confirmed in the facts of the Trump Organization hidden by layers of power and money, and the words of bravado from his own mouth heard by all, but not heeded, and that his supporters rationalize away. One finds no principle, nor conservatism in Donald Trump. What Obama started with ObamaCare, Trump will finish with socialized medicine, and…here I go again. Another installment forthcoming.