Donald Trump — The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
Open Letter:
My friend. Donald Trump,
You could become the most famous and well loved man ever to have lived anywhere, at any time, on the planet earth.
You will have done more for the furthering of mankind than any president, dictator, monarch, philosopher, scientist, conqueror or religious figure.
You will be honored for your accomplishments and loved for who you are as a world leader. You will become President of the United States. But, that’s not all.
You will be assured the Nobel Peace Prize. But, that’s not all.
I want the best for you. I don’t want you to end up being a hog tied POTUS, without mandate, obstructed from doing anything of consequence by both sides of the isle. Congress will force you to squeal like a pig like the scene in the movie Deliverance.
If you do win the presidency by appealing to people’s baser instincts, during your first and last term in office, the world will move four years closer to oblivion.
I know you don’t want four years of grinding, aging suffering with nothing to show but hatred from the world. I am seventy years old, as you are. That’s not what I want at this time of my life. Do you? This kind of negative press does not help you. I know you. It will kill you.
You are much more than that.
You are bigger than the average politician wading into the quagmire of US politics. You must raise the bar. Step away from demagoguery, wedge issues, scapegoating, fear mongering, xenophobia, sexism, anti-intellectualism and misplaced patriotism. These are the low hanging fruit of right wing talk show hosts and, of course, the nefarious Mr. Hitler.
You are better than that.
Yes, you might win the presidency with those gutter techniques but what are you left with. I ran across a letter by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler written in July of 1939 (before WWII) that pinpoints the problem with continuing on this course of action based upon social manipulation. You are no Hitler and I am no Gandhi but the message clearly applies. Gandhi wrote:
“You are leaving no legacy to your people of which they would feel proud. They cannot take pride in a recital of cruel deed, however skillfully planned.”
Be the man your father wanted for his son. Stand up and face the real issues of the day. People of the world don’t care about wedge issues. They are concerned about a world in entropy, disintegrating into oblivion. Here is a list of what people want done to survive. You’ll see how you can solve each of these items in the next four years whether you decide to become president or not:
1. Food, water and health security
2. Create economic growth for all countries
3. Parity: racial, gender, rich and poor, cultural and social justice
4. Elimination of war, weapons and nuclear proliferation
5. Control population and refugee crisis
6. Eliminate terrorism
7. Manage artificial Intelligence and data security
8. Eliminate gun violence
9. Sustainable energy, housing and transportation
10. Education and Internet connectivity and availability for all
11. Uncorrupted political freedom
12. Stabilization of the environment
Your father raised you to exercise your kill instinct, close the tough deals, and to be king. Your mother said not to worry about saving the world.
“Everybody is responsible for themselves and their families. The poor will always be with us.”
I have greater confidence in you. I know you can accomplish the solving of the above list of world problems. I challenge you to do so. Becoming president is not how you’ll do it.
The system will stop you from accomplishing much of anything.
You are bigger than life. You’re mythological in dimension. You will evolve.
This is your story that will become the Trump Myth. The first step in your evolution. Some morning in October, to the surprise of the world, arise from your bed. Go into the bathroom. Look into the mirror and say,
“I am king of the world.”
Next, buzz off all of your hair — no more hair dye.
Don’t worry, chicks will love it. That act alone will win the presidency. Smile the billion dollar smile. Then, call your lawyers to your office to draft and file the Trump Trust.
Because of the haircut, you’ll become president. Because of the trust, you’ll save the world. The Trump Trust is irrevocable. After its formation you will have no more control.
You will transfer one billion dollars of your assets to the trust’s account.
Next, have your staff identify eighty or so of the best and brightest people working in each of the twelve problem areas of the world. You should end up with one thousand people covering the twelve categories. Each of these people will be offered one million dollars with large bonuses for those who come up with the most viable solutions within four years.
Some of these solutions may be money making opportunities that you may take an equity position in — others not. You will not have any control.
You’ll soon realize that a billion dollars is insufficient.
Next step, use your contacts and gravitas to pitch the Trump Trust to six of your billionaire friends. They’ll contribute a billion to the trust funding six thousand more experts in twelve fields of endeavor.
Each of the six billionaires will bring six more. And, so on.
There are about one thousand and twenty-five billionaires on the planet today, that we know. Some multibillionaires may want to contribute more. The overall funding goal is one trillion US dollars supporting one million field experts working on the twelve categories of problems.
Doing humanitarian work, the Clintons have been operating the Clinton Foundation since 1997. During the last nineteen years it has received two billion dollars in contributions.
You will accomplish three times that milestone in nineteen months. The Trump Trust will have significantly changed the world in nineteen years.
As president, you can work with other world leaders to implement programs as they arise. Your honeymoon will never end as the world realizes that humanity is evolving not heading for oblivion.
Your responsibility is greater than those of the POTUS. You have the entire world on your shoulders, like Atlas. Before you can become our hero you must meet the challenge. Like, Hercules, and the Argonauts; you have twelve labors to accomplish before you receive the golden fleece.
You have a choice, Mr. Trump. You can do business as usual, drop the hammer for the kill, win the presidency, but lose our favor. You would be a creep. Every woman knows its definition.
Creep: A guy who knows the score but tries to manipulate you to do what he desires regardless of your feelings.
Can anyone vote for a creep who has chosen not to be a hero even though he has the ability?
If you aren’t the man I think you are, maybe Hillary Clinton can be the greatest woman who ever lived.
Maybe she can regain our trust by divesting twenty million of her assets, transferring them to the new Hillary Clinton Trust, funding it with a trillion dollars from her billionaire friends in her first term as president.
Maybe she is the hero we need to save the world from oblivion.
Your Friend,
Gregory White
