By Ruth A. Sheets
On this 2nd anniversary of Mr. Trump’s
inauguration, he is pushing a “deal” supposedly to end the partial shut-down of
the US Government which is now a month old. How can one tell this is a
bully’s deal? It is the kind of deal the schoolyard bully offers his
victims. The bully hits a student for no particular reason and keeps
hitting. He then offers to stop if the kid gives him money or some other
“valuable” thing.
Mr. Trump has been punching the American people for the full
two years he has been in office. He ended protections for the Dreamers
and for people who have temporary status, for no particular reason, just
because. He really wants a wall from his victims (lunch money). He
offers to “re-open the government, to extend” protections for the people from
whom he removed protections. He’ll also throw in some money for border
security (we already have a lot of security there). It’s a bully’s
deal. He is holding the American people hostage for a border wall,
classic bullying.
His audacity is tremendous, but not surprising. He
whines that Democrats don’t want to “deal,” but when a bully has struck as
often as Mr. Trump has, there is no reason anyone should make a deal with
him. He will then note his attack’s success and use the strategy again,
perhaps on something even more critical, like a war, perhaps with Iran.
Donald Trump has the intellectual maturity of an 8-year-old,
and a spoiled one at that. Republicans in Congress and in the nation in
general are afraid of this out-of-control child. They have given him the
keys to the car, then let him drive. When he crashes, they blame someone
else for not getting out of his way, usually the Democrats.
Hopefully, Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats will
step up and parent Donald effectively. He needs to hear “no” often and be
guided to do the right things for the American people. So far, his lying
has had no consequences. His insults have gone unchallenged.
He has put people in charge of things who are just as childish and incompetent
as he is while the “grown-ups” in the Senate have said, “Sure, whoever you
want, Donnie. We don’t want you to throw tantrums and do other disturbing
things.”
So, here it is. Donald Trump proudly caused the
partial shutdown of our government. HE ordered people to work for no
pay. HE refused to talk with Democrats with respect, thinking he can
continue to get away with his babyish bullying. HE is the one who
promised his pathetic supporters a medieval wall which would end up, if built,
costing them a whole lot of money since Mexico has no intention of paying for
it, as Mr. Trump promised they would.
Like a spoiled little kid, if Donald does not like something
China is doing, for example, he’ll throw a tantrum and put a tariff on
important goods. Because, like a child, he cannot see the big picture,
lots of people end up hurt. He hates Barack Obama who occupied the White
House before him, so he tried to destroy everything Mr. Obama worked for.
He is scared of people who are not white, male, and rich, so he does what he
can to limit their power and presence. He just has to say “I want that
done,” and the kids he has appointed will do it, or at least try to.
Fortunately, there are still a few adults in charge of
things in our government, although not enough of them.
We need an uprising of the people who are sick of having a
child in the White House, a child who thinks the rules apply to everyone but
him, a child who lies with impunity, a child who listens to the people who have
the biggest mouths and who say the most hateful things, a child who is pleased
to hurt as many people as possible, as long as they are the right people to
hurt. Some steps were taken to curb Donald this past November, but there
is still so much to do. Little Donald and his bully friends have worked
hard to keep the people they don’t like from voting, to keep women in their
place, to keep immigrants out of our country, to undermine our democracy.
We all need to be sure we are the competent adults who
improve the current child-rearing practices when it comes to Donald
Trump. So, as we tell our children, you can’t make deals with
bullies.
We need to give Donald a time out as one does for children
who can’t control themselves. A 2-year time out would be just about
right.
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