TRUMP AND THE TODDLER POOL, EVIL AWAKENED

By Ruth A. Sheets

 

What Trump and his toddler pool have been doing for the past 7+ months is immoral, but it is also mostly illegal.  We can't forget that.  We have laws which make it possible for us to live together in this nation in peace.  Trump and crew break laws at every turn hoping it will get them something they want, either power or money or both. 

Trump does not want peace nor do the billionaire oligarchs (Trumplandia in the White House).  This collection of anti-democracy folks includes the nominees approved by Senate Republicans for high office in our government plus Republican legislators throughout the country.  I think their ultimate goal is world domination by oligarchy, with them on top!  They want action as long as they get to order it, getting others to do their dirty work.  They claim to be victims, but have no idea what victims experience because none of them is a victim of anything but their own greed, ignorance, dismissal of the truth, narcissism, contempt for everyone not them. 

The most significant emotions they possess are fear and anger, with a heaping helping of hatred.  They are afraid of not getting away with their coup and they toss that fear out on everyone else, spreading it like a plague, to make all of us comply.  They are furious that anyone dares question their actions because they think they are and should be masters of the universe even though they are not even masters of themselves, you know, like adult toddlers. 

It is critical that we are going to have to stand tall against them and get low when necessary because these mostly white men and their female surrogates know no depth to which they will not go.   They don’t realize they are not worthy of respect beyond that due any human being.

In my way of thinking, this is EVIL!  There is no concern for anyone who will be impacted by their senseless rulings, pronouncements, search for old laws they can reimpose on this nation, imposition of military rule, and more.  The Trump pool knows their fearful leader, the guy they pretend to bow and scrape to is mentally and physically failing, but they are positioning themselves to be the guy who takes over.  The American people do not like any of them, but it won’t matter because Vought, Musk, Thiel, Bessent, or one of the other too-rich fools will try to jump in, hoping the ground has been properly laid for them to take over when the time comes.  In the meantime, they are trying to get Trump to do as much damage as possible so it will be easier for them to breeze in and strike the final blow. 

The EVIL ones are friends of Putin of Russia, Orban of Hungary, and any other dictator in the world they can find and convince to join them in the takeover.  Those guys are all super rich and can appreciate the superrich of this current swarm of a-holes, all cut from the same greedy narcissistic cloth.

Their current efforts involve targeting everyone who is not them.  They are distracting us by having masked thugs kidnap people, supposed immigrants off our streets, claiming they are criminals despite the fact that most of them contribute more to the nation than the oligarchs who are primarily “takers.”  They have also targeted trans persons and their parents, Black Americans, Democrats of any background, and of course women, something that really feels especially wrong on this 105th anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment.  They are working hard to create a throw-back woman, “trad wife” who will stay at home, make their house perfect for their hubby and the many kids they are supposed to have, white kids of course.  Those rich white men who will never be pregnant want to be sure that every woman who gets pregnant, particularly if they are raped, must carry that fetus to term.  Every piece of this effort is EVIL, but it keeps the MAGAs thinking they are not in the Trumpers’ sights, when they are right there with the rest of us, waiting for the right moment to be targeted!

I have read one way to deal with this EVIL is to mock them in a wide variety of ways:  their specific actions, their character, their greed, their inability to handle the truth even when it is right in front of them.    We need cartoonists, influencers, late-night hosts, editorials, Substack and other platforms, journalists, and pretty much everyone else to, without defaming anyone, mock the crap out of them, showing them and everyone else how unworthy of holding any position of authority they are and that their ideas for the rest of us are childish and unacceptable!  We must name this as EVIL and point out as often and in as many ways as possible just how they are dividing us for their own benefit. We don’t have to take it!

WHAT IS THEIR GOAL?

By Ruth A. Sheets

This week as we are preparing to usher back into office a condemned criminal, serial liar, and all-around incompetent guy, I am struck with the question, what is the goal? 

Last week, I heard it said that the main purpose for Trump running for office again was to keep out of jail.  That may be true, but there must be a whole lot more going on, and definitely is, but just what? 

First of all, Donald Trump (Toddler-Trump as I regularly refer to him), did not pick the full list of incompetents, criminals, people with questionable loyalties, sycophants, folks with no moral compass and/or massive conflicts of interest that comprise the list of nominees for government office.  Trump clearly had a lot of help.  Of course, the folks chosen for each position had to be as inappropriate as possible to force Republican Senators to demonstrate their complete capitulation to their toddler-leader.  That must have been sooo tricky because Republicans these days have already proven they will fall down before Trump at every opportunity because the money is so very good, you know. 

I can’t help but be curious as to who the cesspool of selectors is.  I am guessing at least one of the Steves is involved.  Musk might have been consulted and maybe some among the “Project 2025” crew.  The criteria, it had to be someone

• their toddler could recognize and stand up with help and defend as “excellent, the best choice for that position, ever” (or some such tripe.
• - the American people would not readily recognize, which worked for everyone except Marco Rubio, but “Little Marco” is seen as so pathetic by most Americans, he doesn’t worry anyone, but probably should,
• - totally loyal to Toddler-Trump and his playground of toddlers, in fact must join them in their infantile antics at the expense of the American people.
• - who has something “dark” in his/her past that can be used as leverage to get them to do what is demanded.

For me, the ultimate questions are, who will really be in charge since Trump is in dementia and Vance is seen by nearly everyone as irrelevant, picked because he can lie with the best of them even about his own constituents, and is easily manipulated.  Question 2 is what is their goal?

I get it they want to take over the government in some kind of oligarchic bonanza letting the greedy already-too-rich get even more while the rest of us languish.   That kind of government has not generally worked out too well in the recent past for anyone but those on top.  The only such government with such a dismissive attitude toward the people right now that is having some success is China, but even they are feeling the pressure from people who are getting tired of being pushed around.  The government has all kinds of surveillance to keep everyone in line with the demands of those in charge, but with so many people, there is coming a breaking point.  So, their government is distracting folks with electric vehicles, threats to Taiwan and their neighbors, and other actions.  It is mostly working for now. 

What will the Trump Klan do here?  Our economy depends on good relationships around the world as does our general well-being.  When people with no understanding take power, all of that is at risk.

So, they (the Toddler-Trump playground members) are not into world peace, prosperity for anyone but themselves, stopping climate change/global warming, honoring our Constitution, or anything else that would make us a more perfect union.  It seems their goal is seeing what they can get away with as they increase their power to control others so they will never be held accountable.  They are to a person, misogynistic, racist, homo/transphobic, classist, xenophobic, pseudo-christians, and as anti-American as they can make themselves while claiming their “deep patriotism.”  Like 3-year-olds, they are narcissistic, whiny, blame others for what they do, lie when it works for them, and want constant attention (OK, it might be just fine in 3-year-olds who have not yet learned the graces of life and have poor parenting, but never in adults in leadership). 

So, we need to be the adults in every room.  When we are confronted by members of the playground, we must ask “how do you know that” to everything they claim.  We need to keep in touch with our representatives at all levels and tell them what we need them to be doing and remind them they are not supposed to be toddlers, but are acting like selfish brats.

I will not be following the inauguration on Monday.  It is too painful to think of President and Dr. Biden having to sit there listening to the hateful rants, insults,  and lies of a toddler-man who plans to undo the positives of the past 4 years and beyond, a fool with no positive ideas for anyone but himself.  The Supreme Court 6 who permitted the toddler-man to be in office again will also be there along with the Republican congressional cohort, none of whom has the courage to do his/her job standing up for the American people.  I hope every single Democrat either does not show up or turns their backs on the playground that has shown only contempt for this country, our history, our struggles, and our future.  Good luck to all of us as we enter this new phase of our lives together.