General Discussion

The fact that he clearly doesn't have a shred of empathy for the struggles of the American people shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who hasn't spent the last ten or so years in a deep coma. Trump gonna Trump. That's all he knows how to do. He's term limited so the last rickety guardrails are gone because he knows it's now or never.

But it's certainly a gaffe since he'd have been better off keeping his noise hole closed. It's the sort of gaffe that would very likely end the career of a normal (for want of a better term) politician. Sadly, his remark years ago about shooting someone on 5th Avenue turned out to be prophetic in the worst possible way. He's a gaffe machine unlike anyone in American politics but somehow the chickens never find their way back to the roost.

It's sincerely disheartening but here we are. All we can do at this point is try our hardest to make the people who rarely pay attention to politics realize just how dangerous he is, throw everything we've got at winning both houses in the midterms, and if we do secure them torpedo his agenda in Congress to slow the bleeding until he's out of office.

And if we're being truly honest, there are probably damned few politicians who genuinely, legitimately give a damn about the welfare of their constituents. As the old saying goes, their number one priority is getting into office, number two is staying there, and the welfare of their voters is a distant third place.

I'm sorry to be so cynical but that sure looks to be the norm in 21st century America.