Seriously?
That is really all I have left to say on the matter. Sort of. Donald Trump, most recently, decided he would host the next G7 summit at one of his properties. In other words, the man is straight cashing in on the office of the President. His argument is that there is no place else in America equipped for such a thing. Well, we hosted in Georgia back in 2004. I’m pretty sure the location was good enough back then. I’m pretty sure Martha’s Vineyard is good enough or a thousand other areas around the country equipped for the event. If he was in fact the ‘Make America Great’ guy he would host it in some other place. He could host the summit in the Rust Belt. He could host the summit in the heartland of America, bringing new income to the hardest hit in the face of the trade war.
So, yeah. Seriously?
I mean here we are in modern day America with a man at the helm who is so enamored by his own greatness and rightness as to not be able to exhibit any form of self sacrifice for the betterment of this nation. He isn’t our employee like many other leaders. He is our gold-crusted King. All hail the King, right? And once he’s done the expectation is for his daughter to ascend to the throne.
None of that can happen. More and more I believe people are either digging in (confirmation bias driven digging) or accepting that they elected the man out of a resounding hate for Hillary. I get that hate, but I now get the volatility he brings to the office. Sure, it is great for news-hungry networks and the propogandists at Fox News (they are really working overtime on the spin there), but is it good for the nation? The globe? I don’t know that anyone outside of Netanyahu’s circle and the silent ninja army of Putin really believes that Trump is good for the world. He is, of course, good for himself and for American exceptionalism, but neither of those things help us. Nothing there is going to make America great. He’s succeeded in making America hate at a pace that outstrips anything since Vietnam.
So, yeah. Seriously. I am not a fan.