We just celebrated a day of love or at least that is what Valentine’s Day is supposed to be in modern times. The idea of setting aside February 14, originally came about to honor a martyr for the Catholic faith. The exact story of who this person was is rather sketchy. Nonetheless over time February 14, became associated with flowers and cards and declarations of love.
This year I used that day to meditate a bit on the state of our union here in the USA. Anyone who has read my posts knows that I am befuddled and angry about the chaos that Donald Trump is imposing on our nation. I believe in my heart that he is the antithesis of love and compassion. Everything he does seems to be predicated on vengeance, cruelty, and greed. That being said I am not one who thinks that everyone who voted for Trump thought they were voting for what they are now getting from him.
Oh sure, there were incredibly hateful and racist people among the Trump voters. They have not been silent about their vileness. They have lived in the underbelly of our country from its beginning. Most of the time they have had to sulk in obscurity but now and again they rise up to demonstrate their hate. They’ve been cloaked in white robes wearing masks to torture Black Americans. They are white suprematists who now seem to believe that Trump has given them a green light to perform their evil in the light of day,
Because I do not think it would be just or even true to indict everyone who voted for Trump for being as vile as the worst of his supporters I have to wonder if they are as bothered about most of the things he is doing as I am. I also wonder how they were able to ignore the many signs that he was going to do exactly what he is now doing. He told us what he had in mind day after day and yet some of his long time supporters seem to be surprised by his actions. I know of many who still think that he was only joking to get attention but the evidence indicates that he was deadly serious.
Do those who put Trump into office feel comfortable that he is driving our long time allies away while currying favor with Russia? Surely the same people who worried that Democrats are communists must be outraged that Trump is siding with the biggest commie of them all, Vladimir Putin. Does it bother them that Trump has invited Putin to Washington DC when our allies in Europe are united against Putin?
Do my Republican friends who flew Ukrainian flags feel a bit taken aback when Pete Hegseth announces that Ukraine should not expect to ever join NATO nor will they reclaim areas that were once part of their country? Are they appalled that the Trump administration wants Ukraine to surrender and just slink away? Surely this is not what they wanted. I saw their emotional pleas for Ukraine. Are they now willing to pretend that they no longer care?
Did anyone want Elon Musk to take an axe to government agencies with a crew of young boys who now have access to all of our personal information? Does it seem wise to randomly decrease the number of employees without conducting a survey to determine who the most knowledgeable people are rather than relying on loyalty oaths to a single individual as an indicator of who should stay? Surely they would prefer that those who keep our government running are more invested in the Constitution and our laws than in serving one man.
I know that many who voted for Trump believed that only the most criminal and illegal immigrants would be targeted with exile from our country so why are they not worried that even the DACA kids might be in line for deportation to countries that they have never known? Can they really want birthright citizenship to go away like Trump suggests? Do they really believe that he has the power to simply ignore an amendment to the Constitution?
I simply do not understand why there is not a hue and cry from all Americans. A man who literally only received thirty two percent of all potential votes is claiming a mandate for tearing our government apart. He has stolen the constitutional job of the Congress and not even the members of his party are complaining. Are those who voted for him as concerned as I am? Do they not see that we are slowly devolving into authoritarian rule rather than the democracy that our founders designed?
Inflation is already rising. Unemployment is following along. Students about to graduate from college are receiving letters rescinding job offers. Men and women with negligible experience or moral character are being put in charge of our nation’s security and health while a nineteen year old boy known as”Big Balls” was just hired to be an advisor in the State Department. Surely we can all see the danger of what is happening and that the man who won the presidency has lost his mind. Do we really want an unelected immigrant to serve as co-president? Why are we not demanding that the insanity cease and desist immediately. What happened to our patriotism and our courage? Who is going to save us from this travesty if we do not join together before it is too late?
I am so very confused. I cannot in any way shape or form believe that the majority American people wanted any of this. I wonder how many have to be hurt before we demand that it stops. I have never before been so afraid for my country. God help us all!
All It Takes Is A Little Love 