Things have not gone well for Donald Trump in the last week or so. He seems to be like Alexander in the book about boy a who had everything go wrong. So it has been for Donald and he is having a very difficult time owning up to his mistakes that have made everything seem so bad. 

First there is the reflection pool that admittedly might have needed a bit of cleaning. Trump’s instinct to do something to make it better was not in itself a bad idea but he is not an expert in such things even if he thinks he is and he would have done well to seek the advice of experts. Instead he turned to a swimming pool builder who has given him many monetary contributions. The problems is that there is a big difference between a swimming pool with systems that circulate  chlorinated water versus a shallow pond whose water comes from a river and is mostly stagnant. 

There probably is a better way of keeping such a body of water a bit cleaner but painting the floor of the pond was not the answer that Donald hoped it would be. While it looked fairly nice initially it did not take long for the algae to come back just as it has always seemed to do only maybe a bit worse than usual. Sadly Donald once again insisted on a quick fix without a study of what might actually work and he turned to hydrogen peroxide as a way to kill the algae. Little did he know that it would also impact the bonding of the paint and soon chips were floating on the surface along with the algae which seemed not to respond to the chemicals as well as hoped. 

This was the moment that Donald might have admitted that he had made a hasty mistake but such confessions are anathema to him. Instead he made up a tale of vandals slashing the blue epoxy so that it separated from the bottom of the pond and floated to the top. It did not matter that there was no evidence of such a thing happening. The only thing that mattered in his mind was saving face when he was actually making things worse. Therein lies the biggest problem with the man. He would rather lie and blame his shortcomings on someone else than ever admitting a mistake.

The reflection pool is a kind of analogy of why Donald’s presidency is looking like a resounding failure. He breaks things first without studying what might actually be wrong if anything at all. His actions have over and over again ended up costing the American taxpayers more than they should have. He decided that we did not need people combating an insect that was not in the United States and now is spending many times more than the cost of prevention to rid the nation of the screw worm. 

So too it has been with the war on Iran. Without consulting Congress or studying all of the issues Donald assumed that he would be able to bring Iran to its knees in the matter of a few days or weeks. He has learned that his plan is not working as well as he thought. Now he is peddling the idea that his memorandum of understanding is a good deal for the United States when the truth says things differently. 

Donald’s terrible horrible days exist mostly because he has surrounded himself with spineless men and women who fear crossing him even when they suspect that there are flaws in his thinking. He sees himself as the ultimate expert in virtually everything when nobody has ever been able to be the best in all things. Good leaders always rely on the advice of other experts. Thinking that one person has all the answers is a dangerous assumption that has landed Donald in so much trouble right now. 

Everything he touches is falling apart just like that reflection pond. We have dead grass on the White House lawn. The cost of gasoline is absurd and won’t go down anytime soon. Groceries are becoming more and more difficult to afford for most Americans and recent college graduates are struggling to find jobs. Meanwhile Donald is showing off his multi-million dollar plane that will go with him when he leaves office even though our taxes were used to refit it. He is tone deaf to the needs and concerns of the average American. His only focus is on making himself and the members of his family wealthier than they have ever before been.

The man’s health and his mind are obviously fading and he’s trying so hard to cover up the fear that must be racing through his mind. As the problems pile up Donald is in for many more terrible, horrible, no good very bad days. It’s time for his family and the Republicans get help for the man before he destroys our nation any more. When Donald has a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day so too do we all.