Thursday, June 28, 2018

Trumpian way

Be concerned about your children and grandchildren. This despicable President will now be able to make a second Supreme Court appointment, and we can only shudder at the consequences of that. Medicare and Social Security are in deep financial trouble. This administration has noticeably diminished America’s stature in the world. The Congress can do nothing but pass tax cuts for the rich. Among them integrity and decency are more and more rare. Leadership in government is about ideology and personal gain more than about compassion and problem solving, undoing more than doing. Civil discourse is eroded. Money and power are gods, and God is ideology.


As always, there is still hope. Women and minorities in political wins. Grassroots resistance. The voices of compassion and justice can still be heard. Faith in optimism and resilience. A number of thoughtful people have begun to write and speak about the failure of American democracy, and the signs are clearly here. But we are still a great country; but fortunately not yet great in the twisted Trumpian way.

No comments: