Seeking Knowledge And The Ability To Understand And Benefit From It... "What Happens When..." (Part 3)

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 I think we are only one huge news story away from finding out just how bad a president Donald Trump can really be. 

No one is inherently wrong just because they disagree with you…

Start with the most basic facts and look at this from the most basic level - to get on the same page, both sides have to at least agree on and get that out of the way first. When someone has an opinion on something, that person is not at fault for not agreeing with someone else who holds an opposite opinion. The idea itself, that someone has an opinion on something is itself predicated on the notion that they disagree with the other person who holds a different opinion.

Hmmmm...

So far after almost a year in office (266 days, 9 hours, 48 minutes to be exact) it has been pure chaos. The work of governing the country is not getting done, most government agencies are barely adequately staffed, the president spends most of his time in a pursuit to burnish his own imaginary grandeur, and the news cycles are filled with story after story demonstrating exactly that. 

This is an objective fact - don’t just take my word for it, do your own homework and see for yourself. 

People’s reactions to Trump are reflective of the state of mind everyone appears to be in (including the press) when listening to him speak. We have begun to take potentially the most serious things in the world - and not take them seriously. It’s very upside down, and it seems to me to be quite dangerous considering the potential consequences of his actions.  

I believe in the end he is going to surprise even the most pessimistic people, and not at all in a positive way.  

My greatest concern is what happens with the next terrorist attack – ultimately I can’t help but to think it’s inevitable that something else is going to happen. Presume another 911 type event happens, or something extreme happens with North Korea or China, or Russia, or Iran, or in any one of the hundred political hotspots around the world. Perhaps the pressure of such an event would potentially normalize him as commander in chief, but the pressure would be much greater than it is now and the pressure is already nearly overwhelming to him - judging from the latest revelations coming directly from his inner circle at the white house.    

The real fear is that if we have another world trade center type attack, how unhinged from terrestrial reality will Trump become? There’s no telling how strange things could get with a massive negative stimulus to the system. What we do know for sure is that we have someone in charge who is a malignantly selfish con artist with very little regard for anything other than his own interests - and that is as obvious a thing about him as his orange hair. Determining how far down the proverbial rabbit hole he could lead us, can only be limited by a deliberate lack of effort.   

The argument could be made that in the face of any such extreme circumstance, Trump could rise to the occasion – even if only inadvertently so. If he were to start doing whatever was necessary, to address whatever challenge presented to him, in the best interest of the country and the world, well that would be fantastic and I would be the first person to commend him for doing so.  

It is theoretically possible he would indeed start doing “the right thing” for whatever reason, or no reason at all – his motives wouldn’t even matter ultimately as long as he was doing the right thing. His motives are however reliably predicated on self interest, so even when faced with tragedy or disaster any logical person could be reasonably certain his motives would not be in their best interest, or for the greater good of the country overall. 

One thing I think we can be reasonably certain of regardless of the circumstance - is Trump will likely make every effort to clamp down on civil liberties even further, obstruct any efforts to implement progressive policies, and to abuse the power of the presidency in every way possible to enrich himself and the business interests supporting his regime. Many of the actions already taken have been done in such a way that it may already have become very difficult (if not impossible) for our society to reverse or recover from them.  

It’s a scary moment in history and I for one am terrified at the prospect of four years with this despicable person at the helm. There are many people (much smarter than I) who are drawing analogies between Trump's rise to power and what happened to Germany in the nineteen thirties. I guess there was the same irrational nonsense during the Obama administration, so I try not to pay too much attention to it.  

I want to believe the analogies are inaccurate or misleading in some way, but with each crazy thing he does, and each new revelation into what he has already done, it becomes that much harder to dismiss the correlation.  

Every day I hope there’s something positive I can grab hold of to maintain my faith in our system – and every day I am disappointed. As a person with thirty years in the construction trades, I would love to see Trump announce something like say a massive infrastructure project that includes building new things that will benefit every American, not just his buddies in the coal industry. I’m sure fixing our roads and bridges would be a good place to start, and not a single person would criticize him for it.  

Better yet let’s build a high speed rail network that will be the envy of the world. Why not really impress upon our enemies and allies alike that we genuinely still are the greatest country on earth. Because right now it is becoming very obvious that the world is just as disgusted with our president as most Americans, and they are showing the willingness to disassociate totally and leave us behind.  

… and I believe that to be an objective fact. 

Thanks for reading and I look forward to seeing you in the comments… 

MDG…     

Click Here For part 1 "The Insane Comments of Donald Trump"

Click Here For Part 2 "The Failure of The System"