Much has been written about the unprecedented, dystopian term of office of Donald J. Trump. Its evident incompetence is overshadowed by its plethora of hubristic, illegal, and monomaniacal acts that have, in a short space of time, notably despoiled the rational salubrity of our Nation’s founding and demoted our world standing. Many Americans have conveniently relegated the Trump phenomenon to his presumed status as a sui generis persona charged with the singular goal of self-aggrandizement. We shared the latter opinion until our thematic epiphany.
The huge “No Kings” citizen demonstrations were in proximate response to the objectionable, unlimited exercise of autocratic power by an American President. The egocentric and bizarrely unprecedented acts of Donald J. Trump were performed, irrespective of the Nation’s constitution, system of laws, and all too often, contrary to the societal moral compass. Professionalism, precedent, decency, and humanism were overthrown by Trump’s neurotic need for public adoration and recognition as a majestic leader.
Other similar demonstrations were in response to his draconian policies concerning immigration, his irrational and unjustified claims of territorial aggrandizement, overweening personal enrichment, and general arbitrary rule. These historic traits are inarguably comparable to the perverse monarchical privilege, against which the American colonies successfully revolted.
The latter observation usefully provided a cogent explanation (“epiphany”) for the observably bizarre, atavistic policies and actions of Donald Trump, supplemental to his empirically demonstrated personal egocentrism.
Raising and financing a private army, expressing imperial requests for acquiring other sovereign States, arbitrarily waging war against foreign nations, sinking foreign ships on the high seas, enriching himself and family, granting pardons to egregious criminals, availing himself of an underage harem (a la Epstein), accumulating gold to decorate his living environment, taking repressive actions against political opponents, using the Nation’s military for desired domestic purposes, instituting arbitrary tariffs on trading partners, granting tax and other benefits to his billionnaire supporters while ignoring the plight of the poor.
A cursory review of history will readily disclose that the above-enumerated traits of our present Chief Executive are analogous to those of the historic European kings, the latter observation providing the thematic context for this writing, i,e., the sought-for, but unaccountable explanation for the bizarre Trump Presidency.
Donald Trump is a modern-day anachronism, a leftover from past history, analogous to a vestigial organ such as the tonsils or the appendix. There are no uses for such appendages, and the same are best excised before they become toxic. The American voter will soon doubtlessly demonstrate the surgical procedure concerning its highest office.
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