Sunday, December 22, 2024

Trumpian Excess

I am tickled that Donald Trump will be our President in 2025, but he is starting off doing a few things that I disapprove of. First, he mocked Canada as our 51st state: they are sovereign nation and a democratic neighbor, so what good does it do to mock a friend? This is imprudent in the long run. It makes Trump look like a bully, and he is not (He likely will not be a Fascistic President.), but he gives the impression of being a bully, and that does not win over hearts and minds at home or abroad.

 

Second, he likely will force Ukraine to settle with vicious, imperialistic Russia and its immoral killer leader, Putin. Maybe that is okay, but the new Republicans like Charlie Kirk and Trump, are too anti-neoconservative (I am a neoconservative.), reluctant to put troops in Ukraine to stop Putin in his tracks.

 

Kirk and Trump are correct that we neocons, in the last 70 years, started endless, stupid wars, that drained America of blood and treasure, and robbed us of good will at home and abroad. Still, we do not want to turn inward, and as cowards become so desperate for peace at any price, that we have Trump play Neville Chamber the new killer/Hitler, Putin.

 

Maybe, we don’t put boots on the ground in Ukraine, but we push NATO to put 100,000 troops there to prevent Putin from, in 5 years, being emboldened enough to gobble up more countries, as Hitler did when the Allies showed cowardice and appeasement.

 

Third, Trump apparently has cut some deal with that corrupt, Swamp-Dwelling Uni-Party led by RINO Mike Johnson to waive the debt ceiling limit, and 38 Republican members of the House of Representatives are being excoriated this morning (12/22/24) for opposing Trump, Johnson, and the Democrats for spending so recklessly that they will bankrupt the nation.

 

Rather than Trump hating heroic Chip Roy and threatening to primary him out of political existence, Trump needs to side with Roy and other fiscal conservative hawks, to get a grip on this exploding federal budget or America is doomed.

 

Trump cannot just yell orders at Congress and get furious when they do not all immediately jump in line and obey: we will have our dictator and no more constitutional republic, if that is allowed to occur.

 

I see some worrying signs with Trump, and I hope and pray that this good man will come to his senses, and self-correct his course.

No comments:

Post a Comment