Donato Johnson

It would be easy to do what some Dem activists have done and walk away from politics in despair. For weeks I had nothing to say because I was in an utter state of shock that a nation could be so gullible as to risk their future in the hands of a vile monster. Some will say I am in the grips of Trump Derangement Syndrome, but that’s just a term invented by his propaganda machine to dismiss any form of dissent or critical thinking. I used the term ‘vile monster’ because that’s exactly what he is. It’s not a sign of strength to disrespect people, treat women as objects, where those who aren’t ’his type’ don’t exist. Treat the LGBTQ + community, immigrants and the disabled as undesirables. It’s not a sign of strength to want to hide disabled veterans out of site and describe those who made the ultimate sacrifice as ‘suckers and losers’ Great presidents are defined by their commitment to ALL Americans, not just the rich ones. They are foreign policy giants, not an international laughing stock. Great presidents don’t harbour ambitions to be an international bully and treat allies with disdain. And they certainly don’t commit crimes against sentence structure and the English language daily. Trump’s whole DNA is transactional. He has built a completely false universe in which you agree with him or you are his enemy. A world in which critical thinking is a crime and the truth is just an inconvenience to be bastardized to create ‘his truth’. Or should we call them ‘alternative facts’? This is a man who would throw a family member under the bus in the blink of an eye if it made him money. As for associates, how many of those have gone to jail for him? Be in no doubt, he IS prepared to lay fiscal waste to America if it expands his wealth. He will turbocharge access to legislative change and deregulation, in return for cash. He proved with his management of the COVID crisis, he lost no sleep thinking about the deaths he caused through his abject failure to protect the American public. We are about to enter a very dark period in American history. A time when the rights and freedoms which brave men and women gave their lives for, are trampled underfoot, as power is ceded to a morally bankrupt Mad King Don. From January 20th, the world, not just America will change. Xi Jinping and Putin will be emboldened. Don’t listen to the bullshit that either of these adversaries are fearful of Trump. They know he wants to be them and rule America the way they rule their people. To them, he’s a fanboy not an enemy. Soon it will be time to own his lies and his promises. No more armchair quarterbacking and blaming the other guy. In his own words, (let’s be generous and say), he has until Jan 22 to end the war in Ukraine. Then begin deporting the 20 million illegals he claims are here murdering folk and taking American jobs. Then there’s grocery and gas prices and the national debt. Not to mention repatriating American manufacturing. Remember no taxes on tips or overtime? Good luck with that. Reducing the corporate tax rate to 15%. He’ll be the first president to rob his own bank, while using tariffs to tax American families to fill the fiscal hole he’s digging. China will be laughing all the way to the bank, all while promoting a BRICS currency to undermine the dollar. Every American will pay a heavy price to keep a felonious president out of jail. If you want a real laugh, watch him claim credit for the leading global economy he inherited, after he left in tatters in 2020. Rest assured, he’s already preparing the shit sandwich to hand to the next president.