“WHO’S AFRAID OF DONALD
TRUMP? “
The National Ballroom
Waltz of Inaugural Riot.
It is not the anti-heroic figure of Donald Trump that so many
Americans fear. It is all too clear this man is a mere mortal replete and o’er-flowing
with the unsavory elements of human nature. It is the poisonous cloud of hatred,
arrogance and sheer barbarity his very presence belches into our consciousness that
so many Americans dread and fear... The backwards thinking of this man and his
henchmen within the republican party threaten to enshroud the gilded path of
human progress in America!
Violent and impassioned demonstrations have ever been the
hallmark of this man’s sad ascent to the presidency. One can only surmise that
this dysfunctional pattern will persist throughout his term. Gone are the gilded
traditions of presidency past, felled by a crude and savage storm of utter
barbarity… We have entered a new era in which it becomes clear that the
political structure of the past 200 years must be critically rethought in order
to become a true democracy. We are no longer a nation ruled by a handful of English
aristocrats transplanting medieval feudalism to the new world. When human
freedoms are created they must never be reversed! We are a country known for
creating freedom not for taking it away!
There is a question on the wind my friends asking if America
can survive him and if it should in what state of decay it will be lain?
On the days leading up to the inauguration Trump denuded the
historically esteemed image of the presidency leaving one to wonder and fear what
infamous raiment his legacy shall leave it dressed-in if ever it should be
arrayed by him. For it takes a true gentleman of discernment to clothe the institution
of presidency. Building presidency from scratch is a bold and perhaps
vainglorious ambition. The task requires the ability to strip it down to
something everyone would agree to be a substantive foundation. A genetleman
understands this brand of presidential streaking is no essay on transparency
save through the accidental and unimagined effect that should betray the
purpose of its own pretense… “The Emperor has no clothes because the Emperor is
without a soul!”.
The role of the president has been fashioned for over 200
years and I do not see any reason that it should be changed. What has got out
of control is congress and the senate both of which have isolated themselves so
loftily within the penthouses of their ivory towers that they no longer
understand or even see the common man. Having a congress, senate and president
of the same party is tantamount to fascism, a one-party system is redolent of
corruption and despotism. I should not want any one party to rule without any
meaningful opposition, that is un-American. Did we not fight against an English
king 200 years ago to rid ourselves of a
one-party government? The spirits of our beloved founding fathers who fought
for balanced, equal representation in government are wailing in their graves!
As a gentleman, I have heretofore avoided the vulgarism of
name-calling. However, as a critic I am free to opine with my honest observations
of the human condition. Therefore, I shall opine on the image or rather the
mirage which has come to personify what is now Americas 45th
president. The image of Donald Trump is a worrisome bore. I say so because we
have all seen his malevolent, diabolical type before! To sensible people it is
mere pastiche albeit an anachronistic pastiche reminiscent of Hitler, Stalin or
Pétain, these are the ironic characteristics so many Americans fear! The other
side is actually quite humorous. It is a cackling, gossiping hag, an
over-the-top society dame, a childish, petty and insecure brat of a celebrity.
Trump is the personification of that genre we know as “Reality-TV Buffoon and
Vulgarian” so many Americans stream into their daily lives from the wilds of cyberspace.
This is where the irony of reality television comes home to roost. No matter
how you imagine him our 45th presidential image is a negative and
potentially dangerous one. The warning signs are all there…
Whilst taking cocktails in a smart D.C. lounge the caustic
topic of Trump arose to which all agreed we should be self-medicating. That is
when I announced I had invented a new cocktail to commemorate Trumps presidency
appropriately named, “Impending Doom!” Its ingredients jokingly of course, consisted
of some gastronomically objectionable compounds to add the element of humor. I most certainly shan’t be raising a toast
with that or any other libation nor tipping my hat to or celebrating the inauguration
of what forebodes to be an era of utter buffoonery moral and ethical decline!
Despots of the past century such as Adolph Hitler, Benito
Mussolini, Phillipe Petain Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin purposefully
cultivated fear and dread within their subjects. These men came from nations that
did not have the history of freedom and egalitarianism we have striven for in
America. Mirroring the American economy of today they came from nations which
had once been wealthy and great but which had fallen into profound economic
decay. Like Trump they romanticized about re-invigorating a national splendour which
had long ago been lost blaming the national disarray on peoples they disliked. Like
these despots, Trump has sold unsuspecting Americans a bankrupt dream that this
nation can revitalize itself as a manufacturing power with no credible strategy
to wrest the manufacturing industry from Asian nations who now monopolize the
industry and also hold Americas debt. He courts the affections of America’s
long standing cold war enemy, Russia as if the great rivalry and hatred between
our countries has magically evanished!
Like the despotic, fascist regimes of the past century there
is an evil undercurrent accompanying the prevailing smokescreen of economic
progress as posed by the new regime of the White House. This agenda threatens
the freedoms of millions of American people including immigrants, Black
Americans and other peoples of color, women the LGBT community and many others.
They feel that a republican president and government will literally turn
history backwards. They fear a republican government led by Trump threatens to
reverse the hard-won battles of the American Civil Rights Movement. Ask
yourself what blatantly stripping Americans of their civil rights have to do
with striving to become competitive in the world manufacturing market?
The 2017 inaugural riots are a glaring sign that the
direction of leadership in America is moving contrary to the popular will of
the people. Never in the history of the presidency has such unrest blemished
the inaugural festivities. This is an historical precedent but one that will
most likely be destined to occupy a nice of infamy remembered for centuries to
come!
My advice to all who love America and who love freedom is to
rise to a peaceful and unified challenge to this regime of greatest blunder.
Take heart and work diligently, non-violently to defend your civil rights. It
is not enough to be personally galvanized for change, reach out to at least one
other person and bring them along with you to work toward peaceful change. When
the next elections arrive is the time to have been diligently working to effect
positive change. Remove despots from office peacefully by simply voting them
out and neutralize this regime of evil!
We will all survive the 45th presidency, it shall be a hard
lesson for the righteous but remember this is America, the land we love and the
one place on earth if ever there was one where we truly can make positive
change for all human beings. If you are a proud American, this is not the time
to abandon your country to despotism simply because things did not appear to go
your way. If you do not you shall have wasted the lives of countless men and women
who have sacrificed everything for the cause of a free America. Don’t dwell on
the bad luck of the moment! Pick yourself up and change it!
FIN
Written by Bigdaddy Blues
