Maybe you noticed on Jan. 20. I definitely did.
While taking the oath of office, his hand comes nowhere near the Bible. DJT was swearing into thin air.
The man gets inaugurated into the highest honor this nation offers, knowingly ignores Congressional courtesies and begins talking.
The speech starts calmly before the new #47th President leaps into an hour-long diatribe pummeling his enemies.
Next, he insults Mexico, Panama, China and renames the Gulf of Mexico, followed by plans to deport a few million people because aliens are convicts and thieves.
There are many he wants gone, despite the most recent report saw unemployment at a new low of 4.1%. We are in for a heap of hurt folks.
No time for dancing this coronation night. How do you spell chaos?
Try “T.R.U.M.P .”
What on earth is our returning president thinking? Very little, apparently.
I’m choosing “A.M.U.C.K”, an adjective meaning: berserk, screwball, batty, bonkers, chaotic, erratic.
All describe his actions seconds after receiving the atomic red button of doom. I get queasy picturing that.
So, on Day Two of his coronation, #47 started signing hundreds of Executive Orders, directives and proclamations, which will further reduce American employment statistics including a few million Federal workers who quit or are fired.
Sucks to be you if you need to access any personal data from the VA, IRS or Social Security because fewer employees can answer the phone. If you need help from any bureaucratic agency, take two aspirin and call back next month.
Even GOP members of Congress are holding their breath. Eventually they’ll figure out what the Federal government needs, but not soon. Trump’s future cabinet nominees consist of people he identifies with, but few are actually qualified for a high-ranking job.
Named to lead the Justice Department, which #47 has a real hate on about, is a guy whose drinking and womanizing would put him on Abigail’s Arms watch list.
The nominee for State Department has an affinity for a traitor who sold State secrets to Russia.
The flaws of almost all candidates for these positions point to #47 who called the Jan. 6, 2021 riots an “act of love”.
Federal employees are practically jumping out high windows to distance themselves. Lucky for some, many IRS departures will affect tax bills, becoming lower and slower. But that will impact the budget and hurt us all.
What’s scarier is the impact on the economy of the many tariffs he’s threatened. If you thought the price of eggs was high last fall, Katy bar the door. Watch inflation zoom.
If you didn’t already know, my goal is to keep you abreast of breaking news. Happening about every five minutes! Keeping up with politics takes more time than people have; jobs, families and kids in school stretches anyone’s day and is lots more fun.
I’ve been there and done that. But being old and “woke” leaves time to follow current events and analyze what politicos are up to.
Common sense says to stand your ground. YOUR common sense decides. Like dealing with a spoiled child, do something or live forever with a brat.
So, when elections next come around, think about a “woke” candidate. Not necessarily a Democrat, it could be anyone who is smart, honest with good character and wants to represent your interests.
Shelly has worn more hats in the communications field than Carter has pills but forgot to retire when she closed her promotions business. She earned a BA in Journalism at NTSU (before it became UNT) and has never lost her love of words.