Michael Sauers
January 19, 2025
Here comes Trump, again! Incredulous nightmare, trepidation happening, momentum reversal, digging in heels, tuning out, watching from the sidelines and many more descriptive phrases race through the minds of people repulsed by Trump. I’m watching!
Well, he is what he is and he has a history. Convicted felon, pussy grabber, Polish worker abuser, discriminator in housing practices, cozying up with Roy Cohn, cozying up to heavy handed leaders, unfaithful in marriage, wannabe dictator, etc., etc., etc. I’m watching!
Just follow the money. The money of the wealthy. He is not a friend of unions or workers. They are problems and relatively insignificant. His biggest hurdle is that there are laws that protect the poor, lower class, middle class and even the upper middle class. He needs them but destains them. He will disenfranchise them through privatization, robotics, computers, AI and Crypto. His conundrum is what to do with so many workers/consumers. He may channel Andrew Yang. I’m watching!
While it is not true, he claims to have been given a mandate through a landslide election victory. The country is evenly and seriously divided. He denies climate change, promotes fossil fuels and hates regulations. Admittedly, he doesn’t read, shuns advice, uses inflammatory language and constantly steeps himself in overblown accomplishments. He is a swaggering bully straight off the streets of New York and, while he would never acknowledge it, he looks ridiculous. I’m watching!
He will explode the national debt to repay the millionaire/billionaire class that he desperately needs for vindication and affirmation. He will continue, as do most leaders, to fund the military and war machine. He does not know, understand, or practice the language of peace. He accepts the nature of the beast and sees no reason or merit to changing or taming it. I’m watching!
As I have heard many of my intellectual mentors say, “The fight will never end until we tame our inner beast”. I don’t expect Trump to do it. My hope is that younger generations will see the utter futility and desperation in the philosophy and application of predatory behaviors. War v. peace, starvation v. enough, ignorance v. education, overpopulation v. sustainable population, and ecological destruction v. ecological balance are a few beginning points. Everybody is a leader! I’m watching!
I’m 74 years young and I never give up. There are many people like me. I’m hoping!