From the day he first descended the escalator at the tower named for himself, it has been painfully obvious, to those with eyes to see, that Donald Trump felt no love at all for his country. From the start of this most bizarre moment in the political life of this nation, it has been clear that nothing could compete with the love Trump felt for himself. In love with the image of Donald Trump. In love with the idea of himself.
He has never really wanted to be our President at all. Not in the sense of representing the head of the Executive branch of our federal government. Working for the common good. Helping lead a nation in a perilous world. Helping lead his nation through an era of social and cultural change at home. No, Not that role. Instead, he seeks a personality cult. The cult of Donald Trump. The emperor without a heart, the emperor without an intellect, would like to preen and parade before his subjects for a few years or more. Bask in the adulation that is his oxygen. That is what the office of President represents to Trump. This is about getting on that throne and holding up a mirror, to see the wonder of the Donald. Responsibilities and ideas? That requires a sense of honor and the presence of an intellect, traits missing in Trump. If he provides no specifics, it's because substance in that respect has not entered his mind at all. He brings his self-love to the table, and nothing else.
And when the ordinary among us, those with more honor then this small man could ever hope to display, dare point out the unfathomably shallow nature of his character, the truth of this man, he calls these easily recognized truths, "vicious" attacks upon the never to be sullied image of Donald Trump. Any freedom of speech that includes any criticism of the emperor will be met with the rage that is Trump's only defense against those who throw light upon his true character.
This whole charade cannot work if we refuse to cooperate in his effort to revolve the history and future of the nation he cares not a wit about around his own self love. This effort to use fear, anger, and hate as the means to elevate himself is proof that self love clearly exceeds love of country. No honorable man would elevate and encourage fear, anger, and hate among the populace out of love of country. Instead, these are traitorous acts, since they poison the body politic, they undermine the need to heal, they trash the ideal of helping Americans embrace the future as one nation.
We are a good people. We are so much better then this.
How do we begin to measure the smallness of the Donald:
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