Without a vision the people perish…and we “the People” are in perilous times right now. Our so-called “norms” and decorum, good manners and standards of civil behavior and discourse have been absolutely stretched beyond belief – if not shattered completely – over the past several years. Decades-long international relationships and America’s standing, as the foremost leader of the “free world,” is being undermined and called into question by the current leadership we have in Washington, DC. Treaties have been broken, partnerships dissolved and former allies diminished as murderous dictators and oligarchs have been heralded as good leaders, impressive people and liberally invited into the innermost sanctum of the White House. And, the entire world is watching in disbelief.
What we effectively have going on is very similar to a Reality-TV show a la The Apprentice, a serial soap opera a la DYNASTY and a grade B movie bordering on a horror show, with plot twists, cliffhangers and tawdry sexual relationships paraded across the covers of tabloid magazines. This is America! A sci-fi version of The Stepford Wives (a reference to a spineless and supine congressional leadership) only this time it’s The Stepford Nation or The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. We’ve got a memorial-minted coin commemorating an historic summit that’s on again after being off again only a few days before? There is a lot of “buzz” swirling around a possible Nobel Peace Prize prior to any clear evidence of peace or sustained nuclear disarmament? It takes at least 6 to 12 months to plan a wedding and we’re about to walk into a summit to discuss nuclear disarmament with a generational Dictatorship with just a few weeks of discussion and limited planning? The classic transactional leadership this President used as a real estate developer would seem to severely limit him in this type of negotiation. That is coupled with the fact that he is not a student of history or diplomacy. Given how quickly this thing was thrown together, the game plan is dangerously underdeveloped. POTUS is un-read, un-studied, unqualified and seemingly uninterested in learning anything from the lessons of world history, or valuing those seasoned professionals around him who KNOW MORE than he does.
What is happening in this country right now is not making America Great at all. In fact, we are losing our reputation as the land of the free and the home of the brave. Separating children from their parents who are fleeing persecution and seeking asylum at our border is heinous. Losing track of over 1,500 minor children as young as 1 year old is cruel and inhumane. Allowing unfettered and unchecked executive power while tax-paying citizens pay for continued waste fraud and abuse from the Executive and openly flouting the laws and the Constitution of the United States after swearing to defend and protect them is horrifying. It is appalling and embarrassing on a global stage what is happening in this nation right now. This will undoubtedly be written down as a shameful chapter in our history. There’s a lot of “STUFF” being thrown up against the wall…but there is NO PLAN. #SAD
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