Is this any way to run an airline a country? You bet
it is……
My apologies to National Airlines for re-imagining their slogan from many
years ago, but for some reason it popped into my mind today after reading yet
another article about someone else Trump has criticized publicly and turned his
back on. This time it was Steve Bannon, of all people. I mean, this is serious,
folks. These two were once as thick as thieves. Steve Bannon’s alt-right
supporters voted for Trump because Bannon told them to. Bannon himself served as
chief strategist in Trump’s administration, a role that gave him a direct line
to Trump. Trump cannot turn around now and say that Bannon’s influence on his
decision-making was negligible during his first half year in office and during
his campaign. But he is doing just that. Turning his back on Bannon and saying that he 'lost his mind after he was fired', after
Bannon said the following in the new book Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff:
"The three senior
guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign
government (Russia) inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor
-- with no lawyers. They didn't have any lawyers. Even if you thought that this
was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad s***, and I happen to think it's all
of that, you should have called the FBI immediately."
Wow! Bannon finally admitted what all ethical individuals
know already. But it was good to see that he is finally coming around to the ethical way of thinking. Who
knows? Maybe there’s hope for him yet. Time will tell.
But watching Trump lurch from one chaotic mess to another,
destroying everything in his path—people, institutions, laws, agencies, etc.—only
makes one wonder what the hell this man is thinking. Implosions,
explosions, tantrums, endless conflicts, pissing contests with other world
leaders (some of them as unstable as he is)--all in the space of just one year
in office. One of my friends said today it's like a Greek tragedy. But it’s a
Greek tragedy in many acts that are unfolding as we go along. That’s the scary
part. We don’t know how this tragedy will end. Will Trump be impeached or
brought down? Will he bring down the country or involve it in a nuclear war? It’s
hard to know. I would hope that his supporters understand the stakes involved
when supporting their boss’ penchant for upping the ante regarding a nuclear
conflict. If you’d like to know more about how a nuclear bomb kills people, you
can read about it here: http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects5.shtml I call it game over.
How many people can Trump alienate (afford to alienate) before
enough is enough? Before there are no more supporters/friends/allies/family
members/ lackeys/boot-lickers/brainwashed individuals etc. left to alienate? More
importantly, is there any serious governing going on at all? Is this chaos his
political strategy for how to run the country? A diversionary tactic to
distract us all from what is really going on (enriching himself and his family
at the expense of the country?). Because I have to say I really just don't get
it. Is this any way to run a country? I’m betting that Trump thinks it is. He
thinks he’s doing a bang-up job of running the country. There are many ways to
define a bang-up job. I’m going for the literal interpretation, because the only
images that comes to mind are collisions, damage and destruction. He's like a wrecking ball. I wonder what will be left when the dust settles.
