Words Matter

Mainstream media have been hesitant to use plain language to report on Donald Trump. We need them to start calling things by their right names. Three words in particular have been notably tip-toed around: "Lies" when discussing the statements from Trump and his propaganda machine, "treason" when talking about the collusion around Russian meddling in the election, and "senile" when talking about Trump's deteriorating mental condition.

Let's call a spade a spade. Donald Trump is a traitorous liar who is rapidly going senile.

New York Times Lets Trump Babble

Donald Trump gave an unscheduled interview to the New York Times, a newspaper he has been referring to as "failing" and "fake news" (neither of which is true). During the interview, Trump obsessed, unprovoked, over the Russia investigation and repeated the words "no collusion" dozens of times, before he hilariously tried to pin the collusion on the Democrats and Hillary Clinton. No kidding. The rest of the interview was equally disturbing and exposed Trump for the kind of man he is: a lying malignant narcissist with severe and worsening cognitive problems, low intelligence and very little education.

The man is crazy, plain and simple, and he can't be allowed to run the country.

Bad Faith

There is a tradition among Republicans to claim a Christian faith and sprinkle "God bless" and "thank God" into their speeches, to the extent that a secular European like myself finds it distracting. I would still be OK with it if they didn't do ungodly things in private and then disparage others for doing far lesser sins.
Their false image of godliness is now cracking. Adultery, pedophilia, grifting and treason against your country are incompatible with "Christian values" no matter how badly you read the Bible, and it runs contrary to basic human decency.
Behind a thin paint job aimed at fooling the most gullible voters, many Republicans are very far from good Christians, and some are in fact truly despicable people.

Just A Reminder

25th Amendment to the US Constitution, Section 4:

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Now, "Acting President Mike Pence" is not a happy thought, but there will be indictments against him, and he will not get much of a chance to push his faux-Christian agenda on the country.

Throwing In The Towel

Previous efforts from Trump's handlers to rein him in and try to prevent his most rabid and crazy moments from affecting his public image are now history. Nobody around him seems to care any longer, as most of them are busy blaming each other, and trying but failing to abandon the sinking ship.
If this had been a boxing match, now would be the time to throw in the towel as an act of mercy. Instead, we get to watch a delusional, senile lunatic illegally occupying the Oval Office take random swings at thin air while his opponent carefully moves into position for the knockout punch. It's going to be ugly and humiliating, and it's probably going to take a while longer, but the game is over. Whatever remains is just for show.

Angry Old White Men

The Trump voter base, roughly 15 to 20 percent of the US population, consists largely of disgruntled white men of somewhat advanced age and comparably little education. These people are easily swayed by arguments of white supremacy, will more readily believe outright lies, and often trust a single source for their news, without questioning its integrity or accuracy. This is the kind of people who would vote for Donald Trump again, if given the chance.

Everybody else is now seeing the truth: Donald Trump is a fraud, a person who is completely unable to perform the duties of a US President, and on top of that he is also  a traitor who stole the election with help from Russia, plus a long time common criminal who has been using ill-gotten Russian money to extend the time required for running his inherited family business into the ground.

Fortunately, there are not enough angry old white men in the US to prop up the bad joke that is "President" Trump.  The Republican party will suffer woefully, and rightfully, for standing behind a fraudulent, racist criminal moron.

"The Best People"

Remember how Donald Trump bragged during his campaign that he was going to hire "the best people" for his administration? As it turned out, he hired the worst. Almost every person he hand picked for a cabinet position, as his advisor or as the director of some government agency has turned out to be not only pathetically unqualified and unfit for the job, but also stupid, evil and outright criminal. Much like Trump himself.

The presidency of Donald Trump will go down in history as a freak accident. Fortunately, his attempt at hijacking the democratic system with help from Russia is failing on all fronts, and Trump and his entire team of traitors are very likely going to prison. Shame that he should drag an entire nation in the dirt before anything could be done about him.