Trumpenstein

We have created a monster just like Frankenstein. The process has resembled more like the one in Mel Brooks movie" Young Frankenstein" than the original Frankenstein. If begin buy no one taking Trump seriously and the media giving him more free air time then the rest of the candidates combined. Notwithstanding his antics in the primary debates and his belittling abusive comments the Republican National Committee obsequious went to Trump Tower to exchange allegiances. Then the democrats were complicit in advancing a flawed or at least vulnerable candidate and doing a lousy job during the campaign. Meanwhile the enablers on the press talking more about him than the rest of the candidates combined while the Republicans ruthlessly disparaged Hillary Clinton using two really unimportant arguments, her emails and Benghasi.

The result is that we have the most ignorant and incompetent President ever. And that's not the worst. He is also a despicable human being and delusional about his own abilities. Notwithstanding that he is recognized around the world comprising our allies and our enemies as a buffoon, he still commands the most powerful nation on earth and seeks autocratic power. Increasingly surrounds himself with and Administration as incompetent as he is and whose hallmark is obsequious and synchophatic behavior. The Republican Congress has totally abandoned any principles they may have a claim to stand for such as balanced budgets and free-trade. They appeared to be in total thrall to him concerned that they may lose their individual seats and collective majority. Our allies in the West have difficulty dealing with his erratic abusive and stupid behavior but they are stepped with him for the time being. We can expect our allies in the west and in the far east to increasingly work toward somehow devising ways to work around him and the United States, particularly in the realm of international currency and debt settlements.

So what is to be done about this mess. The non-fox media has to cease their daily panel shows which create an aura of credence to the positions taken by the Trump apologists. Just report what he says and does and have learned and qualified people explain why he is wrong or in rare instances that he may be right. When he makes his puerile anodyne statement such as "it's wrong to kill children or newspeople" that are only designed to conceal his probable sociopathic behavior just let it go. We can expect nothing from the Republicans which means that the Democrats have to figure out someway to at least partially prevail in 2018 and totally in 2020. That means they have to go to the Midwest and explain that truck has lied to the disadvantage workers and offer their own plans such as an actual infrastructure building program in public private partnerships to train workers for new jobs. The Democrats also have to continually point out he is an uncivil abusive despicable human being and that alone disqualifies him from his office.

At this point there is no real reason to be optimistic. His approval rating among Republicans remains at about 90% and the Democrats continued to thrash around and now argue among themselves. Perhaps the best thing to do is to concentrate on the state and local levels and work to make things better close to home. Our best shot at improving Government generally and certainly at the National level lies with women and the young. We of the minority of the old white population need to help and encourage them.