Fear and loathing of a fully realized version of the United States where
the words of both Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King Jr. come into full
fruition drove frightened voters to seek refuge in a retrograde vision of
America from a morally bankrupt racist and elevate him to be President of the
United States.
Thomas Jefferson wrote as part of the Declaration of Independence, "We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Martin Luther King Jr.
said he dreamed of a day when people would not be judged by the color of their
skin, but the content of their character. The 45th President of the United
States, Donald John Trump, is fighting against the realization of Jefferson's
and King's words and used the fear of the day that is coming where more
minorities will be counted as Americans than Whites. Using words and tactics
that stoked fear of a darker America among the insecure, Trump drew out the
darkness to gain enough votes in areas left behind by a changing economy to
secure a victory in the electoral college while being rejected by three million
more voters nationally than voted for him.
Since taking the oath of office Trump has constantly sought to divide and
pit Americans against each other on the basis of race, religion, ideology,
sexual orientation and political party. Trump has called some immigrants vermin
and infestations. Trump has described some countries certain immigrants came
from as shitholes. Trump characterized predominantly Black athletes who knelt
to protest police brutality against Blacks as sons of bitches while saying
White Supremacists involved in violence in Charlottesville, NC were fine
people. Trump tweeted about four minority first year Democrat Congresswomen and
said, "Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken crime
infested places from which they came."
Trump continually seeks new lows and a twitter attack against Black
Congressman Elijah Cummings took him there. Trump tweeted, "Cumming
District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time
in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy
place." Later Trump stated ""no human being would want to live
there."
Over two and one half years since becoming President Trump has never
presented he was even pretending to represent the entire country, but he is
stoking more racial, cultural and economic division than ever while throwing
toxic red meat to his base.
In truth Trump wants the American dream to the reserved for those he deems
deserve it, and it's not his lower income White supporters that shout and chant
at his rallies and survive on a steady diet of FOX News. Trump abhors Dr.
King's vision of America and rejects Thomas Jefferson's view of equality, but
he wants Jefferson's America when wealthy White men ruled unchallenged. Voting
with a foreboding of an inevitably different America pushing them aside caused
a corrupt man to be entrusted with unchecked power and shielded from criminal repercussions
due to the office he held. Trump is now attempting to destroy the United States
as it exists to serve the needs of his greed, ego and powerful enablers, both
foreign and domestic.
