Out of Control |
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair
Ordinarily, July 4 would be a time to celebrate the virtues of America. But whatever virtues we once possessed, Donald Trump and his inner circle of family and sycophants have abandoned them. Blind ambition, greed, and notorious self-promotion of the would-be king stand in their place. Today I want to focus on what those three negatives point to: a President who is out of control.
When Trump does or says something that is truly off the wall these days, the mass media too often takes it in stride. Just another rant or digression, hardly worth reporting. But it is news; it adds to the high pile of evidence that this president—the man who has ultimate control of nuclear weapons and the main shaper of foreign and domestic policies—is unstable and consequently is a threat to national security.
Consider the following posts, which are among several hundred he made in recent weeks. Most of these have not been covered by the mass media. On June 21 Trump wrote:
“The way the Corrupt and Failing New York Times is covering stories on a very battered and beat up Iran, through FAKE & MADE UP ‘FACTS’ is, in my opinion, ‘TREASONOUS.’ I will be adding all of their false and ridiculous reporting to my multi Billion Dollar lawsuit against them. They are Criminals! – President DJT”
“The way the Corrupt and Failing New York Times is covering stories on a very battered and beat up Iran, through FAKE & MADE UP ‘FACTS’ is, in my opinion, ‘TREASONOUS.’ I will be adding all of their false and ridiculous reporting to my multi Billion Dollar lawsuit against them. They are Criminals! – President DJT”
On June 26 Trump commented on the New York elections won by Democratic Socialists:
“These are not social Dumocrats, these are hard........