More and More Controversy

Our President seems to breed controversy.  A New York Times article documents how he has "bad-mouthed" and insulted 350 individuals and institutions since he arrived on the political scene.  I am involved with two discussion groups, and even though many of the members of these groups are Republicans, they all are distressed about the words and activity of Mr. Trump. Meanwhile, here are a few thoughts about him.

The Mexican Wall

Was this an original idea of Mr. Trump?  Hardly.

In 2011, Herman Cain was a Republican Presidential hopeful.  Herman proposed building a wall along the whole Mexican border with the USA.  This wall would be "topped with a fatal electrical charge".... and if that didn't kill them, troops would be stationed along the border with "real guns and real bullets" to shoot them. 

Herman's base loved it.  Probably the same base that Donald claims.  Luckily, Mr. Cain did not become President.  Sadly,  Mr. Trump did.

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Good Nazis?

Why did Mr. Trump indicate that there were "good folks" among the Nazis at Charlottesville?

Didn't he remember WWII?  He was born after the end of the war, but surely he heard about the atrocities that the Nazis perpetrated?  For instance:

Charly Wilder wrote in yesterday's New York Times, an article with the title: "Seeking the Shtetl."

The "seeker" visits the Polish and Lithuanian areas where his ancestors lived before WWII.   Read the article and cry... and notice especially one of the article's sentences:

"In 1941, the entire Jewish community of Anyksciai was taken to the woods beyond the stream and shot, their bodies thrown into a mass grave, marked today by a stone memorial."

Good Nazis?  Give me a break!

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Remedial Reading?

Some of the President's critics say that he doesn't read.  If true, perhaps that is why he has strange (it seems to me) ideas about almost everything.  A famous author had a suggestion for him.

The New York Times Book Reviewer talked to Celeste Ng, author of "Little Fires Everywhere" and asked her this question:

"If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be?"

Here is what she replied, and I quote" I'm not wholly confident in the president's reading ability, let alone his desire to read anything, but okay: 'Have You Filled a Bucket  Today?,' a picture book my son's preschool class read, in which the concept of morality is illustrated by a literal bucket of good feelings that each person carries around.  When you do good things for people, it fills their bucket and yours too, but when you're unkind to people, it empties both buckets.  It is so clear that even 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds understand it right away.""

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The End of the National Football League?

Mr. Trump has now stirred up the "kneeling" controversy.   For some time, we have only had to consider one kneeling player attempting to express his Free Speech right.  Now, thanks to the President and his "Fire the Bastards" screaming, we are almost into racial strife. 

What else is this guy going to do to us?  Where is a responsible Congress when we need them?

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