This just in: I have been sitting on my hands for some time now. Once upon a time, I felt that the corruption in Washington was so subtle that I needed to point it out. Trump wears corruption and incompetence like a badge of greatness.

But that isn’t the real issue. As always, the issue is that Americans, at least some Americans, seem to be okay with his performance.

Just today, I saw a post that said something like, “We are lucky to have a president that works 20 hours a day for free trying to save us.”

There is just so much that is wrong with this. First, Trump is not working for free. Just by staying at his own resorts when he golfs he earns tens of millions a year. He actually charges premium rates to those that must stay at the resorts to protect him. Trump gets up early but doesn’t report to work until around noon; the hours before that are spent rage-tweeting at the television. He has a reputation for skipping intelligence briefings and seems unprepared for most of what is thrown at him on a daily basis; prefering to lie as if he knows something rather than actually bothering to know something.

Let’s face it… America is no longer great. Yes, we have a largest economy in the world but that wealth is only felt by a very few. Yes, we have the best doctors and hospitals, but only for those that can afford them. Yes, we are a democracy but 25 other countries have higher rated democracies than us.

Now let’s talk Covid.

Once upon a time, we were a great country and we did great things. Need a vaccine? No problem. We’ll put the best minds in the world to work on it. Need testing equipment? No problem, we’ll bend the economy to make whatever we need and it will be ready right now. Need leadership? We have the strongest leaders that elections can give us.

Today…we have an ex-labradoodle breeder in charge of finding a vaccine. He replaces the actual expert that dared to say that Trump should not be pushing snake-oil cures to the virus.

I taught leadership for 2 years when I was in the military. Trump exhibits ZERO leadership skills. None. He doesn’t accept responsibility. He berates people in public. He show no loyalty to those that have risked everything to stand with him. He does not trust those that work with him. He has no ability to listen to the advice of others. He is hot-headed, especially at times when a cool head is needed.

These lack of skills are self-evident. He should be out of office. People are dying because of his lack of leadership on the pandemic. He was warned months in advance. He did nothing. He was warned weeks in advance. He did nothing. He was warned that is was on our shores and he told the American public is would be gone by April. He just made that up.

Just like he makes up everything else he is telling us about the virus. He made up the idea of injecting disinfectants into our body as a cure. He could have consulted with experts but instead, he is shooting from the hip.

I have a book entitled Everything Trump Touches Dies. I think we can take that title literally. Our democracy is dying. Trump is killing it and he doesn’t even know it. He actually thinks he is doing a good job.

Trump is damaged goods and I’m not sure how much blame we can hang on someone that is as mentally gone as he is.

However, the Republicans that were briefed on the pandemic and then sold stocks while telling their constituents everything was fine…these people are the problem.

People posting that Trump is heroically working 20 hours a day for free…they are the problem.

Mitch McConnell saying that he wants to allow states that are predominantly Democrat to go bankrupt…is a problem.

Putting a labradoodle breeder in charge of what should be a Pandemic Manhattan Project…is a problem.

Just sayin.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim