Observing Trump's cruelty and bullying with an ache in my throat and tears in my eyes.
Although I'm a tough old woman, the PTSD that's part of me seems to be consistently poked and aggravated by the cruelty and bullying regularly and proudly practiced by Donald Trump. He careens from one target to the next, oblivious to consequences or the principles guiding common decency.
Trump spits on history, raises a middle finger to protocol, relishes his role as shock jock and labels whole groups with a presidential proclamation of LESS THAN. He doesn't read, doesn't tell the truth, doesn't think he needs daily national security briefings. He's a national embarrassment enabled by a horde of people who knowingly and willingly put their party ahead of their country.
Trump plays with the idea of using nuclear weapons like a ten year old dangerously fiddling with his father's loaded gun. Although Trump is on a mission to destroy nearly every American institution, he makes certain he and his family will end up in golden style. Here....have an office. Here....have some top secrets. Here....be in charge of something or everything. Here....sit in on this important meeting.
This morning he's after the Mayor of London, but you can rest assured he'll have another target in an hour or so: "liberal judges", Muslims, food stamp users, Comey, Meals on Wheels, the Pope, diplomacy, voting rights.
What a danger this man is, to our country, the world, common decency. We must hold him and his shady enablers accountable, in no uncertain terms.