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From Scott Gilmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Gilmore
writing for Macleans:
http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/history-wont-be-unkind-to-trump-it-will-be-cruel/
But, you cannot defy the laws of gravity. If you throw a stone up into the air, no matter how much money you have it will eventually come down. Even if you stare into the news camera and promise it is going to stay up there forever and even if 46.1 per cent of the electorate believe you, that stone is still going to fall.
Ive been reminding myself of this more and more frequently as I watch President Donald Trump wreak havoc across government, the United States and the world. It is too late for this story to have a happy ending. The lesser man won. The damage being done to the international order, American democracy, to Washingtons stature in the world, will never be entirely undone. One of the worlds most notorious frauds, one of the most incorrigible liars in history, became the 45th president and its too late to change that.
But, that doesnt mean there wont be consequences. The president, his allies, and the people around him have all set in motion certain things that will lead to unavoidable repercussions.
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But, even if he escapes impeachment, even if Robert Mueller does not unveil a list of crimes, even if all the congressional and Justice investigations announce there is no evidence of collusion or tax evasion or obstruction of justice, Trump will still be remembered as the most ineffective and incompetent President in a century, if not in all of American history.
After nine months in office, he has proven to all but his most loyal partisan followers that he is totally incapable of running the government, defending American interests, passing legislation or even to managing his own cabinet. At this point, there is nothing the President or his supporters can do to escape this verdict. When it is all over, his term will be described with words previously unassociated with any other modern president: ignorant, treasonous, confused, incompetent, petty, crass, ridiculous.
History wont just be unkind to Trump, it will be cruel. That stone is going to fall.
I agree completely with this.
Now, if Trump can just be stopped from destroying this country and the world first...
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Totally.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Initech
(100,099 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)We have to survive it for there to be a history.
bdamomma
(63,918 posts)is not taking us down!!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)seen as a very stupid individual and a failed leader.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,033 posts)Unlikely to be anybody even close for decades or centuries.
bdamomma
(63,918 posts)we have too.
JHB
(37,161 posts)I'd probably use a word like "excoriating".
eppur_se_muova
(36,281 posts)tanyev
(42,601 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,625 posts)to watch his "reviews" roll in. I hope that he is dragged through the mud worse than Nixon was and his family as well.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Ah, yes.
I also want to see him bankrupted. All of this damage he's inflicting on Americans - it's all due to his pursuit of $$$.
Ironically, the Soviets used to say about us that Americans' greed was their weakness. It appears to have been proven true.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)oasis
(49,401 posts)mornings knowing how much he is hated worldwide.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Spy Car
(38 posts)NBachers
(17,135 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)ananda
(28,874 posts)He has his SCOTUS guy in place.
He is systematically destroying Obamacare.
He's getting away with not helping PR.
His warmongering and saber rattling are working.
His white supremacist agenda is right on target.
And his people march in lock step with his agenda
or else.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)And if it is, Trump will be remembered as a national disgrace and the absolute nadir of American politics.
I just hope he isn't remembered as the president whose military misadventures had even worse consequences than GW Bush.
CBHagman
(16,987 posts)But I don't necessarily think history will be cruel to Trump. I think it will be fair, which is to say he will be seen for exactly what he is today.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)UTUSN
(70,725 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)an illegitimate president.
His victory took place in an election that was inconsistent with liberal democracy.
kairos12
(12,869 posts)Drumpt's rule will be the parchment will be radioactive.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)It will be the fastest golf cart he ever took.
Anyone who ever willingly signed up to serve in his administration for ambition and power deserves to never hold a government position ever again in life. Anyone associated with Trump should be met with disdain and ridicule anytime they are in public.
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)But part of the harsh history should also include the inexcusable apathy displayed by almost half of the citizens of this country. Trump only mildly hid just how unqualified he was to be president during the campaign but he still showed enough that anyone paying 2¢ worth of attention would also know how unqualified he was but they still could not find the time to be heard.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)3catwoman3
(24,032 posts)...syllable of it.