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The stink of Trump cannot stick

The failed presidency of Donald Trump, rife with a cabinet of compromised sycophants, corporate raiders and virulent ideologues, marks one of the most destructive eras in the history of the American republic.

 The damage that continues to be inflicted is not a series of isolated political missteps. It is a coordinated, top-down assault on the rule of law, institutional integrity, social cohesion and the moral authority of the United States.

To fully understand the depth of this betrayal, one must look past the chaotic rhetoric of the delusional Oval Office and examine the systemic rot introduced by the very individuals appointed to lead the federal government.

Trump is not acting alone; he is enabled by a cabinet that is systematically dismantling the agencies they were sworn to protect, implementing policies so cruel, reckless and destructive that they cross the line from political malfeasance into systemic violations of basic human rights.

Trump’s weaponization of the justice system eroded public trust in the rule of law, creating a dangerous precedent where loyalty to the president supersedes loyalty to the Constitution.

Nowhere was this institutional cruelty more starkly demonstrated than at the southern border, where the administration enacted a policy of state-sanctioned psychological torture that had white nationalist adviser Stephen Miller creaming in his lederhosen.

There’s been a massive wealth transfer under Trump that did nothing for the working-class voters Trump claimed to represent; instead, it starved the federal government of resources needed for infrastructure, healthcare and education.

On the world stage, the administration’s “America First” doctrine actively diminished the country’s global standing.  Need it be said that he and his minions have made a laughing stock of America because the world does not like the Donald. They see him for the evil, phony POS he really is.

How could that be, one of his clueless MAGA dopes might wonder.

Trump’s abandonment of global leadership (that’s being kind), alongside the cutting of vital humanitarian aid to vulnerable populations worldwide, shattered America’s moral credibility.

The administration sidelined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, muzzled public health experts and turned basic safety measures into hyper-partisan culture wars. This reckless disregard for human life stands as one of the most egregious abuses of executive power in modern history.

The Trump presidency, executed by this cabinet of complicit enablers, proved that institutions are only as strong as the people who occupy them. They treated the federal government not as a sacred trust to serve the American people, but as an empire to be plundered and an instrument to accumulate personal power.

The polarization they sow, the institutional trust they shattered and the wreckage they constantly leave in their wake cannot be easily repaired. It demands a prolonged, unyielding commitment from the American citizenry to reject this legacy of ruin and rebuild a government dedicated to truth and the common good.

I like to think America is bigger, and so very much better, than the disgusting Trump creature.
M. Arnold Bowen
Duluth, Minnesota

Coo-Coo-Ca-Choo Mr. Hegseth
(to the tune of “Mrs. Robinson”)

And here’s to you, Pete Hegseth,
television star,
The Pentagon is yours to run today.
Hey, hey, hey.
Grab your helmet, Pete Hegseth,
we’re on prime-time news,
Just point and click to blow them all away.
Hey, hey, hey.
We’d like to know a little bit
about you for our files.
We’d like to help you learn
to love the bomb.
Look around you,
all you see are sympathetic smiles,
Stroll into the War Room,
keep your composure and stay calm.
And here’s to you, Pete Hegseth,
television star,
The Pentagon is yours to run today.
Hey, hey, hey.
Grab your helmet, Pete Hegseth,
we’re on prime-time news,
Just point and click to blow them all away.
Hey, hey, hey.
Hide it in the green room
where the cameras never go,
Put it in your teleprompter script.
It’s a little secret,
just a military show,
Most of all, you’ve got to
keep the ratings well-equipped.
And here’s to you, Pete Hegseth,
television star,
The Pentagon is yours to run today\.
Hey, hey, hey.
Grab your helmet, Pete Hegseth,
we’re on prime-time news,
Just point and click to blow them all away.
Hey, hey, hey.
Sitting on a talk show on a Sunday afternoon,
Going through the target list again.
Laugh about it, shout about it,
we’ll be drafting soon,
Every time you look at it, you win.
Where have you gone,
Douglas MacArthur?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
Woo, woo, woo.
What’s that you say, Pete Hegseth?
The cable feed is through,
The general has left the studio!
Hey, hey, hey…
hey, hey, hey...
Simon N. Garfunkel
Finland, Minnesota
(name changed for fear of retribution by the cruel, thin-skinned and infamously vindictive Trump administration)