Red trifecta
It’s all been said before, but it makes no difference how loudly we yell, gnash our teeth, or tear out our hair over Donald Trump’s dangerous, inhumane and draconian policies. Members of the red trifecta refuse to govern for the common good. How nightmarish does it have to become before they wake up? Populating mass deportation camps?
Really.
The polls were wrong. They were an extraordinary waste of time and energy. I suspect that a huge portion of voters who told pollsters that they would never again vote for Trump either stayed home or were overcome by allegiance to party upon entering the voting booth. Now, when they realize that Trump actually means to rip families apart through mass deportation, abandon NATO and roll back EPA safeguards, I suspect we will see a tsunami of buyer’s remorse from intelligent folks who should have “voted better.” (Including Nikki Haley, who gave us false hope, then kissed the ring, only to be vengefully barred from the glorious circle of Trump 2.0.)
An NPR interview revealed buyer’s remorse in a woman who, once again, had voted for Trump. Why then, was she stunned when he appointed a border czar to oversee mass deportation camps? All she could say was, “Really?”
Really.
Trump is not royalty, yet he is treated as an emperor by sycophants, courts and the “common” people. Many may realize, too late, that their vote for Trump was a vote for deportations within their own family; a vote for higher prices as the costs of Trump’s tariffs are paid by us (not China, as he had claimed). Really?
Really.
So, what can we do now?
Vice President Harris said, “I concede the election, but I will never concede the fight.” That’s what we must do.
Really.
Lisa Kliger
Moscow
