Giving Trump A Chance

I GAVE TRUMP A CHANCE, the first time around. Then, I gave him another. And another. And he blew them, every single time. At some point, a man runs out of chances. But..at what point? Well, what does it say in the Bible? Seven times seventy? Okay, fine. Let's try it that way. When in doubt, turn to the holy scriptures, I suppose. As they say, whatever works. But Donald Trump ran out of chances long, long ago, and here I am, giving him more. And yes, I still despise Donald Trump, and always will. But, you give a man a chance, and you behave like a lady and or gentleman. Donald Trump in the past few days has done two good things. He has invited the premiere of China to attend his inauguration, and he has expressed support for the hard working dock workers of America in their struggle with their corporate shipping employers. Fair enough. That's a good start. Give credit where credit is due, always, and forever. Now, lets' see the prevaricator elect in chief back it up, with action, not lies. Let's see him continue doing good things, correct things, making peace with our adversaries rather than threatening an insulting them, supporting fair practices for labor, rather than cutting taxes for the wealthy billionaires and refusing to raise the federal minimum wage for the rest of us. Let's see it. When does one condemn a man, and when does one redeem? When does one admit one's faults, when does one come clean? Well, Okay then. Let's stop the nonsense. Let's stop the lies, the insults, the slander. I don't appreciate being called "vermin" by the president elect, merely becasue I oppose his policies, oppose his lies, slanders, threats, insults, and crimes. I doubt anybody does. I never, ever hurl gratuitous insults at Trump, nor anybody else. I stick to the facts. Just the facts,ma'am. I call Donald Trump a liar, I call him a criminal, and I call him a traitor. I acknowledge that from his point of view he is not a traitor, but rather, a hero, a patriot, a Christ, or what the hell ever. From my perpective, however, when the president of the United States incites and sends an angry violent mob to the capitol to disrupt the electoral college and replace the duly authorized elecors with his chosen illegal ones, he has attempted to overthrow the government, steal the presidency, and has thus become a traitor, a traitor to democracy, a traitor to his country. These are not insults. These, dear reader, are mere facts. When you lose an election, or a tennis match, you congratulate the winner, and invite him to play tennis with you again, just for fun, to facilitate your improvement. You congratulate Biden, and offer to help him. You do not claim that the other player cheated, and stole the match or the presidency from you. Proper gentlemen do not do that. Mr.Trump owes the nation an apology, and while he's at it, he owes us several, or several thousand apologies. One will do for starters. We'll settle for one, a sincere, heartfelt one. Trump needs to step up, become a gentleman for perhaps the first time, come clean, and tell us that he made a mistake, a mistake in moral judgment, that he indeed did lose the twenty twenty election, that he was wrong dead wrong to try to overthrow the government by means of a violent, well incited mobe, and he needs to apologize, and ask for forgiveness. He needs to go to his God and, he needs to come to us his employers, and ask for forgiveness, and offer atonement. Perhaps a few billion of his ill gotten emolument clause violation dollars given unto the poor, for starters. That's where it starts. And I need to forgive him, and I need to keep giving him a chance, or many chances, as many as it takes.