The True Tragedy Of Trump

TRUMP WAS ELECTED by promising to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, and rebuild infrastructures, among other hollow rhetoric. Over a year later, Obamacare still stands, the wall does not, and it is hoped never will, and there is no sign of any massive infrastructure rebuilding program. Trump has created about as many jobs as anyone else would have by now. Most of his agenda would best serve the country by failing, some of it, especially the infrastructure idea, we need. Republicans assure the great prevaricator that his agenda would pass through smooth as silk, but has bogged down in republican rifts, abusive rhetoric, and potholes. The current hot air trial balloon is tax reform gifting for the corporate wealthy, which has an end of year trumped up deadline. Good luck with that. We want our American corporations to stop keeping their money in other countries, to avoid taxes. They will keep doing this even if we lower their taxes, because they will still prefer to pay no taxes elsewhere. even so, how do we know that money kept in corporate pockets will stimulate the economy, rather than merely enrich the rich? We don't. If we want corporate American money to stay in America to be taxed, require that it be, by law. Simple. But of course that would involve heavy handed government trampling of the freedom of enterprise, a great conservative sin. any business born and raised in America should by law be required to keep a certain percentage of its profits in country, for sharing with the country which enabled the profit. Our right wing talk radio lunatics have only praise for Trump. Praise for ending the 'war on coal", praise for removing the United States from any obligation to cooperate with the rest of the world in fighting climate change. Praise for a policy of blind suicide. Liberals believe in climate change, therefor true conservatives must not, and any cost. I have friends like that, who have now become former friends. Anyone who refuses to save human civilization need not approach me. I have high standards. All of Trump's childish remarks, his verbal attacks on harmless American citizens, his crude behavior, reprehensible though it is, is merely a sideshow. Nor are his destructive policies of racism and class warfare paramount. Let him ridicule Elizabeth warren and others like the child that his emotionally is, and let him accuse Obama of having been born in Africa. let him destroy Obamacare and replace it with nothing. We will still survive. But Trump's approach to climate change, if allowed to flourish, the conservative approach, will kill us all, and prevent our great grandchildren from ever actualizing. That is the true tragedy of Trump and the misguided people who support him.