Getting It Right, For Once

ON HIS RECENT/CURRENT campaign tour, a campaign tour which Mr. Trump seems eternally embarked upon, he indicated straight out that he reccomends that people get vaccinated against Covid 19, rather than his previus reccomendtaion of ingesting bleach and hydroxychloroquine, a treatment for malaria. Much of the crowd booed, perhaps feeling betrayed. After all, Trump supporters had been led by their icon and former chief executive to believe that vaccinations and science in general is a "hoax". But give credit where 'tis due, as we say; Donald Trump has evolved, grown, improved his attitude towards the virus and the proper method of fighting it. President Biden gave him credit, saying, in essense, that now at least he and Trump agree on something. Trump reportedly appreciated the compliment. Trump was also, and presumdably stil is, correct in his attitude and approach towards China; the United States must take a hard line agaisnt any nation which abuses human rights, and steal intellectual property, among other misbehaviors, although it might be worth mentioning that the best protection against theft is to possess nothing of valuable worth stealing, or, failing that, to carefully guard one's secrets. And, in truth, the United Staets has a lot of nerve telling anyone, particularly China, not to steal, onsidering the "Open Door Policy" initiated by the U.S. agaisnt China a little more than a hundred years ago, which wasn't all that long ago. That policy caused considerable social and economic disruption to the ancient kingdom, and China's current aggressive behavior could be seen a payback, or karma, or whatever you want to call it. Reccomended reading is Alexander Vindman's recently released book "Here, Right Matters", in which he details his bizarre experiences witin the Trump administration, in which Vindman personally witnessed Trump trying to blackmail the Ukrainian government, felt obligated by honor and national security concerns to report the blackmail, reported it, and got Trump impeached, the first of his two impeachments. Vindman proves in his book that Donald Trump indeed misbehaved, deserved to be impeached, if not removed from office, and he ends the book by calling the Trump administration a "national disaster", after effectively proving that it was. It is notewhorthy that every republican member of the Senate, at the end of Trump's impeachment trial, agreed that the blackmail attempt had indeed taken place, but also said that he didn't deserve to be removed from office, because, well, the blackmail attempt failed. Good news for all thwarted would be criminals, maybe, but doubtfully. Trump has his own standards, as do his supporters. But at least he is now onboard with vaccinations against deadlly viruses, if tragically belatedly. Well done, Mr. President...