Writing About Trump

OF THE NEARLY SIX THOUSAND essays published on this website over the past fourteen years, no topic has been addressed nearly as much as Donald Trump, and it isn't even close. The first essay was published here on September 17, 2011, on the same day that the "Occupy Wall Street" protests took place, appropriately. All the Trump stuff started here, as best as I can recall, in the summer of twenty fifteen, not long after Trump descended his golden elevator, informing us that rapists and murderers are being "sent" to freedom's land from what he later termed "shithole countries", and that, if elected, he would damned well do something about it. By now there must be at least a thousand Trump oriented essays buried here, all of them negative towards their subject, and may they R.I.P.. "Shithole countries", a term which seems aimed at countries in which the population is predominaantly non white, the standard of living somewhat low, Trump "invented" to describe African countries primarily. Trump wanted, and still wants, immigrants to come to the U.S. from places like,say, Norway, and he said so. Oh, for an America populated with fair skinned, blue eyed Scandanavians! You have to write about Trump. You have to think about Trump. He has us exactly where he wants us, at the forefront of our hearts and minds. This so called "big beautiful bill", recently signed into law, perfectly exemplifies Trump's personality. It and he are utterly contemptuous of the poor, solicitous of towards the wealthy, and effectlvely declares war on immigrants. Ironic, for a nation of immigrants. Some years more people cross the Rio Grande heading north, some years more people cross it heading south. We tend to overlook the fact that many desperate immigrants,documented or not, become disillusioned with the land of plenty, and give up on America, finally realizing that they have done nothing but trade one third world country for another. The formation of the "I.C.E." agency, our very own gestapo, is proof of Trump's attitude towards immigrants and people "of color". Historians will come to view the Trump administration as the most corrupt and inept in American history, far outpacing Grant, Harding, and Nixon. We know this because they already do, and have said so.The early histories of the Trump presidency, focusing on his first term, already reflect this,andany future "revisionist" history seem unlikely to change this fundamental, nearly universal assessment. As for me, my hatred of Trump grows and swells daily, having by now reached proportions I previously would have considered impossible. Trump, if nothing else, has made me fully aware of my own capacity for hatred in a way I never could have predicted. Trump is already the second most hated president in American history, trailing only, but rapidly gaining ground on, the notorious Abraham Lincoln. I keep reminding myself that there is much more to write about, many more important topics than Donald Trump. But I, like many others, keep writing about Trump. After all, like it or not, he really IS that important, the most important person in the world, arguably. I seem to recall beinginformed that Napoleon Bonaparte is the most written aobut human in human history, with good reason. As many as a quarter million books about the immigrant emporer of France, Trump'll probably never catch up, but he'll never stop trying. Of his "big three' addictions, to fame, wealth, and power, the former, fame, might well well be the most addictive of all. Fine. Let him have his moment in the sun. Fame, unto itself, is harmless. As a wise man once said, fame is worth only what it brings; recognition fromalot of strangers. Personal wealth has power, but is limited. But something, anything, must be done about his power, and sooner rather than later.