Who knew that the actual nuts and bolts of being POTUS could be so complicated? Fortunately Bush Jr. at least had a clue, having been of that lineage and what not. But the new guy, he comes and goes on the public scene with no discernible pattern. He’s had his hits, but they seem to be particularly random. His folks seem to be ever doing clean up duty, and it’s hard to find anyone who is actually, and effectively, augmenting any well thought out blueprint.
Personally, I think that Trump has thrown so many balls in the air, with really only minor effort, that he is largely clueless in this new job of his regarding how actions and consequences connect to each other. And I know that my confusion is totally because I have read a daily newspaper consistently for some sixty years. Someone without such a background might well, and sincerely, believe that he could pretty much be writing on a clean slate.
After all, the votes may very well be what the votes appear to have been, and he may quite possibly have actually won an election. But did he ever understand, and does he now, just what “winning” means?
I just noticed that that flagrant war criminal in Syria came out today and said, after a fashion, that he thinks Trump is in this whole thing over his head. For what it’s worth, Assad accused Trump/the U.S. of “invasion”. Which means, naturally, that Syria is obligated to enter a formal Declaration of War against us (since we have effectively instituted exactly that policy with respect to Syria) , and that, assuming Putin is not just pretending to be his “Ally”, Russia is obligated to ratify the Assad move.
Has Trump “won” this episode because he is so big, bad, brave, and brazen? Or did he stumble so badly that everyone else is going through their roles just because, like a deer caught in a headlight, they can’t make any sense of what other choices there can possibly be? And how many of this type of situation, with expanding permutations, are speeding down the highways of our lives, uncontrolled, and (hopefully not) uncontrollable?
Trump “speaks”. He fails. He hides. Then he strikes again.
Is there enough luck in eternity to carry humanity through this serially ugly moment in time!