Helter-skelter activity is rampant and Mr. Trump appears to feel right at home in the midst of it.  He is likely very, very aware that this very, very big, beautiful ball of confusion is due in no small part to his pell-mell leadership style and that he is the only one who can fix the problem.  He is also likely convinced that this very, very bad situation is the very, very worst that America and the entire world has ever experienced and that he could fix it immediately if the news media would stop spouting its fake news about it and give him and his minions the A+ that they deserve for the way that they have handled America’s very, very big problems up to this point.

There are still many people in America who agree with the statement in the first paragraph and feel that Mr. Trump should be given a chance (as if he has not been given plenty of chances already) to unite us and fix America.  They still believe that he can, in his own words, ‘make America great again’ and move our country forward.  But to me, among the problems that he faces is the fact that he wants to take African Americans back to the days of slavery and Jim Crow and use them, other people of color and women to achieve his goal.  That makes it all but impossible for those who are among those in the groups just listed to get on board with Mr. Trump’s vision of making America great again.  As a matter of fact, if America has ever stopped being great, it happened when he was elected and is only continuing to get worse.

At the time that I finished this sentence, according to the web site that appears to have been created just to track his time in office, Mr. Trump had been in office for 257 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes and 55 seconds.  In the event that you are interested in checking it out, the name of the web site is “howlonghasdonaldtrumpbeenpresident.com”.  Anyway, during this time he has had numerous opportunities to conduct himself like a president, represent all Americans, unite America and move us forward as one nation but he has not chosen to do this.  Instead, he has chosen to play politics, divide us and reinforce the prospects of his own position in life whether or not he is reelected.  He has chosen to be distracted and focus on issues involving the NFL, NBA and NASCAR and argue with anyone who disagrees with him on how some of those connected to these sports are disrespecting the American flag and National Anthem and that they should be forced to respect both.  How is it that Mr. Trump can even begin to perceive that he should be the one to argue the point of respecting America’s flag and anthem and what they represent considering the scandals that he and his administration are faced with?!

Although he might be innocent of those things that he is suspected of doing in connection with the Russia fiasco, and some Americans believe that he is innocent of them, Mr. Trump would much better serve himself, his administration, America and the world by first putting himself, his administration – and thereby, America in order!  At least then, whether one agreed with him or not, they could possibly respect him and have some sort of impetus- no matter how small, to try to work with him.  Right now, although the great majority of – if not all, Americans respect the office of president, they do not respect the man who currently holds it.  If Mr. Trump personally feels the same way as do the white supremacist in America; that is, that the color of one’s skin determines their IQ and that it should also determine how they are treated as a human being, that is his right and would normally be okay.  But it is not okay in this case because Mr. Trump occupies the Oval Office.  He is expected to serve all Americans and not just a few; not just those who voted for him!

Those rich and powerful people in America who are blinded by their greed and those in the House and Senate in Washington who, in order to achieve their political agenda, are willing to wink at what is happening in this administration and either make light of or ignore the fact that a foreign power interfered in our democracy and is trying to destroy it should be ashamed of themselves and should be replaced.  All Americans know that elections have consequences but this current situation regarding Russia, or any other situation like it, should not be a part of those consequences.  When it comes to situations such as these, as Americans, we should always circle the wagons and present a united front to the world!  We have done it in the past and we should do it now!  Americans realize that we have long had our problems, have them now, and will probably continue to have them in the future.  That is democracy and democracy can be messy.  Let’s fix this!  God willing, there will still be those courageous statesmen who will step up and say enough is enough.

Eulus Dennis – author, Operation Rubik’s Cube and Living Between The Line