In Trump’s America, only Trump can be trusted

Trump’s efforts to undermining the credibility of anyone who disagrees with him is nothing new.

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Supporters of President Donald Trump wait in the rain for his arrival at a rally on Tuesday in Lansing, Michigan.

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President Donald Trump claims healthcare workers are inflating the number of COVID-19 deaths because “doctors get money and hospitals get more money.”

It must be about money because that’s always the priority with Trump.

This is the same man who has said that the Centers for Disease Control can’t be trusted and called into question the integrity of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases. 

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Why has Trump done this? Because he doesn’t like the statistics that show he has presided over one of the deadliest epidemics in the history of the United States, so far costing us more than 225,000 lives.

Undermining the credibility of anyone who disagrees with him is nothing new for Trump.

He has repeatedly attacked the U.S. intelligence agencies and their directors because of reports that key players in his administration are connected to Russian election tampering.

The CIA and the FBI cannot be trusted, the president tell us. He has talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the former head of the KGB, and Putin says the Russians did not interfere in the American election in 2016. Trump believes in Putin.

If you are considering a vote for Trump, I have to ask you how this makes any sense. Why would an American president accept the word of someone trying to destroy our nation over the word of his own intelligence officials?

This is the same president who has attacked the news media as enemies of the state for asking him questions and writing news articles critical of his administration.

He has ridiculed U.S. military generals as inept because their opinions have conflicted with his own.

He has attacked Congress, the courts, and called into question the validity of our election system. There is fraud everywhere he looks. If he doesn’t win, he may not accept the decision of the people. He may refuse to leave office.

In a nation run by this president, no one can be trusted but this president.

Anyone who disagrees with this president is wrong. Not only are they wrong, they are disloyal. They are disloyal not only to the Trump administration, but to the United States.

Why? Because allegiance to Trump supersedes allegiance to our country.

Perhaps Trump’s supporters actually believe our government, our Constitution and our way of life have become so corrupted that they must be replaced by Trump. There is no arguing the matter. To do so indicates you are a traitor to your country; disloyal to Trump.

There are no higher laws than his law. He can murder someone in the streets and get away with it. He has said as much. I believe he believes it.

We once were a nation that laughed at strongmen who demanded military parades and public displays of affection. They produced mass rallies where thousands of people cheered and shouted the names of the glorious leaders.

We knew it was all phony. We understood that such nonsense had nothing to do with freedom and democracy and everything to do with intimidating.

Trump has used the military to gas peaceful protestors outside the White House so he could march to a church and hold up a bible for a staged photo opportunity. You know what sort of national leader does that.

Trump believes that he alone speaks for America. He believes that he alone knows what’s best for you. All others must be publicly denounced for the good of the country.

You know what all of this means. It is clear. The fate of the nation hangs in the balance.

Email: philkadner@gmail.com

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