Trumps Second Term

I didn't watch the inauguration - couldn't bear to watch Trumps face & see all the entitled & wealthy people cheering his every utterance. A few people had to be there & some were brave enough to not stand & clap. I did listen with growing horror to his speech, which he has followed with immediate devastating action, some of which is already being challenged in the Courts.

https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-inauguration-speech-in-full-13293142

The hubris & self delusion of the man knows no bounds - "the golden age of America begins right now". The promises made are simply not possible to fulfil. "Sunlight is (not) pouring over the entire world". 

While the American government has made mistakes & certainly needs root & branch change, Trumps charges against the State are populist & full of conspiracy half truths & lies. His jingoistic rhetoric may delight his followers, but intelligent, thinking, people know that there is a deep humanitarian population migration issue that is affecting peoples everywhere. It won't be solved by repatriation & walls, as we in the UK know only too well. 

Trump believes that he has "a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal, and all of these many betrayals that have taken place and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy". 63.7% of eligible voters turned out. Trump won 77,284,118 votes, or 49.8 percent of the votes cast for president. That's less than half. He undoubtedly won according to the complicated American system, which depends on vast amounts of money spent. But is that really a mandate to throw a wrecking ball at everything? Including pardoning rioters & demeaning the Law & law enforcement?

I am so impressed with the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, who dared to speak truth to power with Trump sitting in the front row. 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/01/22/what-did-the-bishop-say-to-trump-during-prayer-service-heres-the-full-transcript/

Someone needs to stand up to the cadre of self obsessed, money & power grabbing, leaders we see in the world today. They are wreaking havoc on everything & everyone. We are living in very dangerous times. We all need to stand up to this "Emperors New Clothes" world we are living in.