Donald Trump has “regrets.” It could be for his mocking of the disabled, designating Mexicans as rapist, suggesting criminal punishment for women choosing abortion and leaving the Baltic States and parts of Europe vulnerable to Russian invasion if they don’t succumb to his ransom demands. Whew, I could go on but I am out of breath. It is so difficult to enumerate everything from captured war veterans, not being heroes, to a set of Gold Star parents being disparaged, no wonder he could not be specific about who needs apologies for his transgressions.
So like most insincere apologist, he relied on a version of the old, “if anyone was offended by my remarks” non-apology. Some things are just missteps, “in the heat of the battle.”
The hypocrisy of the Republican Party stating that a reset could wash away all his past sins, is laughable. Ask yourself, had President Obama said even one of the things on the previously mentioned list of boorish behavior, the Republican Party collectively would have demanded President Obama be deported to some place like ‘Kenya’ who knows? Now Mr. Trump, who vented the racist frustration of his many sycophants and followers for months, are ready to say, do not believe your lying eyes or ears, he was just kidding. All the childish late night tweets, hints of violence to rid himself of political foes and relentless eighth grade name calling, “little Marco, low-energy Jeb, lying Ted” and other insensitive epithets, were just his opposition to political correctness.
When did decency become politically toxic?
So now, I am to believe that cloaking himself in the fleece of his new campaign director, Kellyanne Conway and baring the fangs of Steve Bannon, from the questionable digital publication Breitbart News, Mr. Trump has changed because he is employing both the sheep and the wolf. His new plan, approach the masses with a smile then eat them alive for his own amusement. He went before an exclusively white audience in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to explain how he was going to improve the lives of African Americans. Much like his restaurant’s taco bowl offering he touted for Cinco De Mayo, I am sure he will be offering watermelon surprise on the dessert menu soon. Of course he will sit behind a big bowl of the watery treat with a big curled grin probably holding a gold leaf fork.
Today Mr. Trump went to Louisiana to tour the devastated flood region in and around Baton Rouge, passed out boxes of supplies in a blue blazer a white Make America Great Again baseball style cap and a (Chinese Trump) tie-less white dress shirt. Photo-op much? Of course he took a moment to make golfing jokes directed at the President’s lack of presence at the site. Ignoring local officials and the Governor’s warning that dignitaries sap vital resources, for logistic and personal security, Mr. Trump pushed on in search of more political sheep. Be careful, a wolf in sheep’s clothing is always deceptive, and if you are in his path, dinner is served, even if it is tacos and watermelon.
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