Do We Have A President, King or More?

Trump as he looks heavenward proclaiming
"I am the chosen one"

You see his handy work everywhere. It's like something out of a graphic novel where one man believes he is a supreme being and all must swear allegiance to him. We didn't seem to think much of James Comey's remarks when this president asked for his loyalty.   

“I didn’t move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed,” Comey wrote. “We simply looked at each other in silence. The conversation then moved on, but he returned to the subject near the end of our dinner.” - Washington Post June 2017

We know how that ended. Comey was abruptly fired while he was out of DC. The effect obviously was to make his dismissal as fully effective as possible. Following that, Trump bragged to Russian dignitaries that he got rid of the nut job Comey so the pressure is off.  It must have started up again with the then acting Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe. Trump brazenly asked McCabe who he voted for in 2016. The fact that McCabe abstained from voting and it seemed his wife might have ties to Hillary Clinton, got under Trump's skin. Eventually McCabe's refusal to bend the knee and back away from the Russia probe, got him fired too and with a vengeance via Jeff Session. Just days short of his official retirement date, Trump heartlessly severed him from his retirement benefits. But Andy wouldn’t go quietly. Trump is now pushing for his full-on criminal prosecution. And why? McCabe dared to speak out to the media about his firing, Russia, and other things. The President’s pettiness has reached a new low according to some analysis:

"You get the strong feeling that there is political pressure being imposed on the Attorney General, the US Attorney and Law enforcement, to go after Andrew McCabe because he had the audacity to be a CNN analyst and make derogatory comments about the President of the United States. ---I'm not being facetious but the actions they took against Andrew McCabe is like killing a mosquito with an AR-15. They won’t let it go." - Gene Rossi, Former Federal Prosecutor MSNBC

While a person shouldn’t be a cookie-cutter image of anyone, is this the way an American President should act? His record for rally appearances more than any other president, as well as his strutting mixed with self-applauding and thumbs up seems to signal Trump's deep need for people approval. His reason for so many appearances it seems, is to hear the chants of the crowds and look at those bearing the name "Trump" on apparel and placards. Are the people at these rallies bearing his brand constituents or in his mind loyal subjects? And what American President has a military parade on the 4^th of July with the pretense that it’s for the country? One could easily say this was a self celebration that was an attempt to impress his dictator buddies.

You must ask yourself, does Trump believe he’s won the Presidency or has been exalted to a monarchy or something greater? In front of reporters on the White House lawn and a noisy helicopter as a backdrop, he lifted head and eyes upward, as out of his own mouth came the words; “I AmThe Chosen One.” That phrase un-nerved many watching their TV’s, not because it might be true, but because many of us suspect that Donald Trump might really believe it.

Whether you take him serious or not, there is something to his disregard for the Constitution, the laws that we expect a person in his position should abide by, as well as traditions set in place by other presidents before him.   

He is repulsed by the company of our global allies, and feels an affinity for dictators, oppressors, and some of our most historic global enemies. In a “Else world” style today, Trump has been ushering the American Military to his properties for refueling and layovers as though they were his own. And he strategically is moving appointees into place who (unlike McCabe or Comey) are willing to kiss his political ring. These men have shocking pasts which to Trump seems to be more of a qualifier than not. It’s as though he picks appointees like Brett Kavanaugh to give his sexual assault accusers a smack in the face.

Some have jumped off the Trump train, but as the train picks up more speed, the risk of jumping off in the future may come with a high price. Ask yourself what scares you the most? The full speed and unpredictable future actions of Trump, or the sudden impact when the train crashes. When men like Corey Lewandowski can have contempt for the truth in an open Congressional hearing and blatantly remark to Republican Congressman Matt Gatz, “They hate this President more than they love this country” it feels very Orwellian. Men like this have grabbed the live wire of the Trump propaganda that believes winning is the ultimate Nirvana for America.

This all started not with an escalator in Trump Tower, but in a hotel room in Washington DC. From Richard Spencer and his emboldening of white Nationalism and his Nazi cry of “hailTrump!!!” as he thrust his glass in the air, to Charlottesville NC where tiki bearing racists came out in the middle of the night shouting “Jews will not replace us!!!” Not to mention the uncountable atrocities and subtle harassment done in the name and under the watch of this President across America. His loyal fans are helping Trump's Make America Great Again slogan along with calling the police on people of color who seem to be loitering at a Starbucks, or walking in and shooting up a Walmart in El Paso.

Richard Spencer salutes "hail Trump!!!"

This is America today. MAGA no doubt means more power more money and more of himself. It’s what keeps Trump moving from President, to potential monarch, and maybe someone none of us will be able to touch or question if he wins another term.