A large portion of the electorate is eager for an outsider to come in and shake up the status quo and definitely not do business as usual, including me. Donald Trump, being the outsider, has said many things that need to be said – about corrupt influence of lobbyists, the disastrous Iraq war, trade agreements that need to be renegotiated – and more.
But in practice, his gauche, erratic temperament, bull-in-a-china-shop style, checkered business past, tendency to blatantly lie, and his complete lack of class mixed with overt appeals to the worst in American society render him utterly unqualified to be that outsider.
To those who love him, none of those faults matter. They just think he’s going to waltz into the White House and magically make all the problems go away. They are sadly mistaken.
Obviously, Trump is just self-promoting to build an audience for his upcoming Trump TV cable network. That is not a joke. It really is what he’s doing. He conceded the election to Hillary Clinton weeks ago, but he has to keep his face in the media somehow!
Trump never wanted to be president. Even as clueless as he is, which is intergalactic, he knows he could never handle the demands of the office. All he’s ever wanted to do is to run for office. To him, the election is a game or, more correctly, just an extension of his trash game show mentality. Note the word “reality” isn’t in that description.
But it isn’t a game to Americans, who on Nov. 8 will show him how detested he is.
That is “reality,” Donald, the outsider.
Patuk Johnson
Durango
