A friend suggested that I look at all the good things that Donald Trump has accomplished so far in his first year, second term, but I see nothing positive coming out of Washington today. Helping our fellow citizens and our neighbors around the world is now a negative. Our position as leader of the free world is being surrendered systemmatically. We have doubled down on our dependence on fossil fuel and are in the process of gutting the green energy alternatives that we need to face the challenges of a changing planet. Our economic future is shaky at best in the face of tariff trade wars. Trust in America's word is gone. Meanwhile, other countries stand in the wings waiting for us to fall off the stage. And at the base of it all is a growing disparity between the super-rich and the rest of us. No, I am not encouraged. I fear for the world my grandchildren will inherit. I want to be wrong, but I see the road ahead. I do not see anyone in power even daring to explore alternatives.
Perhaps the Trump Derangement Syndrome that the Right claims we on the Left are suffering from is actually their own inability to see reality through their rose colored glasses.
I am not the enemy. Neither are you. Solutions will come when we find ways to discuss our differences in opinion and approach, and find common ground. Then, perhaps, we can work toward a future for our grandchildren, and theirs, that ensures both equality and freedom from want.
