I'm an arm chair protester. I'm pretty much stuck in NW Ohio, not able to travel to the state capital, and not able to walk distances and stand for hours. I've called and left messages for Ohio's two Republican senators, much good that will do. I've bombarded my news feed on Facebook with all sundry of protests, issues and encouragement for people to stand up to the destruction of our democracy.
I'm sure that folks are starting to avoid my constant posts, but what else can I do? I've signed petitions and still I feel that it's not enough. My mood is basically stressed out and upset.
For any readers who might have voted for trump and consider yourself "Maga", if it hasn't hit you yet, what trump and musk are doing to the country you profess to love, is the destruction of our democracy. No healthcare or food assistance for seniors, the poor and the children. If you are not the age to collect social security forget about being able to collect when the time comes. If you are already on SS you should be worrying if the next check will arrive. Education, the VA, Medicaid, Medicare and SS are on their chopping block.
When we were young, and throughout are working years money was automatically taken from our earnings to be set aside until we reached retirement age. SS isn't an entitlement, we worked for our SS benefits. The money is Ours. Trump and musk are playing the biggest grift on record in the theft of our money., to pay for more billionaire tax breaks and line their own pockets. Why do people who have more money then they could spend need more? What they are doing is a crime and self enrichment.
Musk is the biggest thief of the two. He's closed departments that were investigating his businesses. He's dumped Verizon from the FAA contract to replace it with Starlink, his company. He has over 300 billion in government contracts and has cleared the road of anyone who might challenge him. So even though trump fancies himself a king the real emperor is musk.
Whether you imagined your world as a republican or a Maga you're going to lose too. They have a plan and you aren't included. When everyday groceries are twice what you normally pay. When the electric bill becomes outrageous. When gas goes back up, you'll feel it. When lumber and alcohol become too pricey to afford. You can't blame Biden for your expensive eggs anymore because he's not the current president. Trump's tariffs are an act of aggression against countries who did nothing to deserve it, but the real losers are the people of the U S. A recession is coming. And you can thank the 7 times failed businessman and felon in charge. He has no real understanding of how tariffs work. He's a flipping bully and is destroying relationships globally.
We are no longer the "shining city on a hill." Trump can't be trusted so neither can our country. When he openly supported Putin, the dictator, we lost our place as a beacon of democracy. When he threatens Greenland, Panama and Canada he's asking for war. Whatever motivates trump to believe that he's playing a game of Risk or Monopoly with the planet, he's dragging all of us along with him.
So yeah I'm stressed. We haven't been so close to WW3 since I was a kid. We are going to feel the oppression of his presidency. I hope that Maga people consider themselves responsible for what our nation will become. And I have a sad prayer I say each night asking God isn't it time for trump to go home?
