And so it begins.

I could never have imagined, of course, that it would be prompted by something quite that literal, as in “trumped-up.” It’s not entirely his doing, though in some strange way that master manipulator of public opinion, that populist, hot button-pusher, opened the door by closing it. That is, by famously saying he would ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. “until we figure out what the hell’s going on.”

In the wake of that comment, and the cumulative effect by then of the many other outrageous things he had already said, my first thought was this: if such a living embodiment of the expression “loose cannon” ever actually got to be President of the U.S. nothing would surprise me, including some pretty serious action he might take, or consider taking against Canada. Continue reading →

The problem is not Trump.

The problem is an increasingly alarming high proportion of the American population has forgotten what their country stands for – its founding principles of liberty, equality and tolerance.

Otherwise, “The Donald” would have run off the political stage when he started his run at the U.S. presidency by making outrageously racist comments about Mexicans immigrants to the U.S., legal or not.

One of the huge ironies about Trump is his campaign slogan, “Make America great again.” Just what does he think is, or was, “great” about America? Continue reading →