Belieeeeeve me, as
Donald Trump likes to say, when I tell you that I'm still struggling with
getting my head around the idea of Trump as the Republican nominee. Not because
he actually made it this far – in a nation of morons consumed by Reality TV,
this was bound to happen eventually. But more so out of fear for the future –
the ultimate threat that a Trump presidency brings to the world – that on any
given day, in his turret-syndrome like state of mind, he could blurt out
something that might piss off some nuke-abled foreign dictator enough to cause
said dictator to commence to firing, as it were. Sure, it probably won't be
Russia's Putin, given the love that has sprung up between the two, but in the
realm of national security, nothing is a sure thing.
So who, in truth,
is this Trump guy? The crowning
affirmation of Fox News' 20-year mantra of "hate, hate, hate?"
He's a guy who
flits about in his own 757 who claims the problems of America seem to stem from
the elite. Really. He said this. And he's probably right. And he's one of them.
He's a guy who
fancies himself a rebel, yet, with his first political decision, did the most
politically expedient thing of all in naming Mike Pence as his VP candidate.
He's a guy who, I
believe, has come to think that, thanks to his psychotic delusions, he is truly
indestructible as a human being as well as being untouchable politically.
He's a guy whose juvenile, blustery behavior was, I'd long thought, that
of a simple buffoon. But over this summer of our discontent, I've come to
realize he's truly a psychopath who has no business being near that Red Button,
despite any perceived business acumen.
Oh,
yeah … his business acumen …
Fact:
He's lost more money than he's made in his life.
Fact:
90% of his businesses have failed.
Fact:
His father gave him $1 million to play with when he turned 18. Currently he's
worth just under $5 billion, putting his net gain to date at around 5,000%.
Sounds pretty good, right? However, I started at 18 with about $1 (like most
people, probably), and I can tell you that my total assets, while not in the
seven-figure range, are worth more than $5,000. (Many others, too, I bet.)
Which makes many of us better business people than Trump.
And,
by the way, rumor has it that early on, his father set him up with a lawyer who
knew how to manipulate the tax code and bankruptcy laws to favor Trump. (Yes,
Donald, you're right – the system IS rigged – and you're the biggest
benefactor.)
That's
the real Donald Trump. And now the Republicans are stuck with him.
