Trump was very clear about what he was going to do. Anyone who didn't believe him was delusional .. personally I have pledged to do one thing everyday.. one email, one phone call one letter or one donation.. I don't know know it will make a diifference, but it's manageable..
This is one time, for sure, when silence is not golden. Look to the writings of Eli Wiesel : I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides." He was the leading spokesperson for the holocaust ...like John is doing now....SPEAK UP ALL
Many of the people who supported him are SENIOR CITIZENS. No one could convince them they were voting against their own interests. When Medicaid disappears and they start putting nursing home and hospital patients out on the streets due to non payment will they listen then? When children start dying? Family members? When people cannot buy their vital lifesaving drugs will they listen then? I doubt it unless it hits close to home. When the social security checks don’t show up or are cut in half I suspect there will be some “gnashing” of teeth and brains falling out and and a howl that will rise like nothing we’ve ever heard. And when Medicare insurance coverage goes away? A lot of bitter, mean-spirited, MAGAS will be panicking and most likely pouring out into the streets then. Not because they give a shit about anyone else but because they finally realize their apparent entitlement to a different outcome then the rest of us simply doesn’t exist. I don’t doubt they are going to freak out. But I also suspect it will be a little too late. 😔
I was at a Valentine's Day luncheon where the discussion turned to Munich and Berlin in the 60's. The ladies shared how uncomfortable they were at the very notion of living where something 'like that' could happen. Obviously they referred to the cruelties and mass murders of WWII, the holocaust, and the NAZI's. I had to point out that no one should feel that this could only happen in Germany for it can happen anywhere as seen here in this country right now. A country that was founded on equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The response was as usual—not a subject to discuss here. My question is, if not now when? Silence is not the answer right now!
Interesting that everyone I've spoken to in the financial world, (planners, fund managers and bankers) are just blowing off my concerns about the real possibility of losing my Medicare and Social Security. I get responses back: "Oh he's just talking, he likes to create chaos, he won't get that done., he's not going to do that."..etc. I try to tell them what he has already done and how that has already hurt people and I get silence or the deer in the headlights look or repeating denial that this will happen. The privilege of so many in our country along with denial is staggering to me as much as the" I don't care as long as it doesn't affect me" attitude.
I get the same feeling although the stock market hasn't crashed yet since he keeps taking back tariffs that he has announced although the steel and aluminum tariffs seem to be a done deal. I imagine that when the stock market crashes hard then the ones who don't need any entitlements will start screaming unless they are already moving their money out of the country. Complete lack of empathy, how did such a larger portion of the human race become so cold and heartless? Its baffling.
Many of them are in denial of what is coming, likely a very deep recession or a worse Depression than in the 1930's. It's inconceivable to them. They'll be the ones jumping out of high windows when it happens.
What frightens me more are those who stand by their vote. That any of them (and I know more than I’d like to) are okay with the dismantling of our constitution, government and checks and balances is beyond my comprehension and tolerance.
Terry - I'm thinking, as others have states, when the despot's "orders" hit their pocketbooks, their tune will change, but it will be too late. They would have already lost their freedoms - along with the rest of us.
Amen, my brother. If I had a dollar for everything I regret doing or not doing, I'd be quite wealthy. Most of us carry around more than a few regrets. In my experience the only way to be rid of them is to start acting to the contrary, to admit you made a mistake, vow not to make the same one again, and ask your deepest awareness to make a mark of your contrition and to help with your awakening and moves in support of that light.
I agree so much with Leigh. This is the time to throw regrets to the wind and to hunker down and do whatever occurs to us to do to help. Big or..... small, if that's all we can muster. Thanks John, as always for the great musings!
We all should be screaming at the top of our lungs. The government is being blown up every day
Let’s raise our collective voices and not let our freedoms be destroyed by a person who has abdicated his power to others. We must prevail and save our democracy
It’s not those who regret their vote that bothers me but there are obviously many who voted for him and are cheering rump on. He is Stalin with a spray tan! ONLY IN THE “GULF OF AMERICA!”
More like Hitler, IMHO. Stalin was lucid, cold, efficient, and brutal. He reminds me of a shark or viper. I don't know if he was greedy. Trump is rather dumb, incompetent, drug addled, desperate for respect, and horrendously greedy.
77.3 million wanted Project 2025’s death of America’s value to the world. 77.3 million wanted Trump’s end to the social programs established since 1933 for the great majority of American 99% not wealthy citizens. 77.3 million Americans wanted a felonious fraudster and insurrectionist to continue his destructive work with the aid of the wealthy Hitler saluting Nazi Musk. 77.3 million Americans chose the destruction of NIH, CDC, vaccination programs, national health programs. 77.3 million Americans chose the destruction of the National Intelligence Agencies. 77.3 million chose the destruction of the FBI and Justice Department. 77.3 million Americans chose Russian dominance in Europe. 77.3 million Americans chose deaths of millions because of the destruction of USAID.
Yes, this is just some the catastrophe that 77.3 million Americans chose to see accomplished by Trump.
Absolutely, right on target. I am already tired of hearing, in some media and elsewhere, that "this is not what people voted for," "this is not who we are," etc. It quite obviously IS what people voted for. There is no possible way to say, after years of Trump, that people didn't know what he is, what he would do, how sinister he and his people would be, when they voted. They did know, and they didn't care. That's our underlying problem, the lack of character and/or intelligence/comprehension among so many American voters. As other responses here have said, they likely thought all the bad consequences would come to others but not to them. Or, believing Trump, that there would be no bad consequences, that he would solve everything "on day one, and very quickly and easily." How utterly deluded is that.
He's a sociopath, a criminal, but he couldn't be in power without the support of millions.
The famous quote attributed to German Lutheran theologian during the Nazi regime mentioned different groups–Socialists, Trade Unionists and the Jews–the Nazis came for.
In the end they came for all the people who did not speak up. Nazism by the time Germany surrendered in 1945 had come for everyone.
All Germans were impacted. Rich and poor.
Trump’s actions will inevitably hurt nearly all Americans not just the ones currently in the crosshairs.The working class will bear the brunt of what transpires. Many of them voted for the party that will harm them
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”
No, actually, I AM interested in shaming them. I might listen to them too - but shaming is the price of what they have done. Let's not forget - these are the people who supported rumors that Biden was a demented pedophile. They laughed at cartoons showing the lynching of the Obama family. They didn't just vote loudly - they engaged in every possible degrading behavior since the first Obama presidency, through Trump 1.0, through Biden, before, during, and after November 5, 2024.
Everything happening now has been predicted to them, substantiated with solid information, explained by some very smart people who had decades of experience in history, politics, and economy.
And they kept on going. Honestly? I will not be convinced they are truly sorry until they inflict the same treatment on this administration as they did on the Obamas, on Hillary Clinton, on Joe Biden, on Kamala Harris, on Adam Kinzinger, on Liz Cheney and so many others. When they storm the White House to defy Trump instead of supporting him - then I might buy that they are sorry. Maybe.
I have to admit that it is very difficult to find it in myself to forgive people who voted for Trump, knowing what he was like, knowing the things he was capable of doing – and they still voted for him. That is REPREHENSIBLE.
And then they act surprised that Trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, and lo and behold: what Trump is doing is directly impacting them!
Well, what the HELL did they THINK he was going to do?
They’re “embarrassed”. They have “buyers remorse.” A fat lot of good that’s doing us now.
I’m sorry: at this point all I can feel towards Trump supporters is COMPLETE CONTEMPT. If they feel badly for having voted for him, let them make some direct amends to this country.
"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared..." (Diary of Anne Frank, Jan. 13, 1943). This was also the situation last week two streets over from our home. No, I did not vote for this nonsense and refuse to clutch any pearls around here. I also continue to do what brain capacity and sanity allow every single day...emails, phone calls, letters, and even donations...none of it will erase the insanity, but it keeps me upright and taking a step forward daily. Keep on keeping on, friends!
Trump was very clear about what he was going to do. Anyone who didn't believe him was delusional .. personally I have pledged to do one thing everyday.. one email, one phone call one letter or one donation.. I don't know know it will make a diifference, but it's manageable..
This is one time, for sure, when silence is not golden. Look to the writings of Eli Wiesel : I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides." He was the leading spokesperson for the holocaust ...like John is doing now....SPEAK UP ALL
Many of the people who supported him are SENIOR CITIZENS. No one could convince them they were voting against their own interests. When Medicaid disappears and they start putting nursing home and hospital patients out on the streets due to non payment will they listen then? When children start dying? Family members? When people cannot buy their vital lifesaving drugs will they listen then? I doubt it unless it hits close to home. When the social security checks don’t show up or are cut in half I suspect there will be some “gnashing” of teeth and brains falling out and and a howl that will rise like nothing we’ve ever heard. And when Medicare insurance coverage goes away? A lot of bitter, mean-spirited, MAGAS will be panicking and most likely pouring out into the streets then. Not because they give a shit about anyone else but because they finally realize their apparent entitlement to a different outcome then the rest of us simply doesn’t exist. I don’t doubt they are going to freak out. But I also suspect it will be a little too late. 😔
I was at a Valentine's Day luncheon where the discussion turned to Munich and Berlin in the 60's. The ladies shared how uncomfortable they were at the very notion of living where something 'like that' could happen. Obviously they referred to the cruelties and mass murders of WWII, the holocaust, and the NAZI's. I had to point out that no one should feel that this could only happen in Germany for it can happen anywhere as seen here in this country right now. A country that was founded on equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The response was as usual—not a subject to discuss here. My question is, if not now when? Silence is not the answer right now!
Thank you for speaking out. It makes a difference.
Interesting that everyone I've spoken to in the financial world, (planners, fund managers and bankers) are just blowing off my concerns about the real possibility of losing my Medicare and Social Security. I get responses back: "Oh he's just talking, he likes to create chaos, he won't get that done., he's not going to do that."..etc. I try to tell them what he has already done and how that has already hurt people and I get silence or the deer in the headlights look or repeating denial that this will happen. The privilege of so many in our country along with denial is staggering to me as much as the" I don't care as long as it doesn't affect me" attitude.
I get the same feeling although the stock market hasn't crashed yet since he keeps taking back tariffs that he has announced although the steel and aluminum tariffs seem to be a done deal. I imagine that when the stock market crashes hard then the ones who don't need any entitlements will start screaming unless they are already moving their money out of the country. Complete lack of empathy, how did such a larger portion of the human race become so cold and heartless? Its baffling.
Many of them are in denial of what is coming, likely a very deep recession or a worse Depression than in the 1930's. It's inconceivable to them. They'll be the ones jumping out of high windows when it happens.
Thank you Well said. WHERE IS CONGRESS? Please step up!
Resistance is NOT futile!
🖖
What frightens me more are those who stand by their vote. That any of them (and I know more than I’d like to) are okay with the dismantling of our constitution, government and checks and balances is beyond my comprehension and tolerance.
Terry - I'm thinking, as others have states, when the despot's "orders" hit their pocketbooks, their tune will change, but it will be too late. They would have already lost their freedoms - along with the rest of us.
Or, they’re just truly horrible people 😕
Amen, my brother. If I had a dollar for everything I regret doing or not doing, I'd be quite wealthy. Most of us carry around more than a few regrets. In my experience the only way to be rid of them is to start acting to the contrary, to admit you made a mistake, vow not to make the same one again, and ask your deepest awareness to make a mark of your contrition and to help with your awakening and moves in support of that light.
I agree so much with Leigh. This is the time to throw regrets to the wind and to hunker down and do whatever occurs to us to do to help. Big or..... small, if that's all we can muster. Thanks John, as always for the great musings!
We all should be screaming at the top of our lungs. The government is being blown up every day
Let’s raise our collective voices and not let our freedoms be destroyed by a person who has abdicated his power to others. We must prevail and save our democracy
It’s not those who regret their vote that bothers me but there are obviously many who voted for him and are cheering rump on. He is Stalin with a spray tan! ONLY IN THE “GULF OF AMERICA!”
More like Hitler, IMHO. Stalin was lucid, cold, efficient, and brutal. He reminds me of a shark or viper. I don't know if he was greedy. Trump is rather dumb, incompetent, drug addled, desperate for respect, and horrendously greedy.
77.3 million wanted Project 2025’s death of America’s value to the world. 77.3 million wanted Trump’s end to the social programs established since 1933 for the great majority of American 99% not wealthy citizens. 77.3 million Americans wanted a felonious fraudster and insurrectionist to continue his destructive work with the aid of the wealthy Hitler saluting Nazi Musk. 77.3 million Americans chose the destruction of NIH, CDC, vaccination programs, national health programs. 77.3 million Americans chose the destruction of the National Intelligence Agencies. 77.3 million chose the destruction of the FBI and Justice Department. 77.3 million Americans chose Russian dominance in Europe. 77.3 million Americans chose deaths of millions because of the destruction of USAID.
Yes, this is just some the catastrophe that 77.3 million Americans chose to see accomplished by Trump.
Absolutely, right on target. I am already tired of hearing, in some media and elsewhere, that "this is not what people voted for," "this is not who we are," etc. It quite obviously IS what people voted for. There is no possible way to say, after years of Trump, that people didn't know what he is, what he would do, how sinister he and his people would be, when they voted. They did know, and they didn't care. That's our underlying problem, the lack of character and/or intelligence/comprehension among so many American voters. As other responses here have said, they likely thought all the bad consequences would come to others but not to them. Or, believing Trump, that there would be no bad consequences, that he would solve everything "on day one, and very quickly and easily." How utterly deluded is that.
He's a sociopath, a criminal, but he couldn't be in power without the support of millions.
I think they thought that the bad stuff would only happen to those who they do not like.
The famous quote attributed to German Lutheran theologian during the Nazi regime mentioned different groups–Socialists, Trade Unionists and the Jews–the Nazis came for.
In the end they came for all the people who did not speak up. Nazism by the time Germany surrendered in 1945 had come for everyone.
All Germans were impacted. Rich and poor.
Trump’s actions will inevitably hurt nearly all Americans not just the ones currently in the crosshairs.The working class will bear the brunt of what transpires. Many of them voted for the party that will harm them
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”
― Turkish Proverb
No, actually, I AM interested in shaming them. I might listen to them too - but shaming is the price of what they have done. Let's not forget - these are the people who supported rumors that Biden was a demented pedophile. They laughed at cartoons showing the lynching of the Obama family. They didn't just vote loudly - they engaged in every possible degrading behavior since the first Obama presidency, through Trump 1.0, through Biden, before, during, and after November 5, 2024.
Everything happening now has been predicted to them, substantiated with solid information, explained by some very smart people who had decades of experience in history, politics, and economy.
And they kept on going. Honestly? I will not be convinced they are truly sorry until they inflict the same treatment on this administration as they did on the Obamas, on Hillary Clinton, on Joe Biden, on Kamala Harris, on Adam Kinzinger, on Liz Cheney and so many others. When they storm the White House to defy Trump instead of supporting him - then I might buy that they are sorry. Maybe.
I have to admit that it is very difficult to find it in myself to forgive people who voted for Trump, knowing what he was like, knowing the things he was capable of doing – and they still voted for him. That is REPREHENSIBLE.
And then they act surprised that Trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, and lo and behold: what Trump is doing is directly impacting them!
Well, what the HELL did they THINK he was going to do?
They’re “embarrassed”. They have “buyers remorse.” A fat lot of good that’s doing us now.
I’m sorry: at this point all I can feel towards Trump supporters is COMPLETE CONTEMPT. If they feel badly for having voted for him, let them make some direct amends to this country.
"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared..." (Diary of Anne Frank, Jan. 13, 1943). This was also the situation last week two streets over from our home. No, I did not vote for this nonsense and refuse to clutch any pearls around here. I also continue to do what brain capacity and sanity allow every single day...emails, phone calls, letters, and even donations...none of it will erase the insanity, but it keeps me upright and taking a step forward daily. Keep on keeping on, friends!