The Sage Observer

An Observation of Our President and His Governance

In as much as our esteemed president likes to communicate in the vernacular, “telling it like it is”, please allow me to communicate with you in like manner.  

In recent news, President Donald Trump complains, along with many of his supporters, about his unfair treatment by critics to which I am compelled to respond, Absurd! He brought almost all, if not every bit, of his problems upon himself, beginning with his having run for election in the first place. The office of President of The United States of America is one of the highest and most complex managerial positions in the whole world; and Donald Trump is not qualified in any way or manner. He cannot lead—he dictates. He does not inspire and motivate people to loyally follow. He cannot manage—he does not plan and “shoots from the hip”, constantly changing his position on issues based upon his emotions at the time. His intelligence quotient notwithstanding, he lacks knowledge, reportedly managing from a data base of the news media and hearsay. Donald Trump is simply not qualified for the office of President of The United States of America. Every day he is in office is testimony to this fact, and that is just the way it is.

The threat of nuclear war notwithstanding, the greatest issue before our president today is the division of our people. Rather than unite us as a people (or even attempt such), he further divides us. Just one prime example of this was his executive order about which I have written before—his executive order to ban Muslims from entering this country from six specified nations for ninety days—to what end? What could he do in ninety days under the ban that he couldn’t do without his edict? Also, none of the nations indicated have previously caused terror problems before. What in heaven’s name did this man accomplish? Let me tell you. He divided us even further. He created havoc and even more dissension among our people. He created nothing; and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in legal fees and arguing and bickering in the process.

The second greatest threat to our very democracy and sovereignty is our increasing dominance by the Corporatocracy and Power Elite. Corporate dominance has been going on for a long time. If this is what the people want, they should be allowed to vote on it. This is not what I want, and I don’t think this is what you want. We the people should be allowed to have a say in this matter; and to my knowledge, even our elected representatives have not had a say in the matter. I tell you, Corporations are not people. They were designed by man to serve the needs of man. They are not people, and “We” did not create them to rule over us. Donald Trump has done nothing to address this problem. Rather, he has exacerbated it.

The third greatest threat to our nation is the problem of healthcare. Healthcare costs have grown so high, they are unaffordable by an increasing segment of our society. In addition, from the beginning, they have been underfunded, contributing significantly to our national deficit. There is a simple, workable, and financially viable proven solution to the problem of healthcare with a relatively minimum of amount of complexity and confusion—Universal Single Payer, Medicare for all. Yes, we will have to pay for it. Nothing is free; but, it will serve us well and cost a lot less than what we are now paying with the present arguing, bickering, complexity, and inefficiency of what we are now doing. Incorporated in our present Medicare system, this is the fastest and easiest way for us to go. Under President Trump’s leadership, we are going nowhere.

Fourth, and very important, Social Security has been underfunded for too many years; and it is past time for our Congress to do their job and catch up. Rather than spin their wheels by continually kicking the ball down the road and/or postponing eligibility, i.e. extending age requirements (You haven’t heard, have you, of any company extending age requirements in hiring). Hear again, under the leadership of President Trump, we are going nowhere.

So, for now, I’ll close by reminding you that our country is in deep trouble. We need to go in a different direction and that direction needs to be towards serving the people of our great nation, all of them—Not Just Donald Trump and the One Percent and certainly not the Corporatocracy.

In the meantime, this is Ronald Miller

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