Clueless

I have a real dilemma here.  Sometimes I'm baffled,  And sometimes I'm righteously pissed off.  Sometimes I can't figure out how they can exist in such a blissful vacuum. And sometimes I want to slap the shit out of them for being in that vacuum.  How? Why?  What's their secret?  What's their motivation? Okay that last question was the stupid question that puts to rest the notion that there are no stupid questions.  

Some weeks ago we posted about the people who choose to remain detached from life beyond fluff.  We opined that while doing so might very well make one feel comfortable it's this sort of detachment that's the very ally of Donald Trump. If a fair segment of the adult population is in full on “what me worry,” then Trump and his stooges can also be in full on "what me worry."  It’s the perfect symbiotic relationship; the clueless and indifferent blindly collaborating with the clueless and incompetent.

Detaching

Trumptrocities of Note

* Donald Trump calls for an investigation of voter fraud in the election.  Not only is he convinced that 3 – 5 million votes were fraudulent, he’s also certain that he was 100% on the short end of the electoral chicanery. Said Trump, "Of those votes cast, none of them come to me. None of them come to me. They would all be to the other side. None of them come to me.”  This is all a couple of months after Trump insisted that there was no voter fraud when Jill Stein funded recounts.  Sort of reminds me of the old song lyric, “Is you is or is you ain’t my baby.” 

* We’re building a wall folks.  While Mike Pence and an assortment of knaves and cronies looked on in white privileged glee Trump signed a directive ordering the commencement of the wall.  In keeping his promise that Mexico would pay for the wall he cooked up the brilliant idea of slapping Mexico with a 20% tariff – take that Mexico.  Oh wait, that 20% is eventually going to come out of the wallets of Americans. Well, we’ve sure been snookered haven’t we.

* Trump is looking into renewing the use of torture in interrogations. On the use of torture Trump said, “do I feel it works? Absolutely I feel it works." He might be right. After less than a week he’s been torturing the shit out of the entire thinking world.  I know I’m ready to cry “uncle.” 

* Trump signed an executive order authorizing the resumption of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.  Once again Native Americans get screwed but I don’t imagine that Trump is at all phased.  He probably learned the history of the American West by watching John Wayne movies.