“I can end the war in 24 hours,” candidate 47 boasted. He ran his mouth about a lot of other things as well. Promising a recession if we dared to elect the Democrats, he was the only one who could fix the economy and a lot of bile about immigrants, especially those who were black and brown, were all ran into the ground in his so-called rallies. Thus far, this has been a presidency of fluff (and make no mistake a lot of real harm). There are three lessons the President could learn but he refuses to do so because they clash with his fragile ego. The President cannot run the country via executive orders. Other people around the world really don't give a shit about the United States. The natural world crushes the profit motive. Let's take a closer look.
Having an AI poorly write far right executive orders that clearly deify the Constitution is proving to be a non-winning strategy. Thus far, around 90% of them have been struck down by the courts. 47 knows he can't get these insane changes to our laws through Congress. So he tries to sneak them in via executive order. No more Birthright citizenship? It may sound great to non-thinking red meat loving right wingers. The practical effect is creating another stateless population with no rights and no place to go. That's a no win for anyone and why it too was shot down in court. It turns out America first is becoming America alone.
Rather than strengthen our economy, 47’s unprovoked trade wars only hurt US consumers and businesses.The days of the factory powered economy are long gone and will not come back. Yes, the offshoring of these jobs accelerated change. We cannot forget most of these jobs are now replaced by automation. Nor can we forget, any of these factories have been closed for decades and would take a lot of time, capital and work to reopen. We cannot just walk in, throw on the lights and restart the machines. If we really want to get into the business of manufacturing goods like we used to, that will take a lot of planning and time. It's not magic. The magical idea we are not causing climate change is worse than wishful thinking, it is downright harmful.
47, and his rich buddies in the fossil fuel industry are allowing their wallets to dictate what they will and will not believe. Climate change does not care about belief. It is no longer some theory about what may or may not happen in the future. Climate change is here now in the form of stronger storms, more extreme temperatures and catastrophic fires. Shifting regions for growing crops, areas becoming too hot to live and a changing hydrocycle will spark more and more conflicts and destabilize the world as we know it. No, the world will not bend to an aging man who's losing his mind more and more each day.
Instead of solutions, we get hot air and complaints of his personal victimhood. In short, we have a Nothing Burger in the White House whose only intention is to tear down what others have built. I don't think being a tool of the super wealthy or defender of despots and pedophiles will lead to any long-term success. The real question is how can the rest of us mitigate the damage?
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