Wednesday February 3rd, 2021
My Dear America:
American Politics has certainly settled down considerably in recent days, at least in the White House.
Many of Donald Trump's misguided decisions and programs have already been put to rest in Joe Biden's breakneck effort to restore dignity, respect and rationality to American Government. In recent days we have seen Joe Biden wasting no time in doing the right things with regard to turning back all sorts of Terrible Trump Executive Actions.
Press Briefings by Biden White House Spokeswoman, Jen Psaki have been held nearly every day in contrast to Trump White House Press Briefings which became virtually nonexistent in the waning days of the Trump Administration.
Some of Biden's Cabinet choices have already been confirmed and others are waiting in the wings with few of those choices appearing to be very controversial. Biden's choices for Cabinet Members and White House Advisors have largely been people who are highly qualified for their positions, unlike many of the random and disturbing choices made in the previous administration. All in all, what has been happening in the Biden Administration so far has been in stark contrast to what we have all been living with during the previous four years of the Trump Administration.
I don't know about you but I have to say that since Inauguration Day on January 20th of this year my stress level has been reduced considerably, at least with regard to concerns about the White House and about the President.
During the four years of the Trump Presidency I felt as though I was on somewhat of a Roller Coaster Ride every day of my life. My daily initial greeting to my wife almost always included the following statement:
"Well, I wonder what the Asshole is up to today"
Certainly the Asshole in question was Donald Trump who seemed to find something every day he was in the White House to garner press coverage and stir outrage and disgust in Normal Americans. Now that he is gone there is certainly a feeling of reduced stress and calmness in the air when it comes to the White House.
Unfortunately this reduction in stress levels does not seem to apply, however, to the Congress. There is not much happening these days in Congress which is bound to reduce the stress level of Americans.
While Republican Opportunist Nikki Haley states with regard to Donald Trump:
"Give the man a break"
I say "How about giving the American people a break."
We gave Donald Trump a break for four years and look at the damage he has done to our country. In addition to all of the other terrible things that he did over the four years he lived in the White House, as a parting shot he turned his Violent Goons loose on the United States Capitol Building resulting in five unnecessary deaths, in addition to the thousands of unnecessary deaths of Americans with Covid. Many of those deaths were probably caused by his maskless, superspreader events and his insistence on not recommending wearing masks to his followers or pushing them to socially distance.
Give us a break Nikki. We need it. We deserve it. Trump will do fine without us giving him a break.
If we are going to give someone a break maybe it should be our legislators.
I have seen My Congresswoman, Susan Wild on television discussing the terribly traumatic events of January 6th when the loose cannons that Donald Trump had deliberately set off descended on the Capitol. Although after the fact the Capitol Police took a great deal of criticism for being unprepared for the onslaught, almost all of the Legislators whose lives were saved by the quick thinking and moving them all to "Undisclosed Locations" credited their eventual safety to the Capitol Police. The Capitol Police lost lives as a result of January 6th and in the end were heroes. We are all lucky that the Capitol Police were responsible for saving every Legislator's Life on that Dark and disgusting day.
Donald Trump will be going on trial in the Senate next week for his misdeeds on that fateful January 6th day. After the fact, Donald Trump has claimed that none of the mayhem was his fault. Of course, Nothing is ever his fault. I hope the Impeachment Managers and the Senate Jurors ask the following questions of Donald Trump and his Lawyers:
Why didn't Donald Trump admit that he lost the election instead of claiming that he won by a landslide when there was absolutely no evidence that he won the election. And why did Right Wing Media Outlets go along with Trumps reckless and untrue claims of Election Fraud.
If Donald Trump didn't want to cause trouble for the Senate and the House Electors Count then why did he invite his supporters to Washington for a Rally on the same day that the Congress was scheduled to certify the Electors that had already been certified by every American State and which showed clearly that Joe Biden had won the Presidency by the same margin of victory that Trump had called a "landslide" when the victory was Trump's in 2016. And What did Trump mean when he told his followers that the January 6th Rally was going to be "Wild."
Why did Donald Trump tell his followers at the January 6th Rally when he spoke to them that they needed to go to the Capitol to take back their country but couldn't do it by weakness but needed to be strong.
Why did Trump tell his followers at the January 6th Rally that he was going to go with them to the Capitol and instead went back to the White House where he watched the insane invasion of the Capitol on television and according to White House staffers was very pleased with the Spectacle of the Capitol Invasion and could not understand why his staffers were not as Pleasantly Excited as he was. What was wrong with them he wanted to know.
Why didn't Trump answer the calls from many individuals in the Capitol looking to have him send over the National Guard that Trump's newly installed Pentagon Puppets refused to send until it was too late to prevent the killings and the damage in and around the Capitol.
These and many other questions need to be asked but, of course, only Donald Trump can answer them and I have my doubts that he would ever answer them truthfully.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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