So The Donald was victorious. As half of the country and much of the world watch in shock, I sit here not feeling very afraid. The Trump supporters are elated, and it was comical to watch them strutting around today, proud and tickled to death. It won’t last. Through their worship of the orange one, most of them failed to comprehend they were listening to a man that consistently told them he knows more about everything than everyone. They failed to hear him when he told them he was the only one that could fix everything. Apparently, Trump supporters are unfamiliar with the term “megalomaniac.”
No one can fix everything. Any rational adult should be at least leery of someone that says such things. Not to mention, we have a congress and a senate. Trump seems to think that because he will be president, everything he says goes. Again, some of his supporters fail to understand how the government works. Or, at the very least, ignore his ignorant rantings about what he will accomplish because they are in love with his rhetoric. Not all Trump supporters are stupid. Some of them have advanced degrees. They know he can’t make another country pay for something that we want. They know he can’t just “keep the oil”. They know he doesn’t know anything about ISIS. If they studied at all, they know he can’t even successfully sell steaks or vodka.
But they voted for him anyway.
Why? The reasons are many, but that isn’t what this writing is about. My question is this: How long before Trump lovers realize they’ve been played? The more dim-witted Trump supporters are really going to be angry when Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell openly state they will not sign funding for “The Wall”. And that’s if Trump even attempts to gain funding. And their grandparents and parents are going to be really upset when the GOP once again tries to undermine Medicare and Medicaid. These are life-and-death situations for retired people, and a lot of them will have voted for it. They will be furious when the GOP moves to raise the retirement age of social security recipients. They’ll be even more horrified when the GOP acts to allow Wall Street to play with the social security funds.
They’ll be happy when the GOP repeals Obamacare, which they can and will do. Their premiums will rise, anyway, and the healthcare industry will once again be able to deny people care. Congratulations. They’ll be happy when abortion is outlawed, until somebody’s daughter has prenatal complications that threaten her life. They’ll be happy when gay marriage is overturned, even though that won’t add any benefit to their lives.
But what about when the wall doesn’t get built? What happens when Trump doesn’t overturn NAFTA, because it benefits people like him? Will they be angry when Trump doesn’t stop rich people from legal tax evasion? Because he admitted on national TV that he does it himself, and then said he will put an end to it. No, he won’t. When he and Paul Ryan and McConnell come together to cut taxes for themselves again, will his supporters be angry? When he fails to impose that tax on China for imported goods, will they turn on him, then? Because he won’t. There’s this little thing called the Chamber of Commerce. And they are not having that.
When his most rabid supporters see that people of color are still walking around amongst them, what will they say? Because race is involved here. Some Trump supporters really want people of color gone. They want gay people gone. They want women put in their place. But it’s not going to happen. It’s too late. What a lot of Trump supporters want is not going to happen. And all of the insane things he said he would do are never going to happen. Because you didn’t elect a king. You elected a president. And you elected a person that’s going to hurt you more than he hurts me.
Right now, Donald Trump Jr. and his brother-in-law (I don’t feel like looking up his name) are looking into starting Trump TV. Daddy Trump actually got elected, so he can’t participate, but he will still profit. And you’ll watch, and soak up the misinformation until you realize you’ve been had, however long that takes. You won’t admit out loud. “He’s not a politician.” As soon as you run for office, you’re a politician, numbskull.
It will be oh-so-interesting to watch your reactions when you realize that we’re never going back, and this is just another rich man that doesn’t care about you. He reached into the darkest parts of your heart and massaged them, and you fell for it. You don’t think it’s darkness, but it is. This is how you fell for a con man. Because he knows you, and he knows your weaknesses. He knows your fears. So do I.
And he’s going to reach into your pockets, too. And I will, too. My job can’t be outsourced, so when we start hemorrhaging jobs next year, you’re still going to pay me, every time you travel to my city. Your relatives will keep buying my books and paying me to draw logos and tattoos, and I’ll keep stuffing my pockets with your money. And I’m going to stand there, in new shoes and clothes and watch you, while you gripe about the prices my corporation charges but it’s the only game in town. And I’ll be looking for signs of regret because it’s coming.
I wish it wasn’t, but it is. Listen carefully, next time.
