He won’t last!
Dear Editor,
It wasn’t long ago hotelier and business mogul Gordon “Butch” Stewart wrote that there is no need to fear Donald Trump. I wanted to believe him and read the article twice to make it all sink in. Stewart acknowledged his friendship with the new American president, and I’ve heard similar sentiments made by others close to Trump. We who don’t know him personally can’t say the same.
Maya Angelou penned the phrase, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time!” Trump, by his own words and actions, is making a lot of people nervous. In one week he has signed drastic executive orders; the most recent one affecting immigrants and refugees with an immediate travel ban on select Muslim countries. The Trump immigration ban has discriminatory undertones based on religion and nationality. Other questions arise about Muslim countries not banned, countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, where Trump allegedly has business interests. The fear of mass deportations is also becoming real. There are reports as well that the Trump Administration is looking at requesting social media and cellphone information from visitors to the USA.
Democrats, some Republicans, religious leaders, business leaders, human rights activists have attacked the new immigration orders, some calling it unconstitutional and an insult to what America stands for with implications for US foreign policy and impacting the Geneva Convention concerning refugees.
Now President Trump didn’t do anything he said he wasn’t going to do, and this includes building a wall on the Mexican border and having Mexico pay for it — as far-fetched as a 20 per cent tax on Mexican imports to the USA seems. Those who voted for Trump knew well what he stood for and what he pledged to do; they understood the message of fear and his many contradictions. Trump so far isn’t disappointing; he’s ruling high-handedly, like a tyrant and a loose cannon. Let’s see how long he lasts.
I predict he will either be impeached or will quit prematurely out of frustration. His ego is way too big to be contained within the confines and structure of the White House and US Government with all the rules and regulations, the protocol and formalities and the potential fallout with the rest of the world, especially American allies.
His approach is also amateurish and without consultation or detailed thought on how policy should be implemented. Governments don’t work like this, except those ruled by tyrants, and generally tyrants don’t last. It is for this reason some believe the Trump Administration is pushing a supremacy agenda, one which could damage USA’s international relations and foster anti-American sentiments.
P Chin
chin_p@yahoo.com