Yesterday Donald Trump tweeted it was basically Pueto Rico's fault that Hurricane Maria had virtually destroyed its infrastructure because its economy was in a mess to start with, so they had no one to blame but themselves. Doubtless the citizens of that beleaguered nation are hurt by this travesty, but they have far bigger problems on their hands right now, and besides, who cares what they think, right Donald?
We have seen him excoriate Meryl Streep when she had the temerity to criticize his policies (calling her the "most overrated actress in Hollywood" as I recall), and then we heard him say there were many "fine people" among the numbers of the white supremacists at Charlottesville, people who only hours before the confrontation with protestors had been seen holding torches and chanting "Blacks wil not replace us! Jews will not replace us!". It made us worry that he, the leader of the Free World, might actually be a racist himself, deep down. Now we know this to be true.
But when he took on the entire NFL for their protests about racism within the US, saying they were disrespecting the Flag and ignoring the real reason for their protest, he took on one of the most powerful lobbies in America. Not just the black players, but even some of the billionaire white owners of these clubs, people who have supported Trump in the past, and why not, his tax changes have been targeted at benefiting the rich, even these people have joined the protest.
I think this is marvellous. It gives me hope for America when I see all these disparate groups coming together to point up one of the most pressing problems afflicting it to this day. Trump has taken on his own supporters in a way that can only hurt him in the short and longer term. What next? Will he attack the National Rifle Association for being unAmerican? That sounds ridiculous, but if you'd told me a week ago he'd be trashing the entire NFL I'd have said that was ridiculous.
What I'm most worried about is that Trump will win the election in 2020 and feel mandated to launch a war with North Korea and/or Iran, while presiding over the destruction of the environment of his own beautiful land and the rest of the world too. But when I see him make such a disastrous mistake as he has with attacking the NFL protest, I feel a bit better. Slowly but surely the American people are beginning to realize what a terrible error they made when they voted him in. And surely, surely, they won't make the same error again. Will they?
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