By: Keith Kappes
Columnist
Carter County Times
As we country folks like to say when misdeeds bring punishment, the Trump chickens came home to roost last Tuesday.
U.S. voters flipped both houses of Congress in a stunning rejection of the Trump Administration, awarding the Democrats with sizable majorities in the House and Senate when the new Congress takes office in January.
The election results, in my opinion, told the world that most Americans are fed up with his politics of hate and division, racial discrimination, religious bias and gender prejudice.
We said “enough is enough” of the official corruption that has further enriched the First Family and their cronies, many of whom are now among the richest persons on earth.
Voters in exit polling were critical of the President’s vanity projects such as gold plating the White House to the point that some describe it as resembling a New Orleans cathouse.
Also cited were the demolition of the East Wing of the White House without congressional approval, the construction of the $500 million ballroom, the proposed arch that would deface Arlington National Cemetery, the destruction of beautiful old trees at a historic golf course and hijacking the name of the Kennedy Center.
My personal favorites of his abuse of his office are putting his face on our money and passports and his name on too many other things. He has become the most unpopular president in our 250-year history.
He has made a mockery of the President’s Cabinet with the appointment of totally unqualified and inept individuals such as a wrestling executive in education, a vaccine denier in public health, and, in defense, a TV commentator who fancies himself a great warrior.
He has fired most of the women he originally appointed to the Cabinet, as well as his chief of staff and approved the termination of several qualified high ranking military officers, mostly women and people of color.
In my view, his biggest blunder has been the unauthorized war with Iran which exploded the pump prices of gasoline and diesel fuel and caused food prices to soar.
His ego is gigantic and he deserves to have his place in history as the first sitting president to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate.
Contact Keith at keithkappes@gmail.com.
