He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20
Let's face facts. The only people that TЯUMP has consistently praised have been dictators.I touched on it in a previous blog post about his love affair with Putie his sweet patootie, but he has heaped praised on dictators around the world.
The Mango Mussolini's April, 2017 conversation with Phillipines strongman Rodrigo Duterte was described as:
"It was a very friendly conversation, in which the two leaders discussed the concerns of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regarding regional security, including the threat posed by North Korea. They also discussed the fact that the Philippine government is fighting very hard to rid its country of drugs, a scourge that affects many countries throughout the world. President Trump enjoyed the conversation and said that he is looking forward to visiting the Philippines in November to participate in the East Asia Summit and the U.S.-ASEAN Summit. President Trump also invited President Duterte to the White House to discuss the importance of the United States-Philippines alliance, which is now heading in a very positive direction."
He also congratulated Duterte on the way he has handled the drug problem and told him he is "a good man." Read the official transcript of his 2017 phone conversation here.
The truth about Duterte: He has called for vigilante justice and the killing of addicts and drug dealers, with 7000 killed in his first year in power; he has bragged about killing someone when he was young; he has made jokes about rape and sexual abuse; he has justified the killing of journalists saying, "Just because you're a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you're a son of a bitch"; last week he said he once was gay but "cured himself."
Hair Hitler has repeatedly praised China's president Xi Jinping, calling him "a good man. He is a very good man and I got to know him very well." He called him the "king" of China, much to Xi's pleasure. He has said he has a "very strong and personal relationship" with Xi.
The truth about Xi: indeed, he paved the way to remove term limits and now is president indefinitely, opening a path to a severe dictatorship. Human rights in China are worse now than before Tiananmen. Censorship and oppression against dissent are rampant in China.
Adolf Twitler has praised brutal dictator Kim Jong Un, going so far as to say they fell in love. He sided with this satan when Kim called former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden "a low-IQ individual."
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The truth about his lover: Kim reportedly brutally executed several of his inner circle after the failed summit with Donald Dump earlier this year. He executed his own brother and uncles and many, many government officials. North Korea is one of the most devastated places on earth in all of the history of the world. The brutal dictator that rules by firing squad is one that no one should love. Ever.
According to Human Rights Watch:
Under the rule of Kim Jong-Un, North Korea remains among the world’s most repressive countries. The government sharply curtails all basic liberties, including freedom of expression, religion and conscience, assembly, and association. It prohibits political opposition, independent media, civil society, or trade unions. A 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry found that the government committed gross, systematic and widespread rights abuses, including extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions, and other sexual violence. North Korea operates secretive prison camps where perceived opponents of the government are sent to face torture, starvation rations, and forced labor. Fear of collective punishment is used to silence dissent.
Trumplethinskin has praised many other dictators, including Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, and was even trolled into retweeting a Mussolini quote that was purposely attributed to The Talking Yam. He even praised Saddam Hussein, saying, “He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn’t read them the rights. They didn’t talk. They were terrorists. It was over.”
Not only does he praise these savage dictators, he believes their lies and takes their sides over the U.S. government. TЯUMP has said multiple times that he believes Putin when Putin asserts that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. He said he believes Kim Jong Un when he said that "he didn't know" what happened to U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier, who fell into a coma after being captured in North Korea and died shortly after his medical evacuation to the United States. SCROTUS said he believed Saudi Arabia's crown prince when he said he did not order the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
But what is concerning for me, more than the reprehensible relationship that he has with these dictators, is not that he simply praises these odious men, it's not even that he takes their word it. It's that he aspires to be like them. And it's what that portends for January 20, 2021. What if citizen Donald Drumpf decides he is not going to leave the White House when he loses the 2020 election?
Nancy Pelosi has concerns that the Democratic nominee will need to win by a huge margin for Lil Donnie Moscow to acknowledge the results. But I'm not so sure that even then he will willingly leave.
The Lyin' King does not subscribe to the law of the land. It has already been shown that he is a criminal, and it's not going to stop.
He has inoculated his base with his continuous rants about a "rigged system" and he lies about fraudulent voting. Before the 2016 election, in a debate with Hillary, he was asked if he would concede if he lost. He pointedly responded, "I will look at it at the time." He claimed then that it was a "rigged election" – which it was, but not in the way he intimated – and implied that he would accept the results only if he won.
Recently, he said that he wanted an extra two years tacked on to his tenure because two years of his presidency* were "stollen" (He's not entirely wrong... for two years, the lives of 327 million Americans have been been positively fruitcake). And he has also recently "joked" that he should be President for more than two terms. We all know that this man doesn't joke. He is deadly serious.
He admires Chinese President Xi Jinping for getting rid of term limits, thereby being "president for life," saying at a donor event at Mar-a-Lago: "He's now president for life. President for life. No, he's great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day."
So what will happen on Inauguration Day, 2020? In addition to a defeat at the "rigged" polls, he will have indictments waiting for him. Can you imagine the desperation he will be feeling?
I envision the the FBI coming to arrest him and forcibly removing him. Will we have SWAT teams surrounding the White House? At least Nixon had the respect for the nation enough to resign and leave. Benedict Donald has no allegiance or respect to anybody except himself. The scene on January 20, 2020 is a scary thought. What will that mean for our country?
It's scary, too, because we know more and more that his base, and even regular run-of-the-mill conservative Americans, believe his lies and don't read and research for themselves, evidenced most recently by their honest surprise at Robert Mueller's statement that he found wrongdoing by their Supreme Leader.
And yet, I still have hope. It was evident from the Mueller report that his minions don't always follow orders to do his bidding. The majority of Americans have good sense and patriotism and know that the Constitution is sacred, our system is good, and it works. We must follow the rule of law.
But still, our work is cut out for us. We were complacent in 2016, assuming that he could never win. We must assume that he can – and will – win in 2020. We must work hard for voter registration, voter access to the polls, and we must work hard to get Democrats elected to both houses of Congress and to the White House. Every one of us has a responsibility to do what we can, by speaking out, by campaigning, by volunteering, or by donating, to get out the Democratic vote in 2020. We have 17 months. Let's get going. It's up to us, Sister and Brother Resisters, to save our Republic.
Let me end with another quote from Scripture, a prayer for SCROTUS. Please open your prayerbooks to Psalms.
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