I've been so fed up with the Trump politics that I have not wanted to put in anything at all about the current state of politics, lest it taints my journal. Yet, the latest BuzzFeed scoop about Trump's instructing his erstwhile lawyer to lie to Congress does warrant a word. Although Special Investigator Mueller releases a statement that BuzzFeed's account is not totally accurate, there is no substantive and blanket rebuttal of the BuzzFeed report. More tellingly is Guilliani, Trump's current lawyer and attack dog, backpedaling on his never stating there's no collusion of Trump campaign with Russia, which I'm sure is his way to cover his arse, lest he's put in the same situation as Michael Cohen (who is now charged with federal crimes for covering up for Trump).
Of all the reports and opinion pieces, this article from New York Times on how Trump never expected to win the presidency and all campaigning is but the best PR he was ever hoping to get, makes total sense. Everyone knows Trump is only interested in making money. Everyone knows that he does not have what it takes to be a president, not intellectually, and certainly not temperamentally. All that Trump was hoping for, is to elevate his name (and brand name) recognition, so that he can have another TV hit of reality show (which I'm sure, would be called The Candidate), and he can build a few more Trump Tower, not the least in Russia, plus he would surely become the Fox News darling commentator to continue pedaling his fake news and loudspeaker nonsense about Crooked Hillary, and more birther conspiracy theories on Obama.
And so, he's crass and crude, but as long as he's not a president, he can say whatever he wants and he won't be held accountable, thanks to the free speech protection. His finances and personal affairs would not be held under microscopic scrutiny either since no one can force him to do so, nor would he be required to. In short, Trump has everything to win by NOT winning the 2016 presidential election. Yet, he did. How ironic.
Now, everything that he's said and done would be brought into focus. He might think he can backtrack and deny things that he's said and done. But under the court of law, he's perjury many times over. His peanut-sized brain (probably matched only by his manhood) is only now beginning to grasp that reality. He thinks he can do whatever he wants in the White House, but it only goes to show how little he understands how the judicial system and executive branch work in a civic government. To say he's clueless and idiotic, is far too kind and a gross understatement.
We know Trump won't back down. That's his modus operandi. If he's impeached, he would just scream louder, professing himself to martyr for right-wing causes, at the swords of liberals and Dems. No doubt Mike Pence will pardon him, and then all will be well for him.
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One should be noted that just because one is saying No to Trump does not necessarily mean an endorsement to the Dems' agenda.
All the shiny new objects like Ocacio-Cortez are just side-shows. Removing Trump from White House does not address the pressing questions that half of the country's voters have agreed on, which is the issue of immigration. Making it easier for all the economic migrants from South America to come in under the pretense of "aslyum" does nothing to solve the underlying issue. All that Dems has done so far, is to stir up more interests in more migrant caravans with more kids jumping on board. The end results? There'll be a far larger cohorts of DACA in 10-15 years.
It is thus that for all the idiocy and outrageousness of Trump, the symbolic fight to erect a border wall is simply something that electorates in general want, which is to toughen immigration enforcement and to introduce immigration reforms. If the country truly needs and can make good use of immigrants, let them come through officially, track them, let them pay taxes. Afterall that was the intent of H1B, wasn't it? Granted that there has been much abuse reported in the H1B system, it has worked, by and large, by bringing in needed high-tech workers and skilled labor into the country. There must be a way to get that working for low/no-skill workers, though the system would have to be enforced and monitored far more vigorously since it can be so easily gamed and abused.
One way or the other, this HAS to work. I'm sick of all the talks of DACA, yet it's silly to demonize migrants.
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