For the first time in over 100 years the 4th of July weekend will be celebrated in the middle of a deadly pandemic. A fitting time to take stock on where we are and what we can do about it.
“Under a Trump administration it’s going to be America first”,
Donald Trump-January 17, 2017.
He was absolutely right. America’s first in over 126,000 deaths, 2.6 million infected and 44 million unemployed. America’s first in mass civil unrest and racial injustice. America’s first in the distrust of its inept federal leadership for disregarding the coronavirus and ignoring bounties placed on US military. America’s first in being banned by the EU from travel to Europe. And America’s first in its citizens witnessing the demise of US compassion, decency, respect and the erosion of democracy.
Thus, after a solid and illustrious history of accepting your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, America’s first in the worlds pity. Yes Mr. Trump, you certainly put America first.
“It’s time to drain the swamp in Washington DC ”.
Donald Trump-January 17, 2017
(self-fulfilling prophecy)
Amen my fellow voters, Amen.
Keith: Something punched me in the gut while reading your post (which is very eloquent, by the way). We’ve gone from a country welcoming people yearning to breathe free to watching men sworn to “Serve and Protect” our communities kneeling on the neck of a man and holding him down until he could no longer breathe at all.