‘How stupid does this administration think we are?’
By Sylvia Humes
Reader Contributor
OK, what does it take? For a long time I believed that many politicians had no respect for their constituents and, when Trump was elected, I could see why. It is definitely true that many citizens of this country have abdicated their constitutional right totally to the party in which they have become a member. All they do is look for the “R” or “D” and mark the box without actually finding out what the candidate is all about. Shame on us.
Now we have before us the most corrupt administration in the history of the U.S. (Sorry Tricky Dick, you’ve been replaced.)
How stupid does this administration think we are? Do they think firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for giving bad news makes us believe that the numbers were wrong? Do they believe meeting with a convicted child molester for two days with no oversight from, I don’t know, the original investigators maybe, is going to make us believe they are really trying to get to the proof that “only” Democratic figures and not Donald Trump was involved?
Do they believe sending a rich friend and former Fox employee to Gaza means we’re actually going to do something about the genocide there? Do they believe the American people are so stupid that they don’t know they will and are paying for your nonsensical tariffs? Do they believe we don’t care about the trillions of dollars that have been added to the national debt while giving a tax break — mainly to the top 1% — and taking away vital services for the American people?
What do you think? Are they right in those beliefs?
Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, the brainless twit in the White House is only in it for himself. He is a habitual liar. Every time he opens his mouth, he is lying so much he can’t keep it straight because he contradicts himself. Then again, with only a fourth-grade command of the English language, it is difficult.
The whole world is laughing at us. Putin is running him in circles. Remember all he promised “on Day 1”? The only thing he has accomplished is rounding up people who have overstayed their visas or only checked in with immigration after coming into the country — including some American citizens. More than 70% of those incarcerated have no criminal record. Wait a minute, I thought it was going to be the “worst of the worst”? Oh, but wait, we aren’t supposed to believe the numbers.
If Trump had allowed the Republicans to pass the bipartisan immigration reform bill, this would have been taken care of; but, then again, he needed something to run on. You knew that, right? Of course you did, but unfortunately it didn’t matter to many or they didn’t pay attention or care about what was going on and they voted for him anyway. Now we’re dealing with the fallout.
Our constitutional republic is gone. We now live under a dictatorship, thanks to the Republican Party. They have had opportunity after opportunity to stop Trump, but haven’t. They are getting exactly what they have always wanted.
They thought they were using Trump as their useful idiot, but it turned out his narcissism got in the way and caused some problems. Then they came up with Project 2025 for their minions to follow and, as long as he is happy and everyone is paying sufficient homage to the king, they implement their agenda.
Now in Texas they are attempting to redraw their district lines (gerrymander) to further favor Republicans at their “dear” leader’s directive. They even admitted that it’s purely political. Hopefully the Democrats will let go of their attempt to do what’s “right” and reciprocate in blue states. Here we go again. If the voters would pay attention to what is happening, it wouldn’t matter how the districts are drawn.
When will the majority of the American people realize what a gem we had in our democracy? There were checks and balances so no one person or branch of government had total power. Do we have to wait for it all to be gone to wake up?
All the freedoms we have taken for granted will be but a fond memory if we continue down this path. The fascist playbook is being followed verbatim. Use what power we have left, pay attention to what is going on, open your minds to a variety of information to get all the facts and sign up for your legislators’ newsletters to see what they are doing.
I don’t know about you, but I want a leader who is smarter than me, who is a true patriot and doesn’t attempt to manipulate the Constitution, and works for the benefit of the whole and not for personal gain.
God help America!
Sylvia Humes is a Sandpoint resident.
