TheBanyanTree: 20 Days into 2021

[Teague, Julie Anna]

Yes, yes, and yes. It’s been so very painful for me and my mother.  Just the daily assault on human decency was hard enough to take, let alone the policies aimed at destroying our earth, deregulating those whose aims have always been profit at any cost, pulling out of hard-won agreements with other countries, and hatred of immigrants. And on top of that we’ve basically “lost” my brother to the cult of Trump, hatred, and conspiracy theories. He didn’t even call my mom  at Christmas. He has directed so much bile towards both of us, and who knows if he’ll ever speak to us again.  The thing that I feel so much anger over, right now, is the year of my life he has stolen from me as far as spending time with my sons and grandkids. All he had to do is tell people to stay home and wear masks and have a reasonable National response to this pandemic and so many lives could’ve been spared. So many lives could’ve been better. We could be in a better place right now. Sometimes I feel that my anger over this will consume me. I can’t let it, I know that. So I do what I can to help people and stay sane. 

Julie



> On Dec 26, 2020, at 12:55 PM, trsmith44 trsmith44 <trsmith44 at cox.net> wrote:
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> Thank you, Jena. It's possible things will come out about Trump that
> will make you wise in the eyes of family and friends you lost. I salute
> your principles and perception. This has been a painful experience for
> almost everyone.
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>> On December 26, 2020 at 12:28 PM JENA NORTON <eudora45 at sbcglobal.net mailto:eudora45 at sbcglobal.net > wrote:
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>>    You have expresses so well what many of us are feeling or have felt. I’ve lost family and friends over Trump.
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>>    Sent from my iPad
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>>>>> On Dec 26, 2020, at 11:00 AM, trsmith44 trsmith44 <trsmith44 at cox.net mailto:trsmith44 at cox.net > wrote:
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>>>        I thought 2016 election was a sobering tragedy. Really a lot of upsetting things about that for me. How could Trump possibly win the nomination with all the crotch grabbing, infidelity, bankruptcy out on him, his crudeness, rudeness and inability to put a logical paragraph's worth of thoughts together? Our standards of decency and rule of law disappeared. It was upsetting that his most reasonable opponent, Kasich, was eliminated so early in the primaries. After that the choices of Trump, Rubio and Cruz were like picking poison.
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>>>        The most upsetting thing about Trump for me is how so many people must have a non-existent bullshit detector, zero perception of character, and be so full of hatred, like him. It's scary that about half the U.S. population each think the other half are morons, yet I struggle to understand and respect any Trump supporter myself. I'm grateful I don't have any family members that are fans of his. My next door neighbor has two sisters and a brother that are Trumpers. She dislikes him as much as I do. I guess they just avoid discussing politics in her family.
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>>>        Barbara has read Mary Trump's book. I haven't yet, but I've been positively impressed with her in interviews. We've both read Michael Cohen's DISLOYAL One poignant excerpt: "At the very least trump didn't care about the truth. If facts didn't suit him, he denied them, changed them, invented them, and then seemingly believed them--to hell with reality" Cohen's wife, daughter, and son all pleaded with him early on to quit working for Trump.
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>>>        Another Cohen excerpt: "Without the immunity from prosecution granted to the president, Trump will almost certainly face New York State criminal charges. He will likely be convicted on both the Federal and State charges and face serious prison time. That is Donald Trump's greatest fear in life, believe me, and if he fails to get reelected, that will be his fate--and he knows it"
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>>>        The Electoral College and Supreme Court have not given Trump what he wants. same with Barr, and swing state governors. McConnell has recognized Biden won the election. Trump continues operating his usual way, with threats. He threatened important GOP figures he needs the support of in a tweet, shouting "I'll NEVER FORGET." Trump sometimes can't remember what he said in a previous sentence. The best defense of those important GOP figures is to eliminate Trump's power with their power. They've proven they have backbone. He will continue to make things worse for himself, and unfortunately, many others because he is a psychopath who gets off creating pain. There is hope, I keep telling myself, that 20 days into 2021, Don will be gone.
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