Given Up

I think I've finally gotten over being indignant because so many people have no common sense.  If Trump's popularity can rise in the polls after he openly admits on camera that he asked the Ukraine for help in finding dirt on his 2020 opponent, Biden, and then openly suggesting that China do the same...I give up.  We really do get what we deserve and if the majority of us are deaf, blind, and dumb to his many faults, we're all going to hell.

I've never understood the choices people make in their lives, even myself, and that's why I analyze so much.  It's such a mystery why some people become criminals and adulterers and why some good people become their victims.  Why is there a drive in some people to build and create while there is an equally strong drive in some to destroy?

There is no question that Trump has changed the way politics will be carried out in the U.S. in the future.  He has opened doors to allow the presidents of the future to be even more brutal and dishonest...and know they can pretty much do what they want without repercussions.  He has also changed the way the U.S. is viewed by other countries.  He has increased the fear and uncertain atmosphere of the whole world.  To hear some Republicans refer to Trump as a "gift from god" is terrifying.  If anything, he's the false prophet their bibles have warned them about.

In our own upcoming elections, I don't have much hope, either.  So far, none of our potential prime ministers are as evil as Trump but you can bet our politicians are watching him to see if we Canadians might be just as gullible as the Americans.  We have our own scandals among our politicians so they aren't squeaky clean, either, but they haven't destroyed the reputation we have in the world.  Yet.

I always thought that most politicians were out for themselves but that they did have a soft spot in their hearts for the country they served and would do nothing to actually harm the country.  Now I'm not so sure.