Is Donald Trump a coward?
Eliot Steele, Observant human, world traveler, part of the universal force
Here is just today’s example of trump’s extreme cowardice: one month ago, trump’s own budget called for the reduction of funding of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative from $300 million to $30 million.
Yet, he goes to a rally in Grand Rapids and says: “I support the Great Lakes. Always have. They are beautiful. They are big, very deep, right? And I am going to get, in honor of my friends, full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which you have been trying for over 30 years. So, we will get it done.”
So there you have it: trump in a nutshell. Puerile, inane comments, made, apparently, to show he has some concept of the issue. Check. An outright, proven lie. Check. A contradiction of his own policy when he has to present it face to face with the people affected by it. Check. Blaming his direct action on prior administrations and Congresses. Check. Sure sounds like cowardice to me.
The fact that he finds the need to do such a thing over $300 million, which is peanuts in the scheme of the U.S. budget, only amplifies the cowardice.
Nor is this an isolated instance. He goes to Mexico to meet its president and doesn’t even talk about Mexico funding the wall.
He meets with Putin and simply accepts his denial of interference in the U.S. elections and, then, to cover his cowardice, attacks the entire U.S. Intelligence community. And, when he had to face some of its members in person? Suddenly, he loves them.
He met Jong Un and takes his word that (a) he will stop producing nukes and (b) had no idea who Otto Warmbier was. Once again, he doesn’t have the fortitude to confront our enemies. And, once again, to cover his cowardice, he turns on the U.S. Intelligence community and the American citizens.
So, yes, he is a coward. The most cowardly president we ever had. Only a devoted coward would continue to carry on personal attacks against a dead man. |
