It’s hard to believe, but Donald Trump has been in office for a relatively short time. To be exact, as of this writing, he has occupied the White House for 1 year, 201 days, one hour and 28 minutes.
Just as during the presidential campaign, it’s been Donald Trump 24/7. All that anyone seems to talk about, whether it be common folk or the media, is the man with the orange tan.
And why not? It’s been one scandal, one controversy, after another. If it’s not the Mueller investigation into Trump-Russia collusion, it’s one horrendous policy decision after another. If it’s not the sex scandal de-jour, it’s the buffoonery and sheer incompetence exhibited on the world stage. If it’s not an outrageous tweet, it’s another cabinet member resigning or being forced out.
We have been on sensory overload! Our brains simply can’t process all this Trump stuff coming at us so fast.
It’s easy to forget we had an articulate, competent and compassionate president less than two years ago; that we were blessed with an intelligent, well-respected man who brought honor, not shame, to the presidency.
While it is only natural to get down as we wade through the latest embarrassing moment of his presidency, just remember Trump’s reign of incompetence will one day end. It may be through impeachment, resignation or end of term, but the “end time” to our collective nightmare will surely come.
A very wise man, my former father-in-law, had a saying that got him through some tough times in his life… “This too shall pass.”
His was a variation of Frank Costanza’s “serenity now.”
With any luck, a Democrat will soon occupy the Oval Office and clean up the mess created by another Republican. This seems to be a pattern, don’t you think?
A great start to righting our ship of state is for a Blue Wave to sweep through the coming mid-term elections. If not the Senate, Democrats must flip the House so that a brake came be put on the Trump/Republican agenda.
Cheer up, folks. We will survive this. “Serenity now … serenity now!”
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