Before we get to anything else, please do not ever forget that Donald Trump only won 49% of the popular vote in the election. He is supported by a minority of the country. He is not broadly popular. Opposing his policies puts in you good company. And as a white guy who firmly believes that he is entitled to the presidency despite not being even remotely qualified or the best person for the job, he is the living, breathing reminder of why we need programs to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in this country.
Remember when the country was talking about Project 2025 and Donald Trump said he never read it and didn't support it? To be honest, I believed the first part because the Project 2025 document is over 900 pages, and I have a serious doubt that President 49% has read a cumulative 900 pages in his entire life, much less a policy document of that size. As for the second part, the answer is that Project 2025 was the guiding document it claimed to be, and the administration is committed to implementing it in its entirety over the next four years.
But as we know, it's one thing to have a plan, and it's quite another to think it through, and President-Less-Than-50% has, unsurprisingly, done little thinking about how these policy changes will affect the American people. His executive orders have upended people's lives by giving them a scant two weeks to decide whether they want to leave their jobs or possibly get fired, interrupted Medicaid and other government obligations that Americans rely upon to live and work, and threatened the rule of law by firing or demoting anyone in the government who had the audacity to follow the law as it related to the president's illegal and unconstitutional actions the last time he was in power. And, of course, he pardoned everyone who took part in his attempted January 6 coup, even those who were responsible for the deaths of police officers.
In just two weeks, President 49% has proven to be the same president he was during his first term. There is no softer, more responsible version. He still believes in the most noxious lies about the election of 2020, where he was legitimately beaten by a very wide margin, and he still, in spite of the scientific evidence that even other Republicans deem credible, believes that climate change is a hoax, which puts our air, water, and national security in danger. And his victimization of transgender Americans, legal immigrants, and people who are in this country under the terms of legal statutes is a disgrace. Imagine a president who blames a tragedy in which scores of people are killed on the fact that the female, Black, and Hispanic employees are responsible for it, and that it wouldn't have happened if white men were in charge. Oh, wait. We don't have to imagine that.
Vile.
And if you really thought the election was really about inflation, then get ready for the increasing likelihood that there will be more of it. New tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China will raise prices if they stick. Just what we need.
But remember that if you didn’t vote for the president, then you are in the majority.
