February 24, 2017

Demonic? Trump wasn’t evil incarnate until he ran for president against Hillary Clinton. He’s been in the public eye since, what, the ‘80s. 30 plus years.  I’d find this characterization of any man somewhat entertaining if it weren’t such a sad reflection. 

I understand half of the country voted for someone else.  I understand the country has been polorized fifty-fifty for the last nearly 20 years and that it has escalated rapidly in the last 5 to 10. What I don’t understand is the hysteria and destruction. I absolutely and truly hated the policies of the previous administration but no one I knew called people names or destroyed property or didn’t  allow anyone to state their opinions. A lot of people didn’t do that. 

I’d say most of the people who voted for Trump to be president weren’t enraged. They were tired. They were tired of being called names by Clinton and her circle and her followers and the media and looked upon as uneducated , stupid, no-nothings.  They were tired of being bullied. Yes, bullied for daring to follow a different viewpoint. They were tired of the Obama administration using their governmental powers to do harm to “the other side.” There are consequences to actions.  The left didn’t listen or care. 

So why Trump? He wasn’t my candidate. But he became that because of opposition tactics and internal warfare waged upon the other thirteen candidates of the party. He was the last one standing.  And because the primary system is flawed – by the time the primary votes happen in my state (MT), the candidate is already decided by other states. There is only one person by then on the ballot in my primaries. What needs to happen, IMO, is a one-time national primary and the top two candicates of the field are who move on. 

Trump became president because electing the job position isn’t a popularity vote. It is a coalition of states. The states were to have the supreme power in this country according to the founders.  It is structured so that the states who are largest in land or biggest in population can’t rule the others just because they’re big each and every vote. The candidate has to be chosen by more than one type of citizen in order to win. It’s a very smart system. 

So ultimately, is Trump evil, mentally ill, demonically possessed…. ? No. He’s just a man.  Is he symbolic of the changes happening in our conscious? Maybe. Is change bad? Good? No, it’s just change. Is it worth creating so much negativity in your own life day after day after day in the form of anger or fear or destroying relationships or hating people you don’t even know? No.

How do we do it? Let go of it. We teach children not to descriminate based on the color of their skin or their gender or their choice of partner, etc. Don’t descriminate based on “side” because then you’re adding to negative you think you see.  See with love in your eyes and your mind at everything and everybody also no matter the “side.” Be the change because there is no one else but you.